Brookston Apple Popcorn Festival

Two all-American favorites play center stage on a day brimming with activities, including: over 200 craft booths, contests, entertainment, music & a great variety of food booths. There are yard sales galore all through town. Brookston's annual festival takes place the third Saturday in September. This is the time to celebrate the local harvest, rich with apples and popcorn. Come with your friends and family and enjoy the day.

There are many of activities for kids and adults all day long, such as: pancake & sausage breakfast at the firehouse, family entertainment on the stage, apple bobbing, prince and princess contest, hula hoop contest, jump rope contest, bubble gum blowing contest, water balloon toss, pizza eating contest, apple dessert contest, art show, men's leg contest, book sale at the Brookston library.

Golf carts are allowed in Brookston without having to have a permit from the town the day of the event ONLY. No four-wheelers, Gators, Rangers or ATV's are allowed. No golf carts are allowed in the festival area. Golf carts must have insurance.

Handicapped Parking is available close to the heart of the event, between Second and Third Streets. Enter from the north. All paved surface from parking area on in is easily negotiated with a wheelchair or rascal-type vehicle. Wheelchair-accessable washrooms are conveniently located near the center of the event and ample portable toilets are situated in convenient locations.

Location: 13 miles north of Lafayette, Indiana, on State Road 43