Ditties & Nosh
Ecker’s 2026 Line Up of Live Music and Food Trucks
From toe-tapping folk to lively rock, the fall air is filled with melodies to get you grooving. And that tasty food truck fare pairs so nicely with Ecker’s hard apple ciders. So, gather your friends and families and get ready to make unforgettable memories with great food, chill music, and a cold brew!
Friday Night Fall Ball & Trivia with Tacomiendo
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Market Goodies
Trivia: 5:30pm
League Volleyball: 6pm
Food Truck: Tacomiendo
Flip Flops & Flannels: Push & Turn with Ruebens & Things and Tacomiendo
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
The weather is turning, or is it? We never know so prepare for anything; the Midwest uniform is flip flops & flannels.
Live Music: Push & Turn - 2:30pm
Food Trucks: Ruebens & Things, Tacomiendo
Flip Flops & Flannels: Allison Sky with Reubens & Things
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
The weather is turning, or is it? We never know so prepare for anything; the Midwest uniform is flip flops & flannels.
Live Music: Allison Sky - 2pm
Food Trucks: Ruebens & Things
Ecktoberfest: Afflatus and Island Vibe, Monkey Business
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Lederhosen, check, tube socks, check, beer, double check!
Get to the orchard for your German fix!
LAST WEEKEND for Pick-Your-Own Apples (while they last; it's more like a treasure hunt at this point).
Live Music: Afflatus - 2pm
Food Truck: Island Vibe, Monkey Business Grilled Cheese
Ecktoberfest: Ditch Lilies and Island Vibe, Monkey Business
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Lederhosen, check, tube socks, check, beer, double check!
Get to the orchard for your German fix!
LAST WEEKEND for Pick-Your-Own Apples (while they last; it's more like a treasure hunt at this point).
Live Music: Afflatus - 2pm
Food Truck: Island Vibe, Monkey Business Grilled Cheese
Honeycrisp Hootenanny 2026
Honeycrisp Hootenanny: 12pm to 10pm
Ticket Holders Only - Presale Tickets, No Tickets at the Gate
HOOT, HOOT, HOOT!
Dang, don't you just love kickin' up your feet, chillin' with your besties, and sippin' some cold ones at your fav orchard on the best day of the year!?!
Ok, I'm probably overselling it but it's just SUCH. A. GREAT. DAY!
Music is booked:
Edward David Anderson, Crooked Willow, Prank Williams, Lojo, Clay Fulton and the Lost 40, Funk N' Spuds, Texas Toast, AND... y'all know who will be headlining for their final Hoot as they sing their swan song.
Post Hoot Recover: River Run and Smoke N' Chrome
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
It's the day after the Hoot, either you're back for a "hair of the dog" situation, or you didn't attend the Hoot and have almost too much energy! We've got you both, let's rage!
Live Music: River Run - 1pm
Food Truck: Smoke 'N Chrome BBQ
Fresh Press Fest: Nick Elstad and Smoke N' Chrome BBQ, Chef's Table
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Have you ever had fresh, sweet, apple juice straight from the press? It's a real treat to taste and it's old-fashioned fun to watch the pressing process. Don't stand too closely or we'll put you to work!
Live Music: Nick Elstad - 2pm
Food Truck: Smoke 'N Chrome BBQ, Chef's Table
Fresh Press Fest: Noah James Hittner and Smoke N' Chrome BBQ
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Have you ever had fresh, sweet, apple juice straight from the press? It's a real treat to taste and it's old-fashioned fun to watch the pressing process. Don't stand too closely or we'll put you to work!
Live Music: Noah James Hittner - 1pm
Food Truck: Smoke 'N Chrome BBQ
Drain the Taps: Freelance Valet and Monkey Business, Philippines Cuisine
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
The end is near and we can't let these kegs go to waste so party on with $4 and $5 taps 'til they run dry!
Live Music: Freelance Valet - 2pm
Food Truck: Monkey Business Grilled Cheese, Philippines Cuisine
Drain the Taps: Remix and Monkey Business Grilled Cheese
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
The end is near and we can't let these kegs go to waste so party on with $4 and $5 taps 'til they run dry!
Live Music: Remix - 2pm
Food Truck: Monkey Business Grilled Cheese
WSU Parents' Weekend: Mike Munson with Smoke N' Chrome BBQ
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
School is back in session (thank goodness). Winona State Parent’s Weekend is a time to reconnect with those that have flown the nest! Ecker’s provides a lovely backdrop for a micro family reunion.
Live Music: Mike Munson - 2pm
Food Trucks: Smoke N’ Chrome BBQ
WSU Parents’ Weekend: Sleeping Jesus with Smoke N' Chrome & Taco Town
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
School is back in session (thank goodness). Winona State Parent’s Weekend is a time to reconnect with those that have flown the nest! Ecker’s provides a lovely backdrop for a micro family reunion.
Live Music: Sleeping Jesus - 2pm
Food Trucks: Smoke N’ Chrome BBQ & Taco Town
Friday Night Fall Ball and Trivia with Taco Town
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Market Goodies
Trivia: 5:30pm
League Volleyball: 6pm
Food Truck: Taco Town
Get Pickin': Sampson & Son with Betty's Tacos
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
September is the month for harvest, so let’s Get Pickin’!
Our Pick-Your-Own Honeycrisp are at their best; we’ll send you out into the orchard to experience the joys of plucking fresh fruit straight from the tree!
Live Music: Sampson & Son - 2pm
Food Trucks: Betty’s Tacos
Get Pickin: Andy Hughes with Betty’s Tacos and 6B’s Artisan Ovens
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
September is the month for harvest, so let’s Get Pickin’!
Our Pick-Your-Own Honeycrisp are at their best; we’ll send you out into the orchard to experience the joys of plucking fresh fruit straight from the tree!
Live Music: Andy Hughes - 1pm
Food Trucks: Betty’s Tacos & 6B’s Artisan Ovens
Friday Night Fall Ball & Trivia with Taco Town
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Market Goodies
Trivia: 5:30pm
League Volleyball: 6pm
Food Truck: Taco Town
Labor Day Weekend: Risch Family Band with Tacomiendo
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
You’ve worked hard all year, now come play hard this weekend at Ecker’s!
Live Music: Risch Family Band - 2pm
Food Truck: Tacomiendo
Labor Day Weekend: Karyn Ann with Chef's Table & Tacomiendo
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
You’ve worked hard all year, now come play hard this weekend at Ecker’s!
Live Music: Karyn Ann - 2pm
Food Truck: Chef’s Table, Tacomiendo
Labor Day Weekend: Dave's Pizza, Chef's Table with My Grandma's Cardigan
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
You’ve worked hard all year, now come play hard this weekend at Ecker’s!
Live Music: My Grandma’s Cardigan - 2:30pm
Food Truck: Dave’s Pizza, Chef’s Table
Friday Night Fall Ball & Trivia with Dave’s Pizza
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Market Goodies
Trivia: 5:30pm
League Volleyball: 6pm
Food Truck: Dave’s Pizza
It's Fall Y'all: Josie and Betty's Tacos
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
It's Fall Y'all! Ecker's is now in full swing, train rides, caramel galore, fall vibes!
Live Music: Josie - 2pm
Food Truck: Betty's Tacos
It's Fall, Y'all: Ironstil and Betty's Tacos, 6B's Artisan Ovens
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
It's Fall Y'all! Ecker's is now in full swing, train rides, caramel galore, fall vibes!
Live Music: Ironstil - 2pm
Food Truck: Betty's Tacos
Food Truck: 6B's Artisan Ovens
Friday Night Fall Ball and Trivia with Philippines Cuisine
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Market Goodies
Trivia: 5:30pm
League Volleyball: 6pm
Food Truck: Philippines Cuisine
Awkward Family Photos: Jim & Andy and Monkey Business
Orchard and Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Get that hilarious Holiday Card family pic out of the way early this year! Awkward Family (or Friends) pictures professionally taken at the orchard, just $20 per pose, image sent digitally, first come - first serve!
Live Music: Jim & Andy - 2pm
Food Truck: Monkey Business Grilled Cheese
SPECIAL EVENT:
Awkward Family Photos - 2pm to 4pm
$20 per pose (sample poses available for inspiration)
Sip & Mingle for Friends, Families, & Singles: Logan Hofschutle and Monkey Business, Tacomiendo
Orchard & Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Friends, Families, and Singles -- the orchard is for everyone! Come relax and enjoy the musical stylings of Logan while pecking on gourmet grilled cheese, tacos, and the cheeks of your new and old loves!
Live Music: Logan Hofschulte - 2:30pm
Food Truck: Monkey Business Grilled Cheese
Food Truck: Tacomiendo
SPECIAL EVENT:
Sip and Mingle for Singles - 4pm
Pre-register online or sign up day-of for 2 hours of guided mingling and beer/cider sampling.
Friday Night Fall Ball & Trivia with Tacomiendo
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Market Goodies
Trivia: 5:30pm
League Volleyball: 6pm
Food Truck: Tacomiendo
Ecker's Season Opener: Chris Holm and The Tremp Lions Club
Ecker's is FINALLY open for the 2026 season!
The apples are just starting to come in and we'll have all of your favs (quantities limited as the apples are just ripening).
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Train Rides, Live Music, Food Trucks, Beers & Ciders, Sloshies - you feelin' those Ecker vibes!?!
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Live Music: Chris Holm - 2pm
Food Truck: Lions Club Brats & Dogs
Ecker's Season Opener: Clay Fulton & The Tremp Lions Club
Ecker's is FINALLY open for the 2026 season!
The apples are just starting to come in and we'll have all of your favs (quantities limited as the apples are just ripening).
Honeycrisp, Caramel Apples, Apple Pies, Train Rides, Live Music, Food Trucks, Beers & Ciders, Sloshies - you feelin' those Ecker vibes!?!
Orchard Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Beer Garden Hours: 12pm to 6pm
Live Music: Clay Fulton - 2pm
Food Truck: Lions Club Brats & Dogs
Ecker's Opening Pre-Party
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
It's the afternoon before Ecker's Apple Farm's Season Opener! Join us for Trivia (5:30pm) and the first games of our Fall Ball Volleyball League!
Trivia: 5:30pm
Volleyball League: 6pm
Food Truck: Tacomiendo
Ranch Relaxo: Trivia and Philippines Cuisine
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 6pm
It's your last chance to enjoy the relatively peaceful orchard before the craziness of apple season begins.
Trivia: 3pm
Food Truck: Philippines Cuisine
Rancho Relaxo: Macy Zawacki with Philippines Cuisine
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
It's your last chance to enjoy the relatively peaceful orchard before the craziness of apple season begins.
Live Music: Macy Zawacki - 2pm
Food Truck: Philippines Cuisine
Special Event: Ecker's One Day Choir - 11am
Register on Eventbrite.
This 3-hour choral session is for those who miss singing but don't have the time to commit to a choir program. No tryouts, no solos, no performance, no experience necessary, just singing for an afternoon with new friends.
Festival of Simon: Trivia with 6B's Artisan Ovens
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 6pm
Keep the good times rollin'; it's Simon's birthday weekend!
Trivia: 3pm
Food Truck: 6B's Artisan Ovens
Festival of Simon: Push & Turn, DJ DK with Betty’s Tacos
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 10pm
It's Simon's Birthday Party, come rage with him under the black lights!
Theme: Neon Colors or just wear White
Volleyball Tournament (registration only)
Live Music: Push and Turn - 4pm
DJ: DJ DK - 7pm to 10pm
Food Truck: Betty's Tacos
We'll chill and listen to "Sublime" sounding band, Push and Turn, all afternoon before partying in the taproom at night. Think of it as the best wedding reception dance you've ever been to.
Blueberry Bonanza: Trivia and Chug N' Good Eats
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm tp 6pm
July is blueberry picking time at Ecker's Apple Farm. UPICK bluebs are $4/lb. Try one of our famous Blueberry Sloshies, "Show Us Your Bluebs" or sip on a pint of Simon's Blueberry Hard Cider!
Trivia: 3pm
Food Truck: Chug 'N Good Eats
Blueberry Bonanza: Noah Short and Taco Town
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
July is blueberry picking time at Ecker's Apple Farm. UPICK bluebs are $4/lb. Try one of our famous Blueberry Sloshies, "Show Us Your Bluebs" or sip on a pint of Simon's Blueberry Hard Cider!
Live Music: Noah Short - 3pm
Food Truck: Taco Town
Highschool Reunion: Trivia and Chug 'N Good Eats
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 6pm
The food trucks are scheduled, the trivia is booked, beer and hard cider are available for purchase, even sloshies.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
Just tell your classmates to meet at Ecker's!
Triva: 3pm
Food Truck: Chug 'N Good Eats
Blueberry Picking: 2pm to 6pm
No booking fee, no rental charge, we are open to the public.
BRING: chairs, pop-up tents, tables if you want, I don't care. Just no pets and no carry-in alcohol. Snacks are fine.
Send me a quick note if you plan to bring a group; I only need your highschool, your graduation year, and which day you're coming.
High School Reunion: Crooked Willow and 6B's Artisan Ovens
Beer Garden Hours: 2pm to 8pm
The food trucks are scheduled, the music is booked, beer and hard cider are available for purchase, even sloshies.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
Just tell your classmates to meet at Ecker's!
Music: Crooked Willow - 2:30pm
Food Truck: 6B's Artisan Ovens
Blueberry Picking: 2pm to 8pm
No booking fee, no rental charge, we are open to the public.
BRING: chairs, pop-up tents, tables if you want, I don't care. Just no pets and no carry-in alcohol. Snacks are fine.
Send me a quick note if you plan to bring a group; I only need your highschool, your graduation year, and which day you're coming.
Closed for Catfish Days
The beer garden is closed as Simon and Jess are Trempealeau Lions and working downtown on Catfish Days! All money earned is donated back into the community so spend your dollars and drink your beers in the Catfish Days beer tent!
Closed for Catfish Days
The beer garden is closed as Simon and Jess are Trempealeau Lions and working downtown on Catfish Days! All money earned is donated back into the community so spend your dollars and drink your beers in the Catfish Days beer tent!
Beer Garden Opener: Trivia and Dave’s Pizza
Where Apples Grow and Good Times Flow! Ecker’s beer garden is opening for the 2026 season!
Trivia: 3pm
Food Truck: Dave’s Pizza