Get ready… Hereford AppleFest is returning for 2024!
28 September to 13 October 2024
Hereford AppleFest is returning for 2024!
Celebrating Herefordshire’s iconic apple heritage, Hereford AppleFest will be returning from 28 September until 13 October, with 2 weeks of incredible apple-themed events taking place across the County.
The festival will commence with the Hereford AppleFest Kick-Off on 28 September, a day full of live music, performances, artisan cider, perry and apple juice, children’s activities and more. Last year saw hundreds flock to Hereford city centre to enjoy one of the City’s biggest events of the year, and 2024 is set to be just as exciting.
Fringe events will take place in various locations across Herefordshire during the two weeks, with activities and events ranging from cider and perry talks and tastings, orchard tours, live music, and much more. Many of Herefordshire’s most distinguished cider and perry producers will be offering exclusive experiences.
Herefordshire has over 15,000 acres of orchards producing 150,000 tonnes of apples and pears each year, alongside dozens of cider makers large and small dotted across Herefordshire’s verdant land. Our region has the perfect soils and weather to grow the finest apples and pears in the world, not to mention centuries of experience in crafting fine apple juice, cider and perry. Hereford AppleFest celebrates that heritage annually with two weeks of apple, cider and perry related experiences across the entire County.
The AppleFest Banquet will bookend the two weeks of Hereford AppleFest with a unique experience sure to excite any cider and perry enthusiast, offering a pome-themed banquet hosted in the distinguished Assembly Hall of Hereford Town Hall.
We’re incredibly excited to see Hereford AppleFest returning for its third year, bringing a host of fantastic events to the County and celebrating Herefordshire’s long-standing connection to the apple. We hope to see you there!
A Hereford City Council event in partnership with: Big Apple Association, Herefordshire CAMRA, Encore Enterprises, Hereford City Life, Hereford College of Arts, Herefordshire Council, Little Pomona Orchard & Cidery, Museum of Cider, Three Counties Cider and Perry Association.
This project is part-funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills. For more information, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus
Taking place in High Town from 12pm until 9pm, the AppleFest Kick-Off commences the festival in style, bringing live music, performances, artisan cider, perry and apple juice, children’s activities and more right into the historic heart of Hereford.
Come and discover how cider put Hereford on the world map. Elizabeth Pimblett, Director of the Museum of Cider, will take a free gentle walking tour of some key points in the city connected with the history of cider.
More details to come soon!
Guests are invited to celebrate the 2024 harvest with Martin Carter’s unique, pome fruit-infused menu, with local ingredients, each of the dishes matched with ciders and perries from some of the region’s leading producers.
In this unique collection of rural events you will be able to share in the tradition of apple growing and cidermaking – with open farms, cider mills and barns for you to visit. Enjoy the local orchards, famous for their cider fruit and excellent eating apples.
Little Pomona invites you for free tours of the cidery, so you can see what goes on behind the magic Tasting Room door. Walks through the farm’s orchard, and servings of mulled cider as well as mulled apple juice, warming soup and light bites are on offer.
…and plenty more to come! Watch this space!
