NEW GLOUCESTER — Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village will host its annual Harvest Festival from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, October 6. The day will feature free barn tours by Brother Arnold Hadd, free wagon rides and special activities. 

Freshly-picked apples from the historic Shaker orchards will be offered for sale along with cider-pressing of Shaker apples, homemade Shaker apple and pumpkin donuts, barbecue dinner plates and more.

Live Bluegrass music by Albert Price and the Pseudonyms. Chipman’s Farm, neighbors to the Shakers since the 1790s, will have a fresh bounty of seasonal produce for sale, along with preserves and baked goods.  Maple syrup and maple candy will be sold by Passamaquoddy Maple from Jackman.

Seasonal mums, other late-season “bloomers” and houseplants will be available from Donna’s Greenhouse. Free traditional craft demonstrations include wool fiber spinning, rug hooking and supplies by Parris House Wool Works, blacksmithing by Tim Greene, weaving by Marjie Thompson, wood-turning by Peter Asselyn, and woodcarving by the Poland Woodcarvers. Book signings by Don Perkins, “The Barns of Maine” and Chris Becksvoort, “The Shaker Legacy.”  Native American artists and crafters including Lightning Hawk Creations, dolls by Wendy Hamilton, and Passamaquoddy Maple syrup and sugar.