Category: events

  • Franklin County CiderDays 2014 Preview

    Franklin County CiderDays in Massachusetts—held the first weekend in November—is now celebrating its 20th edition. What began as a humble harvest celebration by West County Cider is now a New England-wide celebration of orchards, apples, sweet cider, and hard cider. CiderDays 2014 will be held October 31st to November 2nd. Many events are free and open to…

  • Cider Festivals – Autumn 2014

    Cider Summit Seattle September 5-6 cidersummitnw.com/seattleeventinfo.html The 5th annual Cider Summit Seattle will be held at the South Lake Union Discovery Center. With over 150 ciders being poured from the Pacific Northwest and beyond, you’ll likely need both days to sample everything on your wish list. Washington Cider Week September 4-14 nwcider.com/washington-cider-week Cider Summit Seattle…

  • Cider Week Virginia — Part 1

    [This post is by my wife, Melissa, who rarely travels to cider events due to other commitments. Keep an eye out for future posts from Melissa and other guest authors! — Eric] My husband and I were too busy to travel to any Cider Week Virginia events in 2012, so there was no way we…

  • CiderDays 2013 Preview

    [iframe_loader src=”https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?q=select+col7+from+1TxRJwVPC0FD3N3516sRwpZVFmt4ZpZ-DJCgzN8E&viz=MAP&h=false&lat=42.57754790782971&lng=-72.60738634453129&z=10&t=1&l=col7&y=2&tmplt=2&hml=ONE_COL_LAT_LNG” height=”360″ width=”600″] View a larger version of the map at map.ciderguide.com/cd2013.html. Franklin County CiderDays in Massachusetts—traditionally held the first weekend in November—is now in its 19th year. What began as a humble harvest celebration at West County Cider is now a county-wide celebration of apples, sweet cider, and hard cider. This year’s CiderDays will be…

  • Pour The Core Cider Festivals

    On my recent trip through New England and Quebec I arranged to meet with Andy Calimano, an event organizer and promoter based on Long Island, New York. Andy’s company Starfish Junction Productions has recently begun organizing cider tasting festivals in Philadelphia and on Long Island called Pour The Core. Andy also publishes Hard Cider News, a monthly…