650+ Festivals for another Mega Festival Weekend: the Mothman, FrankenFest, Pirates, Spoonbread, Peanuts, Oysters and more.
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
If you thought last weekend was a big festival weekend with over 500 festivals, hold onto your smartphone because this weekend is offering more than 650 Festivals.
650 Festivals!
Pennsylvania alone has over 100 of those festivals while Illinois has nearly 80, Wisconsin has 60, Michigan has over 50 and many other states are above 30 each.
And while the festival quantity is high, some really special festivals are going on this weekend like the Mothman Festival (Review) in West Virginia where cryptid lovers come together for a fun festival with music, interesting vendors, Mothman inspired food, the Men in Black, and other creatures and characters.
Also, this weekend, did you know there was…
… a Fried Pie Festival in Georgia?
… a Back to the Fifties Festival in Indiana?
… a Spoonbread Festival (Review) in Kentucky?
… a Garlic Festival in New York?
… a Wizard of Oz Festival in North Carolina?
… a Peanut Butter Festival in Pennsylvania?
… an Arepa Festival in South Carolina?
… and Pirate Festivals in both North Carolina and Pennsylvania?
As you go through the listings, you are going to see a lot of Cultural, Season, Musical, Food-centric and Fun Festivals to choose from.
Go through the festival listings slowly and take advantage of the maps and reviews. I know I sound like a broken record for repeating this again, but there is a lot of info down there to sort though.
In fact, I’m going to have to highlight some festivals once again to bring attention to some interesting ones and help break up the monotony of the festival listings. And, if you want me to bring attention to certain festivals, write me and let me know what I should highlight. I’ll highlight those recommended festivals this color.
Let me first give you some suggestions per state:
Alabama
Montgomery Oyster Fest, Monte Sano Arts Festival (Huntsville)
Delaware
Hispanic Heritage Festival (Wilmington)
Florida
Naples Balloon Festival (Naples)
Georgia
Haralson County’s Fried Pie Festival (Buchanan), Brooklet Peanut Festival
Illinois
Morton Pumpkin Festival, Golconda Shrimp Festival, West Loop Fest (Chicago)
Indiana
Carmel PorchFest, Art Squared (Indianapolis), Ferdinand Folk Festival
Kentucky
Black Gold Festival (Hazard), Spoonbread Festival (Berea), Kentucky Bourbon Festival (Bardstown)
Maryland
The Maryland Wine Festival (Westminster), Bel Air Festival for the Arts
Michigan
Frankenmuth Oktoberfest, Festival of the Pines (Lake City), FrankenFest Detroit
Mississippi
Mississippi Songwriters Festival (Ocean Springs)
New York
Festa Italiana Syracuse, Purple Foot Festival (Fairport)
North Carolina
Feast of the Pirates Festival (Belville), Dublin Peanut Festival
Pennsylvania
Peanut Butter Festival (New Bethlehem), Marcus Hook Pirate Festival, Ligonier Highland Games
South Carolina
Spartanburg Greek Festival, Charleston Pride Festival
Tennessee
Archeofest (Pinson), Great Pumpkin Festival (Cookeville)
Virginia
Virginia Cider Festival (Fredericksburg), The Wine and Oyster Festival (Stratford)
Washington, DC
H Street Festival
West Virginia
Mothman Festival (Point Pleasant), Country Roads Festival (Ansted)
Wisconsin
Blair Cheese Festival (Blair), The Willy Street Fair (Madison)
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And if you are near or plan to travel to Ohio, which also has 100+ festivals this weekend, you may want to check out this week’s post from my sister site Ohio Festivals – https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-weekend-091723
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: September 14-17, 2023
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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.
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My Experiences of this Weekend’s Festival
9/15-9/17 – South Gulf Coast Florida Vintage Market Days – Fort Myers, Florida – My Review
9/16 – Harvest Moon Fall Festival – Bargersville, Indiana – My Review
9/15-9/17 – St. George Festival – Fishers, Indiana – My Review
9/16 – Quaker Day Craft & Community Festival – Plainfield, Indiana – My Review
9/15-9/17 – Kentucky Bourbon Festival – Bardstown, Kentucky – My Review
9/15-9/17 – Spoonbread Festival – Berea, Kentucky – My Review
9/16-9/17 – Michigan Renaissance Festival V – Holly, Michigan – My Review
9/16-9/17 – Harvest Moon Festival – Parkersburg, West Virginia – My Review
9/16-9/17 – Mothman Festival – Point Pleasant, West Virginia – My Review
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ALABAMA
9/14-9/16 – Saint George’s Middle Eastern Food Festival – Birmingham
9/14-9/17 – Redstone Arsenal Oktoberfest – Huntsville
9/15-9/16 – Boom Days – Fort Payne
9/15-9/16 – Foothills Festival – Jasper
9/16 – Montgomery Oyster Fest – Montgomery
9/16 – Alabama Wine Festival – Attalla
9/16 – Ozark Oktoberfest – Ozark
9/16 – Lakeside Live Musicfest – Pell City
9/16 – Central AL BBQ Festival – Clanton
9/16 – Fall Arts Festival at Christ the King Lutheran Church – Hoover
9/16 – Yellowhammer Brewing Oktoberfest – Huntsville
9/16 – Dog Daze (formerly Trussville City Fest) – Trussville
9/16 – Depot Days Festival – Hartselle
9/16-9/17 – Monte Sano Arts Festival – Huntsville
9/16-9/17 – Art on the Rocks II – Gadsden
DELAWARE
9/15-9/16 – Delmarva Folk Festival – Houston
9/15-9/17 – Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest – Newark
9/15-9/17 – Weedstock – Townsend
9/16 – Riverwalk Freedom Festival – Milford
9/16 – Broad Creek Bike and Brew – Laurel
9/16 – Delaware VegFest – Newark
9/16 – Soul of the City Festival – Wilmington
9/16 – Indian River Marina Autumn Art Festival – Rehoboth Beach
9/17 – Alpaca Festival – Frankford
9/17 – Community Day – Newark
9/17 – Hispanic Heritage Festival – Wilmington
9/17 – Festival Hispano Georgetown – Georgetown
FLORIDA
9/14-9/17 – Naples Balloon Festival – Naples
9/15-9/16 – Florida Fin Fest – Jacksonville
9/15-9/17 – Wicked Barley’s Oktoberfest – Jacksonville
9/15-9/17 – South Gulf Coast Florida Vintage Market Days – Fort Myers – My Review
9/16 – Smokin’ in the Square BBQ Cookoff – Gulf Breeze
9/16 – FORD Jacksonville Cuban Sandwich and Taste of Latino Festival – Jacksonville
9/16 – Tampa Bay Water Lantern Festival – Hudson
9/16-9/17 – Tinez Farms Fall Festival II – Miami
9/16-9/17 – Mid-Autumn Moon Festival – Pinellas Park
9/17 – International Food and Drink Festival at Lake Eola Park – Orlando
GEORGIA
9/11-9/16 – Chattahoochee Mountain Fair II – Clarkesville
9/14-9/16 – Dailey and Vincent’s American Made Music Fest – Hiawassee
9/14-9/17 – Helen Oktoberfest II – Helen
9/15 – Marietta Roots – Marietta
9/15-9/16 – Happy Days Weekend – Hapeville
9/15-9/16 – Clermont Days – Clermont
9/15-9/17 – Music Midtown – Atlanta
9/15-9/17 – Festival of Fine Arts – Dalton
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9/15-9/17 – Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival – Augusta
9/15-9/17 – Inman Farm Heritage Days – Fayetteville
9/15-9/17 – Imagine Music Festival – Rome
9/16 – BBQ, Brews and Bacon – Macon
9/16 – Taste of Snellville – Snellville
9/16 – Taste of Smyrna – Smyrna
9/16 – Brooklet Peanut Festival – Brooklet
9/16 – Gainesville Latino Fest – Gainesville
9/16 – Friendship House Music Festival – Dalton
9/16 – Haralson County’s Fried Pie Festival – Buchanan
9/16 – Blue Ridge Blues and BBQ Festival – Blue Ridge
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9/16 – Dahlonega Trail Fest – Dahlonega
9/16 – Hispanic Heritage Celebration – Norcross
9/16 – Mountain Music Day Festival – Blairsville
9/16 – Roots, Tunes and Brews Festival (formerly Blues, Brews and BBQ) – Hinesville
9/16 – Statham Sunflower Festival – Statham
9/16 – Tri-City Latino Festival – Columbus
9/16 – Fall Festival at Thomasville Fairgrounds – Thomasville
9/16 – Sippin’ Safari at Zoo Atlanta – Atlanta
9/16-9/17 – Art in the Park and Bluegrass Festival – Maysville
9/16-9/17 – Cumming Art Fest – Cumming
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9/16-9/17 – 4F Renaissance Festival and Fantasy Faire III – Danielsville
9/16-9/17 – Ocmulgee Indian Celebration – Macon
9/16-9/17 – Roswell Arts Festival – Roswell
9/16-9/17 – Suwanee Fest – Suwanee
9/16-9/17 – Buckhead Fine Arts Festival – Atlanta
9/16-9/17 – Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival I – Stone Mountain
9/16-9/17 – Rose Lawn Arts Festival – Cartersville
9/16-9/17 – JapanFest Atlanta – Duluth
9/16-9/17 – Barnesville Buggy Days Festival – Barnesville
9/16-9/17 – Shakerag Arts and Crafts Festival – Peachtree City
9/17 – Street Food and Poetry Festival – Savannah
ILLINOIS
9/11-9/17 – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival II – South Barrington
9/13-9/16 – Canton Friendship Festival – Canton
9/13-9/16 – Fairfield Fall Fun Fest – Fairfield
9/13-9/16 – Eldorado Town and Country Days – Eldorado
9/13-9/16 – Morton Pumpkin Festival – Morton
9/13-9/17 – Murphysboro Apple Festival – Murphysboro
9/14-9/16 – Sugar Creek Music Festival – Benton
9/14-9/16 – Vermilion River Fall Festival – Danville
9/14-9/16 – Corvette Funfest – Effingham
9/14-9/17 – Glendale Heights Oktoberfest I – Glendale Heights
9/15-9/16 – Elk Grove Oktoberfest – Elk Grove Village
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9/15-9/16 – ItalianFest – Collinsville
9/15-9/16 – Our Big Fat Greek Festival – Rock Island
9/15-9/16 – Norwood Park Fall Fest – Chicago
9/15-9/16 – Crete Acorn Fest – Crete
9/15-9/16 – Belleville Oktoberfest – Belleville
9/15-9/16 – Downers Grove Oktoberfest – Downers Grove
9/15-9/16 – Autumn in the Park Festival – Palos Park
9/15-9/16 – Berwyn’s Oktoberfest – Berwyn
9/15-9/17 – Goebbert’s Farm Oktoberfest – Pingree Grove
9/15-9/17 – Annunciation Church Gold Coast Greek Fest – Chicago
9/15-9/17 – Saluting with Smoke Festival – Yorkville
9/15-9/17 – Griggsville Apple Festival – Griggsville
9/15-9/17 – Tinley Park Oktoberfest – Tinley Park
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9/15-9/17 – West Dundee Heritage Fest – West Dundee
9/15-9/17 – Des Plaines Fall Fest – Des Plaines
9/15-9/17 – Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest I – Homer Glen
9/15-9/17 – Riot Fest – Chicago
9/15-9/17 – Marshall Autumn Fest – Marshall
9/15-9/17 – Wheat Festival – Okawville
9/15-9/17 – Palatine Oktoberfest – Palatine
9/15-9/17 – German American Central Society Peoria Oktoberfest – Peoria
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9/16 – Brazilian Festival – Naperville
9/16 – Pluto Fest – Streator
9/16 – Festival of Joy – Bloomington
9/16 – Fall Festival at Kinmundy Log Cabin Village – Kinmundy
9/16 – Oktoberfest at the Zoo – Chicago
9/16 – Buzz Bomb Oktoberfest – Springfield
9/16 – Kankakee Estival Festival – Kankakee
9/16 – Coal City Fall Fest – Coal City
9/16 – Flannel Festival at Trenton Sportman’s Club – Trenton
9/16 – Le Roy Octoberfest – Le Roy
9/16 – Mallard Fest – Hanover
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9/16 – Water Lantern Festival – Aurora
9/16 – Highland Street Art Festival – Highland
9/16 – Jacksonville Rotary Oktoberfest – Jacksonville
9/16 – Autumn on the Prairie – Franklin Grove
9/16 – Oktoberfest at Penrose Brewing Company – Geneva
9/16 – Golconda Shrimp Festival – Golconda
9/16 – Grayslake Craft Beer Festival – Grayslake
9/16* – Reinberg Rocks Oktoberfest Festival – Palatine – CANCELLED
9/16 – Orland Park Brewfest – Orland Park
9/16 – Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest – Elmhurst
9/16 – Brew at the Bridge Craft Beer Festival – Oswego
9/16 – Mississippi Earthtones Festival – Alton
9/16-9/17 – West Loop Fest – Chicago
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9/16-9/17 – Lakeview Taco Fest – Chicago
9/16-9/17 – Deer Park Art Show – Deer Park
9/16-9/17 – Arts in Central Park – Decatur
9/16-9/17 – Monarch Butterfly Festival – Palos Heights
9/16-9/17 – Clayville Fall Festival – Pleasant Plains
9/16-9/17 – Edgewater Arts Festival – Chicago
9/16-9/17 – Big Rock Plowing Match – Big Rock
9/16-9/17 – Macoupin County Historical Society Fall Festival – Carlinville
9/16-9/17 – Stark County Fall Festival – Wyoming
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9/16-9/17 – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival I – West Chicago
9/16-9/17 – Vintage Illinois at the Canal Market – North Utica
9/16-9/17 – Art on the Prairie – Warrenville
9/16-9/17 – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm I – Geneva
9/16-9/17 – Edwards Place Fine Art Fair – Springfield
9/17 – Ela Township History Day and Antique and Artisan Market – Lake Zurich
9/17 – Mexican Independence Day Celebration – Woodstock
9/17 – Apple Festival at Pere Marquette Lodge – Grafton
9/17 – Taste of Evanston – Evanston
9/17 – Oksoberfest at the Lincoln Park Zoo – Chicago
INDIANA
9/13-9/16 – Beech Grove Fall Festival – Beech Grove
9/13-9/16 – Edinburgh Fall Festival – Edinburgh
9/14-9/16 – Ossian Days Street Festival – Ossian
9/14-9/17 – Nappanee Apple Festival – Nappanee
9/15-9/16 – St. Thomas More Parish Festival – Mooresville
9/15-9/16 – Tree City Fall Festival – Greensburg
9/15-9/16 – Canaan Fall Festival and Pony Express Mail Run Celebration – Canaan
9/15-9/16 – Rising Sun Navy Bean Festival – Rising Sun
9/15-9/16 – Chrisney Fall Festival – Chrisney
9/15-9/17 – Colonial Market Days and Encampment – Lebanon
9/15-9/17 – Fall Festival of Commiskey – Commiskey
9/15-9/17 – Frankton Heritage Days Festival – Frankton
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9/15-9/17 – Francesville Fall Festival – Francesville
9/15-9/17 – St. George Festival – Fishers – My Review
9/15-9/17 – Fall 4-Wheel Jamboree – Indianapolis
9/15-9/17 – Rendezvous on the Reserve – Montpelier
9/16 – Bacon Fest Portage – Portage
9/16 – Terre Haute Pride Festival – Terre Haute
9/16 – New Palestine Oktoberfest – New Palestine
9/16 – Festival De La Monarca/Monarch Festival – East Chicago
9/16 – Back to the Fifties Festival – Lebanon
9/16 – Beloved Farms Wine Fest – Grandview
9/16 – Quaker Day Craft & Community Festival – Plainfield – My Review
9/16 – Sunflower Fair – La Porte
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9/16 – Osgood Bricktoberfest – Osgood
9/16 – Eagle Creek Folk Music Festival – Indianapolis
9/16 – Global Fest – West Lafayette
9/16 – Ferdinand Folk Festival – Ferdinand
9/16 – Eminence Harvest Festival – Eminence
9/16 – Rock the Arts – Rensselaer
9/16 – Sandhill Crane Festival and Car Show – Wheatfield
9/16 – Brewfest – Evansville
9/16 – St. Mary’s Multicultural Festival – New Albany
9/16 – Goshen Hispanic Heritage Festival – Goshen
9/16 – Fort Ben BBQ and Blues Festival at Fort Harrison State Park – Lawrence
9/16 – Town of Ingalls Fall Festival – Ingalls
9/16 – Dyer Fall Family Fest – Dyer
9/16 – Country-A-Fair – Schererville
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9/16 – Harmony Music Festival – Sweetser
9/16 – Noblesville Brewfest and Wine Garden – Noblesville
9/16 – Apple Popcorn Festival – Brookston
9/16 – Art Squared – Indianapolis
9/16 – Harvest Moon Fall Festival – Bargersville – My Review
9/16-9/17 – Old Washington Street Festival – Muncie
9/16-9/17 – Levi Coffin Days – Richmond
9/16-9/17 – Fall Festivals at Beasley’s Orchard I – Danville
9/16-9/17 – Duneland Fall Festival – Porter
9/16-9/17 – St. Louis Church Parish Festival – Batesville
9/16-9/17 – Middletown Fall Fun Fest – Middletown
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9/16-9/17 – Apple Butter Festival – Spencer
9/16-9/17 – Attica Heritage Days – Attica
9/16-9/17 – Johnny Appleseed Festival – Fort Wayne
9/16-9/17 – Trail of Courage Living History Festival – Rochester
9/16-9/17 – Kunstfest – New Harmony
9/16-9/17 – Bluff City Pow Wow – Rockport
9/16-9/17 – St. Joseph’s Parish Festival – Fort Wayne
9/16-9/17 – Spirit Fest – Chesterfield
9/17 – Carmel PorchFest – Carmel
9/17 – Wabash Fall Festival – Wabash
9/17 – Saraga International Food Festival – Indianapolis
9/17 – World Cultural Festival – Valparaiso
9/17 – 20th Century Chevy Carfest – Washington
KENTUCKY
9/11-9/16 – Poppy Mountain Bluegrass Festival II – Morehead
9/11-9/16 – Banana Festival II – Fulton, KY/South Fulton, TN
9/14-9/16 – Black Gold Festival – Hazard
9/14-9/16 – Cumberland River Bluegrass Festival – Burkesville
9/14-9/16 – Blazin’ Bluegrass Festival – Whitley City
9/14-9/17 – Bourbon and Beyond Festival – Louisville
9/15-9/16 – Fordsville Days – Fordsville
9/15-9/16 – Harvest Fest at Mahr Park – Madisonville
9/15-9/16 – More Tales Storytelling Festival – Wilmore
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9/15-9/16 – Horse Cave Heritage Festival – Horse Cave
9/15-9/16 – Cow Days – Greensburg
9/15-9/16 – Appalachian Moonshine, Music and Makers Festival – Pikeville
9/15-9/17 – West Point River Days Festival – West Point
9/15-9/17 – Spoonbread Festival – Berea – My Review
9/15-9/17 – Kentucky Bourbon Festival – Bardstown – My Review
9/15-9/17 – Owensboro Air Show – Owensboro
9/15-9/17 – Kentucky Black Pride – Lexington
9/15-9/17 – Poage Landing Days – Ashland
9/15-9/17 – Gaslight Festival – Jeffersontown
9/15-9/17 – St. Timothy Oktoberfest – Union
9/16 – Gourd Patch Arts Festival – Mayfield
9/16 – Constitution Square Festival – Danville
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9/16 – Morehead Arts and Crafts Festival – Morehead
9/16 – Water Lantern Festival – Louisville
9/16 – Pumpkin Festival – Paris
9/16 – Cheers to Bardstown – Bardstown
9/16 – Onton Hay Days – Onton
9/16 – Hopkinsville Street Taco Festival – Hopkinsville
9/16 – Cadiz Music and Food Festival – Cadiz
9/16 – Squash and Gobble Arts Bazaar and Fall Festival – Greenville
9/16 – Sweet Owen Day – Owenton
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9/16 – Jacksonian Days Street Fair – Scottsville
9/16-9/17 – Central Kentucky Celtic Festival and Highland Games – Eminence
9/16-9/17 – Bear Wallow Fall Festival I – Nancy
9/16-9/17 – Simon Kenton Festival – Maysville
9/16-9/17 – Midway Fall Festival – Midway
9/16-9/17 – The 1778 Siege of Boonesborough – Richmond
9/16-9/17 – Benton Farm Fall Craft Show and Festival – Walton
9/16-9/17 – Kentucky Heritage Jazz Festival I – Harrodsburg
9/17 – Applefest at Eckert’s Orchard I – Versailles
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
9/13-9/17 – OC Bikefest – Ocean City
9/15-9/16 – Elkton Fall Fest – Elkton
9/15-9/17 – Fell’s Point Fall Festival – Baltimore
9/15-9/17 – St. Mary’s Mediterranean Festival – Hunt Valley
9/15-9/17 – Milburn Orchards Fall Festival Weekends III – Elkton
9/15-9/17 – Washington Ukrainian Festival – Silver Spring
9/15-9/17 – Oktoberfest at the Wharf – Washington, DC
9/16 – Essex Day Festival – Essex
9/16 – Culturefest Business Music and Arts Festival – Baltimore
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9/16 – Cumberland Bacon Festival – Cumberland
9/16 – FSU Appalachian Festival – Frostburg
9/16 – Community Fire Company of Rising Sun Fall Festival – Rising Sun
9/16 – H Street Festival – Washington, DC
9/16 – Days End Farm Horse Rescue Benefit Concert – Woodbine
9/16 – African American Cultural Festival – Towson
9/16 – Homecoming at President Lincoln’s Cottage – Washington, DC
9/16 – City Park Fall Fest – Hagerstown
9/16 – The Maryland Wine Festival – Westminster
9/16 – Korean Full Moon Festival – Hanover
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9/16 – Craft Beer Festival – Abingdon
9/16 – Native American Festival – Vienna
9/16-9/17 – Johnny Appleseed Festival at Weber’s Cider Mill Farm – Parkville
9/16-9/17 – The Bohemian Black Festival – Severna Park
9/16-9/17 – Maryland Renaissance Festival IV – Annapolis
9/16-9/17 – Artsfest at Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center – Solomons
9/16-9/17 – Fall Festival Weekend at Summers Farm I – Middletown
9/16-9/17 – Alpaca Farm Festival – Preston
9/17 – Jamaica Fest – Silver Spring
9/17 – Bel Air Festival for the Arts – Bel Air
9/17 – Annapolis Italian Festival/Feast of Saint Mother Cabrini – Annapolis
MICHIGAN
9/14-9/16 – Paddle Antrim Festival – Bellaire
9/14-9/16 – Harvest Moon – Farmington
9/14-9/16 – Michigan BluesFest – Lansing
9/14-9/16 – Cedar E. Chavez Fiesta – Lansing
9/14-9/17 – Kackleberry Farms Fall Festival III – Monroe
9/14-9/17 – Troy Family Daze – Troy
9/14-9/17 – Michigan Irish Music Festival – Muskegon
9/14-9/17 – Frankenmuth Oktoberfest – Frankenmuth
9/14-9/17 – St. John Parish Applefest – Fenton
9/14-9/17 – Michigan Firemen’s Memorial Festival – Roscommon
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9/15-9/16 – Festival of the Forks – Albion
9/15-9/16 – Festival of the Pines – Lake City
9/15-9/16 – Flat Rock RiverFest – Flat Rock
9/15-9/16 – South Haven Jazz Festival – South Haven
9/15-9/16 – Saline Oktoberfest – Saline
9/15-9/16 – Michigan Apple Fest – Sparta
9/15-9/16 – West Michigan Bluegrass Music Association FallFest – Lowell
9/15-9/17 – Hemlock Sawdust Day Festival – Hemlock
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9/15-9/17 – Paul Bunyan Days – Oscoda
9/15-9/17 – St. Alfred Fall Festival – Taylor
9/15-9/17 – Romulus Pumpkin Festival – Romulus
9/15-9/17 – St. Thomas the Apostle Family Fun Festival – Garden City
9/15-9/17 – Earthwork Harvest Gathering – Lake City
9/16 – Fall Fest at Lake Bluff Park – St. Joseph
9/16 – Edmore Potato Festival – Edmore
9/16 – Edwardsburg Area Chamber of Commerce Fall Festival – Edwardsburg
9/16 – Eastown Streetfair – Grand Rapids
9/16 – Fall Feastival – St. Johns
9/16 – Scottville Fall Celebration – Scottville
9/16 – Almont Heritage Festival – Almont
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9/16 – New Era Fall Street Festival – New Era
9/16 – LO Palooza – Lake Orion
9/16 – Grand Haven Hispanic Heritage Fiesta – Grand Haven
9/16 – Applefest and Craft Show – Coldwater
9/16 – FrankenFest Detroit – Detroit
9/16 – Oktoberfest at Big Lake Brewing – Holland
9/16 – Parade of Nations and Multicultural Festival – Houghton
9/16 – Howard City Harvest Festival – Howard City
9/16 – Harvest Festival and Chili Cook-off – Harbor Beach
9/16 – Center Line Beer Fest – Center Line
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9/16* – Hops and Props on the River – Manistee – CANCELLED
9/16 – Taste of Harbor Springs – Harbor Springs
9/16-9/17 – Canterbury Hard Cider Fest – Lake Orion
9/16-9/17 – Pumpkin Festival – Caseville
9/16-9/17 – Kinde Polka Fest – Kinde
9/16-9/17 – Artalicious Fine Art Fair – Adrian
9/16-9/17 – Fallasburg Fall Festival for the Arts – Lowell
9/16-9/17 – Tompkins Center Historical Society Freedom Festival and Steam Show – Rives Junction
9/16-9/17 – Ann Arbor Russian Festival – Ann Arbor
9/16-9/17 – Michigan Renaissance Festival V – Holly – My Review
MISSISSIPPI
9/16 – Festival Hispano – Pascagoula
9/16 – Delta Blues and Heritage Festival – Greenville
9/16 – Cruizin’ Clinton Car Show – Clinton
NEW YORK
9/12-9/17 – KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival I – Rochester
9/14-9/16 – Big Flats Community Days – Big Flats
9/15-9/16 – St. Patrick’s Fall Festival – Owego
9/15-9/16 – Oktoberfest at Webster Fireman’s Field – Webster
9/15-9/16 – Niagara Falls Blues Festival – Niagara Falls
9/15-9/17 – Bemus Point Fall Fest – Bemus Point
9/15-9/17 – Borderland Festival – East Aurora
9/15-9/17 – Market Street Harvest Festival – Corning
9/15-9/17 – The Fall Down – Hannibal
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9/15-9/17 – Festival of Grapes – Silver Creek
9/15-9/17 – Jordan Fall Festival – Jordan
9/15-9/17 – Ellicottville Rock N’ Roll Weekend – Ellicottville
9/15-9/17 – Festa Italiana Syracuse – Syracuse
9/16 – Endicott Apple Festival – Endicott
9/16 – Fare and Ware Festival – Mount Morris
9/16 – Buffalo Cigar Festival – Orchard Park
9/16 – Blues on the Bridge – Binghamton
9/16 – Autumn Equinox Festival Pagan Pride Day – Geddes
9/16 – Clarence Center Fall Fest – Clarence Center
9/16 – Fayetteville Festival – Fayetteville
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9/16 – Harmony Historical Society Folk Fair – Ashville
9/16 – ON Farm Fest/Harvey Skeele Farm Fest – Onondaga County (Various Locations)
9/16 – Lincoln Hill Farms Oktoberfest – Canandaigua
9/16 – Taste of B’ville – Baldwinsville
9/16 – Fall Festival at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve – Cheektowaga
9/16 – Wings and Wheels in Hammondsport – Hammondsport
9/16-9/17 – Palmyra Canaltown Days – Palmyra
9/16-9/17 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend I – Clarence
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9/16-9/17 – Native Nations Festival at Watson Homestead – Painted Post
9/16-9/17 – Niagara Celtic Heritage Festival – Lockport
9/16-9/17 – Cuba Garlic Festival – Cuba
9/16-9/17 – Canaseraga Fall Harvest Festival – Canaseraga
9/16-9/17 – Long Acre Farms Fall Festival Weekend I – Macedon
9/17 – Mexico Fall Festival – Mexico
9/17 – Purple Foot Festival – Fairport
9/17 – Celebrate Cascade – Penn Yan
9/17 – Oswego PorchFest – Oswego
NORTH CAROLINA
9/14-9/16 – Fall Carolina Pickers Antique Festival – Denton
9/15 – Cary Night Market IV – Cary
9/15-9/16 – Eden RiverFest – Eden
9/15-9/16 – Hog Day – Hillsborough
9/15-9/16 – Day at the Dock – Hatteras
9/15-9/16 – West Jefferson Old Time Antiques Fair – West Jefferson
9/15-9/17 – Autumn at Oz II – Beech Mountain
9/16 – FaithFest – Wilkesboro
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9/16 – Feast of the Pirates Festival – Belville
9/16 – North Carolina Latino Festival – Greenville
9/16 – Irish Fest in the Forest – Durham
9/16 – USA Today Wine and Food Festival – Raleigh
9/16 – Harrisburg Multicultural Festival – Harrisburg
9/16 – Dublin Peanut Festival – Dublin
9/16 – Art in Autumn – Weaverville
9/16 – Dirty Dancing Festival – Lake Lure
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9/16 – Mountain Heritage Festival – Sparta
9/16 – Cherokee Heritage Festival – Hayesville
9/16 – Greater Triangle Asia Fest – Cary
9/16 – Creedmoor Music Festival – Creedmoor
9/16 – Yadkin Valley Harvest Festival – Yadkinville
9/16 – Art in Autumn Arts and Crafts Festival – Asheville
9/16-9/17 – Fayetteville Greek Festival – Fayetteville
9/16-9/17 – CenterFest – Durham
9/16-9/17 – Raffaldini Vineyards Festa Italiana – Ronda
9/17 – Charlotte Mimosa Festival – Charlotte
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
9/11-9/16 – McClure Bean Soup Festival and Fair – McClure
9/12 – Delco Nite Market III – Darby
9/14- Hermitage Night Market III – Hermitage
9/14-9/16 – Rosedale Fall Festival – Verona
9/14-9/17 – Lancaster Hot Air Balloon Festival and Country Fair – Bird-in-Hand
9/14-9/17 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Pittsburgh Zoo VI – Pittsburgh
9/14-9/17 – Pine Ridge Fall Festival – Albrightsville
9/15 – Stewartstown Night Market IX – Stewartstown
9/15 – Gorettifest at St. Maria Goretti – Hatfield
9/15 – Middle Eastern Festival – Allentown
9/15-9/16 – St. Philip International Food Festival – Souderton
9/15-9/16 – Johnstown Slavic Festival – Johnstown
9/15-9/16 – Boyertown Oktoberfest – Boyertown
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9/15-9/16 – Avonmore Harvest Jubilee – Avonmore
9/15-9/16 – Wilkes-Barre Oktoberfest – Wilkes-Barre
9/15-9/16 – Music Festival at Way Fruit Farm – Port Matilda
9/15-9/17 – Shady Brook Farms FallFest II – Yardley
9/15-9/16 – Liberty Borough Fire Department Fall Festival – McKeesport
9/15-9/17 – WGK Glass Art Pumpkin Festival – Toughkenamon
9/15-9/17 – Forks Community Days – Easton
9/15-9/17 – Fall Fest at Spruce Street Harbor Park – Philadelphia
9/15-9/17 – Lancaster Liederkranz Oktoberfest – Lancaster
9/15-9/17 – Roba Family Farms Fall Fest II – Dalton
9/15-9/17 – PA Bowhunters Festival – Forksville
9/15-9/17 – Hinkelfest Chicken Festival – Fredericksburg
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9/15-9/17 – Pittsburgh International Jazz Festival – Pittsburgh
9/15-9/17 – Bavarian Fall Fest – St. Marys
9/15-9/17 – Peanut Butter Festival – New Bethlehem
9/15-9/17 – Erie Irish Festival – Erie
9/15-9/17 – Pennsylvania Bavarian Oktoberfest – Canonsburg
9/15-9/17 – Scottdale Fall Festival – Scottdale
9/16 – Snack Town Brewfest – Hanover
9/16 – Historic Bolton Mansion Fall Festival – Levittown
9/16 – E-Town Evolution – Elizabethtown
9/16 – Fall for Animals Festival – Worthington
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9/16 – WaterFire Sharon II – Sharon
9/16 – WuFFJam – Phoenixville
9/16 – VOktoberfest – Pittsburgh
9/16 – Honey Fest Music Festival – Elverson
9/16 – Pride Festival at the Beach – Conneaut Lake
9/16 – New Freedom Fest – New Freedom
9/16 – Philadelphia Honey Festival – Philadelphia
9/16 – AbbeyFest – Paoli
9/16 – Mum Festival at Smucker Garden – Millersburg
9/16 – Marcus Hook Pirate Festival – Marcus Hook
9/16 – Farm-City Family Festival – Mill Hall
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9/16 – Wyalusing Valley Wine Festival – Wyalusing
9/16 – West End World of Food Festival – Allentown
9/16 – Wilkes-Barre Multicultural Parade and Festival – Wilkes-Barre
9/16 – South Street Oktoberfest – Philadelphia
9/16 – Milton Harvest Festival II – Milton
9/16 – L’Italia Festival of Lititz – Lititz
9/16 – Family Fall Festival – West Decatur
9/16 – Fall Fest at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard I – Hellam
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9/16 – West Reading Fall Fest – West Reading
9/16 – Milford Septemberfest – Milford
9/16 – Saltsburg Oktoberfest – Saltsburg
9/16 – Cranberry Festival – Cranberry Township
9/16 – Pink Day – Leechburg
9/16 – Heritage Festival – Murrysville
9/16 – Green Tree Octoberfest – Green Tree
9/16 – St. Lawrence Fall Festival – Cadogan
9/16 – Pocono Latin Fest – East Stroudsburg
9/16 – Emmaus Farewell to Summer – Emmaus
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9/16 – Spellbinding Street Festival – Lehighton
9/16 – Pottsville Oktoberfest – Pottsville
9/16 – Mon Valley Arts Festival – West Mifflin
9/16 – Sly Fox Can Jam Music Festival – Pottstown
9/16 – Fort McIntosh Day – Freedom
9/16 – West Scranton Fall Festival – Scranton
9/16 – September Fest – Meadville
9/16 – Ligonier Highland Games – Ligonier
9/16-9/17 – Hortulus Wildflower Festival II – Newtown
9/16-9/17 – Hippie Dayze Festival – Philipsburg
9/16-9/17 – Battle at Chadds Ford: Historic Chadds Ford Days – Chadds Ford
9/16-9/17 – Springettsbury Township’s Fall Fest featuring the Enchanted Fairy Festival – York
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9/16-9/17 – Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire V – Manheim
9/16-9/17 – Romanian Food Festival – McKees Rocks
9/16-9/17 – Sweet Potato Festival at Thomason’s Olde Thyme Herb Farm – East Berlin
9/16-9/17* – Penn’s Colony Festival I – Saxonburg – My Review – CANCELLED
9/16-9/17 – Derry Railroad Days – Derry
9/16-9/17 – Egyptian Festival II – Hatfield
9/16-9/17 – Smicksburg Apple Festival – Smicksburg
9/16-9/17 – Covered Bridge Festival – Washington/Greene counties
9/16-9/17 – Kinzua Bridge State Park Fall Festival – Mt. Jewett
9/16-9/17 – Flax Scutching Festival – Stahlstown
9/16-9/17 – New Germany Festival of Arts and Crafts – Summerhill
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9/16-9/17 – Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival IV – West Newton
9/17 – Treaty of Shackamaxon at Penn Treaty Park Pow Wow – Philadelphia
9/17 – Dallas Harvest Festival – Dallas
9/17 – Lebanese Heritage Festival – Scranton
9/17 – Fort Hunter Day – Harrisburg
9/17 – Homegrown Harvest Festival – Edinboro
9/17 – Central PA Animal Alliance WoofStock – Harrisburg
9/17 – Del Grosso’s Italian Food and Heritage Festival – Tipton
9/17 – Wildbird Recovery Fall Migration Festival – Valencia
9/17 – Berks Fiddle Fest at Bear Creek Mountain Resort – Macungie
SOUTH CAROLINA
9/14-9/17 – Euphoria – Greenville
9/14-9/17 – Columbia’s Greek Festival – Columbia
9/15 – Old Town Festival – Rock Hill
9/15-9/16 – Mauldin BBQ Cook-off – Mauldin
9/15-9/16 – SC Old Time Fiddler’s Convention and Competition – Pickens
9/15-9/16 – St. Anne International Festival – Rock Hill
9/15-9/16 – Yemassee Shrimp Festival – Yemassee
9/15-9/16 – Santee Indian Tribe Pow Wow – Holly Hill
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9/15-9/17 – Spartanburg Greek Festival – Spartanburg
9/15-9/17 – Moon Fest: Fall – Chesnee
9/16 – Woofstock and Meowsic Craft and Vendor Pet Adoption Fest – Greer
9/16 – Moore Farms Botanical Garden Beer Fest – Lake City
9/16 – Aynor Harvest Hoe-Down – Aynor
9/16 – Charleston Pride Festival – Charleston
9/16 – Celebrate Surfside Beach Festival – Surfside Beach
9/16 – Main Street Oktoberfest Jam – Fort Mill
9/16 – Clover Auto Show and Fall Festival – Clover
9/16 – Hispanic Heritage Celebration – Walhalla
9/16 – Jubilee: Festival of Black History and Culture – Columbia
9/16-9/17 – Carolina Food Truck Festival – Columbia
9/17 – Arepa Festival – Bluffton
TENNESSEE
9/11-9/16 – Banana Festival II – Fulton, KY/South Fulton, TN
9/14-9/16 – Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival – Kodak
9/15 – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XXIV – Murfreesboro
9/15-9/16 – PossumStock – Clarksville
9/15-9/17 – African Street Festival – Nashville
9/15-9/17 – Fall Heritage Festival – Cowan
9/16 – Memphis Brewfest – Memphis
9/16 – Alpha Games First Responder Festival – Hartsville
9/16 – GladeFest – Gladeville
9/16 – Sorghum Festival – Johnson City
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9/16 – The Cooper-Young Festival – Memphis
9/16 – National Rolley Hole Marbles Championships and Music Festival at Standing Stone – Hilham
9/16 – White Lightning Trail Festival – Cumberland Gap
9/16 – Arts in the Park – Morristown
9/16 – Town of Louisville Fall Festival – Louisville
9/16 – La Vergne Fall Festival – La Vergne
9/16 – Charlotte Festival – Charlotte
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9/16 – Haunting in the Hills – Oneida
9/16 – Sassafras Moon Herbal Festival – Erwin
9/16-9/17 – Archeofest – Pinson
9/16-9/17 – HoLa Festival – Knoxville
9/16-9/17 – Collierville Balloon Festival – Collierville
9/16-9/17 – Trade Mill and Native Heritage Days – Trade
9/16-9/17 – Autumn Blaze Arts Festival – Waverly
9/16-9/17 – Great Pumpkin Festival – Cookeville
9/16-9/18 – Cheekwood Harvest I – Nashville
9/17 – Apple Festival at the Chattanooga Market – Chattanooga
9/17 – Nashville Vegfest – Nashville
VIRGINIA
9/13 – Taste of Westfields – Chantilly
9/14-9/16 – Watermelon Pickers’ Fest – Berryville
9/15-9/17 – Roanoke Greek Festival – Roanoke
9/15-9/17 – Egyptian Festival – Hampton
9/15-9/17 – St. Benedict Oktoberfest – Richmond
9/16 – Blacksburg Brew Do – Blacksburg
9/16 – Boots, Bandanas and Blue Jeans in Wine Country – Purcellville
9/16 – Denbigh Day Parade and Festival – Newport News
9/16 – Fiddles and Fifths Festival – Fredericksburg
9/16 – African-American Heritage and Multicultural Festival – Staunton
9/16 – Coyote Hole Brew Festival – Mineral
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9/16 – Wild Roots Music Festival – Spotsylvania Courthouse
9/16 – Fiddles and Fifths – Winchester
9/16 – Southwest Virginia Pride Fest – Roanoke
9/16 – Adventure Brewing Company Oktoberfest – Fredericksburg
9/16 – Hispanic Heritage Festival/La Feria Raices Latinas – Manassas
9/16 – Crossroads Music Festival – Leesburg
9/16 – Virginia Cider Festival – Fredericksburg
9/16 – Crabby Blues Festival – Cape Charles
9/16 – Middleburg Oktoberfest – Middleburg
9/16 – Heart of Virginia Festival – Farmville
9/16 – Henry Street Heritage Festival – Roanoke
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9/16 – NashFest Music and Food Festival – Norfolk
9/16-9/17- Beaver Dam Farms Sunflower Festival II – Buchanan
9/16-9/17 – Virginia Clay Festival – Stanardsville
9/16-9/17 – The Wine and Oyster Festival – Stratford
9/16-9/17 – Fall into Fun Festival at Chiles Family Orchards – Batesville
9/16-9/17 – Shenandoah Valley Apple Harvest Festival – Clear Brook
9/16-9/17 – Colonial Market and Fair – Mount Vernon
9/16-9/17 – Bluemont Fair – Bluemont
9/16-9/17 – Neptune’s Fall Wine Festival – Virginia Beach
9/16-9/17 – Cox Farms Fall Festival I – Centreville
WEST VIRGINIA
9/14-9/16 – King Coal Festival – Williamson
9/14-9/16 – West Virginia Oil and Gas Festival – Sistersville
9/14-9/17 – Craigsville Fall Festival – Craigsville
9/14-9/17 – Head for the Hills Motorcycle Festival – Pennsboro
9/14-9/17 – West Virginia Ribfest – Charleston
9/14-9/17 – Treasure Mountain Festival – Franklin
9/14-9/17 – Gauley Fest – Summersville
9/14-9/17 – Clay County Golden Delicious Festival – Clay
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9/15 – Appalachian Heritage Days – Logan
9/15-9/16 – Greek Festival at St. George Greek Orthodox Church – Huntington
9/15-9/16 – Kirkwood Winery Wine and Music Fest – Summersville
9/15-9/16 – Lost Creek Community Festival – Lost Creek
9/15-9/17 – Country Roads Festival – Ansted
9/15-9/17 – WV Country Roads Festival – New Martinsville
9/15-9/17 – Hancock County Oldtime Fair – New Cumberland
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9/16 – Mount Hope Jubilee – Mount Hope
9/16 – End of Summer Bash – Fairmont
9/16 – Funktafest Music Festival – Huntington
9/16 – Camp Creek State Park Fall Festival – Camp Creek
9/16 – Downtown Throwdown BBQ & Brewfest – Parkersburg
9/16 – Oglebay’s Fall Food Truck Festival – Wheeling
9/16 – Festival of Colors – Moundsville
9/16-9/17 – Harvest Moon Festival – Parkersburg – My Review
9/16-9/17 – Mothman Festival – Point Pleasant – My Review
9/17 – Bavarian Inn Oktoberfest! – Shepherdstown
WISCONSIN
9/13- Milwaukee Night Market IV – Milwaukee
9/14-9/17 – Milwaukee’s Original Oktoberfest III – Glendale
9/14-9/17 – Amery Fall Festival – Amery
9/14-9/17 – Blair Cheese Festival – Blair
9/15-9/16 – Best “Dam” Blues Fest – Thiensville
9/15-9/16 – Wet Whistle Wine Fest – Algoma
9/15-9/16 – Elm Grove Oktoberfest – Elm Grove
9/15-9/16 – Project North Festival – Rhinelander
9/15-9/16 – Irish Fest of the Fox Cities – Appleton
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9/15-9/16 – Chippewa Falls Oktoberfest – Chippewa Falls
9/15-9/17 – China Lights I – Hales Corners
9/15-9/17 – Wo-Zha-Wa Days Fall Festival – Wisconsin Dells
9/15-9/17 – Gemuetlichkeit Days – Jefferson
9/15-9/17 – Fallooza Fall Festival and Music – Plymouth
9/15-9/17 – Waupun Volksfest German Ethnic Festival – Waupun
9/15-9/17 – Oktoberfest at The Biergarten Kenosha – Kenosha
9/15-9/17 – North Prairie Harvest Fest – North Prairie
9/15-9/17 – Wauktoberfest – Waunakee
9/16 – Chateau St. Croix Winery Grape Stomp and Harvest Festival – St. Croix Falls
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9/16 – Downtown Eau Claire Fall Festival – Eau Claire
9/16 – Harvest Fest and Street Art Auction – Sturgeon Bay
9/16 – Brew-B-Que – Lodi
9/16 – Chequamegon Mountain Bike Festival – Cable
9/16 – Scarecrow Fest – Delavan
9/16 – Phelp Women’s Club Scarecrow Fest – Phelps
9/16 – Ferryville Fall Fest – Ferryville
9/16 – Two Rivers Ethnic Fest – Two Rivers
9/16 – Festi-Fall – Lakewood
9/16 – Rochester’s A Day in the Country – Rochester
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9/16 – East End Family Fun Days – Superior
9/16 – Beer and Bacon Fest – Wausau
9/16 – Septemberfest – Ripon
9/16 – Colorama– St. Germain
9/16 – Bonduel Founders Day – Bonduel
9/16 – Party on the Pavement – Racine
9/16 – Essen Haus Oktoberfest – Madison
9/16 – Neenah-Menasha Inter-Tribal Pow Wow – Neenah
9/16 – Bay View Bash – Milwaukee
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9/16 – Fall Fun Fest at Pringle Nature Center – Bristol
9/16 – Pointoberfest – Stevens Point
9/16 – igNight Market III – Green Bay
9/16 – Duck Creek Winery Fall Fest – Denmark
9/16 – Oktoberfest Three Lakes – Three Lakes
9/16 – Ein Kleines Oktoberfest – Grafton
9/16-9/17 – Wine and Harvest Festival – Cedarburg
9/16-9/17 – Driftless Area Art Festival – Soldiers Grove
9/16-9/17 – The Willy Street Fair – Madison
9/16-9/17 – Marshfield Maple Fall Fest – Marshfield
Weekend continues below…
9/16-9/17 – Basse Farms Pumpkin Fest I – Colgate
9/16-9/17 – Thresheree and Harvest Festival – Richfield
9/16-9/17 – Holy Hill Art and Farm Market II – Hubertus
9/16-9/17 – Grape Stomp Festival at Dancing Dragonfly Winery – St. Croix Falls
9/17 – Fondy Food Truck Festival and Art Fair – Fond du Lac
9/17 – Beloit Autorama – Beloit
9/17 – Deerfield Apple Festival – Deerfield
9/17 – Kites over Greendale – Greendale
9/17 – Sacred Heart of Jesus Fall Festival – Mondovi
9/17 – Dozynki Harvest Festival – Stevens Point
9/17 – Viva Mexico Festival – Madison
9/17 – Big Apple Fest – Oneida
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