10/18/2023
The 10th Annual Adams Morgan Apple Pie Baking Contest and the 15th Annual Heirloom Apple Tasting returns to Adams Morgan on Saturday, October 28! The highly-anticipated community event will take place in front of and directly across the street from the farmer’s market in Unity Park at Euclid and Champlain Streets NW. 🍎🥧🍏
Event highlights include an heirloom apple tasting and a homemade apple pie baking contest from residents in the neighborhood. Area bakers compete for the title of ‘Best Apple Pie’, and attendees can purchase pie slices for $6 each to support Jubilee JumpStart, a neighborhood nonprofit that provides high-quality early childhood education with a focus on children and families with the least access.
The apple pie contest is judged by the following local pie lovers:
🍎Alaina James, Store Owner, (opening soon in Adams Morgan)
🍏Phil Mendelson, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
🍎 , Councilmember, Ward 1
🍏 , Analyst, WAMU-FM 88.5 Kojo Nnamdi Politics Hour; Contributing Writer, Washington City Paper
🍎Margaret Stevens, Commissioner, ANC 1C
🍏 , NBC News4 Anchor
🍎Representative from Jubilee Jumpstart, early childhood education center
Event Schedule:
🥧8am: Adams Morgan Farmers Market opens in Unity Park
🥧10am: Heirloom apple tasting, presented by Michael Tabor of the Licking Creek Bend Farm
🥧11am: Pie slices go on sale (available on a first-come, first-serve basis. They typically sell out quickly.)
🥧11:30am-12:30pm: Apple pie contest judging begins
🥧12:30pm: Apple pie contest winners announced
🥧1pm: Market & festival ends
To learn more, visit AdMoAppleFestival.com.