Nebraska City's famous apple harvest festival, with a parade, orchards, cider and a carnival over two September weekends.
Next: Sep 17–26, 2027 · Downtown Nebraska City and area orchards
AppleJack is Nebraska City's fall harvest festival, and USA Today has named it one of the top 10 harvest festivals in the country. Once a single weekend, it now runs over two weekends in September and organizers say it draws more than 100,000 people to a town of under 10,000.
The first weekend is the classic festival: a Saturday afternoon parade on Central Avenue, a carnival, a flea market and a craft and maker market. The second weekend focuses on apples, with a Cider Stroll for adults and a harvest market.
Orchards are the other half of the fun. Arbor Day Farm, Kimmel Orchard, Union Orchard and other farms offer U-pick apples, hayrack rides, cider donuts and wine tastings. Nebraska City is about an hour south of Omaha.
Omaha's weekend farmers markets: Saturday mornings on the Old Market's brick streets and Sunday mornings at Aksarben Village, May through October.
Old Market (11th and Jackson Streets) and Aksarben Village (67th Street and Mercy Road) · Downtown & RiverFront
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A not-so-scary Halloween play exhibit for little kids, with a castle wall to climb, a spooky maze and museum trick-or-treating at the end of October.
Omaha Children's Museum · Downtown & RiverFront
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Brats, schnitzel, imported beer and polka bands at the German-American Society's long-running Oktoberfest.
German-American Society · West Omaha
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