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UCSC: Harvest Festival

October 18 @ 11:00 am3:00 pm PDT
On the Main Stage:
Activities 11-3pm
  • Apple pressing for cider
  • Pumpkin and produce sales
  • Apple pie baking contest (more details here)
  • Face painting
  • Pumpkin painting
  • Bouquet making
  • Tractor rides
  • 1:45pm Medicinal Plant Walk with Darren Huckle (meet at Louise Cain Gatehouse near main stage)
  • and more!
UCSC’s American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) will be hosting programming in conjunction with Harvest Festival which will include:
  • 11:10am Land Acknowledgement at the LifeLab Amphitheater before the White Hawk Dancers
  • 12:20-12:50pm Intro to AIRC and PoCSC, ice breakers, and pie eating contest (Farm Center)
  • 12:50-1:35pm Arts & Crafts at the Farm Center
  • 12:50-1:35pm Farm Tour (meet at Farm Center)
  • 2:10-2:45pm Guest Speaker and Story Telling Time (Farm Center)
Food for purchase

Plus:

  • Face painting
  • Pumpkin sales
  • Apple pie bake-off
  • Flower printing
  • Tractor rides
  • Honey tasting
  • Apple pressing
  • Storytelling
  • Sammy the Banana Slug mingling and photo opportunities

Food from the Penny Ice Creamery, S&B Food Truck, Pana Venezuelan Food, Dos Hermanos Pupuseria.

For admission, bring cash, or use this link to pre-register by credit card.



October 18 @ 11:00 am3:00 pm PDT
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