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2009 Apple Festival: September 19 & 20, 2009

Slide Rock Apple Festival This year's theme was Apple Fest: “What’s Old is New Again” and over 3,900 people attended the two day event. The event is a celebration of Oak Creek’s agricultural and farming history.

The Slide Rock Apple Fest had live music, activities for children and adults, food, arts & crafts, natural exhibitions, educational booths, homesteading demonstrations and lectures about sustainability. Activities included apple-sorting demonstrations, cornhole and a beer garden, face painting, children’s arts & crafts, apple-themed activities, history walks, live demonstrations with owls, hawks, and other animals, an apple cooking contest, a dessert auction and music, including performances by Red Rock Country Band and Porchlights. A Plein Air "Paint Out" also took place at the event with 17 participants.

This year also featured the new Trolley shuttle from Sedona to the park, and over 430 people took advantage of this new shuttle service. Thanks to all the volunteers, vendors, exhibitors, bands, and State Parks staff for making the annual event such a success.

This event was sponsored by the Friends of Slide Rock State Park, a local non-profit group dedicated to protecting, preserving and promoting appreciation and enjoyment of the historical, ecological, scientific, recreational and cultural resources of Slide Rock State Park.

Slide Rock Apple Festival