Join us at Franklin County Cider Days in MA this weekend!
You are sure to see us out and about but be sure to check out this Free lecture series at Raven Books in the Mill at Shelburne Falls on Saturday 11:00am - 12:00pm - The Commons - a panel discussion on apple trees held in common trust with Benford Lepley (Floral Terranes), Bleecker Wheeler (Watson Wheeler Cider) and Matt Kaminsky (Gnarly Pippins)
11:00AM - 4:00PM - Saturday and Sunday @ the Cider mini-salon gathering at Headwater Cider - FREE admission -
A group of premier reginal cidermakers pouring samples of fine cider under the big tent in Hawley. Guest cideries for Sunday include Ragged Hill Cider, Watson Wheeler Cider, Spider Silk Cider, Farnum Hill Cider and Provisions, with guest food & farm vendors Meadowsweet Farm, Billings Brook Farm, Mo's Fudge Factor, Chase Hill Dairy, and Heirloom Apple prints by Eric Lewandowski
What is CiderDays?
CiderDays is an annual community celebration of all things apple in beautiful Franklin County, Massachusetts. 2024 marks our 30th anniversasry year! Come to the beautiful 413 to enjoy tours of the region's premier cideries and orchards with cidermaking demos and tastings, workshops, exhibitions, and educational events at a county-wide selection of venues. Find attractions from the valley towns of Greenfield, Deerfield, and Turners Falls to the beautiful hills of Buckland, Shelburne Falls, Colrain, Heath and all the towns in between. Whether you are a cider aficianado (hard or sweet), make your own cider, are an orchardist, like hanging out in bucolic orchards, or just enjoy soaking up all the goodness of autumn in New England, CiderDays is your event!
Most CiderDays activities are completely FREE, some scheduled programming requires registration and a ticket. See below!
Stay tuned for the Schedule of events, which will show the dates and times of scheduled programming at various locations throughout Franklin County.
Check out the Venues page for information on what all of our regional orchards and cidermakers will be offering this CiderDays weekend!