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Waynesville Apple Harvest Festival proceeds

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Thursday, October 10, 2024
The Apple Harvest Festival will be held this year as planned. The Apple Harvest Festival will be held this year as planned. File photo

After discussions and consulting with the Town of Waynesville and partner organizations, The Haywood County Chamber of Commerce’s 36th Apple Harvest Festival will be taking place as scheduled, Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

“The staggering loss of lives and property from Hurricane Helene to our county and western North Carolina is still unimaginable two weeks later. Our county will be healing from this for years," said Chamber President David Francis. "We have received support and encouragement to move forward with the Apple Harvest Festival from business owners and local leaders. I hope this is a sign recovery is beginning.”

Unfortunately, the Apple Harvest Festival has lost over 35% of the vendors who have been impacted by the storm. The festival will be scaled back from Church Street to the Justice Center with a food court in the Wells Funeral Home parking lot.

A limited number of booth spaces will be available on Monday, Oct. 14. If interested, send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Anyone interested in volunteering, please send an email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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