Last week the DeWitt County Museum announced their plans to cancel the 2020 Apple n' Pork Festival. This week they are announcing plans to set up their kettles, light a fire and sell ham and beans and ham sandwiches for Apple n' Pork weekend. Director Joey Woolridge says it is a throwback to their roots of the very first apple n' pork festival 50-plus years ago.

Wooldridge indicates the loss of the Apple n' Pork Festival will not only impact the Homestead but it will also be a big loss for the non-profit groups that set up on the grounds. Each year, Regional Radio News provides expansive coverage of the Apple n' Pork Festival and non-profits say the festival annual provides them with most, if not all, of the fundraising they do in a year. 

According to Woolridge, the decision to cancel the festival this year was not easy and credits her board for wanting to make the festival happen but the situation at hand just was not going to allow it to work. Additionally, she points out canceling the festival might just be as much work as making it happen.

While still disappointed, Woolridge looks forward to having the Apple n' Pork Festival back again in the fall of 2021.