Arkansas Apple Festival

10/04/2026

🐴 🍎 A big Apple Festival thank-you to Madalyn Johnson, the Lincoln Riding Club Junior Miss from Harrison, Arkansas, for joining us at the 50th Annual Lincoln Apple Festival and riding in Saturday’s parade! 🍎🐴

🍏Madalyn looked absolutely wonderful in her one-of-a-kind apple-themed shirt, lovingly made by her mom just for the occasion. From the “Sweet as Apple Pie” sleeve to the “Cider Season” design on the back, every detail was perfect for celebrating our favorite Lincoln time of the year!🍏

💚❤️We were so happy to have you be part of our Apple Festival celebration, Madalyn. Thank you for bringing your western spirit, beautiful smile, and apple pride to Lincoln! ❤️💚

10/04/2026

10/04/2026

🎶🍎TOMORROW!🍎🎶

The Butler Creek Boys are BACK at the Arkansas Apple Festival—and you do not want to miss it!

Join us Sunday, October 4th at 2:00pm as we celebrate 50 years of Apple Festival tradition in Lincoln, Arkansas.

Get ready for an incredible afternoon of live music, hometown fun, and the kind of celebration that only the Apple Festival can bring!

Thank you to Legacy National Bank for sponsoring this exciting performance!

Bring your family, grab your friends, and make plans to be there! ❤️🍏

10/01/2026

🎉 **The 50th Annual Arkansas Apple Festival is almost here!** 🍎

We are so excited to welcome everyone back to downtown Lincoln for a weekend full of hometown tradition, great food, shopping, music, and family fun.

Use this Festival Overview Map to plan your visit:

🍎Festival parking is available east of the square, with additional festival and vendor parking near Park Street.

🍎Food vendors and food-tent seating will be located south of the square.

🍎KidsWorld will open after the parade on Saturday, October 3, and remain open through 5:00 p.m. Sunday, October 4.

🍎Find the Main Stage, Festival Info Booth, restrooms, Bean & Cornbread Booth, free apple slices, c***r samples, and more around the square.

🍎Please watch for the marked **no-traffic/no-parking areas** and follow posted parking directions.

👏🏻The Square will be packed with fantastic vendors of all kinds, so come hungry, bring the family, and allow a little extra time for parking and walking around downtown.

🍏See you in Lincoln for the 50th Annual Arkansas Apple Festival!💗

10/01/2026

🍎This year, we celebrate 50 years of the Arkansas Apple Festival.

👑But we also remember two people who will always be part of its story.

❤️Russ & Rainy Laycox.

🍏Their love for this community and this tradition lives on in every memory, every volunteer, every crown, and every apple-season celebration.

Forever remembered. Forever loved. 🍎❤️

09/30/2026

🍎We have been busy today getting ready for YOU!

🍏Vendors roll in tomorrow and we have a record number!

🥳The threat of a few showers won’t get us down! Plus Saturday and Sunday are looking really nice! 🌤️

👋🏼See you soon!

09/30/2026

🍎The weather is looking good for Saturday’s parade!

❤️But we NEED YOU! We are looking for volunteers and our biggest need is parade help on Saturday.

✅Sign up and join us. It’s a great way to support our community and doesn’t take much time!

Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Volunteer Waiver and Release I understand that volunteering for the Arkansas Apple Festival may involve outdoor work, standing, walking, lifting or moving supplies, working around crowds, traffic, equipment, and other ordina...

09/29/2026

🍎T-Shirt pre-orders close tomorrow!
🚨Don’t miss out!

🍎The official 50th Anniversary Arkansas Apple Festival t-shirt is HERE!
✅Pre-orders are open NOW.

🌟Fifty years. 1976 to 2026.
One square, one weekend, one very good-looking shirt to prove you were there.

ℹ The Front: Our 50th Anniversary Celebration Logo
The Back: A look back at Lincoln, Arkansas apple country through the years.

☑Small – Large: $25
XXL – ###L: $27

✅PRE-ORDER CLOSES Wednesday, SEPTEMBER 30

👕Shirts are printed to order. We'll have some at the festival, but quantities are limited and we can't promise your size will be there. Pre-ordering is the only way to guarantee you get one.

🛒For info and to ORDER click here:
https://tinyurl.com/aftshirt26

🍎The Arkansas Apple Festival has always been run by volunteers. There is no paid staff, no big budget, and no big corporation — just neighbors who take vacation days, borrow trailers, and show up at 6amon the square. When you buy a shirt or add a few dollars at checkout, you're not just getting a keepsake from our 50th year. You're helping a countless local families, students, and volunteers have a festival worth showing up for.
❤Thank you for being part of it.

🍎Honor the past. Celebrate the present. Inspire the future.

09/26/2026

✨ 🍎Today’s Apple Festival Pageant was a beautiful success! We were surrounded by gorgeous girls—inside and out—a fantastic stage, plenty of sparkles and sunshine, and a sweet remembrance of Russ and Rainy Laycox. 🍎✨

🙌🏻A huge thank-you to our new pageant director, July Misenhimer, for doing such a wonderful job, and to Alexis Bartholomew for all of your hard work helping make the day so special.

📸Thank you to Kacey Kinion Photography for providing professional photos for our contestants, winners, and pageant. We are so thankful to have those special memories captured.

🌹And thank you to Carter’s Flowers & More for the beautiful flowers that added such a special touch to the day.

🍏Events like this truly take a village, and the Apple Festival is blessed with a good one. We are so thankful for our incredible volunteer team and all they do behind the scenes to keep these traditions going.

🤩We are always welcoming more volunteers to our Apple Festival tribe—come be part of something special! ❤️

05/04/2026

Celebrating 50 Years! (1976–2026)

"Honor the Past. Celebrate the Present. Inspire the Future."

2026 Arkansas Apple Festival Application: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oOrfu0p98FlXeQP-8yHhDNk6GEBnZsyabbsoS4Ozu-E/edit