Lake Erie Maple Expo – The premier maple industry exposition
Friday in depth workshops, Friday evening trade show and program, Saturday classroom sessions and trade show.
Event Details
2026 Lake Erie Maple Expo
November 13-14, 2026
Northwestern High School, 200 Harthan Way, Albion, PA. 16401
Event Packages
Full Package
Friday, Friday evening, & Saturday
$90
Includes lunch both days and Friday evening snacks
Saturday Only
$40
Trade show, over 30 Class options, Lunch & More
Friday Day and Friday evening
$40
6 workshops (choose 1), evening trade show, and program
Friday Night Only
$25
Trade show and program, snacks
Ages 15 & Under
FREE
Friday Event
Friday, Nov 13th
9 AM – 2 PM choose 1 workshop (Lunch included)
Evening Trade Show with over 20 vendors.
Workshops:
- Value Added Products- Shaver Hill Maple
- Tubing and Sugarbush Layout – Jason Grossman & Nick Wendel
- Building a Sap Chiller (2pm-6pm)-Adam Wild
- Mapping My Woods, Tubing Layout Made Easy-Jeff Skarda
- Beginner’s Backyard Sugarmaking – Laura Dengler and Mark Lewis
- Sugarhouse Design & Efficiency – Glenn Goodrich
Saturday Events
Saturday, Nov 14th
8 AM – 3 PM (Lunch included)
Trade Show with ~20 vendors
Classroom Sessions (4 total, 1-hour each, 8 AM – 2 PM):
- Tubing tips and efficiency.- Dan Crocker
- Increasing efficiency in the sugar house. – Glenn Goodrich
- Consumer demand for maple syrup across the US. – Mark Cannella
- Monitoring systems, how can they help me? – Steve Bedard
- Boiling 101. – Bradley Gillilan
- Using 3/16 tubing on slopes. -Michael Rechlin
- Invert sugar, why is it important and how to measure it. – Eileen Downs
- Remote pump house design , layout and operation. -Brandon Mead
- Proper tapping for production and sustainability. – Nick Wendel
- RO operation and efficiency. – Bradley Gillilan
- Filtering Syrup for Clarity
- Labeling & Packaging Maple Products
- Value Added Products
- Managing maple syrup production in a changing environment from tree to sugar house. (Part 1) – Les Ober
- (Part 2) from sugar house to the jug. – Les Ober
- Beginners Maple 101
- Taping Alternative species. – Michael Rechlin
- Making maple confections.
- Filtering syrup for clarity