Are you proficient at preserves, brilliant at baking, daft at crafts, well-versed at veggies or adept at flower arrangement? If so, we might have a great opportunity for you to show off your skills.
We’re excited to announce that on Sat Sept 27th and Sun Sept 28th, the Grist Mill and Gardens at Keremeos will be hosting our eleventh annual Heritage Fall Fair! There will be almost fifty exhibit categories to see or compete in as well as heritage games of skill, concessions, entertainment and more. The whole site will be filled with family-oriented activity for the day.
Admission to the Fall Fair is $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors.
Again this year, we’ll be providing a shuttle service from downtown Keremeos. Check our Facebook Page or this website a couple days before the event for the details!
2025’s Schedule Includes…
| SATURDAY | SUNDAY |
| Site Activities | |
| Summer Kitchen Music Stage (11AM-3PM) Our Summer Kitchen provides a great rustic outdoor venue and we look forward to hosting a variety of regional talent through the day. Saturday Sunday 10:00-11:00 House Band 10:00-11:00 House Band 11:00-12:00 Marilyn West and Glen O’Neil 11:00-12:00 Suzette DesJardins / Christine Wilson* 12:00-13:00 K Creek Cutters 12:00-13:00 Will Schlackl 13:00-14:00 Christine and Glen 13:00-14:00 K Creek Cutters 14:00-15:00 Dean Goulding 14:00-15:00 Christine Wilson / Suzette DesJardins* 15:00-16:00 Suzette DesJardins* 15:00-16:00 Dean Goulding and Glen O’Neil | |
| Carnival & Field Games (All Day) Enjoy some of the many pass-times that children and adults would’ve enjoyed in the 1880’s, from peg-in-the-bottle and “graces” to races and relays. This year, we’ll also be hosting 8 classic carnival games of skill. (Carnival games are $0.25 to play.) | |
| Scavenger Hunt (All Day) Use clues to find locations around the site; fastest to complete it wins a prize! | |
| Gotta Goat Farm (10AM-2PM) Visit with the cutest goats in the South Okanagan. There may be both Nigerian Dwarf and Miniature Silky Fainting goats coming to play. | |
| Historic Demonstrations (All Day) | |
| SATURDAY | SUNDAY |
| Exhibit Category Display (All Day, 11AM Judging Results) Are you proficient at preserves, brilliant at baking, daft at crafts, well-versed at veggies or adept at flower arrangement? If so, we might have a great opportunity for you to show off your skills. Details here. | Exhibit Category Display (All Day) See the best our community has to offer, including top-notch arts and crafts, stupendous veggies, and much more. |
| Tug-of-War Competition (1:00PM) Pull together and earn bragging rights as the best tug-of-war team in the Similkameen! Details here. | Apple Pie Baking Contest (1PM Drop-off, 3PM Results) This very popular contest returns, with the community contributing their best! Our celebrity judges will then choose this year’s best pie. Details here. |
| Zucchini Races (2:00PM) Children of all ages design and decorate giant zucchinis—complete with wheels—and race their creations down the Great Zucchini Race ramp. Details here. | Apple Race (2:30PM) One of our favourite kids’ activities is our annual apple race down Keremeos Creek. Fastest apple down the rapids, wins! |
| Heritage Apple Display (All Day) Again this year, we’ll be featuring a spectacular display of heritage and non-market apples to see, taste and maybe even buy (in 2022, we had almost 100 historic varieties represented!) | Heritage Apple Display (All Day) Again this year, we’ll be featuring a spectacular display of heritage and non-market apples to see, taste and maybe even buy (in 2022, we had almost 100 historic varieties represented!) |
| Blacksmithing Demonstrations (All Day) by Hartfieldforge | Blacksmithing Demonstrations (All Day) by Hartfieldforge |
| Vendor Alley (All Day) Join artisan vendors and community groups from around the Similkameen and Okanagan as their sell their hand-crafted food, arts and crafts. This list has been updated for 2025, but there are still spaces available. Want a table? Get in touch! | |
| Saturday Vendors Include: Multiple Perspectives Misty Lake Custom Creations Quail and Vine Fairy Dust and Daydreams Busy Hands Crafty Carol Out West Laser Chris Laas Art Bejazzeled Artistic Designs Beautibull Tallow Cosmetics GnR Alpaca Boutique DVO Woodworking Industrial Pixie Hartfield Forge Mr Bolo Pheasant Acres Cat Tail Farm Fibre JL Artworks The Warp Slayer Hummingbird Cottage Pineview Services Okanagan Crunch Maia Nunn, Author Martha Cloudesley, Button Jewelry Sweet and Crusty Mo’s Pottery Studio Nancy Blokland Pottery Sweet Mutsu Rashmi’s Rasoi Rob’s Mineral Habit 13 Moons Herbal Apothecary Sheila Collier Knitting Squirrel’s Den Sugar’s Crafts Rollen Stitches Tuesday’s Farm Ancient Path Market Mari’s Gifts Girl Guides Osoyoos Kid Vendors Rosie Jensen Keely Rivest Community Groups Keremeos and Area Knit & Crochet Keremeos Stitch Social Similkameen Garden Club WildSafe LSCSS SCDA Royal Purple Food Trucks Zizi’s Persian Food Delicious Greek Food The Beast The Ween Wag | Sunday Vendors Include: Crayon Kids Misty Lake Custom Creations Quail and Vine Fairy Dust and Daydreams Busy Hands Crafty Carol Out West Laser Chris Laas Art Bejazzeled Artistic Designs Beautibull Tallow Cosmetics Crowsnest Woodcraft DVO Woodworking Industrial Pixie Hartfield Forge Mr Bolo Pheasant Acres Cat Tail Farm Fibre JL Artworks Leona Noble Art Hummingbird Cottage Silver Trailer Studio Okanagan Crunch Maia Nunn, Author Martha Cloudesley, Button Jewelry Sally’s Baking Mo’s Pottery Studio Flip Flop Farm Sweet Mutsu Rashmi’s Rasoi Rob’s Mineral Habit 13 Moons Herbal Apothecary Sheila Collier Knitting Sugar’s Crafts Rollen Stitches Tuesday’s Farm Ancient Path Market Mari’s Gifts Girl Guides Osoyoos Kid Vendors Rosie Jensen Keely Rivest Community Groups Keremeos and Area Knit & Crochet Keremeos Stitch Social LSCSS Royal Purple Food Trucks Zizi’s Persian Food Delicious Greek Food The Beast The Wienery Kona Ice |
We’ll also be offering a BBQ lunch both days with a variety of tasty options.
…and more!
If you’re interested in learning more about the exhibit categories you can compete in the 2025 list and rules are available below:
2025 Sponsor List coming soon! In the meantime, we’d like to continue to offer thanks to our amazing 2024 sponsors including the Grist Mill Foundation, TL Timber, Ashnola Electric, Lordco, Gotta Goat Farm, Axe Monkeys Kelowna, Home Hardware Keremeos, Home Hardware Osoyoos, Peach King, Mariposa Fruit Stand, Similkameen Clean Interior Auto Detailing, Sharpe Distillery, Valley First Credit Union, KGI Industries, Fix’em Automotive, Copper Ridge MHP, STK Autoworks, Safeway, Canco and Sportschek for their generous sponsorship of this event.