Great weather. Great company. Great fun. All of it in the form of an extraordinarily great Crabapple Fest.

Thousands descended on downtown Milton on Saturday for our city’s most popular event, almost universally sporting smiles as they weaved in and around a plethora of tents and activities.

The 2025 edition featured a unique blend of vendors lined up along Crabapple Road selling a variety of cool, enticing, items. They enjoyed a steady stream of visitors from 10 a.m. through 5 p.m. (though we suspect those very same visitors enjoyed checking out what they had to offer even more). Many event attendees made their way, too, to the gravel lot behind the Green, where young sellers pitched their own special-somethings as part of the Children’s Entrepreneur Market.

Of course, there was plenty to do beside shop. Like savor lunch or an early dinner, a cool beverage or a sweet treat, from food trucks and the like. Or hunt down giant floating bubbles within earshot of music being performed from Crabapple Family Dentistry’s front porch. Or checking in with our First Responders or the non-profit booths. For the second consecutive year, Crabapple Fest’s footprint expanded to include the City Hall parking lot – home of the Kid Zone with its screech-inducing ride, carnival games, face painting, and a whole lot more.

We want to thank Mother Nature for doing her part on a picture-perfect early fall afternoon. Temperatures were comfortable at the outset, and clouds even pitched in to keep things sufficiently cool as the afternoon rolled on. And we’re glad the rain held off until Sunday!

We are also grateful for Crabapple Fest’s sponsors, starting with top, Gold-level backers from Crabapple Market, HOME Luxury Real Estate, and The Jenny Doyle Group.

And most of all, we’re especially thankful for everyone who made it out this Saturday. There was an awesome spirit to this year’s Crabapple Fest, and that’s because of all of you.

To see more of the City's pictures from Crabapple Fest, go to https://www.flickr.com/photos/cityofmilton/albums/72177720329496156.