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Farley Center Fall Festival 2024

10-6-24

Farley Center Fall Festival 2024

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2024- Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 180 year old cider press! Come join us on a tour of the Natural Path Sanctuary, farm or bees. Listen to music and have a great time!

Please bring your baked apple treats (and other treats) to share with others!

Farley Center honey will be available for sale by Beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten. Beekeepers will have information if you are interested in being a Farley Center Beekeeper!

Farley Center farmers will be selling fresh, organic vegetables at the Market Table.

Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome! Invite your friends on this facebook invitation and share this post!

RAIN OR SHINE!

FALL FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE
11:15 Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Tour – Farley Center Director Shedd Farley
12:15 Farm Tour with Farm Manager, Seth Riley
1:15 Bee Tour by Farley Center Beekeeper Patrick Norby

MUSIC LINEUP
10:30- 2:30

Yid Vicous
https://yidvicious.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/372495822093289

12:30 – 2:30
Noah James Hittner
https://www.noahjameshittner.com/
https://www.facebook.com/events/683979110614394

FOOD/DRINK VENDORS 
El Sabor de Puebla (food)- Reyna Gonzalez
https://www.facebook.com/…/El-Sabor-De…/100046777215513/

Madame Chu Delicacies /Josey Chu Johnson
https://www.madame-chu.com/

Farley Center/Gani Moon Farmers Jen and Chandy Karnum
https://www.facebook.com/GaniMoonFarm/

Farley Center/Sunshine Salad Farm/Farmer Katie Darnell
http://www.sunshinesaladfarm.com/


VOLUNTEER GROUP(s):
TBA

COMMUNITY GROUPS TABLING:
TBA

TAMALES! TAMALES! TAMALES!
Pre-Order tamales from El Sabor de Puebla and pick up and pay at the Farley Center Fall Festival – Sunday, Oct 6, 10:30-2:30
$22 a dozen (no mixing) for either:
Chicken with green salsa
Pork with red salsa
Jalapeño with cheese
Checks or cash only to El Sabor de Puebla.
Please e-mail order by Friday evening (Oct 3) to with tamales in the subject line. Thank you!

Please carpool as parking is limited.

For more information, please e-mail or call the office at 608-845-8724.

Farley Center Fall Festival 2023

10-1-23

Farley Center Fall Festival 2023

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2023- Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 180 year old cider press! Come join us on a tour of the Natural Path Sanctuary, farm or bees. Listen to music and have a great time!

Please bring your baked apple treats (and other treats) to share with others!

Farley Center honey will be available for sale by Beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten. Beekeepers will have information if you are interested in being a Farley Center Beekeeper!

Farley Center farmers will be selling fresh, organic vegetables at the Market Table.

Garret the Carrot will at the festival with a few children’s games/activities provided by the Verona Chamber of Commerce from 11-2.

Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome! Invite your friends on this facebook invitation and share this post!

RAIN OR SHINE!

FALL FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE
11:15 Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Tour – Farley Center Director Shedd Farley
11:15 Farm Tour with Farley Center/Jumping Spider Farm – Farmers Sam Hsieh and Katie Schofield
11:15 Bee Tour by Farley Center Beekeeper Patrick Norby
1:00 Natural Path Sanctuary (NPS) Tour – Farley Center Chair/NPS Board Member Gil Halsted
1:00 Farm Tour with Farley Center Farm Manager Seth Riley
1:00 Bee Tour by Farley Center Beekeeper Patrick Norby

MUSIC LINEUP 
10:30- 12:15  Down from the Hills – http://downfromthehills.com https://www.facebook.com/events/722687282602519

12:30 – 1:45  Saideira Pagode, (pronounced “sai DAY ruh, pa GOH jee,”)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1148142479225032

1:45- 2:30  Raging Grannies of Madison – http://raginggrannies.madisonwi.us/
https://www.facebook.com/events/919946649167990


CHILDRENS ACTIVITIES WITH GARRET THE CARROT
11:00-2:00 Verona Chamber of Commerce

FOOD/DRINK VENDORS 
El Sabor de Puebla (food)- Reyna Gonzalez
https://www.facebook.com/…/El-Sabor-De…/100046777215513/

Madame Chu Delicacies /Josey Chu Johnson
https://www.madame-chu.com/

Farley Center/Gani Moon Farmers Jen and Chandy Karnum

Farley Center/Sunshine Salad Farm/ Farmer Katie Darnell
http://www.sunshinesaladfarm.com/


VOLUNTEER GROUP(s):
UW Green House Learning Community
Spartan Youth Service (SYS) Volunteers – https://jmm.madison.k12.wi.us/
UW Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) https://www.housing.wisc.edu/undergraduate/communities/wise/

COMMUNITY GROUPS TABLING: TBA
Wisconsin Food Forests – https://www.wisconsinfoodforests.co
Urban Triage – https://urbantriage.org/
First Student
Verona Chamber of Commerce – https://www.veronawi.com/
Just Dane – https://justdane.org/
Southwest Wisconsin Area Progressives (SWWAP) – swwap.org
Farley Center Artists – https://www.facebook.com/groups/306035369827878
Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership Development – https://nehemiah.org/
Sustain Dane – https://sustaindane.org/
Art House 360 – ARTHouse360.com
Access to Independence  – https://www.accesstoind.org/

Please carpool as parking is limited.

For more information, please e-mail or call the office at 608-845-8724.

“Too Sick Charlie” at Fall Festival 2022!

Oct 2, 2022
10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Too Sick Charlie (Eric Heiligenstein, M.D.) plays the cigar box guitar, a once forgotten instrument of American blues and roots music. His music has been described as traditional Upper Midwestern cigar box guitar blues.

For more information, please e-mail or call the office at 608-845-8724.

Tamales! Tamales! Tamales at Fall Festival 2022!

Oct 2, 2022

 

Tamales! Tamales! Tamales!

Must place your pre-order tamales (by the dozen) with by Sept 28

Pick up at the Farley Center Fall Festival – Sunday, Oct. 2, 10:30-2:30

Pre-order tamales by the dozen (deadline for orders is Sept. 28)

El Sabor de Puebla/Reyna Gonzalez will have food available for purchase at the Farley Center Fall Festival. If you would like to order tamales in advance, we can take orders for a dozen/$25 for pork, chicken or jalapeno and cheese (vegetarian). Reyna will package all of one kind in a dozen/package (no mixing per dozen). Order for the holidays – no limit on how many dozen you can order!

Place your order with and put “Tamales” in the subject line and we will give Reyna your order and she will bring the frozen tamales for pick up/payment at the Fall Festival. Cash or make checks out to El Sabor de Puebla.

Learn what else is happening at the Farley Center Fall Festival

For more information, please e-mail or call the office at 608-845-8724.

Eric De Los Santos/Marimba at Fall Festival 2022

Oct 2, 2022
12:15-1:45 p.m.

Eric De Los Santos/Marimba to play at Fall Festival 2022

De Los Santos’ music has become a staple of Madison. Known to some as the “Madison Marimba Man,” he can be spotted playing spontaneously on State Street or at the Dane County Farmers’ Market. And now at Farley Center Fall Festival 2022.

Learn more at https://captimes.com/entertainment/music/q-a-whos-that-guy-playing-marimba-meet-madisons-eric-de-los-santos/article_22b7acc5-348d-5d3c-bed5-eca8c563581e.html?fbclid=IwAR3Fan4ATeAXkn0k0BtP-msbw6rOWZdhwdcQgQwloHYW1t7i-H9dskUtcbc

Learn what else is happening at the Farley Center Fall Festival

For more information, please e-mail or call the office at 608-845-8724.

Farley Center Fall Festival 2022

Farley Center Fall Festival 2022

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2022- Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 180 year old cider press! Come join us on a tour of the Natural Path Sanctuary, farm or bees. Listen to music and have a great time!

Please bring your baked apple treats (and other treats) to share with others!

Farley Center honey will be available for sale by Beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten. Beekeepers will have information if you are interested in being a Farley Center Beekeeper!

Farley Center farmers will be selling fresh, organic vegetables at the Market Table.

Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome!

RAIN OR SHINE!

FALL FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE
11:15 Natural Path Sanctuary Tour
11:15 Farm Tour
11:15 Bee Tour with a Farley Center Beekeeper
1:00 Natural Path Sanctuary Tour
1:00 Farm Tour
1:00 Bee Tour with a Farley Center Beekeeper

MUSIC LINEUP

10:45- 12:15 Too Sick Charlie
Eric Heiligenstein, M.D.
https://toosickcharlie.com/music

12:15 -1:45 Eric De Los Santos Marimba Specialist

FOOD/DRINK VENDORS

El Sabor de Puebla (food)- Reyna Gonzalez
https://www.facebook.com/people/El-Sabor-De-Puebla/100046777215513/

Madame Chu Delicacies (drinks and sauces) -Josey Chu Johnson
https://www.madame-chu.com/

Please carpool as parking is limited.

For more information, please e-mail or call the office at 608-845-8724.

Farley Center Fall Festival 2021

Farley Center Fall Festival 2021

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2021- Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 180 year old cider press! Come join us on a tour of the Natural Path Sanctuary, farm or bees. Listen to music and have a great time!.

Please bring your baked apple treats to share with others! Please send your recipes for a recipe share to or make copies of your recipe and bring them with you to share with others!

Saad and Ellen Khalia, owners of Steep N Brew West will be donating hot coffee for all the festival goers. We thank them for donating coffee to our festival each year!

Farley Center honey will be available for sale by Beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten. Beekeepers will have information if you are interested in being a 2022 Farley Center Beekeeper!

Farley Center farmers will be selling fresh, organic vegetables at the Market Table. Farley Center tote bags will be available with purchase.

Madame Chu will be back to the Farley Center Fall Festival with her special jalapenos made with our own Farley Center honey! This product is only made and sold for the Farley Center Fall Festival. So, stock up when you can. As we get closer to the date, we can take pre-orders and have them ready for pick up when you come! Discount if you purchase a case.

El Sabor de Puebla/Reyna Gonzalez will have food available for purchase at the festival. If you would like to order tamales in advance, we can take orders for a dozen/$20 for pork, chicken or vegetarian. Place your order with  and put “Tamales” in the subject line and we will give Reyna your order and she will bring the frozen tamales for pick up/payment at the Fall Festival.

The Farley Center will be having a Hmong Institute eggroll fundraiser You can pre-order eggrolls and pick them up at the festival Farley Center Farmer Yee Ythao and the Hmong Institute Director and Board Chair will be at the Farley Center. You can just write “pick up at the Farley Center” on the order form. All proceeds from these eggroll sales (Farley Center will supply ingredients for the eggrolls pre-ordered and sold at our festival) will go directly to the Hmong Institute.  For any questions, please e-mail

Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome! Invite your friends on this facebook invitation and share this post!

RAIN OR SHINE!

FALL FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE

11:15 Natural Path Sanctuary Tour with Farley Center Board Chair Gil Halsted

11:15 Farm Tour with Farley Center with Farm Manager Seth Riley

12:15 Bee Tour – Beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten

1:00 Natural Path Sanctuary Tour with Natural Path Sanctuary Asst. Kalev Kristjuhan

1:00 Farm Tour – Farley Center with Farmer Ian Aley

MUSIC LINEUP

10:45- 11:30 MAUI: Madison Area Ukulele Initiative

11:30- 11:45 Break

11:45- 12:30 MAUI: Madison Area Ukulele Initiative

FOOD VENDORS

El Sabor de Puebla/Reyna Gonzales
Madame Chu – Josey Chu
The Hmong Institute – Yee Ythao

VOLUNTEER GROUPS
Madison Friends
Spartan Youth Service (SYS) Volunteers

Meet in front of the red packing shed
Director Shedd Farley will give a brief overview of the Center and instruct volunteers where they will be needed

Please carpool as parking is limited.

For more information, please e-mail or call the office at 608-845-8724.

CANCELED – Farley Center Fall Festival 2020

In light of present circumstances regarding Coronavirus (COVID-19) Farley Center Fall Festival 2020 has been cancelled.

Farley Center Fall Festival 2020

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO EVENT DATE

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2020- Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 180 year old cider press! Come join us on a tour of the Natural Path Sanctuary, farm or bees. Listen to music and have a great time! .

Please bring your baked apple treats to share with others! Please send your recipes for a recipe share to or make copies of your recipe and bring them with you to share with others!

Farley Center honey will be available for sale by Beekeepers Patrick Norby and Matt Kersten. Beekeepers will have information if you are interested in being a 2021 Farley Center Beekeeper!

Farley Center farmers will be selling fresh, organic vegetables at the Market Table. Farley Center tote bags will be available there for $3.00.

Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome! Invite your friends on this facebook invitation and share this post!

RAIN OR SHINE!

FALL FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE

11:15 Natural Path Sanctuary Tour –
Farm Tour –

12:00 . Bee Tour – Head Beekeeper Patrick Norby

1:00 Natural Path Sanctuary Tour –
Farm Tour –

MUSIC LINEUP

11:00- 12:00
12:00 – 1:00

FOOD VENDORS

VOLUNTEER GROUPS – Meet in front of the red packing shed
Director Shedd Farley will give a brief overview of the Center and instruct volunteers where they will be needed

10:00-3:00

MORE DETAILS TO FOLLOW AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT DATE

 

Farley Center Fall Festival 2019

Farley Center Fall Festival 2019

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2019 – Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 180 year old cider press! Come join us on a tour as we will have tours of the Natural Path Sanctuary, farm and a bee tours. Listen to music by the Fitchburg Ukulele Network (FUN) and the Raging Grannies.

We will have a community art project making a fall mandala led by Sarvodaya USA. This will be the third time that Sarvodaya has been to the Farley Center to make a community mandala.

Steep & Brew West (Saad and Ellen Khalifa) are donating hot coffee again for all festival goers! We appreciate Steep & Brew West for donating coffee for many of our events.

FEED Bakery is again bringing a lot of baked goods that will be available for festival goers to purchase. See: https://www.feedbakery.org/about/

El Sabor de Puebla/Reyna Gonzalez  will have food available for purchase at the festival. If you would like to order tamales in advance, we can take orders for a dozen/$20 for pork, chicken or vegetarian. Place your order with and put “Tamales” in the subject line and we will give Reyna your order and she will bring the frozen tamales for pick up/payment at the Fall Festival. Reyna will also be selling bouquets of fresh flowers in addition to many delicious soups and quesadillas!

Please bring your baked apple treats to share with others! Please send your recipes for a recipe share to or make copies of your recipe and bring them with you to share with others!

Farley Center Board Members will be selling quart jars for apple cider for $5.00. Please bring your own quart jar or purchase one at the festival. We are limiting apple cider to one quart per family.

Farley Center honey will be available for sale in a very limited quantity by Beekeeper Patrick Norby. Beekeepers will have information if you are interested in being a 2020 Farley Center Beekeeper!

Farley Center farmers will be selling fresh, organic vegetables at the Market Table. Farley Center tote bags will be available there for $3.00.

Farley Center Greeting Cards will be sold by Bobbette Rose, one of our Farley Center artists. A variety of cards with images from the Natural Path Sanctuary will be available, $3 each or 4 for $10. A portion of all sales are donated to the Farley Center.

Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome! Invite your friends on this facebook invitation and share this post!

Check out this video of the Farley Center Fall Festival 2017 produced by Megan Aley

FALL FESTIVAL TOUR SCHEDULE
11:15 Natural Path Sanctuary Tour – Gil Halsted
12:00  Bee Tour – Head Beekeeper Patrick Norby
1:00 Farm Tour – Farmer Ian Aley

MUSIC LINEUP
11:00- 12:00 Fitchburg Ukulele Network (FUN)
12:00-12:45 Raging Grannies

FOOD VENDORS
FEED Bakery
El Sabor de Puebla
Steep and Brew West (donated hot complimentary coffee for festival goers)

VOLUNTEER GROUPS
Meet in front of the red packing shed
Director Shedd Farley will give a brief overview of the Center and instruct volunteers where they will be needed

10:00-3:00   UW Credit Union Volunteers
Spartan Youth Service Volunteers
Madison Friends
UW Greenhouse Learning Community

Fall Festival 2017

Open House & Apple Cider Day!

Come join us for the Farley Center Fall Celebration 2017 – Open House and Apple Cider Day! Pick apples, wash apples, slice apples and press the apples in the 100 year old cider press! Bring your own jug or mason jar to bring home some fresh pressed apple cider. Please bring a delicious dish to share. Donations will be accepted to go toward the purchase of buying the next planting of fruit trees. All are welcome! Invite your friends and share the post!

More details to come as we get closer to the event date!