Murphysboro Apple Festival
Wed, Sep 10 – Sat, Sep 13, 2025
110 S 14th St, Murphysboro, IL 62966
Four-day festival, with numerous activities and events drawing large crowds such as live music, a carnival with concessions, many contests featuring everything from apple pie eating to the crowning of Appletime Royalty.
Celebrating the area apple harvest. Events include a downtown street carnival with rides and concessions, live nightly entertainment on the Appletime Stage, an arts & crafts fair, two parades, a high school marching band competition, car/truck/motorcycle show, queen scholarship pageant, walk/run race, and much more.
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Hull House Inn
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