Source:  WLOS, 9/4/22

The 76th Annual North Carolina Apple Festival kicked off on Friday, Sept. 2, in Hendersonville.The four-day event began on Friday with the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast -- the first time holding the breakfast at the festival since the pandemic began. Organizers are excited to keep returning to some sense of normality after pandemic disruptions and impacts. "Now having a full festival is really amazing, so right back in the swing of things -- the festival everyone knows and loves," said Mark Shepherd, the first vice president of the NC Apple Festival.

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