Read about last year's festival....
Together, the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association and the A.D. Makepeace Company co-hosted the Third Annual Harvest Celebration.With the cooperation of Mother Nature, the celebration was a great success. Approximately 10,000 people from the local community and across the nation came to witness the beauty surrounding the cranberry harvest.

Those that attended the celebration experienced the Massachusetts cranberry tradition combined with various activities for the whole family, from wagon & pony rides to face & pumpkin painting. While listening to the live entertainment, visitors strolled through the farmers market, which featured juried crafts, artwork, and handcrafted jewelry.

Last year’s cooking demonstrations featured some new guests. Frank Terranova joined Lynne Tripp, who is an associate professor in the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University, along with her students, for a day of cooking demonstration on Saturday. Terranova is host of Cooking with Class® on Channel 10, the NBC affiliate in Providence and an associate instructor at the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson & Wales University. Sunday’s cooking demonstration featured Henry Bousquet, chef/owner of Cobblestone Restaurant in New Bedford and coordinator of the First Annual New Bedford Seaport Chowder Festival.

Attendees were educated about the cranberry industry in Massachusetts by our tour guides as they made their way down by bus to Frogfoot Bog. Once at the bog, guests were able to view various aspects of cranberry harvesting. From crews using picking machines, to the berries being loaded. Visitors were also able to get an aerial view of the cranberry harvest from the helicopter rides that were available.