Nearly 300 Festivals this weekend: Moonshine Festivals, Woolly Worm and Fantasy Fest
If you’re in the states of Florida, Georgia or Tennessee this weekend, there are plenty of festivals to enjoy. Honestly, most of the southern states have an adequate share of festivals while states in the far north have a serious decline for the time being.
One state I wish I was visiting this weekend is Georgia. There’s a Green Tomato Festival, a Mountain Moonshine Festival and many other food festivals. You could just eat your way through the state.
Meanwhile, the Woolly Worm Festival and the Kentucky Bat Festival are going on in Kentucky, two Owl Festivals are happening in Indiana, and there’s a Turkey Festival in West Virginia.
There’s also Fantasy Fest in Florida this weekend – have fun, be safe and do NOT bring the kids to this one.
There’s a little bit of everything this weekend, especially if you’re in a state covered in pins in the map below.
Let’s look at some of the interesting festivals going on in each state:
Alabama
The Semmes Fall Festival, a Beer and Wine Festival in Madison, the River Clay Fine Arts Festival in Decatur and two music festivals – Main Street Anniston Jazz and Art Festival and the Stapleton Bluegrass Festival – going on this weekend.
Florida
Many Oktoberfests and Farm Festivals this weekend, plus you can eat your way through the Taco and Margarita Festival, the Florida Jerk Festival, the South Beach Seafood Festival, the Buona Fortuna Festa Italiana, the Veg Fest, the Chili Cook Off, and the Tampa Pig Jig. You can even stay in Tampa after all that eating for the Tampa Dessert Wars.
But pace yourself if you intend on participating on Fantasy Fest because that body paint can add five pounds.
Georgia
You can enjoy the Turkish Food Festival, the Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival, the Appalachian Brew, Stew and Que Festival, a Beef Festival and a Green Tomato Festival. Wash it down at the Macon Beer Festival, the Atlanta Mimosa Festival, the Mountain Moonshine Festival or the Spirits and Spice Festival.
Illinois
It’s a weekend of Oktoberfests and everything fall (Pumpkins, Scarecrows, Cider). There’s also a Bloody Mary Festival.
Indiana
Fall Festivals continue with the Headless Horseman Fall Festival, TWO Owl Festivals and a Fall Colors Festival.
Kentucky
The Woolly Worm Festival returns along with the Hickman Pecan Festival, Scarefest in Lexington, and the Kentucky Bat Festival in Louisville.
Michigan
The Detroit Beer Festival.
New York
A few farm festivals going on as well as some Fall Festivals.
North Carolina
This weekend, there’s a Yam Festival, a Poultry Jubilee, The Barbecue Festival and a Shrimp Festival. You can burn off those calories at the Bluegrass Island Festival, the Crystal Coast Highland Games or at the Waccamaw Siouan Powwow.
Pennsylvania
It’s mostly Farm Festivals this weekends, as well as a Fall Festival in Leechburg, Autumnfest in Seven Springs, a Wine Festival in Punxsutawney and the first weekend of the Pennsylvania Arts and Crafts Christmas Festival in Washington.
South Carolina
Along with some Fall Festivals, including the one in North Charleston, there’s an Italian Heritage Festival, an Arts and Seafood Festival Street Fest, a Mini Greek-Mediterranean Festival and a Kickin’ Chicken Wing and Chili Festival.
Tennessee
Plenty of Beer, Fall and Market Festivals this weekend. Some others to note include the Collegedale Apple Festival, the Smithville Pumpkin Festival, the Moonshine Harvest Festival and the Cherohala Skyway Festival.
West Virginia
An interesting selection this weekend including the Hinton Rail Road Days, the West Virginia Book Festival, the C-K AutumnFest and a Turkey Festival.
Wisconsin
It’s mostly Harvest Festivals and Markets this weekend, but there is a Pow Wow in Milwaukee and an Oktoberfest in Delavan.
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Have a great weekend, everyone, and be sure to use the map!
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Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: October 20-23, 2022
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MAP of festival and fair food cities this weekend.
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Reviews of this Week’s Festivals
10/17-10/23 (Closed Tuesday) – Dollywood’s Harvest Festival V – Pigeon Forge – My Review
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ALABAMA
10/20-10/22 – Main Street Anniston Jazz and Art Festival – Anniston
10/21 – On the Tracks – Opelika
10/21-10/22 – Moulton Lions Fest – Moulton
10/21-10/23 – Fort Benning Oktoberfest – Fort Mitchell
10/22 – Stapleton Bluegrass Festival – Stapleton
10/22 – Neewollah on Nobile – Anniston
10/22 – Williams Station Day – Atmore
10/22 – Fall Boogie II – Waverly
10/22 – Brookwood Fall Festival – Brookwood
10/22 – Beer and Wine Festival at Toyota Field – Madison
10/22 – Fall Festival at Highway 69 South Flea Market – Moundville
10/22 – Alabaster Jubilee – Alabaster
10/22-10/23 – Alabama Renaissance Faire – Florence
10/22-10/23 – River Clay Fine Arts Festival – Decatur
10/22-10/23 – Old Baker Farm Festival Weekend – Harpersville
10/23 – Semmes Fall Festival – Semmes
FLORIDA
10/17-10/23 (Closed Tuesday) – Bedner’s Fall Festival V – Boynton Beach
10/17-10/23 – Springtime Farms Adventure Park Fall Festival V – North Fort Myers
10/18-10/22 – South Beach Seafood Festival – Miami Beach
10/19-10/23 – Thunder Beach Autumn Rally – Panama City Beach
10/20-10/22 – Rock N’ Brews BBQ Festival – Lake Wales
10/21-10/22 – III Points – Miami
10/21-10/22 – Buona Fortuna Festa Italiana – Pensacola
10/21-10/22 – Celebration Oktoberfest – Celebration
10/21-10/22 – Plant City Balloon Festival – Plant City
10/21-10/22 – Key West Goombay Festival – Key West
10/21-10/23 – Brown’s Corn Maze and Fall Extravaganza III – Oxford
10/21-10/23 – Fantasy Fest I – Key West
10/21-10/23 – Fall Festival at Atwood Family Farm V – Eustis
10/21-10/23 – Archangel Michael Fall Greek Festival – Lecanto
10/21-10/23 – Upper Tampa Bay Oktoberfest – Tampa
10/21-10/23 – Top of the Bay Oktoberfest – Oldsmar
10/21-10/23 – Saints Markella and Demetrios Greek Festival – Fort Walton Beach
10/21-10/23 – Oktoberfest Miami II – Miami
10/21-10/23 – Country Thunder – Kissimmee
10/21-10/23 – Tinez Farms Fall Festival VII – Miami
10/21-10/23 – Cape Coral Oktoberfest I – Cape Coral
10/21-10/23 – Raprager Family Farm’s Fall Pumpkin Festival V – Odessa
10/21-10/23 – Fall at Red White and Blues Farm V– Williston
Weekend continues below…
10/22 – EDGEfest Fall Festival – Edgewater
10/22 – Paulie Palooza Music Festival – Zephyrhills
10/22 – Tampa Pig Jig – Tampa
10/22 – Eustis Fall Festival – Eustis
10/22 – Orlando’s Original Oktoberfest II – Casselberry
10/22 – Gateway City Craft Beer and Wine Festival – Lake City
10/22 – Palm Beach Gardens Fall Festival – Palm Beach Gardens
10/22 – Margate Fall Festival – Margate
10/22 – Sunflower Festival – Vernon
10/22 – Hoedown Music Festival – Jupiter
10/22 – Taco and Margarita Festival – Tampa
10/22 – Port Orange Christian Church Fall Festival – Port Orange
10/22 – Sunsational Farms Fall Festival V – Umatilla
10/22 – Florida Forest Festival – Perry
10/22 – Sarasota Water Lantern Festival – Sarasota
10/22 – International Florida Saw Festival – Barberville
10/22 – Central Florida Veg Fest – Orlando
10/22 – Rocky Water Brew Fest – Melbourne
10/22 – Fort Pierce Chili Cook Off – Fort Pierce
10/22 – Tampa Dessert Wars – Tampa
10/22 – Sarasota Pride in the Park – Sarasota – USUALLY IN JANUARY
10/22-10/23 – The Mall at University Town Center Fall Festival – Sarasota
10/22-10/23 – Ocala Arts Festival – Ocala
10/22-10/23 – Green Acres Fall Festival – Spring Hill
10/22-10/23 – Mayhem Ranch Fall Festival V – Morriston
10/22-10/23 – Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks Arts and Crafts Festival – Tarpon Springs
10/22-10/23 – Flamingo Gardens Harvest Festival III – Davie
10/22-10/23 – Mount Dora Craft Fair – Mount Dora
10/22-10/23 – Countryside Family Farms Fall Festival and Maze IV – Vero Beach
10/22-10/23 – HorsePower For Kids Fall Festival IV – Tampa
10/22-10/23 – Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival II – Bradenton
10/22-10/23 – Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival IV – Sarasota
10/23 – Fall Fest at 3 Daughters Brewing – St. Petersburg
10/23 – Florida Jerk Festival: Orlando – Apopka
GEORGIA
10/17-10/23 – Helen Oktoberfest VII – Helen
10/21 – Peachtree City Night Market IV – Peachtree City
10/21-10/23 – Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival VI – Stone Mountain
10/21-10/23 – Vintage Market Days: Fall at Mountain Cove Farms – Chickamauga – My Review
10/21-10/23 – Fort Benning Oktoberfest – Columbus
10/21-10/23 – Braselton Fall Antique and Artisan Festival – Braselton
10/21-10/23 – Central Georgia Greek Festival – Macon
10/22 – Bounty of the Sea Fall Festival – Darien
10/22 – Fall Festival at Paulk Vineyards – Wray
10/22 – Cochran-Bleckley Country Fest – Cochran
10/22 – recteq Fest – Evans
10/22 – Cumming City Center Fall Market – Cumming
10/22 – Atlanta Mimosa Festival – Atlanta
10/22 – The Great Pumpkin Festival – Fayetteville
10/22 – The Macon Beer Festival – Macon
10/22 – Hunter’s Harvest Fall Festival and Arts and Craft Show – Douglasville
10/22 – Snellville Fall Festival – Snellville
10/22 – Hardman Farm Mountain Farm Celebration – Sautee Nacoochee
10/22 – Berrien County Harvest Festival – Nashville
10/22 – Camellia City Festival – Thomson
10/22 – Gainesville Chicken Festival – Gainesville
10/22 – Hull Park Fall Festival – Savannah
10/22 – Deep Roots Festival – Milledgeville
Weekend continues below…
10/22 – Acworth Halloween Jamboree – Acworth
10/22 – Beef Festival – Carrollton
10/22 – HartOberFest – Hartwell
10/22 – Jazz and Arts on Riverdale – Macon
10/22 – Uptown’s Fall Food Truck Festival – Columbus
10/22 – McKenna Farms Fall Festival – Dallas
10/22 – Cook County Cook-Off Classic Backyard BBQ – Sparks
10/22 – Appalachian Brew, Stew and Que Festival – Hiawassee
10/22 – Pecan Festival of Georgia – Blackshear
10/22 – Liberty County Food Truck Fest: Fall – Hinesville
10/22 – Douglasville Chili Cook Off Festival – Douglasville
10/22 – Rhythm and Brews Festival – Greensboro
10/22 – Spirits and Spice Festival – Newnan
10/22 – Post 5376’s Fall Festival and Jeep Show – Calhoun
10/22 – Modern Gas Rib Showdown – Albany
10/22 – Southeastern Cowboy Festival – Cartersville
10/22 – Cotton Gin Festival – Bostwick
10/22 – Butts County Fall Festival – Jackson
10/22-10/23 – Turkish Food Festival – Alpharetta
10/22-10/23 – Rock City’s Rocktoberfest IV – Lookout Mountain
10/22-10/23 – Chiaha Harvest Fair – Rome
10/22-10/23 – Green Tomato Festival – Juliette
10/22-10/23 – Dallas Festival of the Arts – Dallas
10/22-10/23 – Little 5 Points Monsterfest – Atlanta
10/22-10/23 – Mountain Moonshine Festival – Dawsonville
10/23 – Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival – Dunwoody
ILLINOIS
10/17-10/23 – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm VI – Geneva
10/17-10/23 – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival VII – South Barrington
10/17-10/23 – Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest VI – Homer Glen
10/20-10/22 – C-U Folk and Roots Festival – Urbana
10/21-10/22 – Howlin’ at the Moon at Naper Settlement – Naperville
10/21-10/23* – Autumn Festival: an Arts and Crafts Affair – Villa Park – CANCELLED
10/21-10/23 – Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest IV – Chicago
10/21-10/23 – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival VI – West Chicago
10/22 – Oktoberfest Quad Cities – Rock Island
10/22 – Oktoberfest Food Family and Beer Festival – Effingham
10/22 – Jacksonville Pumpkin Festival – Jacksonville
10/22 – Scarecrow Festival – Princeton
10/22 – Bloktoberfest Street Festival – Granite City
10/22 – Cider and Ale Festival – Lisle
10/22 – St. Matthew Lutheran Church Fall Festival – Hawthorn Woods
10/22 – Lincoln’s New Salem Fall Festival – Petersburg
10/22 – Scarecrow Festival – Dixon
10/22 – Rochester Fall Festival – Rochester
10/22-10/23 – Edwardsville ‘Que and Brew – Edwardsville
10/22-10/23 – The Promenade Bolingbrook Fall Festival – Bolingbrook
10/23 – Bloody Mary Fest – Chicago
INDIANA
10/17-10/23 – Parke County Covered Bridge Festival II – Rockville
10/20-10/23 – Headless Horseman Fall Festival III – Fishers
10/22 – Fall Colors Festival – North Salem
10/22 – Beck’s Mill Oktoberfest – Salem
10/22 – Humane Indiana Festival of Owls – Valparaiso
10/22-10/23 – Owl Festival at Eagle Creek Park – Indianapolis
10/22-10/23 – Vogt Farm Pumpkin Festival V – Batesville
10/22-10/23 – Fall Festivals at Beasley’s Orchard V – Danville
10/22-10/23 – Southern Indiana Renaissance Celtic Fling II – Charlestown
10/22-10/23 – Corydon Extravaganza Fall Market – Corydon
10/22-10/23 – Hoosier Fall Festival – Franklin
10/22-10/23 – Maple Grove Market Fall Harvest Festival – Martinsville
10/22-10/23 – Harvest Time Farm Park Sunflowers and Fall Days VII – Lowell
10/23 – Crestview Community Church Fall Festival – Lafayette
KENTUCKY
10/20-10/22 – Hickman Pecan Festival – Hickman
10/21 – Alvaton Fall Festival – Bowling Green
10/21-10/23 – Woolly Worm Festival – Beattyville
10/21-10/23 – ScareFest – Lexington
10/22 – Hippy Fest – Pikeville
10/22 – St. Luke’s Fall Festival – Louisville
10/22 – Heritage Free Will Baptist Church Fall Festival – Ashland
10/22 – Bowling Green Pride Festival – Bowling Green
10/22 – Kentucky Bat Festival – Louisville
10/22-10/23 – Bear Wallow Fall Festival VI – Nancy
10/22-10/23 – Reid’s Orchard Apple Festival – Owensboro
MICHIGAN
10/22 – Detroit Fall Beer Festival – Detroit
10/22-10/23 – Upland Hills Farm Harvest Festival IV – Oxford
NEW YORK
10/20-10/22 – Lincoln Hill Farms HalloweenFest IV – Canandaigua
10/21-10/22 – Harvest Moon Festival and Tours – Fredonia
10/22 – Elmlawn Memorial Park Family Fall Fest – Buffalo
10/22-10/23 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend VI – Clarence
10/22-10/23 – Long Acre Farms Fall Festival Weekend VI – Macedon
NORTH CAROLINA
10/20 – Raleigh Night Market VI – Raleigh
10/20-10/22 – Bluegrass Island Festival – Manteo
10/20-10/22 – Mint Hill Madness Family Fun Festival – Mint Hill
10/20-10/23 – LEAF October Festival – Black Mountain
10/21 – Cary Night Market V – Cary
10/21-10/22 – Waccamaw Siouan Powwow – Bolton
10/21-10/22 – Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival – Sneads Ferry
10/21-10/22 – New Bern MumFeast! – New Bern
10/21-10/22 – Smoke on the Water – Washington
10/21-10/22 – Halifax County Harvest Days – Halifax
10/21-10/23 – Christmas Made in the South – Concord
10/22 – Chicken Mull Festival – Bear Grass
10/22 – Rocky River Vineyards Fall Festival – Midland
10/22 – Surf City Fall Festival – Surf City
10/22 – The Barbecue Festival – Lexington
10/22 – Raleigh International Wine Festival – Raleigh
10/22 – NC Yam Festival – Tabor City
10/22 – PumpkinFest – Franklin
10/22 – Living History Festival at Hart Village Square – Vale
10/22 – Hilltop Fall Festival – Rutherfordton
10/22 – Stallings Fest – Stallings
10/22 – NC Poultry Jubilee – Rose Hill
10/22 – Triangle Islamic Festival of Arts – Raleigh
10/22 – Autumn in the Park – Sawmills
10/22 – Crystal Coast Highland Games – Beaufort
10/22 – Calabash Oktoberfest – Calabash
10/22 – North Carolina Ceramic Arts Festival – Asheville
10/22-10/23 – Darnell Farms Plow Day and Harvest Festival – Bryson City
10/22-10/23 – Carolina Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace IV – Huntersville
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
10/20-10/23 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Pittsburgh Zoo XI – Pittsburgh
10/21-10/23 – Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Christmas Festival I – Washington
10/22 – Gobbler’s Knob Wine Festival – Punxsutawney
10/22 – LACA Fall Festival – Leechburg
10/22-10/23 – Autumnfest III – Seven Springs
10/22-10/23 – Trax Farm Fall Festival V – Finleyville
10/22-10/23 – Freedom Farms Fall Festival IV – Valencia
10/22-10/23 – Pumpkin Festival at Reeger’s Farm IV – Shelocta
SOUTH CAROLINA
10/20-10/22 – Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art III – Pawleys Island
10/21 – Kickin’ Chicken Wing and Chili Festival – Florence
10/21-10/22 – Hook and Cook – Jackson
10/21-10/23 – The Walhalla Oktoberfest – Walhalla
10/21-10/23 – Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch IV – Mount Pleasant
10/21-10/23 – Mini Greek-Mediterranean Festival – Anderson
10/22 – Homeland Park Fall Festival – Anderson
10/22 – Fall for Main Street Spartanburg Festival – Spartanburg
10/22 – Charleston Beer Fest – North Charleston
10/22 – Rhythm on the Rails – Clinton
10/22 – Fort Mill Fall Festival – Fort Mill
10/22 – Hilton Head Island Italian Heritage Festival – Hilton Head Island
10/22 – St. Theresa Fall Family Festival – Summerville
10/22-10/23 – Historic Bluffton Arts and Seafood Festival Street Fest – Bluffton
10/23 – Fall Festival – North Charleston
TENNESSEE
10/17-10/23 – Gatlinburg Craftmen’s Fall Craft Fair II – Gatlinburg
10/17-10/23 (Closed Tuesday) – Dollywood’s Harvest Festival V – Pigeon Forge – My Review
10/21-10/22 – Summoning of the Eclipse Festival – Pelham
10/21-10/23 – Nashville Greek Festival – Nashville
10/22 – Cooper-Young Beerfest – Memphis
10/22 – Cherohala Skyway Festival – Tellico Plains
10/22 – Moonshine Harvest Festival – Bristol
10/22 – Harvest Days Celebration at Cannonsburgh Village – Murfreesboro
10/22 – Kill the Lights Beer Fest – Knoxville
10/22 – Halloween in the Park – Mount Juliet
10/22 – Bark in the Park – Lebanon
10/22 – GOODFest and Fall Market – Goodlettsville
10/22 – Fall on the Hill – Minor Hill
10/22 – Barfield Baptist Church Fall Festival – Murfreesboro
10/22 – Smithville Pumpkin Festival – Smithville
10/22 – Portland Fall Festival – Portland
10/22 – Fall on the Mall – Huntsville
10/22 – Nine Mile Boograss Festival – Pikeville
10/22 – Grayfest Hard Rock and Metal Music Festival – Selmer
10/22 – Rutherford Parent’s Fall Kids Fest – Murfreesboro
10/22 – World Championship Hot Wing Festival (formerly Southern Hot Wing) – Memphis
10/22-10/23 – Mountain Makins Festival – Morristown
10/22-10/23 – Musicians Corner Fall Market – Nashville
10/22-10/23 – Collegedale Apple Festival – Ooltewah
10/22-10/23 – Lakeside of the Smokies Balloon Fest – White Pine
10/22-10/23 – Cheekwood Harvest VI – Nashville
10/23 – Bacchanal: A Celebration of Art, Wine and Food – Cookeville
WEST VIRGINIA
10/20-10/23 – Hinton Rail Road Days – Hinton
10/21-10/22 – Home for the Holiday Craft Show – Morgantown
10/21-10/22 – Butcher Bend Autumn Festival II – Mineral Wells
10/21-10/22 – West Virginia Book Festival – Charleston
10/21-10/23 – West Virginia JeepFest – Summersville
10/21-10/23 – The Patch: Harvest Festival – Lost Creek
10/22 – Turkey Festival – Mathias
10/22 – 4-State Food Truck Fest – Martinsburg
10/22 – Williamson Spookfest – Williamson
10/22 – Grow Ohio Valley Harvest Festival – Wheeling
10/22-10/23 – C-K AutumnFest I – Kenova
WISCONSIN
10/18-10/23 – China Lights VI – Hales Corners
10/21-10/23 – Hunting Moon Pow Wow – Milwaukee
10/22 – Delavan Oktoberfest – Delavan
10/22 – Woof Gang Rescue Fall Festival – Racine
10/22 – Falls Harvest Festival – Menomonee Falls
10/22 – Madeline Island Family Fall Fest – La Pointe
10/22 – Milwaukee Public Market Harvest Festival – Milwaukee
10/22 – Oak Creek Fall Festival and Harvest Market – Oak Creek
10/22-10/23 – Basse Farms Pumpkin Fest VI – Colgate
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