The festival is a street event that showcases the arts and crafts abounding in the Chapel Hill area, and it will take place this Sunday.
Every year, Chapel Hill puts on the festival to celebrate spring and gather together a diverse array of festivalgoers.
This year, the festival will cover one-third more area than it did in previous years, stretching to include Columbia and Rosemary streets as well as Franklin Street, making it the largest Apple Chill to date.
From 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., festivalgoers can enjoy old favorites like woodworking booths and cotton candy and visit new areas in the festival, including the Chapel Hill Teens area, a booth exhibiting art from the Ackland Art Museum and Tar Heel Lane, which will be dedicated exclusively to UNC.
On top of all the new additions to the festival, several stages will be set up on Franklin Street for musical performances from various local acoustic rock, bluegrass and blues artists.
Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation Director Kathryn Spatz said the variety of this year's festival, in addition to the new University area, is sure to draw a highly diverse crowd.
"I think the cool thing about Apple Chill is how inclusive it is," Spatz said. "Everyone, students included, can find something they like here."
With a plethora of activities catering to a wide variety of tastes, Chapel Hill police say that they will be keeping a sharp eye on the crowd for any suspicious activity but that they anticipate no problems.
Capt. Everette Johnson, an officer in the Chapel Hill Police Department, said security won't be any tighter than last year despite the events of Sept. 11.
