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16+ Great Reasons to Come to the Fair

July 27, 2022

When is a sweet country fair more than meets the eye? When it’s also an amazing music festival! Of course, the Gravenstein Apple Fair is known for delicious food, tasty libations, and cute farm animals. But if you love live music performed by many of the Bay Area’s favorite bands, you can’t beat the …

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6 Criteria for the Best Summer Event, Ever!

August 3, 2022

happy boy

Perhaps you’re thinking to yourself, “What fun thing can I do in August that combines: Fabulous foodToe-tapping tunesMighty microbrewsWonderful wineHearty hard ciderCurated crafts Oh yeah, and there must also be: Delightful farm animalsAn amazingly bucolic setting And, if I’m really …

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Come Join the Apple Core!

July 9, 2022

Volunteer at the Gravenstein Apple Fair Do you love Gravenstein apples? Fried, baked, juiced, sauced, caramelized, and just plain right off the tree? Do you love Sonoma County? The beauty, the farm-fresh food, the wine, beer and cider? Do you love working in a fun environment with …

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Enjoy 10 Terrific Tastes at the Gravenstein Apple Fair!

August 12, 2022

two young people eating apple pie

Just kidding! There are way more than just 10 terrific tastes. The following is a highlight reel of some of the most delicious items available at the Fair. This list should whet your appetite, literally and figuratively. Number 10 - Apple Treats No visit to the Gravenstein Apple Fair is …

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Enjoy the Best of the Gravenstein Apple Fair!

July 6, 2022

Shelter Tent

For most organizations VIP stands for Very Important Person. But here at the Gravenstein Apple Fair, VIP means something a little different. We believe all our guests are very important, and the VIP area is for those who are looking for an even more Vibrant, Idyllic, & Pastoral fair experience. …

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It’s Easy Being Green

July 20, 2022

With apologies to Kermit, everyone’s favorite frog, it’s easy to be green at the Gravenstein Apple Fair. Known as the “sweetest little fair in Sonoma County,” with our commitment to zero waste, it will also be the “greenest little fair in Sonoma County.” According to Kermit being green means “the …

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Just One Truckload of Reasons to Love the Gravenstein Apple Fair

March 10, 2023

A Sustainable Fair? Yes, Indeed We all know fairs and festivals are fun – after all, that’s why we go to them! But did you also know that fairs and festivals are big generators of trash? Trash that typically goes to a landfill? Now the last thing we want to do at the Gravenstein Apple Fair is …

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Try Some Amazing Cider at the Gravenstein Apple Fair!

August 11, 2022

lineup of cider bottles

At the Gravenstein Apple Fair, on August 13 -14 at Ragle Ranch Park, to no one’s surprise, our namesake apples are served in every delicious way imaginable – fried in fritters, covered in caramel, perfect in pies and, of course, tasty from the tree. But Wait There's More... Let's not forget …

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What’s a Gravenstein Apple?

June 22, 2022

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Gravenstein apples; it's kind of a funny name. Apples are apples, right? We even say apples to apples to compare two like things. So why name a whole fair after one type of apple? There are two reasons we're proud to be called the Gravenstein Apple Fair - History and FLAVOR! As famed Sonoma …

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Apples, Food, General Apple Fair News, History

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Since 1973, Sonoma County Farm Trails has produced the Gravenstein Apple Fair as our primary annual fundraiser. Proceeds support our nonprofit’s mission to keep “farms forever” in Sonoma County.

Gravenstein Apple Fair

August 12th & 13th, 2023
Ragle Ranch Park, Sebastopol, CA

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Thanks to the photographers who have captured images of the Gravenstein Apple Fair over the past ten years: Debbie Wilson, Jim Noonan, Karen Pavone, Kelsey Murphey, Mary Haffner, and Michelle Feileacan.

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