Historic Joanna Furnace begins its celebration of the fall harvest season on Saturday, Oct. 13. For more than 30 years, the ever-popular Hay Creek Apple Festival has been a family tradition.

Visitors of all ages are drawn to those great traditional foods, seasonal hands-on crafts for kids, the historic iron-making complex, flea market and much more. The crisp fall air and the crackle of leaves underfoot set the mood for this traditional tribute to the fall season and the delicious culinary delights based on the lowly apple.

With its savory variety of apple foods and apple specialties, the Hay Creek Apple Festival is one of the best places in the region to experience the many traditional ways apples can be prepared. Visitors can savor a variety of apple foods and apple specialties, eating on site or taking the food home.