Olde Tyme Apple Festival This Weekend in Missouri
The 2022 Versailles Olde Tyme Apple Festival will be held tomorrow and Sunday, October 1 and 2, 2022, around the courthouse in downtown Versailles, Missouri.
Road Trips Foodies will want to look for the Apple Pie Baking Contest. Winners will be announced and their pies auctioned off at noon tomorrow on the main stage at the north side of the courthouse.
Vendors, of course, will have all sorts of apple offerings for sale. Vendor booths will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day.
Other highlights of the event are a parade at 10 a.m. tomorrow, several presentations of Rogers & Hammerstein’s “Cinderella”, live music, a cornhole tournament, and a car show in Versailles City Park.
More about Versailles
As noted in Wikipedia, Versailles is a city in Morgan County, Missouri. The population was 2,482 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Morgan County. Locally, the town’s name is pronounced “Ver-sails”, rather than “Ver-seye, ” as in the French pronunciation of the royal palace for which the town is named. It’s in central Missouri, almost midway between Kansas City and St. Louis.
Local tip: If you drive east on Highway C from downtown Versailles, you will pass Lehman’s Restaurant, an authentic Mennonite restaurant serving some of the most delicious classic country cuisine such as mashed potatoes, fried chicken, and pies.
To learn more about the town that bills itself as the Gateway to the Ozarks, go online.
(Photos courtesy of Olde Tyme Apple Festival)