Come out for the 2025 Apple Festival for apple-picking, apple pie, and fresh pressed apple cider!

Over 20 food and snack vendors, more than 70 arts and crafts vendors! Live music each day!

Beer and wine from local breweries and wineries! With a petting zoo, face painting, and games, there is fun for all ages!

An annual tradition, the Apple Festival celebrates the more than 100-year history of apples grown in the Sacramento Mountains. Nichols Ranch and Orchards invites you to enjoy breathtaking views of the Tularosa Basin including White Sands National Park, mountain fresh air, and a fun-filled experience that your family will remember for years to come.

Live Music Schedule

Saturday

9-12 Captain Klas

1230-330 Phil Hamilton

4-7 Rose Water Blues

Sunday

930-1215 Roscoe and the Boozehounds

130-445 Hooks and the Huckleberries

Special Considerations and IMPORTANT information

The festival is located in the mountains at an elevation of 6800 feet. The event is spread out over a large area and requires a lot of walking. Make sure you are prepared for a warm day outdoors and plenty of walking. The festival takes place on a working farm in a rural setting - there are uneven and unpaved walking surfaces, bugs, rocks, dust, and unpredictable weather.

- Wear good walking shoes

- Hydrate...it can get hot!

- Wagons are useful for carrying all the items you may purchase such as cherries, pies, and cider.

- We will have chairs and tables available but you are welcome to bring your own chairs.

- Strollers with off-road wheels are recommended. Regular stroller wheels do not do well on our terrain.

- A free shuttle is available to take you from the parking lot to the top of the festival grounds.

- the parking lot is not ideal for super low-profile vehicles.

- when using a ladder to pick cherries always have someone else hold the ladder for safety. We are not responsible for injuries incurred from unsafe ladder use.

****Anyone choosing to participate in agritourism events at the Cherry Festival does so voluntarily and understands and acknowledges that engaging in agritourism activities at the Farm, including but not limited to animal interaction, crop harvesting, and touring the farm grounds, involves inherent risks that may result in injury, illness, or even death. By attending the event, each participant voluntarily assumes all such risks.****