Mark your calendars!
Butter Making
Demonstrations
Daily shows during summer and fall season hours.
Have you ever wondered how your ancestors might have made butter? They used a butter churn of course, and made it all by hand. Come join our daily butter making demonstrations and learn about the butter-making process—then try it for yourself!
*Times subject to change. Please check daily events board at the Main Admissions Building at the farm for up-to-date times.
Country Pig Races
Daily shows during summer and fall season hours.
Don’t miss our famous Country Pig Races while you’re visiting the farm! Join Tucker, Nancy Lou, and Sam for an epic showdown that you won’t want to miss. You might even get the chance to be a Pig Leader—and if your pig wins the race, then you get a prize!
*Times subject to change. Please check daily events board at the Main Admissions Building at the farm for up-to-date times.
25th Year Grand
Opening Celebration
July 4, 2020
Come join us to celebrate July 4th and our 25th year celebration!
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Each family will get a free Cherry Crest Adventure Farm souvenir celebrating our 25th Year
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We will have a Patriotic Parade through the farm starting at 2pm. Featuring antique tractors, trucks, and CCAF’s parade float.
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Parade attendees will get an American flag (while supplies last)
Sunflower Festival
Saturdays August 29 & September 5
Our Sunflower fields will be in peak bloom in late August and Early September. Join us at the field for our first Sunflower Festivals. More details to come.
*Admission to the farm required.
Family Fun Day
September 12, 2020
Join us for an exciting day of family fun at the farm, sponsored by WDAC, FM 94.5. Come support ten local non-profit ministries, enjoy some free ice cream, and spend time together doing our 60+ farm fun attractions. Plus, enjoy extra entertainment by special guest artists!
25th Birthday Party
Celebration
September 26
Come celebrate our 25th season with a birthday bash. Special entertainment in the afternoon by Jungle John. The day will end with a bang! Fireworks show starting around 8:30pm. More details for come
Harvest Ridge Winery
& Rebel Seed Cider
September 5, September 19, October 3, October 17 & October 31
We are pleased to have Harvest Ridge Winery back to the farm on select Saturdays this fall . They will be selling their local wine and cider by the glass to enjoy at the farm or bottle to take home.
Britain Hill Vineyard
August 29, September 26, October 10, October 24 & November 7
We are happy to welcome Britain Hill Vineyard to the farm on select Saturdays this fall. This new Lancaster County vineyard is quickly becoming a local favorite. They will be selling wine by the glass to enjoy at the farm or bottle to take home.
Trick Roper
September 19, 2020
MacKenzie Fish - 100% self taught, trick roping cowgirl! This young lady has an arm to spin a rope at 100lbs of centrifugal force!
Fireworks
Join us September 26, October 10, October 17, & November 7 for a spectacular fireworks show starting around 8:30pm.
Jungle John
September 26, 2020
Come face to face with a variety of reptiles with Jungle John’s Reptile Show! Get up close and personal with “Wally Gator,” “Larry Boa,” or one of over a dozen other reptiles and amphibians, and learn a lot of interesting facts in the process!
The Junk Rock Drums
October 3, 2020
These musicians bring trashcans, pipes, metal signs, and all kinds of other noisemakers to produce a high energy drum beat that you won’t want to miss!
The DKers
October 10, 2020
Don't miss this juggling variety show by DKers, a juggling duo made up of Lancaster natives Darren Horst and Kevin McCulley!
Cissy & The Man
October 17, 2020
Everybody’s favorite clown duo is back for another round of “Circus in a Box!” You can catch Cissy and the Man on the Discovery Barn Stage or find them wandering around the property, blowing bubbles, telling jokes and juggling random objects. Don’t miss this fall favorite!
Ray Owen
October 24, 2020
We are excited to host Ray Owen, National Recording Artist, Award-Winning Singer/Songwriter and Entertainer this fall! He will be presenting his “Farm Heritage Show,” a tuneful tribute to the American Farmer celebrating farm life, the good earth and old fashioned country living—a true harvest of the heart, embracing a bountiful blend of songs, stories and family fun. And don’t miss the zany “Chicken Karaoke” contest for kids—a wacky farm animal impersonation competition!
Nick Disanto, One Man Band
October 31, 2020
Nick DiSanto is a musician and sculptor from Lancaster, PA. He travels around the world with his guitar and a multi-functional contrivance known as the "DiSantomophone," performing his one-man show wherever people will gather listen! Don't miss his debut on the Discovery Barn Stage this fall!
Pumpkin Madness Festival
November 7, 2020
Special Pumpkin events from 12:00pm-5:00pm
(farm open 10:00am-10:00pm)
How many ways can you destroy a pumpkin?? We’re on a quest to find out! Bring your leftover Halloween pumpkins or use some of ours to smash, throw, bowl, drop and carve to your hearts content! Our 10th annual Pumpkin Madness Festival will include fun activities like the Pumpkin Smash, Pumpkin Bowling, Pumpkin Putt-Putt, Pumpkin Chucking, and more. Don’t miss the delicious pumpkin foods courtesy of the Paradise Fire Company, Fireworks After Dark, and our grand finale—a HUGE pumpkin drop right at 5 o’clock!
