York County Pawpaw Festival

Join us for the 19th Annual York County Pawpaw Festival – an outdoor, family-friendly festival celebrating York County’s beloved pawpaw.

Pawpaws are the largest edible fruit native to the Eastern United States. This delectable fruit grows in abundance right here in the Susquehanna River region.

York County’s Pawpaw Festival will be held from September 23- 24 from 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. at the Horn Farm Center.

At the event, pawpaw fruit (both wild and cultivated varieties) and trees will be available for purchase. Other pawpaw related items will be available including pawpaw cookbooks, books, and t-shirts. In addition, the festival will feature local food vendors, artisans, and community organizations. Fresh produce from the Horn Farm, native plants, jams, jellies, honey, and more will be for sale. Visitors will also enjoy tours of the farm and pawpaw orchard.

2023 Vendors (as of 8/1/23)

Cash & Credit Cards will be accepted dependent upon individual vendors. No ATM on site.

Food & Food Trucks

• Character Coffee
• 2Delicious – Gyro Fusion
• Stoney’s Burgers and Fries
• Brotherly Love Scratch Kitchen
• Locally Seasoned
• Historic Wrightsville
• Safe and Sweet
• Reaper’s Ice Cream

Plant Vendors

• Ort Family Farm
• Gino’s Nursery
• Swallowtail Forest Farm
• Calyx Native Nursery
• Heartwood Nursery

Goods, Arts & Crafts

• Nomadic Inspirations with Hexbotanicals
• Virtue Local Art Market
• Seek The Light Creations LLC
• Heart and Hands Homemade
• Wildwood Lavender Farm
• The Gardener of the Owl Valley
• BeeBees All Natural
• Alpacas of York
• Nodding Onion

Food Products & Home Goods

• 4 Herb & 7 Spices Ago
• Simply Ghee
• Holla Vodka
• Kilgore Family Farm

Educational & Community Vendors

• West Shore Wildlife Center
• Watershed Alliance of York
• Lancaster Conservancy
• York Audubon Chapter
• York County Solid Waste Authority
• Native Roots Farm Foundation
• Pawpaw Project

Explore York is proud to sponsor this year's Pawpaw Festival.

Admission tickets are now on sale! Click here to purchase. 

Volunteer opportunities are also available. Click here for information and to sign up.