Lakewood’s Cider Days October 2 & 3 October 2, 2010

Lakewood’s Cider Days
Bushels of fun for the entire family!

Kick up your heels and celebrate the 35th anniversary of Lakewood’s Cider Days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2 and Sunday, Oct. 3 at Lakewood’s Heritage Center, 801 S. Yarrow St. (Wadsworth Boulevard and Ohio Avenue).

The weekend entertainment lineup includes:
Saturday, Oct. 2
• 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Reveille 3: An Andrews Sisters Tribute Act
• 12-1:30 p.m. Branders
• 1:30 p.m. Pie-Eating Contest & Apple Bake-off Winners at Gazebo
• 2-3 p.m. Jon Chandler and the Wichitones
• 3 p.m. Ed Aragoni – Illusions at Gazebo
• 3:30-4:30 p.m. Cowboy Craig and Family - Trick Roper
Sunday, Oct. 3
• 10:30-11:30 a.m. Harmony Works & Swing Beat
• 12-1:30 p.m. Dakota Blonde
• 1:30 p.m. Pie-Eating Contest at Gazebo
• 2-3 p.m. High, Wide and Handsome
• 3 p.m. Ed Aragoni – Illusions at Gazebo
• 3:30-4:30 p.m. Cowboy Craig and Family - Trick Roper

Apples First. Bring your own apples or purchase Colorado-grown organic apples from Ela Family Farms at the event and use the Heritage Center’s vintage cider presses to take home a fresh and healthy treat. Cider Days features Ela’s organic apple cider that you can purchase by the cup or half gallon. Also available at the festival are apple pie, apple butter and applesauce.

Children’s Activities. All children’s activities are free with paid admission including mule-drawn wagon rides and barrel train rides, magicians and balloon artists, hayrides, apple-themed games and crafts, a petting zoo and live entertainment for the whole family. The festival is a great family value with all of these activities included in the $3 child admission to the event.

Antique Fun. Demonstrators present traditional crafts including quilting, chair caning, rug hooking, woodcarving, and tatting. Historic buildings at the Heritage Center will be open to the public. Step back in time into the lives of local farmers in the 1920s and 1930s at the Farm House and the Streer-Peterson House. Also visit a 1948 diner, a 1950s variety store or Ethel’s, a 1960s beauty parlor. Antique-vehicle enthusiasts will love the state’s largest vintage tractor pull by the Rocky Mountain Tractor Pullers, a two-day event within the festival. Vintage machinery also will be displayed by the Front Range Antique Power Association.

Shopping & Food. Visit folk art and craft booths featuring the work of artisans from around the region at Cider Days. Food vendors offer everything from funnel cake to buffalo brats. The 20thCentury Emporium gift shop features a variety of retro and nostalgic gifts along with wonderful books by local authors. Meet the authors of various Colorado books on Saturday and have your book autographed. Several Colorado authors will be on hand in front of the 20th Century Emporium discussing their books and answering questions.

The Lakewood Historical Society started Cider Days in the 1970s to celebrate the region’s agricultural heritage and honor the settlers of the land that would become Lakewood, and the City has carried on the tradition. Admission is $6 adults, $3 children (ages 3 -12). Proceeds from the event support educational programs at Lakewood’s Heritage Center, a 20th Century Museum.

Presented by the Lakewood Heritage, Culture and the Arts Division, the festival is sponsored by SCFD – with appreciation to the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District –The Denver Post, Foothills Credit Union, Bellco Credit Union, Tedford-Katz, Noodles & Company and Chipotle. Call 303-987-7850 or visit www.Lakewood.org/HCA for more information and updates on the weekend lineup.