Upcoming Southern Festival Weekend: November 5-8, 2026

Plenty of Fall Festivals, Food Fests and early Holiday Festivals!

Welcome back, Festival Fans.

The Autumnal Festivals continue with Harvest and Fall Festivals, but now Christmas is creeping in.

The Holiday Markets and Holiday Light Festivals are already starting up and they’ll stay with us through the end of the year.

If you’re still not quite ready, it’s okay as there are plenty of other Festivals going on celebrating Food (Sweet Potatoes, Pecans, Chicken Livers, Seafood), Cultures (Greek, Native American, Scottish) and all sorts of fun themes from Pirates and Aliens to the Renaissance and Dragon Boats.

Definitely check out the lists below and the map to see what’s going on.

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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-110826/

And here are the other available regions…
New England Region: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/new-england-festival-weekend-110826
Northern Region: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/north-festival-weekend-110826
Western Region: https://festivalguidesandreviews.com/west-festival-weekend-110826

Until next week…

Love, Peace and Festival Grease!

Upcoming Festival Weekend: November 5-8, 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.

ALABAMA

11/1-11/2 – Huntsville Dia de los Muertos – Huntsville
11/2 – Día de los Muertos Alabama – Birmingham
11/4-11/7 – Alabama Frontier Days at Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson Park – Wetumpka
11/6-11/8 – Vintage Market Days of North Alabama: Merry Little Christmas – Decatur – My Review
11/6-11/8 – National Peanut Festival I – Dothan
11/6-11/8 – Muscle Shoals Songwriters Festival – Florence
11/6-11/8* – Alabama Pecan Festival – Mobile – DISCONTINUED
11/7 – Feelin’ Groovy Festival – Arab
11/7 – Stars and Strides Fall Festival – Clanton
11/7 – Canyon Fest – Fort Payne
11/7 – Mud Creek Arts and Crafts Festival – Hanceville
11/7 – Round Top Folk Festival – Huntsville
Weekend continues below…

11/7 – Forestry Festival – Jackson
11/7 – Scottish Heritage Festival – Millbrook
11/7 – Stallion Street Fair – Millport
11/7 – Appalachian Festival – Pelham
11/7 – Pike Road Arts and Crafts Fair – Pike Road
11/7 – Honey Bee Festival – Robertsdale
11/7 – Scottsboro BBQ Festival – Scottsboro – RAIN DATE
11/7 – Thomaston Historical Foundation Pecan Festival – Thomaston
11/7 – Tanner Williams Cotton Festival – Wilmer
11/7-11/8 – Tacos and Tequila Festival – Foley – RAIN DATE
11/7-11/8 – Coastal Alabama Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival – Gulf Shores
11/7-11/8 – Moss Rock Festival – Hoover
11/7-11/8 – Mobile Renaissance Faire and Wild West Pirate Fest I – Robertsdale
11/7-11/8 – Battles for the Armory – Tallassee
11/8 – Birmingham Vegan Fall Festival – Birmingham
11/8 – The Market at MidCity XXXV – Huntsville

ARKANSAS

11/5-11/7 – GloWild Lantern Festival II – Little Rock
11/6-11/7 – Maumelle Food Truck Festival – Maumelle
11/7 – Botanical Garden of the Ozarks International Festival – Fayetteville
11/7 – Arkansas River Holiday Market – Fort Smith
11/7 – Hamburg Harvest – Hamburg
11/7 – Arkansas Cornbread Festival – Little Rock
11/7 – Celebracion del Dia de Muertos – Springdale
11/7 – Universal Vibe Art, Wellness and Music Festival – Texarkana
11/7 – The Blackbird NWA Craft Fair – West Fork
11/7-11/8 – Pioneer Village Fall Open House – Searcy
11/8 – Spa City Book Fair (Hot Springs Poetry Festival) – Hot Springs – POETRY FEST 11/1-11/8

FLORIDA

11/5-11/8 – Hillborough County Fair I – Dover
11/2-11/9 – Foo Foo Festival II – Pensacola
11/5-11/8 – St. Jude Fall Festival – Boca Raton
11/5-11/8 – The Seaside Seeing Red Wine Festival – Sebring
11/6-11/7 – Florida Seafood Festival – Apalachicola
11/6-11/7 – Annunciation Fall Festival – Altamonte Springs
11/6-11/7 – Dia de los Muertos: Festival of the Skeletons – Bradenton
11/6-11/7 – American Indigenous Arts Celebration – Clewiston
11/6-11/7 – Tampa Greek Festival – Tampa
11/6-11/8 – Phantasmagoria – Brooksville
11/6-11/8 – Malabackyard Fallapalooza – Fort Pierce
11/6-11/8 – Galbani Feast of Little Italy – Jupiter
11/6-11/8 – Thunderbird Inter-Tribal Powwow – Niceville
11/6-11/8 – North Miami Greek Festival – North Miami
11/6-11/8 – Electric Daisy Carnival – Orlando
11/6-11/8 – Orlando Greek Fest – Orlando
11/6-11/8 – Great Gulfcoast Arts Festival – Pensacola
Weekend continues below…

11/7 – Brandon Seafood Festival – Brandon
11/7 – Stone Crab Jam – Crystal River
11/7 – DeLand Original Music Festival – DeLand
11/7 – Fort Lauderdale Downtown Day of the Dead – Fort Lauderdale
11/7 – Jacksonville Porchfest – Jacksonville
11/7 – Lake Hernando Dragon Boat Festival – Hernando
11/7 – Central Florida Fall EGGfest – Longwood
11/7 – Jazzoo at the Brevard Zoo – Melbourne
11/7 – Eggs on the Beach – Miramar Beach
11/7 – Florida CannFest – Mount Dora
11/7 – Pirates and Parrots Festival – Mount Dora
11/7 – Fall Navarre Market – Navarre
11/7 – Sunflower Festival at The Bryer II – Newberry
11/7 – Badass Beer Fest – Oldsmar
11/7 – Avalon Park Autumn Artisan Market and Family Fest – Orlando
11/7 – Bark and Brew – Oviedo
11/7 – Doxapalooza – Plant City
Weekend continues below…

11/7 – Collard Festival – Ponce de Leon
11/7 – Treasure Coast Brew Fest – Port St. Lucie
11/7 – Treasure Coast Caribbean Food and Music Festival (Carifest) – Port St. Lucie
11/7 – Highland Arts League Arts and Crafts Festival – Sebring
11/7 – Cows ‘n Cabs – Winter Park
11/7-11/8 – Barberville Pioneer Settlement Fall Country Jamboree – Barberville
11/7-11/8 – Boca Raton Fine Art Show II – Boca Raton
11/7-11/8 – Pirates, Parrots and Paradise: Coachman Park – Clearwater
11/7-11/8 – Halifax Art Festival – Daytona Beach
11/7-11/8 – Fall Festival at Amber Brooke Farms VIII – Eustis
11/7-11/8 – Right Whale Festival – Fernandina Beach
11/7-11/8 – Camelot Days Medieval Festival I – Hollywood
11/7-11/8 – Mayhem Ranch Fall Festival VII – Morriston
11/7-11/8 – Sarasota Medieval Fair I – Myakka City
11/7-11/8 – Ocali Country Days Festival – Ocala
Weekend continues below…

11/7-11/8 – Fall Fiesta in the Park – Orlando
11/7-11/8 – Sarasota Hungarian Festival/Sarasotai Magyar Fesztival – Sarasota
11/7-11/8 – SAVOR St. Pete Food and Wine Festival – St. Petersburg
11/7-11/8 – Tarpon Springs Seafood Festival – Tarpon Springs
11/7-11/8* – Lady of the Lakes Renaissance Faire II – Tavares – CANCELLED
11/7-11/8 – Treasure Coast Seafood Festival: Fall – Vero Beach
11/7-11/8 – Lake Sumter Landing Arts and Crafts Festival I – The Villages
11/7-11/8 – Kirby Family Farm’s Six Gun Territory: Wild West Weekend and Reunion – Williston
11/8 – Casselberry Food and Wine Festival – Casselberry
11/8 – Orlando Japan Festival – Kissimmee
11/8 – Grace Jamaican Jerk Festival – Miramar
11/8 – Flutterby Arts Festival – Panama City Beach
11/8 – Sanford Food Truck Fiesta XI – Sanford

GEORGIA

11/5 – Den Music Fest – Atlanta
11/6 – Peachtree City Night Market V – Peachtree City –
11/6 – Tyrone Night Market III – Tyrone
11/6-11/7 – Big Pig Jig – Vienna
11/6-11/8 – Jefferson Holiday Market – Jefferson
11/6-11/8 – Christmas Made in the South – Macon
11/7 – The Heart of Albany Festival – Albany
11/7 – Cabbagetown Chomp and Stomp – Atlanta
11/7 – Most Holy Trinity Fall Festival – Augusta
11/7 – Pecan Festival of Georgia – Blackshear
11/7 – Chicken Livers and Gizzards Festival – Broxton
11/7 – Taylor Made Fall Fest – Butler
11/7 – Mule Day Festival – Calvary
11/7 – Warrior Winter Fest – Canton
11/7 – Cedartown Fall Festival – Cedartown
11/7 – Newton County Parks and Recreation Fall Festival – Covington
11/7 – GOURD-geous Craft Fair – Cumming
11/7 – Danielsville Harvest Festival – Danielsville
11/7 – Darien Lions Fall Festival – Darien
11/7 – Decatur Wine Festival – Decatur
11/7 – Granite City Fall Festival – Elberton
Weekend continues below…

11/7 – Gordon Fall Line Festival – Gordon
11/7 – Taste of Kennesaw – Kennesaw
11/7 – Parkview Day – Lilburn
11/7 – Georgia VegFest – Marietta
11/7 – Deer Festival – Monticello
11/7 – Grandiose Grape Wine Festival – Roswell
11/7 – Summerville Harvest Festival – Summerville
11/7 – Suwanee Wine Fest – Suwanee
11/7 – Cotton Blossom Festival – Twin City
11/7 – Fall Festival at Paulk Vineyards – Wray
11/7-11/8 – Chastain Park Fall Arts Festival – Atlanta
11/7-11/8 – Million Pines Arts and Crafts Festival – Soperton
11/7-11/8 – Stone Mountain Christmas I – Stone Mountain
11/8 – Vet Fest – Cairo
11/8 – Fall Festival at Freedom Park – Cleveland
11/8 – Shalom Y’all Jewish Food Festival – Savannah

KENTUCKY

11/5-11/7 – GypsyMoon Fall Marketplace – Bowling Green
11/6-11/8 – Fenrir Viking Festival – Eminence
11/6-11/8 – Patti’s Festival of Lights I – Grand Rivers
11/7 – Kentucky Book Festival – Lexington
11/7* – Louisville Pagan Roots Festival – Louisville – CANCELLED
11/7 – Lake Chem’s Harvest Fest – Murray
11/7 – Third Street Beerfest – Murray
11/7 – Queen City Blues Fest – Newport
11/7-11/8 – COLORFEST at Bernheim – Clermont

LOUISIANA

11/6-11/7 – Chennault Fest – Monroe
11/6-11/7 – Choctaw Apache Tribe of Ebarb Veteran’s Pow-Wow and Native American Arts Fest – Zwolle
11/6-11/8 – Louisiana Swine Festival – Basile
11/6-11/8 – Berwick Lighthouse Festival – Berwick
11/6-11/8 – Louisiana Pecan Festival – Colfax
11/6-11/8 – Sabine Freestate Festival – Florien
11/6-11/8 – St. Rita Fall Fest – Harahan
11/6-11/8 – Holy Ghost Catholic Church Creole Festival – Opelousas
11/7 – VetFest – Bossier City
11/7 – Merry Little Depot Street Festival – Delhi
Weekend continues below…

11/7 – Market at the Marina XI – Houma
11/7 – Southdown Plantation and Museum Marketplace Artisan Craft Show – Houma
11/7 – Pride Acadiana Block Party – Lafayette
11/7 – Woofstock – Monroe
11/7 – Bayou Bacchanal in Congo Square – New Orleans
11/7 – Beignet Fest – New Orleans
11/7 – BBQ and Bourbon on the Bayou Festival – Thibodaux
11/7-11/8 – Giant Omelette Celebration – Abbeville
11/7-11/8 – Louisiana Renaissance Festival I – Hammond
11/8 – Oak Street Poboy Festival – New Orleans

MISSISSIPPI

11/7 – Sweet Potato Festival – Vardaman
11/7 – Vicksburg PorchFest – Vicksburg
11/7-11/8 – Peter Anderson Festival – Ocean Springs
11/7-11/8 – Picayune Fall Street Festival – Picayune

NORTH CAROLINA

11/6-11/8 – Smoky Mountain Christmas Light Spectacular I – Bryson City
11/6-11/8 – Greensboro Holiday Market – Greensboro
11/6-11/8 – EgyptFest II – Raleigh
11/7 – Taste of China Festival – Cary
11/7 – St. Stanislaus Polish Festival – Castle Hayne
11/7 – Catawba Veterans Festival – Catawba
11/7 – Festifall Arts Market: Carolina Day – Chapel Hill
11/7 – CLT Ciderfest – Charlotte
11/7 – North Carolina Cotton Festival – Dunn
11/7 – Duke of Earl Music Festival – Earl
11/7 – Harrisburg Multicultural Festival – Harrisburg
11/7 – Lake Park Fall Festival – Indian Trail
11/7 – Slice of the Valley Country Ham Festival – Jonesville
Weekend continues below…

11/7 – KingFest – King – RAIN DATE
11/7 – St. James Waccamaw Siouan Festival – Lake Waccamaw
11/7 – Pawsitively Matthews – Matthews
11/7 – Currituck Bulls and BBQ – Powells Point
11/7 – NC Poultry Jubilee – Rose Hill
11/7 – Statesville Pumpkin Fest – Statesville
11/7 – WNC Pottery Festival – Sylva
11/7 – Veterans Salute, Brew and Que – Troy
11/7 – Tryon Beer Fest – Tryon
11/7 – North Carolina Pecan Harvest Festival – Whiteville
11/7-11/8 – The NC Spot Festival – Hampstead
11/7-11/8 – Carolina Renaissance Festival and Artisan Marketplace VI – Huntersville
11/7-11/8 – Faire at the Farm – Louisburg
11/7-11/8 – NC Whirligig Festival – Wilson

SOUTH CAROLINA

11/6-11/7 – SC Pelion Peanut Party – Pelion
11/6-11/7* – Pig on the Ridge – Ridgeway – CANCELLED
11/6-11/8 – Denver Downs Farm Fall Festival VII – Anderson
11/6-11/8 – Richland Creek Antique Fall Festival – Ward
11/7 – South Carolina UFO Festival – Conway
11/7 – South Carolina Pecan Festival – Florence
11/7 – Hilton Head Oyster Festival – Hilton Head Island
11/7 – Honey Hooplah and Homesteading Festival – Jamestown
11/7 – Johns Island Harvest Fest – Johns Island
11/7 – Midgard at the Mill: A Viking Invasion – Pickens
11/7 – Waterfowl Heritage Festival (formerly Duckfest) – Pinewood
11/7 – Meadival Festival at Deep Water Vineyard – Wadmalaw Island
11/7-11/8 – Cultural Arts Festival and PauWau – Aynor
11/7-11/8 – Mythical and Medieval Fest I – Myrtle Beach
11/7-11/8 – Everything Outdoor Fest – Simpsonville
11/8 – Lowcountry Nosh: Jewish Food and Heritage Festival – Charleston

TENNESSEE

11/6-11/8 – Lights Over Gatlinburg I – Gatlinburg
11/6-11/8 – A Country Christmas at Gaylord Opryland I – Nashville
11/6-11/8 – Dollywood’s Smoky Mountain Christmas I – Pigeon Forge
11/6-11/8 – Nooga Lights I – Soddy-Daisy
11/7 – Tennessee Festival of Vendors – Chattanooga
11/7 – Cookeville Christmas Festival – Cookeville
11/7 – Wine Down Main Street – Franklin
11/7 – Memphis Crafts and Drafts Festival: Holiday Market – Memphis
11/7 – Sip Memphis Wine Festival – Memphis
11/7 – Fearsome Folklore Festival – Nashville
11/7 – Turnip Green Festival – Nashville
11/7 – Christmas in the Square – Ooltewah
11/7 – Townsend Grains and Grits Festival – Townsend
11/7-11/8 – Christkindlmarkt at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale
11/7-11/8 – Appalachian Renaissance Faire of Tennessee – Piney Flats
11/7-11/8 – The Dancing Lights of Christmas I – Lebanon
11/7-11/8 – Crafty Bastards Fall Arts and Crafts Fair – Nashville

VIRGINIA

11/2-11/8 (Closed 11/4, 11/5) – Cox Farms Fall Festival X – Centreville
11/6 – Williamsburg Beer Festival – Williamsburg
11/6-11/7 – Urbanna Oyster Festival – Urbanna
11/6-11/8 – Virginia Ukapalooza – Glen Allen
11/6-11/8 – Garden of Lights I – Norfolk
11/6-11/8 – Winter Lantern Festival: Williamsburg I – Williamsburg
11/7 – Thomas Jefferson Wine Festival – Lynchburg
11/7 – Apple Harvest Festival – North Garden
11/7 – Hardywood Bluegrass Festival – Richmond
11/7 – Star City StrongFest – Roanoke
11/7 – Smith Mountain Lake Chili Festival – Smith Mountain Lake
11/7 – Brooke Point Dance Team Fall Craft Fair – Stafford
11/8 – 2nd Sundays Williamsburg IX – Williamsburg

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