Dia de los Muertos, Halloween, Pirates, Food Festivals and more!
Welcome back, Festival Fans.
It’s the last weekend of October, bringing in Halloween Festivals, plenty of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebrations, Harvest Festivals, Pumpkin Festivals and more.
Other festivals to note include the Pirate Festivals in Florida, the Jeep Jam in South Carolina, a Schnauzerfest in Georgia, and various Food and Cultural Festivals
Scroll down for all the state festival listings – but be sure to check the Map along the way.
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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-110126/
And here are the other two sections again…
Northern Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-110126
Western Section: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-110126
Until next week…
Love, Peace and Festival Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 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.
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Reviews for Festivals this Week
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Only want to see festivals in your state?
Go directly to your State Festival Guide.
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma
Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington | Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
Otherwise, continue down for all of this weekend’s festivals…
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ALABAMA
10/27 – Fall Festival and Children’s Carnival – Opelika
10/31 – Alabaster Fall Fest – Alabaster
10/31 – Harvest at the Park – Baileyton
10/31 – Peanut Butter Festival – Brundidge
10/31 – Cleveland First Baptist Reformation Faire – Cleveland
10/31 – The German Sausage Festival II – Elberta
10/31 – Pioneer Day – Grove Hill
10/31 – Buttahatchee River Fall Fest – Hamilton
10/31 – Bennett Farms Pumpkin Patch V – Heflin
10/31 – Lineville Heritage Day Festival – Lineville
10/31 – Syrup Soppin’ Day at Pioneer Park – Loachapoka
10/31 – Mob-tober Fest – Mobile
10/31 – Opp Fest – Opp
10/31 – Halloween on the Square – Scottsboro
10/31 – Stapleton Bluegrass Festival – Stapleton
11/1 – The Market at MidCity XXXIV – Huntsville
11/1 – Madison Day of the Dead Festival – Madison
11/1-11/2 – Huntsville Dia de los Muertos – Huntsville
11/2 – DÃa de los Muertos Alabama – Birmingham
ARKANSAS
10/29-11/1 – GloWild Lantern Festival I – Little Rock
10/31 – Bryant Fall Fest – Bryant
10/31 – Gurdon Forest Festival – Gurdon
10/31 –Downtown Fall Festival and Chili Cookoff – Russellville
10/31-11/1 – The Spooktacular Hot Springs Renaissance Faire – Hot Springs
11/1 – Harvest Toss Fall Festival – Benton
FLORIDA
10/29-11/1 – Foo Foo Festival I – Pensacola
10/29-11/1 – Sarasota Fall Festival and Carnival at The Mall at UTC – Sarasota
10/30-10/31 – Haunted Fest – St. Petersburg
10/30-11/1 – Cedar Key Pirate Invasion – Cedar Key
10/30-11/1 – Fall Festival at Amber Brooke Farms VII – Eustis
10/30-11/1 – Oktoberfest Tampa – Tampa – RAIN DATE
10/31-11/1 – HorsePower For Kids Fall Festival V – Tampa
10/31 – Downtown Clermont Harvest Festival – Clermont
10/31 – Crestview Fall Festival – Crestview
10/31 – Edison and Ford Winter Estates Fall Festival – Fort Myers
10/31 – Campbellton’s Fall Festival – Graceville
10/31 – Howey Artisan Market at Mission Resort and Club VII – Howey in the Hills
Weekend continues below…
10/31 – LagoonFest – Lake Worth
10/31 – Sunland Fall Festival – Marianna
10/31 – Fall Festival at the Rock of Central Florida – Sanford
10/31 – India Festival Tampa – Tampa
10/31-11/1 – Club Lake’s Fall Festival VI – Apopka
10/31-11/1 – Bedner’s Fall Festival VI – Boynton Beach
10/31-11/1 – Boynton Beach Pirate Fest – Boynton Beach
10/31-11/1 – Micanopy Fall Festival – Micanopy
10/31-11/1 – Mayhem Ranch Fall Festival VI – Morriston
10/31-11/1 – Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival V – Sarasota
10/31-11/1* – Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire I – Tavares – CANCELLED
GEORGIA
10/26-11/1 – Helen Oktoberfest VIII – Helen
10/29-11/1 – Native American Festival and Pow Wow – Stone Mountain
10/30 –Creative Arts Guild Dia de los Muertos Celebration – Dalton
10/30 – Dia de los Muertos Festival – Norcross
10/30-10/31 – Haunted Fest – Atlanta
10/30-10/31 – Schnauzerfest – Rome
10/30-11/1 – Christmas Made in the South – Columbus
10/30-11/1 – Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival VII – Stone Mountain
10/31 – Wild Rumpus – Athens
10/31 – Fall Festival at Vogel State Park – Blairsville
10/31 – Elevate Artisan Market – Cairo
10/31 – Post 5376’s Fall Festival – Calhoun
10/31* – Lawrenceville Harvest Festival – Lawrenceville – CANCELLED
10/31 – Sweet Potato Festival – Ocilla
10/31 – Yatesville Chitlin Hoedown – Yatesville
11/1 – Dia de Muertos Festival – Atlanta
KENTUCKY
10/30-11/1 – Morehead Harvest Festival – Morehead
10/31 – The Maiden Moon Markets V – Cynthiana
10/31 – Independence Bank Sorghum Festival – Hawesville
10/31 – Dia de los Muertos Celebration – Henderson
10/31 – First Responders Care Festival in Lockridge Park – Lancaster
10/31-11/1 – Bear Wallow Fall Festival VII – Nancy
LOUISIANA
10/29-10/31 – Fifolet Halloween Festival – Baton Rouge
10/29-11/1 РLa F̻te des Bayous at Our Lady of Holy Rosary РSt. Amant
10/30-10/31 – Blackpot Festival and Cookoff – Lafayette
10/30-11/1 – Carencro C’est Bon Seasoning Fest – Carencro
10/30-11/1 – Harvest Festival on False River – New Roads
10/30-11/1 – International Acadian Festival – Plaquemine
10/31 – Halloween Art and Nature Festival – Arnaudville
10/31 – Louisiana Book Festival – Baton Rouge
10/31 – Acadia Parish Chamber of Commerce Gumbo Cook-Off – Crowley
10/31 – Sweet Dough Pie Festival at Grand Coteau – Grand Coteau
10/31 – Harvest Moon Festival – Franklin
10/31 – Widewater Music and Arts Festival – Mandeville
10/31 – Freret Street Festival – New Orleans
10/31-11/1 – NOLA Zydeco Fest – Slidell
11/1 – Cap City Beer Fest – Baton Rouge
MISSISSIPPI
10/28-11/1 – Hambone Festival – Clarksdale
10/30-10/31 – Smokin’ the Coast BBQ Competition – Biloxi
10/30-11/1 – Mississippi Pumpkin Festival at Lazy Acres Farm V – Chunky
10/31 – Cruz’n the Crossroads Cars and Truck Show – Clarksdale
10/31 – Crystal Springs Harvest Festival – Crystal Springs
10/31 – Nola Arts Festival – Indianola
NORTH CAROLINA
10/30-10/31 – Bladenboro Beast Fest – Bladenboro
10/30-10/31 – Screamfest Halloween Festival – Maggie Valley
10/30-10/31 – EgyptFest I – Raleigh
10/31 – Denton Farmpark Fun on the Farm Fall Festival – Denton
10/31 – Fall Festival at Charles B Aycock Birthplace State Historic Site – Fremont
10/31 – Seaboard Festival – Hamlet
10/31 – HollyFest – Holly Springs
10/31 – Locust Fall Festival – Locust
10/31 – Maysville Fall Festival – Maysville
10/31 – Pittsboro Street Fair – Pittsboro
10/31 – Day of the Dead Street Festival – Raleigh
10/31 – Community Baptist Schools Fall Family Festival – Reidsville – RAIN DATE
10/31-11/1 – Carolina Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace V – Huntersville
11/1 – Halloween and Harvest Fest – China Grove
11/1 – WNC Fermenting Festival – Marshall
11/1 –Divine and Delectable Dessert Festival – Wilmington
SOUTH CAROLINA
10/30-10/31 – Olanta Gator Festival – Olanta
10/30-11/1 – Denver Downs Farm Fall Festival VI – Anderson
10/30-11/1 – Concours d’Elegance and Motoring Festival – Hilton Head Island
10/30-11/1 – Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch VI – Mount Pleasant
10/30-11/1 – Myrtle Beach Jeep Jam – Myrtle Beach
10/31 – Haunted Fest – Charleston
10/31 – Fall Festival at LushAcres Farm V – Clinton
10/31 – Korean Festival – Columbia
10/31 – The Haunted Juke Southern Soul Concert and Field Party – Cross Hill
10/31* – Charleston Scottish Games and Highland Gathering – North Charleston – NEXT IN 2027
10/31 – Ridge Spring Harvest Festival – Ridge Spring
TENNESSEE
10/26-10/28 – Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fall Craft Fair IV – Gatlinburg
10/27-10/31 – Dollywood’s Harvest Festival VII – Pigeon Forge – My Review
10/27-11/1 – Cheekwood Harvest VII – Nashville
10/29-10/30 – Museum of Appalachia Fall Heritage Days II – Clinton
10/30-10/31 – Spooky Town V – Sweetwater
10/30-11/2 – Emerald City Farm Fall Festival – Mt. Pleasant
10/31 – Chattanooga River Market XXXV – Chattanooga
10/31 – Cleveland Downtown Halloween Block Party – Cleveland
10/31 – Karns Fall Festival – Knoxville
10/31 – Rad Hauntapalooza – Paris
10/31 – Bark in the Park – Tullahoma
10/31-11/1 – El Dia de los Muertos at Cheekwood – Nashville
11/1 – Memphis Japan Festival – Memphis
VIRGINIA
10/26-11/1 (Closed 10/27, 10/28) – Cox Farms Fall Festival VII – Centreville
10/31 – Alexandria Fall-O-Ween – Alexandria
10/31 – Great Country Farms Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival VII – Bluemont
10/31 – HOGtoberfest and Car Show – Bumpass
10/31 – Fantasy Festival – Charlottesville
10/31 – Shannon Harvest Festival Fly-In – Fredericksburg
10/31 – Dorey Park Farmers Market Fall Festival – Henrico
10/31 – Farm Fest at Gardening Gays Farm – King George
10/31 – Historic Hilton Village Fall Festival – Newport News
10/31 – Reston Farm Fall Fun Fest VI – Reston
10/31 – Scott’s Addition Pumpkin Festival – Richmond
10/31-11/1 – New River Valley Renaissance Festival – Blacksburg
10/31-11/1 – Pumpkin Festival at Sinkland Farms VII – Christiansburg
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Delaware | Florida
Georgia | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana
Maryland | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Nevada
New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Oklahoma
Oregon | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Texas | Virginia
Washington | Washington, DC | West Virginia | Wisconsin
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