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Join us for our annual Wassail Festival to celebrate the blossoms and the start of apple season!

This is a FREE family-friendly event!! We are collecting donations for Bethell Hospice.

Wassail is a tradition from ancient England. It’s purpose was to bless the apple orchard and scare away the bad spirits after a long winter. It included a lot of dancing, singing and merriment!

The Orange Peel Morris Singers will perform traditional song and dance and lead a procession into the orchard to bless the apple trees.

Performances will start promptly at 12 & 2PM.

What to Expect:

• Enjoy FREE sweet cider!
• Learn about Wassailing and enjoy the performance
• Kids can make their own Wassail noise-maker
• Pizza is available to order from 12-5

Every year at Spirit Tree, we host our Wassail Festival on Family Day. What is a Wassail Festival?

In ancient England, the townspeople would sing and dance in the orchard, believing they were waking up the trees after a long winter and scaring away any bad spirits. They would hang cider-soaked bread on the branches as an offering to the trees to ensure a good harvest that year. This will be our 12th Wassail Festival and we have had 12 years of fruitful harvests!

Join us on Monday, February 21 for our Annual Wassail Festival.

What to expect:

At 11:30 and 1:30 – the Orange Peel Carollers will be joining us for the traditional Wassail song and dance. They will lead a procession into the orchard to offer the trees cider-soaked bread

Free hot cider and cookies!

Skating on the back pond (weather permitting)

Crafts for the kids – you kids can make Wassail noise makers to take into the orchard to wake up the trees!

This event is OUTDOORS, but please respect social distancing at all times.

The event is free, but we request a $20 donation (per car load) with all proceeds going to Bethal Hospice in Inglewood.

Pictures of Past Wassail Events: