Festivals mostly in the South this weekend with Florida as the big festival!
Welcome back, Festival Fans!
If you’re comparing last week’s map to this week’s map, you are seeing a dramatic decrease of festivals in the north. Some states have as few as 2 festivals this weekend, while other states may have more but it’s still considerably less than last week.
Meanwhile, Florida has over 60 festivals, celebrating Greek Festivals, Seafood Festivals, Pirates, Music, Arts and Crafts, Medieval Days and more.
Georgia is right behind with some good eating festivals: Shrimp and Grits, Pecans, Chicken Livers and Gizzards, and more.
Here are some other cool festivals going on this weekend:
- National Peanut Festival in Alabama
- Weishfest in Illinois
- Fenrir Viking Festival in Kentucky
- Pecan Festival in North Carolina and South Carolina
- Pierogi Festival in Pennsylvania
- Turnip Green Festival in Tennessee
- Oyster Festival in Virginia
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
I am not going to be highlighting festivals in this weekend’s post, as I will be focusing more time on my winter project.
I have actually begun to add new state festival guides to the website for 2024.
And, while I won’t tell you what those states are…
…I can show you.
Hopefully, I’ll have them all ready to go by the end of the year…possibly with some time to add one or two more highly requested states.
More on that later.
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How about we take a quick look at a festival or two in each state before I go?:
Alabama
Alabama Pecan Festival (Mobile), Tanner Williams Cotton Festival (Wilmer)
Delaware
18th Century Market Fair (Dover)
Florida
Tampa Greek Festival, Feast of Little Italy (Jupiter), Orlando Beer Festival
Georgia
Big Pig Jig (Vienna, Acworth Beer and Wine Fest
Illinois
Hobnob Holiday Market (Springfield)
Indiana
Humane Indiana Festival of Owls (Valparaiso)
Kentucky
Fenrir Viking Festival (Eminence)
Maryland
The Tug of War (Annapolis)
Michigan
Royal Oak Bourbon Fest: Fall (Royal Oak)
Mississippi
Sweet Potato Festival (Vardaman)
New York
Christmas in the Country (Hamburg)
North Carolina
Pork and Beats Festival (Elizabethtown), Tarheel Balloon Festival (Efland), Tryon Beer Fest
Pennsylvania
St. Nicholas Pierogi Festival (Philadelphia)
South Carolina
South Carolina Pecan Festival (Florence)
Tennessee
Soddy-Daisy Pie Festival
Virginia
Urbanna Oyster Festival
Washington, DC
DC Beer Fest: Fall
West Virginia
Bushtail’s Fallfest (Martinsburg)
Wisconsin
Brodhead Jaycees Holiday Market
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Don’t forget to use the map to see what’s around you (cities can have more than one festival).
And, if you are near or plan to travel to Ohio, you may want to check out this week’s post from my sister site Ohio Festivals – https://ohiofestivals.net/ohio-weekend-110523
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: November 2-5, 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 Festivals
11/5 – The Vintage Market presents: Oh My! Time Flies! – Grosse Ile, MICHIGAN – My Review
11/3-11/5 – Vintage Market Days of Asheville Metro – Fletcher, NORTH CAROLINA – My Review
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ALABAMA
11/1-11/4 – Alabama Frontier Days at Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park – Wetumpka
11/2-11/3 – Día de los Muertos Alabama – Birmingham
11/3-11/5 – Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival – Florence
11/3-11/5 – National Peanut Festival I – Dothan
11/3-11/5 – Alabama Pecan Festival – Mobile
11/3-11/5 – Round Top Folk Festival – Huntsville
11/4 – Kolectic Jam Festival – Anniston
11/4 – Mt. Laurel Fall Festival – Birmingham
11/4 – Lineville Heritage Day Festival – Lineville
11/4 – Thomaston Historical Foundation Pecan Festival – Thomaston
11/4 – Tanner Williams Cotton Festival – Wilmer
11/4 – Jackson County Jubilee – Scottsboro
11/4 – Honey Bee Festival – Robertsdale
11/4 – Pike Road Arts and Crafts Fair – Pike Road
11/4 – Stallion Street Fair – Millport
11/4-11/5 – Moss Rock Festival – Hoover
DELAWARE
11/4-11/5 – Delaware Renaissance Faire II – Townsend
11/4-11/5 – 18th Century Market Fair – Dover
FLORIDA
11/2-11/5 – Foo Foo Festival I – Pensacola
11/2-11/5 – St. Jude Fall Festival – Boca Raton
11/2-11/5 – St. Raphael School Fall Festival – St. Petersburg
11/3 – North Pace Fall Festival – Pace
11/3-11/4 – American Indian Arts Celebration – Clewiston
11/3-11/4 – Florida Seafood Festival – Apalachicola
11/3-11/4 – Festival of the Skeletons – Bradenton
11/3-11/4 – Tampa Greek Festival – Tampa
11/3-11/5 – Cedar Key Pirate Invasion – Cedar Key
Weekend continues below…
11/3-11/5 – Everybody’s Favorite Barbecue and Hot Sauce Festival: Jacksonville – Jacksonville
11/3-11/5 – Brown’s Fall Fest and MEGA Maze V – Oxford
11/3-11/5 – Greek Fest Orlando – Orlando
11/3-11/5 – Annunciation Fall Festival – Altamonte Springs
11/3-11/5 – Thunderbird Inter-Tribal Powwow – Niceville
11/3-11/5 – Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire I – Tavares
11/3-11/5 – St. George’s Greek American Festival – New Port Richey
11/3-11/5 – Feast of Little Italy – Jupiter
11/3-11/5 – Land O’ Lakes Swamp Fest – Land O’ Lakes
11/3-11/5 – Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival – Pensacola
Weekend continues below…
11/4 – Brandon Seafood Festival – Brandon
11/4 – Stone Crab Jam – Crystal River
11/4 – LagoonFest – Lake Worth
11/4 – DeLand Original Music Festival – DeLand
11/4 – Orange City Country and Blue Grass Festival – Orange City
11/4 – Highland Arts League Arts and Crafts Festival – Sebring
11/4 – Lake Hernando Dragon Boat Festival – Hernando
Weekend continues below…
11/4 – Safety Harbor Wine Festival – Safety Harbor
11/4 – Jazzoo at the Brevard Zoo – Melbourne
11/4* – Space Coast Music Festival – Melbourne – CANCELLED
11/4 – Port St. Lucie American Little League Fall Festival – Port St. Lucie
11/4 – Rainbow Lakes Fall Craft Festival – Rainbow Lakes
11/4 – Treasure Coast Caribbean Food and Music Festival (Carifest) – Port Saint Lucie
11/4 – Jacksonville Porchfest – Jacksonville
11/4 – Badass Beer Fest – Oldsmar
11/4 – India Festival Tampa – Tampa
11/4 – Destin Food Truck Fest: Fall – Destin
11/4 – Orlando Beer Festival – Orlando
Weekend continues below…
11/4 – Everglades City Music Festival – Everglades City
11/4 – Treasure Coast Brew Fest – Port St. Lucie
11/4-11/5 – Halifax Art Festival – Daytona Beach
11/4-11/5 – Raprager Family Farm’s Fall Pumpkin Festival VII – Odessa
11/4-11/5 – Savor St. Pete – St. Petersburg
11/4-11/5 – Kirby Family Farm’s Six Gun Territory: Wild West Weekend and Reunion – Williston
11/4-11/5 – Barberville Pioneer Settlement Fall Country Jamboree – Barberville
11/4-11/5 – Tinez Farms Fall Festival IX – Miami
11/4-11/5 – Fall Fiesta in the Park – Orlando
Weekend continues below…
11/4-11/5 – Camelot Days Medieval Festival I – Hollywood
11/4-11/5 – Florida Cannabis Festival – Mount Dora
11/4-11/5 – Sarasota Medieval Fair I – Myakka City
11/4-11/5 – Middle Eastern Festival – Coral Gables
11/4-11/5 – Right Whale Festival – Fernandina Beach
11/4-11/5 – Smoke Shop Festival – Tampa
11/4-11/5 – Spanish Springs Arts and Crafts Show – The Villages
11/4-11/5 – SAVOR St. Pete Food and Wine Festival – St. Petersburg
11/5 – Miami Food Festival – Miami
GEORGIA
11/2-11/5 – Native American Festival and Pow Wow – Stone Mountain
11/3-11/4 – Big Pig Jig – Vienna
11/3-11/4 – Shrimp and Grits Festival – Jekyll Island
11/3-11/4 – IrishFest – Atlanta
11/3-11/5 – Jefferson Holiday Market – Jefferson
11/3-11/5 – Christmas Made in the South – Macon
11/4 – Pecan Festival of Georgia – Blackshear
Weekend continues below…
11/4 – Atlanta Chili Cook Off – Atlanta
11/4 – Ocmulgee Riverfest – Hawkinsville
11/4 – Acworth Beer and Wine Fest – Acworth
11/4 – Darien Lions Fall Festival – Darien
11/4 – Lawrenceville Harvest Festival – Lawrenceville
11/4 – Suwanee Wine Fest – Suwanee
11/4 – Taylor Made Fall Fest – Butler
11/4 – Mule Day Festival – Calvary
11/4 – Deer Festival – Monticello
Weekend continues below…
11/4 – Dia de los Muertos Festival – Norcross
11/4 – Grandiose Grape Wine Festival – Roswell
11/4 – Chicken Livers and Gizzards Festival – Broxton
11/4 – Granite City Fall Festival – Elberton
11/4 – Gordon Fall Line Festival – Gordon
11/4 – Alpharetta Fall Wine Festival – Alpharetta
11/4 – Cotton Blossom Festival – Twin City
Weekend continues below…
11/4 – Cedartown Fall Festival – Cedartown
11/4 – Cabbagetown Chomp and Stomp – Atlanta
11/4 – Decatur Wine Festival – Decatur
11/4 – Taste of Kennesaw – Kennesaw
11/4 – The Heart of Albany Festival (formerly Chalkfest) – Albany
11/4 – Carnival at the Park – Fayetteville
11/4 – Newton County Parks and Recreation Fall Festival – Covington
11/4-11/5 – Christmas on the Coosa – Rome
11/4-11/5 – Million Pines Arts and Crafts Festival – Soperton
11/4-11/5 – Chastain Park Fall Arts Festival – Atlanta
11/5 – Dia de Muertos Festival – Atlanta
ILLINOIS
11/3-11/4 – Hobnob Holiday Market – Springfield
11/4 – Weishfest – Merrionette Park
INDIANA
11/3-11/4 – Brown’s Accents Holiday Market – Attica
11/4 – Luce Elementary Fall Festival – Rockport
11/4 – Humane Indiana Festival of Owls – Valparaiso
11/5 – Dia de los Muertos Family Celebration – Fort Wayne
KENTUCKY
11/3-11/5 – Patti’s Festival of Lights I – Grand Rivers
11/3-11/5 – Fenrir Viking Festival – Eminence
11/4 – Red River Museum Pioneer Day – Clay City
11/4 – Harvesting the Holidays – Cynthiana
11/4 – Louisville Chocolate, Wine and Whiskey Festival – Louisville
11/4-11/5 – COLORFEST at Bernheim – Clermont
MARYLAND/WASHINGTON, DC
11/3-11/5 – Milburn Orchards Fall Festival Weekends X – Elkton
11/4 – DC Beer Fest: Fall – Washington, DC
11/4 – Fall Back Ciders, Spirits and Wine Fest – Boonsboro
11/4 – Sykesville Craft Beer Festival – Sykesville
11/4 – Baltimore Craft Beer Festival – Baltimore
11/4 – The Tug of War – Annapolis
11/4-11/5 – Fall Harvest Days at Weber’s Cider Mill Farm VII – Parkville
11/4-11/5 – St. Mark Food Festival and Bazaar – Bethesda
MICHIGAN
11/4 – Royal Oak Bourbon Fest: Fall – Royal Oak
11/5 – The Vintage Market presents: Oh My! Time Flies! – Grosse Ile – My Review
MISSISSIPPI
11/3-11/4 – Heritage Farm Live – Wiggins
11/4 – Sweet Potato Festival – Vardaman
11/4 – Diamondhead Fall Festival and BBQ Competition – Diamondhead
11/4-11/5 – Picayune Fall Street Festival – Picayune
11/4-11/5 – Peter Anderson Festival – Ocean Springs
NEW YORK
11/2-11/5 – Christmas in the Country – Hamburg
11/3-11/4 – French Heritage Days at Old Fort Niagara – Youngstown
11/4 – Rochester Children’s Book Festival – Rochester
NORTH CAROLINA
11/1 – Raleigh Night Market XI – Raleigh
11/3-11/4 – NC Poultry Jubilee – Rose Hill
11/3-11/4 – Pork and Beats Festival – Elizabethtown
11/3-11/5 – Vintage Market Days of Asheville Metro – Fletcher – My Review
11/3-11/5 – North Carolina International Festival – Raleigh
11/3-11/5 – Greensboro Holiday Market – Greensboro
11/3-11/5 – Tarheel Balloon Festival – Efland
11/4 – Friendsgiving at the Vineyard – Norlina
11/4 – Taste of Wrightsville Beach – Wrightsville Beach
11/4 – St. Stanislaus Polish Festival – Castle Hayne
11/4 – Village of Lake Park Fall Festival – Lake Park
11/4 – Statesville Pumpkin Fest – Statesville
Weekend continues below…
11/4 – North Carolina Cotton Festival – Dunn
11/4 – North Carolina Pecan Harvest Festival – Whiteville
11/4 – WNC Pottery Festival – Sylva
11/4 – Charlotte Whiskey, Wine and Fire Festival – Charlotte
11/4 – Tryon Beer Fest – Tryon
11/4 – ‘Twas the Night Before Sanford: Holiday Market – Sanford
11/4 – Currituck Bulls and BBQ – Powells Point
11/4-11/5 – Festival Latino – Wilmington
11/4-11/5 – Rural Hill Sheepdog Trials and Dog Festival – Huntersville
11/4-11/5 – NC Whirligig Festival – Wilson
11/4-11/5 – The NC Spot Festival – Hampstead
11/4-11/5 – Carolina Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace VI – Huntersville
11/5 – Raleigh Veg Fest – Raleigh
11/5 – WNC Fermenting Festival – Marshall
OHIO
Ohio Festivals can be found at ohiofestivals.net/ohio-festivals/
PENNSYLVANIA
11/3 – Autos and Ales – Hershey
11/4 – Warwick Township’s Food Truck Festival – Jamison
11/4 – Warminster Kris Kringle Holiday Market – Warminster
11/4 – Fall Fest at Flinchbaugh’s Orchard VIII – Hellam
11/4 – Weirdo: East Kensington Arts and Oddities Festival – Philadelphia
11/4-11/5 – Koziar’s Christmas Village I – Bernville
11/4-11/5 – Christmas in the Village – Eldersville
11/4-11/5 – St. Nicholas Pierogi Festival – Philadelphia
11/4-11/5 – PA Bacon Fest – Easton
11/4-11/5 – Apple Festival at Peddler’s Village – Lahaska/New Hope
SOUTH CAROLINA
11/1-11/5 – Denver Downs Farm Fall Festival VII – Anderson
11/3 – Lower Saluda Craft BeerFest – Columbia – RESCHEDULED DATE
11/3-11/4 – SC Pelion Peanut Party – Pelion
11/3-11/5 – Richland Creek Antique Fall Festival – Ward
11/3-11/5 – Concours d’Elegance and Motoring Festival – Hilton Head Island
11/4 – Johns Island Harvest Fest – Johns Island
11/4 – Pig on the Ridge – Ridgeway
11/4 – Harvest Festival at Johns Island County Park – Charleston
11/4 – South Carolina Pecan Festival – Florence
11/4 – Tap the Rock Craft Beer Festival – Rock Hill
11/4 – Hanahan Red, White and Blue Fall Festival – Hanahan
11/4 – Charleston Scottish Games and Highland Gathering – North Charleston
11/4-11/5 – Cultural Arts Festival and PauWau – Aynor
11/5 – Lowcountry Dog’s Dia de los Perros Festival – Johns Island
TENNESSEE
11/3 – Museum of Appalachia Fall Heritage Days II – Clinton
11/3-11/6 – Memphis Mushroom Festival – Millington
11/4 – Wine Down Main Street – Franklin
11/4 – Townsend Grains and Grits Festival – Townsend
11/4 – Turnip Green Festival – Nashville
11/4-11/5 – Appalachian Renaissance Faire of Tennessee Weekend – Greeneville
11/4-11/5 – Crafty Bastards Fall Arts and Crafts Fair – Nashville
11/4-11/5 – Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas I – Pigeon Forge
11/4-11/5 – Cookeville Christmas Market – Cookeville
11/5 – Memphis Japan Festival – Memphis
11/5 – Soddy-Daisy Pie Festival – Soddy-Daisy
VIRGINIA
11/3 – Williamsburg Beer Festival – Williamsburg
11/3-11/4 – Urbanna Oyster Festival – Urbanna
11/4 – Harrison Phoebus Day – Phoebus
11/4 – Fall for Portsmouth – Portsmouth
11/4 – Smith Mountain Lake Chili Festival – Smith Mountain Lake
11/4 – Virginia Ukapalooza – Glen Allen
11/4 – Apple Harvest Festival – North Garden
11/4-11/5 – Richmond Highland Games – Richmond
WEST VIRGINIA
11/4 – Bushtail’s Fallfest – Martinsburg
WISCONSIN
11/1-11/3 – Mid West Music Fest – La Crosse
11/4 – Buechler Farms Blues Festival – Belgium
11/4 – Brodhead Jaycees Holiday Market – Brodhead
Miami | Tallahassee/Florida Panhandle | Tampa
Akron/Canton | Cincinnati | Cleveland | Columbus | Dayton | Toledo
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