Harvest Moon Local Food Festival

Saturday, September 20, 2025
11 am – 6 pm
Soldotna Creek Park

The Kenai Local Food Connection has organized and hosted Harvest Moon Local Food Week since 2013. Since our first Harvest Moon Festival in 2018, it have grown tremendously with over 3500 people attending! This year’s festival will again feature live music, free kids’ activities, a pie contest, food demonstrations, the popular Fermentation Station and all sorts of Alaska Grown and Made in Alaska food products.

Pie Contest

The Kenai Peninsula Farm Bureau hosts this tasty and popular event. Pies must be home-made and feature one or more Alaska Grown ingredients (the more, the better!). Sorry, but no cream pies, custard pies, or pies containing whipped cream due to lack of refrigeration at the festival.

Prizes will be awarded in three categories:

Youth (ages 15 and under)

Adult (ages 16–64)

Homesteader (age 65+)

The contest is limited to 30 pies total, no more than two pies per contestant. To enter, please pre-register and pay the $5 per pie entry fee. Pies need to be delivered between 11:30 and 12:30 pm on Saturday, September 20 at the Kenai Peninsula Farm Bureau's booth at Soldotna Creek Park.

Pie Contest Registration

Vendor Information

Vendor Criteria

Harvest Moon Local Food Festival is open to vendors of food (grown, harvested or made in Alaska) and medicinal/wellness/personal care products made from locally grown or wild-harvested ingredients; food trucks featuring local ingredients; locally made items that have a practical purpose in the kitchen or garden; and educational booths relevant to the purpose of the festival.

Vendor Application

Vendor Awards

At the close of the festival, one vendor will win the Most Local award, and one will win be crowned Most Festive. These awards will be decided based on the following criteria:

Most Local Award

Are local ingredients identified on the menu or permanent signage? (0-3 points)
Are local ingredients identified in special event signage? (0-3 points)
Are the ingredient sources identified by name? (0-3 points)
Number of local ingredients used
% local ingredients: 1-10% (1 pt), 10-25% (2 pts), more than 25% (3 pts)

Most Festive Award

Are the vendors/people in the booth having fun? (0-5 points)
Are the visitors to the booth having fun? Is the vendor doing/offering something that contributes to the festival atmosphere? (0-5 points)
Does the overall look of the booth contribute to the festival atmosphere? (0-5 points) Note: more points will be awarded for local/sustainable decorations, fewer for imported/plastic decorations
Is there attractive signage? (0-5 points) Note: more points will be awarded for signage identifying local ingredients and sources

Booth Fees

After submitting the vendor application, you will be directed to Square to make a payment. We've kept the same low rates for several years running:

$40 per 10' x 10' booth space

$75 per 10' x 20' booth space

$100 for food vendors

To keep our festival affordable for vendors like you, please consider donating a product, a gift basket, or a gift certificate for one of our raffles. We also hope you will consider making a meaningful contribution at the festival's close. We'll provide an envelope for any contribution you would like to make in addition to your pre-festival booth payment.

Refund Policy

All advance booth fees/contributions help us put on a great festival. In the event your application is not accepted after review by Kenai Local Food Connection, your application fee will be refunded. In the event you decide not to attend the festival after applying, your application fee will be refunded provided we receive your request by September 1. Otherwise, booth fees are non-refundable.