With live music and a hula-hoop performance, there was plenty of entertainment for the thousands of guests at the 36th Mars Applefest.

MARS — This year's Mars Applefest may go down as one of the most successful in recent memory.

Brian Fleeson, a Rich-Mar Rotarian who organized the event, estimated roughly 3,000 Martians and neighbors came to the 2021 Mars Applefest following its post-COVID resurrection.

“It was a really good year,” Fleeson said. “I think years in the past have been this successful, but this is up there with them.”

With live music and a hula-hoop performance, there was plenty of entertainment for the thousands of guests at the 36th Applefest.

That's in addition to the wares and foods available from the scores of booths set up in the streets of downtown Mars.

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