Salt Spring Island Apple FestivalWelcome To Apple Heaven

Apple Festival 2026

Sunday, Sept 27th, 2026

from 9 AM to 5 PM.

On Salt Spring Island, BC

(Always the LAST SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER)

Favourite Apples of Salt Spring: hand-painted watercolours of apple varieties
Favourite Apples of Salt Spring

Ticket sales will be from 9 AM to 3 PM on Apple Festival Day, Sunday, Sept 27th, 2026 outside Fulford Hall and outside the Ganges Info Centre, just as they have been in the past. Adults $10, Students $5, Kids FREE.

NO ADVANCED TICKET SALES.

Let’s look at all the Amazing Things you can Explore at Apple Festival 2026.

1)Fulford Hall ( a Great Place to start your Apple Adventure)

  • The beautiful display of Salt Spring grown apples will take up the centre of the hall. We hope to have over 500 varieties in alphabetic order in 2026, but will not know until about 9 PM on the evening before.  In 2025, we displayed 556 apple varieties (a record number), ALL GROWN ON SALT SPRING ISLAND.
  • The Pie Ladies will once again be selling apple pies, with a label telling you which Apple Variety is USED in each pie. A great way for you to do Baking Apple Research.  They usually SELL OUT by Noon.
  • Filling the edge of the hall will be Salt Spring Treasures of every sort, even apple ID EXPERTS.
  • We will be selling our 2 new Apple Festival posters, plus ALL archived ones.

Fulford Apple Display

The apple display down the centre of Fulford Hall Visitors tasting apple pie at Fulford Hall Gravenstein apples on a hand-written display card
An orchard row running down towards the sea Apples ripening on a branch Shelves of bottled cider

Photos: Pierre Mineau, 2022

2)About 15 Host Farms will be open that day (So continue on your Apple Adventure)

  • The Beddis Castle, now known as Royal Roads ‘Bloom Castle by the Sea opens up the Grounds to the Public only one day a year- Apple Festival Day. We are so lucky to have access to that beautiful outdoor space.
  • Tasting of apple varieties grown on Salt Spring (Apple Luscious should have about 80 apple varieties for tasting).  GREAT PLACE TO DISCOVER YOUR FAVOURITE VARIETY and TAKE SOME HOME.
  • The Salt Spring Apple Company grows over 400 apple varieties, the most of any Orchard on the Island
  • Every host orchard will be unique and feature different methods of growing apples, plus all their APPLE VARIETIES grown.
  • Two cideries, 2 distilleries, 1 winery, 1 brewery will be featuring all their specialties.
  • As always, Lunches will be offered at many HOST locations, as listed in the APPLE FESTIVAL PROGRAM.  All food vendors take great pleasure in feeding HUNGRY apple lovers AMAZING FOOD, right at the Host Location.
  • A few host sites, have apple history going back to the 1870’s.

Disbursements

IT IS FABULOUS TO SEE APPLES, HELPING OUT PEOPLE LOCALLY AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

What a great WIN-WIN situation. Apples cause people to have fun on that day and in doing so, help other people here and away.

Disbursements · Dedications · 2019