Southern Labor Day Festival Weekend: September 3-7, 2026

Labor Day Weekend is here, starting a period of many more festivals.

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

Labor Day Weekend is finally here and there is definitely an increase in festival numbers.

Next weekend and the weeks after will bring even more festivals and things will really pick up by the time late September and early October come around.

Along with Labor Day Festivals, you will see some Historic Festivals (ie Pioneer Days, Daniel Boone), Music Festivals, Honey Festivals, Renaissance Festivals and even a Bigfoot Festival.

Here are some festivals going on in each state this weekend…

Sweet Tater Festival at Smith Lake Park in Alabama
Prairie Grove Clothesline Fair in Arkansas
GeckoFest in Florida
Bushnell’s Turtle Festival in Georgia
Breathitt County Honey Festival in Kentucky
Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival in Kentucky
Shrimp and Petroleum Festival in Louisiana
Prairie Arts Festival in Mississippi
NC Apple Festival in North Carolina
African American Cultural Festival in North Carolina
Lowcountry Jazz Festival in South Carolina
Upper East Tennessee Celtic Festival in Tennessee
Bristol PepperFest in Tennessee AND Virginia
Virginia Scottish Games in Virginia

Go through the festival lists and be sure to check out the map as there may be festivals happening near your home.

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Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.

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Have a great weekend, everyone!

If you happen to be in Ohio this weekend, check this weekend’s post at OhioFestivals.net to see what’s going on. You can find this week’s post at https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-weekend-090726/

And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-090726
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-090726

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: September 3-7, 2026

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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.

If you can’t see the map on your smartphone, click HERE.

KENTUCKY

9/3-9/5 – Isom Days Festival – Isom
9/3-9/5 – Manchester Music Festival – Manchester
9/4-9/5 – PossumFest – Cumberland
9/4-9/5 – Elliott County Tobacco Festival – Sandy Hook
9/4-9/6 – Swift Silver Mine Festival – Campton
9/4-9/6 – Rock Rebellion Music Festival – Livingston
9/4-9/7 – Breathitt County Honey Festival – Jackson
9/4-9/7 – WorldFest – Louisville
9/5 – Augusta Heritage and History Day – Augusta
9/5 – Thunder Over Burnside – Burnside
9/5 – Hops and Harvest Lantern Fest – Crofton
9/5* – Kentucky Dragon Boat Festival – Louisville – CANCELLED
Weekend continues below…

9/5 – Pickers and Grinners Fall Market – Maysville
9/5 – Hope Hill Hope Fest – Mount Sterling
9/5 – Oak Grove Butterfly Festival – Oak Grove
9/5 – Hope Festival – Olive Hill
9/5 – Monroe County Watermelon Festival – Tompkinsville
9/5 – Pioneer Day – Waynesburg
9/5 – Finley Fest: Country and Bluegrass Music – West Point
9/5-9/6 – Honoring Our Veterans Pow Wow – Corbin
9/5-9/6 – Shelbyville Fall Art and Craft Festival – Shelbyville
9/5-9/6 – Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival – Winchester
9/5-9/7– Grand Rivers Labor Day Weekend Arts and Crafts Festival – Grand Rivers
9/5-9/7 – St. Cecilia Labor Day Festival – Independence
9/6 – Riverfest on the Levee – Newport
9/6 – Mountain Mischief Festival – Waco
9/6 – Restin’ Holes Middle Earth Fest – Willisburg

LOUISIANA

9/3-9/7 – Shrimp and Petroleum Festival – Morgan City
9/4-9/5 – Cane River Zydeco Festival and Poker Run – Natchitoches
9/4-9/5 – Natchitoches Louisiana Bigfoot Festival – Natchitoches
9/4-9/6 – Cal Cam Fair – Sulphur
9/5 – Market at the Marina IX – Houma
9/5 – Original Southwest Louisiana Zydeco Music Festival – Opelousas
9/5 – Honor the Brave Fest – Slidell

MISSISSIPPI

9/4-9/6 – Booker Fest – Bay St. Louis
9/5 – Red’s Old Timers Blues Festival – Clarksdale
9/5 – Iuka Heritage Festival – Iuka
9/5 – September Fest – Mound Bayou
9/5 – Prairie Arts Festival – West Point

NORTH CAROLINA

9/3-9/5 – Camp Springs Labor Day Bluegrass Festival – Elon
9/3-9/6- Wild Goose Festival – Union Grove
9/4-9/6 – Happy Valley Fiddlers Jamboree – Lenoir
9/4-9/6 – Earl Scruggs Music Festival – Mill Spring
9/4-9/6 – Uwharrie Bigfoot Festival – New London
9/4-9/6 – Pinehurst Barbecue Festival – Pinehurst
9/4-9/7 – NC Apple Festival – Hendersonville
9/4-9/7 – Matthews Alive Festival – Matthews
9/5 – Zochella: Roots and Rhythm – Charlotte
9/5 – Holly Ridge Liberty Festival and Fireworks – Holly Ridge
9/5 – Mocksville Food and Brews Festival – Mocksville
9/5 – Robersonville Summer Music Festival – Robersonville
9/5 – North Carolina Hellbender Festival – Spruce Pine
9/5-9/6 – Art on the Greene IV – Banner Elk
9/5-9/6 – Pickle Fest at Darnell Farms – Bryson City
9/5-9/6 – ProgDay Progressive Rock Festival – Chapel Hill
9/5-9/6 – The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival – High Point
9/5-9/6 – African American Cultural Festival – Raleigh
9/5-9/6 – Silk Hope Old Fashioned Farmers’ Days – Siler City
9/6-9/7 – Canton Labor Day Festival – Canton

SOUTH CAROLINA

9/4-9/5 – Edisto Beach Shag Festival – Edisto Beach
9/4-9/5 – Waves of Praise Gospel Fest – Myrtle Beach
9/4-9/6 – Lowcountry Jazz Festival – Charleston
9/4-9/7 – Hot Air Affair Above Cancer – Williamston
9/6 – Celebrate Anderson – Anderson
9/7 – Chapin Labor Day Festival – Chapin

TENNESSEE

9/3-9/7 – Catoosa Music and Adventure Festival – Jamestown
9/4-9/5 – Riverfront Festival – Surgoinsville
9/4-9/6 – Muddy Roots Music Fest – Cookeville
9/4-9/6 – African Street Festival – Jackson
9/4-9/6* – Deep Tropics Music Art and Style Festival – Nashville – DISCONTINUED
9/5 – Bristol PepperFest – Bristol TN/Bristol VA
9/5 – Chattanooga River Market XXVII – Chattanooga
9/5 – Old Timer’s Day – Collinwood
9/5 – First Responder RibFest – Mountain City
9/5 – Middle Tennessee Largest Pickle Festival – Murfreesboro
9/5 – Shop Black Fest: Nashville – Nashville
9/5 – Bluegrass Music Festival – Watertown
9/5-9/6 – Upper East Tennessee Celtic Festival – Johnson City
9/5-9/6 – Monroe Life Balloon Festival – Madisonville
9/6 – Big Kahuna Wing Festival – Knoxville
9/7 – Dyer County Fair I – Dyersburg
9/7 – Hooray for Harriman Labor Day Festival – Harriman
9/7 – Red, White and Whitwell – Whitwell

VIRGINIA

8/31-9/5 – Chesterfield County Fair II – Chesterfield
9/2-9/5 – Highland County Fair – Monterey
9/2-9/5 – Franklin County Agricultural Fair – Rocky Mount
9/3-9/6 – Pickin’ at the Post Bo Grass Weekend – Luray
9/3-9/6 – Front Porch Fest – Stuart
9/4-9/6 – Russell County Fair and Horse Show I – Castlewood
9/4-9/6 – Dickenson County Pioneer Days – Clintwood
9/4-9/6 – Duffield Daze – Duffield
9/4-9/6 – 18th Century Trades Fair at Fair Lawn Farm – Monterey
9/5 – Avoca Museum’s Harvest Wine Festival – Altavista
9/5 – Labor Day Wine and Music Festival – Amherst
9/5* – Sedalia Country Gathering – Big Island – CANCELLED
9/5 – Bristol PepperFest – Bristol VA/Bristol TN
Weekend continues below…

9/5 – Crabtown Shellabration – Hampton
9/5 – Louisa Labor Fest – Louisa
9/5 – Page Valley Sunflower Festival – Luray
9/5 – Taste of FREEDOM in the Mountains Festival – Madison
9/5 – Orange Street Festival – Orange
9/5 – Albert Hash Memorial Festival – Wilsons
9/5 – Marker-Miller Orchards Honeycrisp Festival – Winchester
9/5-9/6 – Middle Eastern Food Festival – McLean
9/5-9/6 – Shenandoah Valley Music Festival IV – Orkney Springs
9/5-9/6 – Virginia Scottish Games – The Plains
9/5-9/6 – Harvest Faire – Smithfield
9/6 – LoCo Musicians Festival at 868 Estate Vineyards – Hillsboro
9/6 – Wilderness Fall Festival – Spotsylvania Courthouse

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