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Saturday: Annual Apple Festival at Wyckoff House

Brian Hedden — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:00:48 +0000

The Wyckoff House will play host to its annual Apple Festival this Saturday, September 25, from noon to 4pm. I went to the event last year – lots of fun. There is the freshly pressed apple cider and the apple fritters prepared in the old tyme fashion. Also arts and crafts for the kids! Or the kids in all of us adults. And once again, the Jug Addicts will be providing the musical entertainment (video from last year’s Apple Festival).

The Wyckoff House (5816 Clarendon Road) is directly served by the B47 bus from Kings Plaza, with nearby service provided by the B8 from Dyker Heights and the B7 from the Kings Highway Q-train station (Brooklyn bus map).

The Apple Festival @ The Wyckoff House

Brian Hedden — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:00:08 +0000

The Wyckoff House – a Dutch farmhouse that is the oldest existing building in New York City – held its annual Apple Festival on Sunday, September 20. Did you go? It was a lot of fun!

There was freshly-pressed apple cider. Not that pasteurized garbage they sell at Waldbaums. Certainly not the product that Starbucks refers to as “cider” that is actually commercially filtered apple juice. I’m talking about the good stuff.

There were also apple fritters. I’d call them homemade… but I haven’t seen a home that makes apple fritters like this!

And they certainly didn’t last long.

There was also a tent for making arts and crafts with apples. This bag turned into a carrying case for a digital camera… but it was pointed out it would be perfect to hold an Apple iPod.

There was also this cool jug band called Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts that performed at the festival. (Don’t know what a jug band is? Neither did I. God bless Wikipedia!) I thought these people looked like they could really rock out at The Mercury Lounge if you gave them some electric guitars and some synths. And I have it on good authority that the Bill Carney of Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts was also in a NYC-based faux-Francais power-pop rock band or something called Les Sans Culottes.

I totally bought their CD before I left. So if you see me on the N-train tomorrow bobbing my head and tapping my feet with my headphones in my ears… I could be bobbing and tapping to this cool jug band. (Or it could be Green Day. Or Metric. Or Bananarama. You can never tell with me, honestly.)

This Weekend: Wyckoff House Apple Fest and Coney Island Irish Fest

Brian Hedden — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:47:53 +0000

There are a couple of interesting events going on this weekend. First of all, there is the Great Irish Fair at Keyspan Park. Kerry told you about this last week (read about it here) – it’s $12 for individuals and $30 for families, Saturday and Sunday.

And then, on Sunday, September 20th, the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum on Clarendon Road (Google Map) is having their annual Apple Festival from noon to 4pm. Dude, they have apple fritters and fresh pressed apple cider. How awesome is that?

Know of any other events in southern Brooklyn this weekend? Add them to the comments!

(Photo: Wyckoff House & Association)