Art Show at Collins Pine Park, Chester

Chester sits at the north west end of Lake Almanor, deep in Plumas County pine country (Plumas County). Labor Day weekend is one of the last big summer weekends up here, when the lake, the trails, and the little downtown are all busy before fall sets in. Collins Pine Park is a green, shaded spot right in town, an easy place to spend a morning at an outdoor show.

If you're making a weekend of it, Lake Almanor has swimming, boating, and fishing, and the drives around the basin are worth the time. Do the art show early while it's cool, get out on the water in the afternoon.

Look for our tent both days. We pop our classic kettle corn fresh on-site, big round mushroom kernels, real cane sugar, oil, and salt, stirred by hand in the kettle. Classic and caramel are always on, with a few of the specialty flavors along for the ride.

Early September up in the mountains can still run warm in the afternoon, so the cold half of our booth is the fresh-squeezed Lemon Shakers, shaken to order, plus iced tea and Arnold Palmers.

Our classic kettle corn is naturally gluten-free (corn, cane sugar, oil, salt). Flavored batches each have their own additional ingredients, so ask at the booth about a specific flavor. Our booths are nut-free, though we're not a certified nut-free facility.

We're based down in the Yuba-Sutter area (Yuba City and Marysville) and work events across Northern California, so the drive up to Chester is a familiar one for us. If you follow the booth, this is one of our mountain stops for the season. The Find Us calendar has every confirmed date and is the only place we post where the booths will be.