Adams Morgan Apple Festival Takes Place Saturday, October 19 with Heirloom Apple Tasting & Apple Pie Baking Contest
The 11th Annual Adams Morgan Apple Pie Baking Contest and the 16th Annual Licking Creek Bend Farm Heirloom Apple Tasting returns to Adams Morgan on Saturday, October 19! The highly-anticipated community event will take place in front of The LINE DC hotel and directly across the street from the farmer’s market in Unity Park at Euclid and Champlain Streets NW.
Event highlights include an heirloom apple tasting and a homemade apple pie baking contest from residents in the neighborhood. Area bakers compete for the title of ‘Best Apple Pie’, and attendees can purchase pie slices for $6 each to support Mary’s Center, a neighborhood nonprofit and health center serving over 65,000 people of all ages, incomes, and backgrounds in the Washington, DC metro area for 35 years. With an integrated model of health care, education, and social services, Mary’s Center offers each participant individualized care on the path toward good health, stability, and economic independence.
The apple pie contest is judged by the following local pie lovers:
Phil Mendelson, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia
Brianne Nadeau, Councilmember, Ward 1
Shawn Townsend, CEO, Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington (RAMW)
Jake Faleschini, Commissioner, ANC 1C
Akil Wilson, Adams Morgan Business Owner, Wilson’s Barbershop
Dr. Richard Gesker, Interim CEO, Mary’s Center
Kamay Lafalaise, Adams Morgan Resident, MasterChef Finalist, and Attorney
Event Schedule:
8:30am: Adams Morgan Farmers Market opens in Unity Park
10am: Heirloom apple tasting, presented by Michael Tabor of the Licking Creek Bend Farm
11am: Pie slices go on sale (available on a first-come, first-serve basis. They typically sell out quickly.)
11:30am-12:30pm: Apple pie contest judging begins
12:30pm: Apple pie contest winners announced
1pm: Market & festival ends
Additional Event Details:
The event is free and open to the public. Each pie-baking contestant will make three homemade 9” pies from scratch (one for the judges, two for sale) and provide a list of their ingredients. Bakers compete for the top slot in five categories: appearance, filling, crust, overall, and People’s Choice. The People’s Choice category is voted on and scored by the public. A QR code is placed on each individual pie slice that is sold at the festival and the purchaser can score the pie slice they eat. Votes are tallied and the People’s Choice winner is announced later in the day. Winners in each category will receive a certificate, a mention on social media, and a 2 week CSA membership from Licking Creek Bend Farm. 100% of the proceeds from pie sales are donated to an Adams Morgan nonprofit. This year we choose Mary’s Center. Adams Morgan businesses will be offering Fall-themed specials throughout the day. The promotions will be listed on the event website in the coming weeks. The festival is hosted by the Adams Morgan Partnership BID, Licking Creek Bend Farm, and The LINE DC. To learn more, visit AdMoAppleFestival.com.
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About the Adams Morgan Partnership BID:
The Adams Morgan Partnership Business Improvement District is a nonprofit organization focused on enhancing the quality of life for businesses, commercial property owners, residents, visitors, and employees in the District of Columbia’s most vibrant and eclectic neighborhood. The Partnership provides daily street cleaning, fun neighborhood events, and creative marketing and economic development initiatives. Adams Morgan is world-renowned for its fantastic restaurants and nightlife, colorful retail stores and historic, tree-lined residential streets. The American Planning Association named Adams Morgan one of the top 10 neighborhoods in America.
