Acushnet held its 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival on Saturday and Sunday, 9/8 & 9. The festival celebrates the harvest season with music, food and dance. On Sunday, a parade, including the newly crowned Miss Apple-Peach, Natasha Moniz, marched along Main Street from Pope Park all the way to the fair grounds at the Long Plain Museum.
Dirty Sanchez performs at the 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival held in Acushnet on Sunday. And although the Peach Cobbler was sold out by early afternoon on Saturday, people stayed and ate and drank, and enjoyed everything else the fair had to offer, including the music of the bands that played. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
Gianna Almeida is all smiles before diving into her cotton candy on Sunday, 9/9/18, at the 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival in Acushnet. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
Wayne Audette from Fairhaven plays some serious air guitar on Sunday, 9/9/18, at the 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival in Acushnet. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
Jake Koczera, 10, performs the cover “Born to be Wild” by Steppenwolf with Dirty Sanchez on Sunday, 9/9/18, at the 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival in Acushnet. Photo by Glenn C. Silva.
Tractors participate in the parade of the 39th annual Apple-Peach festival in Acushnet on Sunday, 9/9/18. Photo courtesy of Margie Joseph.
The SouthCoast Storm Cheerleaders participate in the parade of the 39th annual Apple-Peach festival in Acushnet on Sunday, 9/9/18. Photo courtesy of Margie Joseph.
A couple of buddies give a thumbs up to the press on Sunday, 9/9/18, at the 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival in Acushnet. Photo by Beth David.
Bailie Boucher shows off the sand art he made on Sunday, 9/9/18, at the 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival in Acushnet. Photo by Beth David.
Volunteers from Troop 51 handled the parking and received donations for the Troop on Sunday, 9/9/18, at the 39th annual Apple-Peach Festival in Acushnet. Photo by Beth David.
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