The Ely, Minnesota Harvest Moon festival takes place the second weekend of September every year!
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Welcome to the 30th Annual Harvest Moon Festival. Over 125 art and craft vendors attend, along with a variety of food vendors.Our festival showcases a wonderful array of artists and crafters. Join us and find one-of-a-kind art, pottery, woodcrafts, and more. Don’t forget the food line-up offered during our three-day event. The food court offers delicious items ranging from pulled pork and oriental offerings to fresh baked pie and other treats.
Just 1.5 miles west of the main Arboretum entrance on Highway 5, the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum AppleHouse is a seasonal destination, featuring Minnesota-grown apples, including varieties grown at the Arboretum’s Horticultural Research Center nearby.
Many of the University of Minnesota’s 29 introduced apple varieties are for sale at the AppleHouse, along with gourmet packaged foods, frozen apple pies, pastries, packaged gourmet goodies, gifts and — in the fall — pumpkins, squash and gourds also grown at the Arboretum.
While supplies last, the AppleHouse also offers delicious meats and ice cream from the University of Minnesota College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences.
From late August through October, North Star Donuts offers hot apple cider mini donuts, along with apple cider slushies and gourmet coffee drinks Tuesday-Sunday. In early November, the AppleHouse continues to sell late-season apples and squash and turns into a Holiday Boutique with holiday gifts and treats.
Visitors don’t need a reservation or a membership to visit the AppleHouse, and all proceeds from the store support Arboretum research and general operations.
Macro artifacts (tanks, helicopters & more) up close!
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A free, family-friendly public program exploring our macro artifacts (tanks, helicopters & more) up close and facilitated by veterans and experts who know them well. Programs are held outdoors on the last Saturday of the month all summer long. These dates coincide with a monthly used-book sale of great bargains on topics from the Civil War to the present day.
Art in the Garden is a unique showcase of art and nature, featuring more than 70 local vendors, from culinary to crafts to fine arts.
Arboretum guests of all ages can meet the artist, mingle, stroll, eat and shop. Enjoy live music from Nick Jordan and Mary DuShane on Friday, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Duos Amigos from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on Saturday and Alrio Trio + from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.
August Featured Artists: Jil Franke, Mike Jabbur, Brent Pafford, Olivia Tani
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Join us in celebrating our August Featured Artists! With an abundance of work from four different artists with vastly different styles, you’re sure to find something to take home!
