What is CiderDays?

CiderDays is an annual community celebration of all things apple in beautiful Franklin County, Massachusetts. 2026 marks our 32nd anniversary year! Come to the beautiful 413 to enjoy tours of the region's premier cideries and orchards with cidermaking demos and tastings, workshops, exhibitions, and educational events at a county-wide selection of venues. Find attractions from the valley towns of Greenfield, Deerfield, and Turners Falls to the beautiful hills of Buckland, Shelburne Falls, Colrain, Heath and all the towns in between. Whether you are a cider aficianado (hard or sweet), make your own cider, are an orchardist, like hanging out in bucolic orchards, or just enjoy soaking up all the goodness of autumn in New England, CiderDays is your event!

Most CiderDays activities are completely - FREE - but some scheduled programming requires registration and a ticket like the  Cider Salon and the Guided Cider Tastings at The Mill 

The 2026 Schedule of events  will be coming soon!  When published, it will show the dates and times of scheduled programming at various locations throughout Franklin County. 

Check out the Venues page for information on what all of our regional orchards and cidermakers will be offering this CiderDays weekend! Find hours of operation, specific offerings, and more!

Entries for the CiderDays Amateur Cider Competition will be collected at Raven Books in the Mill at Shelburne Falls during CiderDays weekend! The competition will be judged in December For more details, click here: Cider Days Amateur Competitio

We are looking forward to seeing you on Halloween weekend!

Photos on this page are by Bill Bradshaw, Paul Franz/The Recorder, Eric Lewandowski, Robin Bossert, and Beth Reynolds.