Festivals & Fireworks
2026 Festival Schedule
We’re feeling festive so we’ve planned some extra special Saturdays for you this year. Check out all the activities happening during our festivals.
Entrance to All Festivals are included with general admission.
Come celebrate with us at the farm!
Baby Animal Festival
Come celebrate the cuteness!
Join us for a day filled with fluffy chicks, wobbly lambs, playful calves, and more adorable baby animals. It’s a heartwarming celebration of new life on the farm, perfect for families and animal lovers alike. Come create unforgettable memories with these pint-sized bundles of joy!
Festival Highlights:
🐮 Baby Mini Highland Cows
🐐 Baby Goats
🐑 Baby Sheep
🐷 Baby Pigs
🐣 Baby Chicks
🐇 Baby Bunnies
📸 Photo Ops
🍻 Local Brewery & Winery
🎈 Balloon Artist (May 30 1-4pm, June 6 12-3pm)
Farm: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Festival Activities: 10:00am – 5:00pm
Sweet Summer Festival
🎆 Celebrate America’s 250th with Our Sweet Summer Festival! 🇺🇸🌽
Join us at Cherry Crest Adventure Farm on Saturday, July 4th for a full day of patriotic fun, summertime traditions, and family memories—all part of our “Let Freedom Ring” celebration honoring America’s 250th anniversary!
Spend the day surrounded by red, white, and blue on the farm while enjoying sweet corn, summer treats, lively entertainment, and over 70 farm fun attractions. Then end the night with our biggest and most spectacular fireworks display yet, lighting up the Lancaster County sky in celebration of America! 🎇
Whether you’re dancing, playing, eating, or simply soaking in a beautiful summer evening on the farm, there’s something for every age to enjoy.
🎉 Festival Highlights:
🌽 Sweet Corn Specialties & Festival Favorites
🫧 Bubble Dance Parties at 2pm & 7pm
🎨 Corn Crafts
🎯 Festival Games
🎶 Live Music
🍻 Local Brewery & Winery
🎨 Face Painting (1–4pm)
🎈 Balloon Artist (1–4pm)
🌽 Sweet Corn Eating Contest at 1:30pm & 6:30pm
🇺🇸 Patriotic Costume Contest at 8pm — Dress in your best red, white, and blue for a chance to win a Cherry Crest party for 13 people!
🎇 Fireworks Show at 9:30pm — Our biggest and brightest yet!
Come celebrate summer, freedom, and family fun with us at Cherry Crest Adventure Farm! 🇺🇸
Farm: 10am – 10pm
Festival Activities: 12:00pm – 9:00pm
Fireworks: 9:30pm
Highland Cow Festival
Get Ready to Moo-ve and Groove at the Highland Cow Festival
Where the fluffiest creatures on earth take center stage! Get ready for a day packed with fuzzy fun as we celebrate these adorable bovines.
Festival Highlights:
🐄 Cow Themed Games
🐮 Brush-A-Highland
🤠 Cowboy Hat Decorating
📸 Photo Ops
🎶 Live Music
🍻 Local Brewery & Winery
🪢 Special Performances by Trick Roper MacKenzie Fish (1-4pm)
🎈 Balloon Artist (1-4pm)
Farm: 10:00am – 7:00pm
Festival Activities: 12:00pm -6:00pm
Flower Festival
Our sunflower and zinnia fields come alive with vibrant blooms and endless smiles!
Come join us for a day of sunshine and floral fun at the Sunflower Festival, where the beauty of nature meets the excitement of adventure on the farm. It’s an experience that will fill your heart with joy and your camera roll with stunning memories!
Festival Highlights:
🌸 Flowers Sold by Stem or Bucket
🛍️ Local Craft Vendors
🎨 Kids Craft
📸 Photo Ops
🎨 Face Painting (1-4pm)
🎈 Balloon Artist (1-4pm)
🍻 Winery & Brewery
🎶 Live Music
and much more for the entire family to enjoy.
Farm: 10:00am – 7:00pm
Festival Activities: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Hometown Heroes Festival
Come honor the bravery, sacrifice, and dedication of hometown heroes!
Join us for a day filled with gratitude, celebration, and community spirit as we pay tribute to the courageous individuals who serve our hometowns. From firefighters and police officers to healthcare workers, our festival is a heartfelt salute to those who keep our communities safe and thriving.
– a portion of ticket sales for this day will be donated to our local volunteer Fire Departments.
Festival Highlights:
🍬 Candy Drop @12:00pm
🚒 Touch-a-Truck & Meet & Greet with Local EMS, Fire Departments, and Police (until 6:00pm)
🎉 Heroes Parade at 6:30pm
🎆 Patriotic Fireworks Show at 8:30pm
Farm: 10:00am – 10:00pm
Festival Activities: 12:00pm – 6:30pm
Fireworks: 8:30pm
Cider Donut Fall Festival
Who loves Cherry Crest’s cider donuts??❤️
If you do, don’t miss this mouthwatering extravaganza!
Whether you’re a kid or just young at heart, the Cider Donut Fall Festival promises a day packed with laughter, adventure, and, most importantly, mouthwatering delights. Embrace the crisp autumn air as you enjoy a variety of treats, from our classic cider donuts to innovative donut creations that will tempt your taste buds. Celebrate the flavors of fall with family and friends, take in the beauty of the season, and join us for an unforgettable autumn tradition—because here at Cherry Crest Adventure Farm, the fun never stops!
Festival Highlights:
🍩 Delicious Cider Donut Specialty Treats
🍩 Cider Donut Eating Contest
🎯 Donut Games and Activities
📸 Special Donut Photo Ops
🍻 Local Brewery & Winery
🎶 Live Music
– Plus –
You will have the unique opportunity to feed donuts to someone that loves them more then you… our cows! That’s right, our cows just LOVE cider donuts. Take a wagon ride into the pasture and hand feed the cows donuts*- they will love you for it!
*Extra fee for special wagon ride
Farm: 10:00am – 10:00pm
Festival Activities: 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Fireworks: 8:30pm
Pumpkin Madness
How many ways you can bid farewell to a pumpkin?
Join us as we embark on a thrilling quest to discover the ultimate pumpkin destruction techniques. From smashing and throwing to bowling, dropping, and carving, there’s no shortage of excitement as we embark on this pumpkin demolition journey together. Bring along your leftover Halloween pumpkins or use some of ours – the choice is yours! So, gather your friends and family, and get ready to make memories. Let the smashing begin!
Festival Highlights:
🎃 Pumpkin Smashing
🎳 Pumpkin Bowling
⛳ Pumpkin Putt-Putt
🎯 Pumpkin Chucking
🎃 A HUGE Pumpkin Drop at 5:00pm!
🎶 Live Music
🍻 Local Winery & Brewery
The excitement continues after dark with a glow in the dark pumpkin drop at 7pm and Fireworks at 8:30pm!
Farm: 10am -10pm
Special Pumpkin Events: 1pm – 6pm
Fireworks: 8:30pm
Buy Tickets or Season Passes
Fireworks Schedule
There’s no better way to end your day of fun at Cherry Crest then to watch the dark night sky light up with bursts of colors from our spectacular fireworks show.
Saturday, July 4th @ 9:30pm
EVERY SATURDAY
September 19th – November 7th @ 8:30pm
