Jackson Apple Festival via

Delightful Parade

The Saturday Night Parade holds many of the precious memories of the Jackson Apple Festival over the last fifteen years.

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Programs and Activities

at Jackson Apple Festival

The Jackson Apple Festival is never one short of electrifying activities to throw its audience into ecstasy. Below are the activities that you can look forward to at the annual Apple Festival:

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Cooking Compititions

When skill meets competition, competitors become masters. Want to up your culinary skills? Attend this year’s Apple Festival and acquire top-notch cooking skills. 

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Parades

The home of the largest lighted Parade in Ohio sure has a lineup of parades to tickle fans. From Wednesday evening to Saturday night, there’s no parade in Ohio like the Jackson Apple Parade.

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Band Performance

Your favorite school marching band will most likely grace the Apple Festival’s parade lineup like in 2001 (when the Ohio State University Marching Band had a halftime field show at the Jackson High School football field).

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Contest

Contests are a part of the Jackson Apple Festival. Former games include; apple pie contest, ice cream blizzard eating contest, Apple Festival Got Talent contest, to mention a few.

History

For more than seven decades,

the Jackson Apple Festival has ushered indigenes and foreigners alike into the phenomenal Jackson county. Thus making the extravaganza one of the most well-attended Ohio festivals. With a bit of alteration to the event, Jackson Apple Festival still manages to retain its crowd by keeping many of its traditions that people love to experience annually.

Early spring of 1937

The members also thought to strengthen the bond between the urban and rural dwellers via a communal effort; hence the festival came to mind.
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Apple-Versary in 1957

The festival celebrated its 30th apple-versary with "The Apple Bowl" - a home football game between Jackson High School and county opponent, Wellston.
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Saturday Night Parade

The Saturday Night Parade holds many of the precious memories of the Jackson Apple Festival over the last fifteen years.
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About Us

Born in 1980, Peggy G. King owns and runs the blog; Jackson Apple Festival. He hails from Jackson County and has been a religious attendee of the Jackson Apple Festival with families and friends.

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