Rain or shine, the annual Apple Butter and Cheese Festival will take place here on Sept. 24.
The event offers free admission and parking.
Visitors can start the day at 7am with a pancake and sausage breakfast. The festival offers activities to entertain the whole family. Those include; a horseshoe tournament; quilt auction at 12:45pm; antique car and tractor display; with a parade at 12 noon; boat regatta; pony and stage coach rides; a puppet show; and mini tractor pull to entertain children.
Erick Traplin is performing on the main stage from 9:30 to 10:30 am. Other entertainment includes local entertainer, Kyle Geraughty, Honky Tonk Piano, clog and line dancing and the Wellesley Idol final competition at 2pm.
Other attractions include a smorgasbord dinner of roast pork, pigtails and roast beef from 10:30am to 2pm, an artisan sale and demonstration, handmade arts and crafts, country meats, cheese, and baking at the market.
Homemade apple fritters, sausage and schnitzel on a bun and fresh apple butter and cider from the local cider mill are some of the foods available on the street mall. There are also free tours of a goat farm, dairy and horse farm and the cider mill available until 3pm. A 5km run or walk starts at Wellesley Public School at 10am.
Wellesley is located 20 minutes north west of Kitchener Waterloo on Regional Road 5. For further details visit www.wellesleyabcfestival.ca. The festival also has a Facebook site: facebook.com/wellesleyabcfestival.
