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Experience Excelsior Apple Days – a cherished lakeside festival that unites our community, art, local flavors, and a classic street dance. Since 1935, this event has delighted fans with a day packed full of activities like craft booths, a kids corner, food vendors, history tours, Apple Pie contests, live entertainment from local talents and renowned bands, and a lively beer and wine garden at the heart of it all! Don't miss out on this lakeside extravaganza!
2025 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
---FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19
- 5 PM: Apple Day Kick-Off
- 5:30-7 PM: Mark Miller Band
- 7:30-10 PM: Ragtown
---SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20
- 8:00 - 10:00 AM Pie Baking Contest submissions dropped off to Dunn Brothers
- 10 AM: Show Opens (Kid's Corner, Food Vendors, Beer Garden, Artist Booths)
- 11-11:45 AM: Cruise + Capture with Paradise Charter Cruises (Free, registration required)
- 12-12:45 AM: Cruise + Capture with Paradise Charter Cruises (Free, registration required)
*Register Here: Click for Details
- 12:15 PM: Pie Eating Contest - Adults
- 12:30: Pie Eating Contest - Kids
- 12:45 Pie Baking Contest winners announced
- 1:30-3:30: Sawyer's Dream
- 4:15-6:15 PM: Jake + Josie
- 5:00 Artist Booths Close
- 7-10 PM: Gen X JukeBox
- 10 PM: Show Closes
---SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21
- 10 AM: Show opens (Kid's Corner, Food Vendors, Beer Garden, Artist Booths)
- 4 PM: Show closes
2025 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
---FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19
- 5 PM: Apple Day Kick-Off
- 5:30-7 PM: Mark Miller Band
- 7:30-10 PM: Ragtown
---SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20
- 8:00 - 10:00 AM Pie Baking Contest submissions dropped off to Dunn Brothers
- 10 AM: Show Opens (Kid's Corner, Food Vendors, Beer Garden, Artist Booths)
- 11-11:45 AM: Cruise + Capture with Paradise Charter Cruises (Free, registration required)
- 12-12:45 AM: Cruise + Capture with Paradise Charter Cruises (Free, registration required)
*Register Here: Click for Details
- 12:15 PM: Pie Eating Contest - Adults
- 12:30: Pie Eating Contest - Kids
- 12:45 Pie Baking Contest winners announced
- 1:30-3:30: Sawyer's Dream
- 4:15-6:15 PM: Jake + Josie
- 5:00 Artist Booths Close
- 7-10 PM: Gen X JukeBox
- 10 PM: Show Closes
---SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21
- 10 AM: Show opens (Kid's Corner, Food Vendors, Beer Garden, Artist Booths)
- 4 PM: Show closes
Date & Time
September 18, 2026
Additional Dates
This event also occurs on:
09/19/2026, 09/20/2026
Location
Downtown Excelsior
Water Street
Excelsior, MN 55331
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The Town Planner calendar is a wonderful family-friendly resource mailed FREE every year to homes & businesses throughout the west metro.
For homeowners, the Town Planner provides year-round information on what's happening in our communities, great savings from locally-owned businesses & beautiful color photography of our area.
For businesses, the Town Planner puts you ON DISPLAY EVERY DAY -- versus quickly having your ad discarded into the recycling bin. The calendar is such a useful tool that families keep it hanging up in a handy spot all year long, making sure they see your business name every time they go to the fridge, to the front door, or to their office. There's simply nothing else like it!
In addition to our annual print calendar, our digital tools are powerful & intuitive. Our website, weekly events e-newsletter & smart phone apps are updated every day to ensure that you can always find out where to go to have fun or to save money!
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