As not to risk missing out on any of the fun, you suggest checking the festival's schedule as soon as you can. Your party agrees.

You make your way across the town square, and past several dozen smiling faces chatting the time away. Once you reach the posting board, you are greeted by the two unicorn sisters standing next to it.

Moondancer: "Hey, you guys! It's good to see you again."

Dawn Break: "It's been a while. And you must be the new companion my sister told me about. Apple Basket, correct?"

Apple Basket: "That's me!"

Dawn Break: "I'm Dawn Break. Nice to meet you."

Apple Basket: "Likewise. Have y'all been waitin' here for long?"

Moondancer: "Actually, we just got here. We decided to stop by Ponyville, and say hi to Twilight and Spike while we were there. Then, we took a morning stroll through the woods, and here we are."

Dawn Break: "From the looks of it, we made it just in time."

As if on cue, a young mare's voice resounds from the nearby stage's loudspeakers.

Lucky Smith: "Attention, everypony! The Autumn Festival is starting in ten minutes! Gather 'round for the opening ceremony! I repeat — the festival starts in ten minutes!"

For a moment, the crowd's excitement grows louder. Ponies scattered all over the town's outskirts slowly begin converging toward the source of the announcement.

Moondancer: "Have you had the chance to look at the schedule yet? There's so much to do, it's hard to choose."

Moonflower: "Ooh, let's check it out!"

You and your friends step closer to the posting board, and begin to look at the list of events. According to the schedule, after the opening ceremony, the following activities will become available:

  • Animal Farm: Befriend and learn all about our local chickens, cows, rabbits, sheep, and pigs;
  • Apple Orchard: Pick fresh, juicy apples off the orchard's bountiful branches. Eat on the spot, or fill up a bag to bring home;
  • Games & Prizes: Test your skills in a variety of fun games, and win all kinds of unique prizes;
  • Music Performances: Listen and dance to the music in the town square, with new lively tunes every hour;

  • Open Buffet: Hungry? Come and eat all you can at the buffet, courtesy of Hoofington's finest cooks;
  • Scarf Knitting: Sit down and relax in comfort and quietude, and knit warm scarves for the chilly months to come;
  • Souvenir Shops: Purchase a memento for yourself, or something nice for your friends back home!

In addition, the following workshops will also become available:

  • Carpenter's Workshop: Craft timber into a riverworthy miniature boat with your own hooves;
  • Confectioner's Workshop: Got a sweet tooth? Create your very own candy, and share it with your friends;
  • Enchanter's Workshop: Turn a rough gemstone into a sparkling, magical jewel with your own magic;
  • Farrier's Workshop: Warm up by the smith's furnace, and hammer a plain bar of your favourite metal into a lucky horseshoe;
  • Glassblower's Workshop: Turn mere stones into beautiful beads or marbles through the art of glassblowing;
  • Weaver's Workshop: Learn to design, craft, and fly your very own kite, with hundreds of colours and patterns to choose from!

Later in the morning, the following competitions will become available: Horseshoes Competition, Grape-stomping Contest, and Obstacle Race.

Later in the evening, the following activities will become available: Campfire Stories, Enchanted Miniature Boat Race, and Stargazing.

Finally, a note reads: "If you participate in the Carpenter's Workshop and/or the Enchanter's Workshop, you may use your own crafts in the Enchanted Miniature Boat Race event!"