The first Peach Festival celebrating the peach harvest was held on the Minnechaug Regional High School grounds on August 31, 1985. In 1993 the Peach Festival became a three day event and was held for the first time at the former state owned Pheasant Farm, now known as Fountain Park and in 1999 it became the permanent home of the Festival.

The Wilbraham Peach Festival was selected by Congressman Richard Neal to participate in the Local Legacies Project to celebrate the Library of Congress Bicentennial, in 2004.