Gravenstein Apple Fair: An Old-Time Country Festival
The beloved Gravenstein Apple Fair returns to Ragle Ranch Regional Park in Sebastopol this summer! This year's fair takes place Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, 2025 from 10 am to 6 pm.
The Gravenstein Apple Fair is produced by Sonoma County Farm Trails, and celebrates Sebastopol's iconic sweet and tart apple variety. Its been Farm Trails' primary fundraiser since 1973, and there's truly something here for the entire family. Kids 5 and under are admitted free!
The Gravenstein Apple Fair will bring a weekend of great music, the tastiest fair food, hundreds of fun activities for all ages, and a stellar lineup of local wine, hard ciders, and microbrews. Attendees will also help raise funds to keep small family farms and agriculture alive in Sonoma County. Back this year is Apple Alley where you can find Gravenstein apple products from a dozen vendors together in one “neighborhood” near the entrance.
Live music is included with fair admission and this year takes place at a centralized stage and dance floor. Bands range in genre from indie and bluegrass to hip-hop and gypsy jazz and include Poor Man's Whiskey, Sean Hayes, Bandjango, and the Familiar Strangers.
In the kids' area, organized by an educator with years of experience in nature-based early childhood development, children can participate in interactive, hands-on activities, from making flower crowns and seed balls to felting soap and assembling lavender sachets. Kids can also play in the hay maze, chase giant bubbles, check out the old engines display, and explore the fair through the all new scavenger hunt game. Additionally, Santa Rosa's Charles M. Schulz Museum will host engaging and creative hands-on activities.
Kids can also participate in apple- and agriculture-themed contests, including apple juggling, apple pie eating, the watermelon toss, and the fair's famous piglet races.
In addition, you'll have the opportunity to taste everything Gravenstein and even take home a bag or a box of Sebastopol's celebrated apple, which is only in season for a brief few weeks in the summer. Adults can sample locally produced craft ciders, microbrews, and wine.
Returning to the Gravenstein Apple Fair this year is an expanded all-inclusive VIP Experience that includes general admission to all the fair amenities, as well as a VIP entrance, access to the shaded VIP lounge, complimentary drinks at the VIP bar and at all libations tents at the fair (cider, beer, and wine), complimentary special tastings, access to Artisan Tasting Grove, VIP-only restrooms, lawn games and a family area, and more. VIP tickets are $175, $75 for minors age 6–20, and free for kids 5 and under, and are available by advance purchase only.
The Artisan Tasting Grove will also take place again this year; an advance package costs $75 ($40 kids ages 6–12, free for 5 and under) and includes general fair admission and tickets will be available at the fair for $40. Kids under 5 are admitted free to the Artisan Tasting Grove.
For more information, visit www.gravensteinapplefair.com, call (707) 837-8896, or email farmtrails@farmtrails.org.
If You Go
The 2025 Gravenstein Apple Fair takes place Saturday, August 9 and Sunday, August 10, from 10 am to 6 pm. The Fair is held at Ragle Ranch Regional Park, located at 500 Ragle Ranch Road in Sebastopol.
Advance online admission is $23 for adults 13+ and $10 for children 6–12. Kids 5 and under are free. Family passes (2 adults and 2 children) for $55. General admission tickets from local retail partners, including all locations of Copperfield's Books, are available through August 8, 2025 for $20 adults and $10 children. Note that some retailers may request check/cash payment; please check with retailer.
Admission at the door after August 8 is $30 for adults 13+, $25 for seniors 65+, and veterans, and $15 for kids 6–12; kids 5 and under are admitted free and no ticket is required.
On-site parking is separate and not available in advance; and costs $10 per vehicle (cash only). Off-site parking at Holy Ghost Hall (7960 Mill Station Road) and O'Reilly Media (1005 Gravenstein Highway North) is free and includes a complimentary shuttle. Tickets and information are available at gravensteinapplefair.com.
Photos: Gravenstein Apple Fair
