Cider Days

Next date: Saturday, October 03, 2026 | 10:00 AM to 05:00 PM

About the event 

Celebrating Lakewood’s agricultural heritage with an entertaining mix of live performances, activities and tasty harvest treats, the annual Cider Days festival offers fun and excitement for the entire family!

Cider Days is now taking applications for vendors

Exhibitor Application

Food Vendor Application

Demonstrator Application

Event ticket sales will open August 13.

This event includes tractor pulls and vintage power displays, children's activities, historic demonstrations and a unique variety of exhibitors and vendors. The Cider Days festival wouldn’t be complete without everything apple, including apple pressing, cider and a variety of apple goodies

Know before you go

We hope you’re getting excited to join us at Lakewood’s favorite fall tradition. Important reminders are coming soon.

Cider Pressing

If you plan to participate in Cider Pressing, don’t forget to bring your own apples and an empty jug so you can take your cider home with you! Groups cannot press more than one 5-gallon bucket’s worth of apples. If you have more apples than that, we recommend you Register for our Cider Pressing event.

Bike to Cider Days & get $1 off your first cider!  

Skip the parking game and ride your bike to Cider Days! Drop your bike at the FREE Bike Valet located in front of the Heritage Lakewood Visitor Center at (801 S. Yarrow St.) and we’ll check it for safe keeping until 4 p.m. both days. As a bonus, all bikers will receive $1 off their first cup of non-alcoholic cider!

Parking

The lot at Heritage Lakewood Belmar Park (801 S. Yarrow St.) is reserved exclusively for those who need accessible parking and our free bike valet. Limited parking is available along South Yarrow Street, at the Lakewood Cultural Center (470 S Allison Pkwy), the Lakewood Police Department (445 S Allison Pkwy) and Belmar Shopping Center (465 South Teller St).

Shuttles

There will be free shuttles running from the Belmar Shopping Center (465 South Teller St), Lakewood Civic Center (480 S Allison Pkwy) and Lakewood Police Department (445 S Allison Pkwy) parking lots. Shuttles are scheduled to begin operating 30 minutes before the festival opens and will continue running until 30 minutes after it closes each day. Specifically, on Saturday, shuttle service will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. to accommodate the festival hours of 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Sunday, the service will operate from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for the 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. festival hours. Visitors are encouraged to utilize this service for convenient transportation

Dogs

Well-behaved dogs are welcome at Cider Days.

Amusements

All amusements are INCLUDED with admission:

Apple arts & crafts, cider pressing, educational livestock experience, face painting, goat walkabout, wagon rides, magician & balloons, pie eating contests, line dancing, macintosh maze, tractor pull, train rides, trick pig show and more.

Please note that all official communication regarding Cider Days will come from an official Lakewood city email address.

 

When

Location

Directions (from Denver): Follow 6th Ave to CO-121 S/Wadsworth Blvd in Lakewood. Take the CO-121 S/Wadsworth Blvd exit from US-6 W. Follow CO-121 S/Wadsworth Blvd to Alameda Ave. OR Virginia Ave. Turn west onto Alameda or Virginia and follow event parking signage and staff.
NOTE: Ohio Avenue will be CLOSED. Please access the event parking via Alameda Avenue or Virginia Ave.

Heritage Lakewood, 801 S. Yarrow St., Lakewood, CO, 80226, View Map