HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. (828newsNOW) —
The 2024 NC Apple Festival thundered into Labor Day weekend with dozens of white tents, red apples and dark storm clouds.
The annual event, held from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. over the Labor Day holiday weekend in Hendersonville, N.C., brings in thousands of visitors to partake in a variety of apple-themed activities. On Friday, August 30, the opening day of the festival, an unexpected thunderstorm disrupted the festivities.
Check out the gallery below of the festival dealing with the coming storm. The NC Apple Festival lasts Friday, August 30, to Monday, September 2.
Farmers at the NC Apple Festival preside over their crop.
Some of the many creative signs at the NC Apple Festival incorporated apple faces into their advertisements for apple products.
A woman rushes to close her tent as the storm descends on the NC Apple Festival.
Dark clouds begin to obscure the sky as rain lashes down on the NC Apple Festival.
A family rushes past the evacuated NC Apple Festival main stage as it begins to storm.
Firetrucks were in demand at the NC Apple Festival, with several whirling past and parked in the streets.
One of the organizations to set up a tent at the NC Apple Festival included these cute hats.
Baked goods mingled with wet air as the storm began at the NC Apple Festival.
One of the more creative signs was this pop art-inspired placard.