The

The Apple Days Community Harvest Day will offer morning or afternoon picking times, running from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 6 at Buckley Park at the corner of 12th St. and Main Ave. in downtown Durango.

Participants will go to area orchards and pick apples.

This is a free event and open to everyone.

The festival will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 7 at Buckley Park.

Participants will press apples into fresh, locally sourced juice. Come for festivities, including live music, local food vendors and an apple pie-eating contest.

The event is free. Donations are suggested for the juice.

Volunteers are needed for apple pressing, juice pouring and more. To volunteer for Apple Days, sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/601HaQxtI4ZJT4073/.

For more information, contact Mia Rossaci, The Good Food Collective’s Apple Days coordinator at miarosacci@gmail.com or visit the Facebook Event Page at @goodfoodcollectiveco.