Fifth Annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration

Join The A.D. Makepeace Company and the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association at the annual Cranberry Harvest Celebration each Columbus Day weekend (October 10 and 11, 2009). Please, no pets.

This fun family event features juried crafters, activities for children, cooking demonstrations, pony and wagon rides, and much more. The highlight of the day is a guided tour of a working cranberry bog.

“Whether you live in the area and make it a point to watch the harvest every fall, or you’ve never seen it, this is a great experience,” said Michael P. Hogan, president and CEO of the A.D. Makepeace Company, the world’s largest cranberry grower.

Our 2008 event drew a record 12,000 people from around the world. We're already busy making plans for the 2009 Celebration!

Throughout the weekend, enjoy musical performances by some of the region’s top talents. The event will also feature old-fashioned fun for the kids, including wagon and pony rides, pumpkin and face painting, games, and coloring contests.

2008 Highlights

Bog Tours

  • Helicopter Tours: $35
  • Bus Tours: Free

New This Year

  • Visit from the Past cranberry history exhibit
  • Chainsaw carving (items will be raffled)

Children’s Activities

  • Ridge Valley Stables will offer pony rides from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily.
  • Moonbounce

Other activities in the Kids’ Tent

  • Cranberry Scavenger Hunt, crafts, cranberry guessing game, Berry Good Kid Pictures to benefit MA Child Relief Project
  • Face Painting and Pumpkin Painting to benefit Child and Family Services
  • Kid’s Marine Craft Creations and Education
  • Golf putting and YMCA literature
  • Display of Onset Youth Center project, balloons, Wonset candy bars
  • Sand and Candle Art
  • Children's games, crafts, stationary bike rides and information on the bike path.
  • “Life in a Bog Ditch” educational display
  • Native American artifacts, educational materials

Musical Entertainment

  • Grace Morrison and her band (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily)
  • Stone Blue (2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday)
  • Doug Large & Guest (2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday)

Other Entertainment

  • Kaleidoscope of Dance gymnastics demonstration on Saturday at 1 p.m.
  • The Suspendars Juggling Troupe noon to 2 p.m. daily

Cooking Demonstrations

  • Cooking Demonstrations each day featuring the area’s finest students and chefs from Johnson & Wales. Saturday 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Sunday 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  • Green Briar Nature Center’s Jam Kitchen demonstration on Sunday 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.