Above: As always, Northborough’s annual community festival and parade includes some links to Southborough through school and sports (photos posted to Facebook)
Northborough’s big annual community event is Applefest. It kicks off Thursday and is continuing through Sunday. (Scroll down for the schedule of official events.)
I don’t cover festivals in most communities outside our town. But our combined school district (and some sports teams) with their strong ties to Applefest make this festival an exception. For instance, the marching band and robotics team generally participate in the parade. So does the Jr. T-Hawks program.
Other Algonquin ties are seen through special fundraising events, some of which support Algonquin or scholarships for its students.
School organizations also frequently make use of booths at the street fair to raise funds. (Like T-Hawk cheerleaders to the right, captured on Facebook at a past year’s event.)
And the Algonquin school grounds is the site of big Saturday family activities, capped by fireworks.
Here’s a list of official Applefest Events:
(Other than the above-mentioned concert, Friday night’s activities are sold out. So, I’m just listing Sat-Sun.)
Thursday, September 14:
- 5:00 – 6:00 pm – Girl Scout Family Dinner
- 6:00 – 7:30 pm – PTO Children’s Event
Friday, September 15:
- noon – 1:30 pm – Luncheon
- 11:00 am – noon – Bake-Off
- (sold out) Gala Event
Saturday, September 16:
- 8:30 Registration and 10:00 am – 5K Road Race
- 9:00 am – 2:00 pm – Junior Woman’s Apple Pie Cafe
- 9:30 am – 3:00 pm – Friends of Library Side Walk Book Sale
- 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Farmers Market
- noon – 1:00 pm – Hike
- noon – 4:00 pm – Northborough Garden Club Art and Bloom Show
- noon – 4:00 pm – Historical Society Museum
- 4:00 – 6:00 pm – American Legion Chicken BBQ
- 4:00 – 8:00 pm – Applefest Concert, BBQ, and Games (Moonwalks, ARHS Robotics Show, Cotton Candy, Pony Rides and more) on ARHS athtletic field
- 8:30 pm – Fireworks over ARHS athletic field
Sunday September 17:
- 7:00 AM – 11:00 am – Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast
- 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Classic Car Show
- 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Fire Dept Open House
- 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Rotary Club Street Fair
- 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Trinity Church Craft Fair
- 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – Trinity Church Concert
- noon – 3:00 pm – Old Tyme Luncheon
- 1:00 – 2:00 pm – Parade
- 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Taste of Northborough
For details, visit the Applefest website.
