Arkansas Apple Festival

09/02/2026

🍎 Calling all candidates, elected officials, and campaign teams! 🍎

The Arkansas Apple Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary October 2–4, 2026, and we invite you to be part of this milestone celebration in Lincoln!

This is a great opportunity to connect with voters, visit with festival attendees, and show your support for one of Northwest Arkansas’s longest-standing community traditions.

Political participation options include:

Festival booth space + parade entry: $150

Parade entry only: $50

Space is limited, so please complete the sign-up form as soon as possible:

👉 https://tinyurl.com/afelectionyear

Want even more visibility?
Make your campaign stand out during the 50th Arkansas Apple Festival by becoming an event sponsor! Sponsorship opportunities offer additional recognition through festival signage, social media, event materials, and more—helping put your name in front of attendees throughout the weekend.

🍏 Check out our sponsorship post and the link pinned at the top of our page for available sponsorship levels. While you’re there, be sure to order your official 50th Anniversary Arkansas Apple Festival T-shirt, too!

Join us as we honor the past, celebrate the present, and inspire the future at the 50th Arkansas Apple Festival!

📅 October 2–4, 2026
📍 Lincoln, Arkansas

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09/02/2026

🍎✨Help celebrate 50 years of the Arkansas Apple Festival by becoming a sponsor! 🍎✨

The Arkansas Apple Festival has been a beloved Lincoln tradition since 1976—and in 2026, we’re honoring the past, celebrating the present, and inspiring the future.

Your sponsorship helps make this community event possible while putting your business in front of festival-goers through event signage, digital and social-media recognition, branded opportunities, and more.

Sponsorship levels are available for every level of support:

🍎 Red Delicious – $5,000
🍏 Golden Delicious – $2,500
🍏 Granny Smith – $1,500
🍎 Apple Seed – $500
🍏 Apple Core – In-Kind Donations

Join us October 2–4, 2026, for this special anniversary celebration in Lincoln, Arkansas!

To view sponsorship details or sign up, visit:
https://tinyurl.com/afsponsor2026

08/14/2026

🍎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 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

👕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.

08/12/2026

🍎🍎 52 DAYS AND COUNTING! 🍎🍎

🍏The 50th Annual Arkansas Apple Festival is right around the corner — and this one is going to be BIG!

🍎 October 2, 3 & 4 in Lincoln, Arkansas.
🫵You do NOT want to miss this one.

👕🚨 LIMITED EDITION 50th ANNIVERSARY T-SHIRT ORDER DROPS THIS WEEK! 🚨👕
👀 Watch this page so you don't miss the link!

🚜🚙🚒 PARADE REGISTRATION COMING SOON!
✅ Start planning those floats now!

🍎 LIMITED VENDOR SPACES STILL AVAILABLE!
💬 Message us for details before they're all claimed.

🇺🇸POLITICIANS & ELECTED OFFICIALS — a special parade + booth package is dropping soon.
👁 Watch our page for more info soon!

✨STEP INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WITH US!
Name a stage, back the entertainment, or go all in as a title sponsor. Every business and every budget has a place at "OUR 50th," and we'll help YOU find yours — after all, showcasing our community and making it shine is what this is all about!

😍And... of course we will will have all of your traditional festival favorites, plus much more! Arts & crafts, live music, food trucks, fresh apples, apple cider, FREE apple slices, apple dumplins, Kids World, beans & cornbread, country breakfast at the Sr Center, and the Apple Harvest Queens.

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

🍎ArkansasAppleFestival.com🍎

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