Top Fall Festivals in the Mountains of South Carolina

South Carolina Apple Festival
Editor’s note, this article contains time-sensitive information from our September/October 2022 issue.

Our readers, in voting this spring, have created a bounty of great suggestions and ideas for the best fall festivals in South Carolina.


September

#1 Apple Festival

9/9-9/10; Westminster. Sixty-one years of live music entertainment and local craft and food vendors.Learn more 

#2 South Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair

9/20-9/24; Seneca. Old-fashioned “county fair as it should be” features concerts, livestock shows, dance exhibitions, 4-H events and more. – Learn more

#3 Euphoria Food, Wine, and Music Festival

9/15-9/18; Greenville. Since 2006, the goal has been to “cook up goodwill for our community.” Learn more

#4 Upper South Carolina State Fair

9/1-9/11; Greenville-Pickens Speedway – Learn more

#5 Harvest Day Festival (Downtown Inman)

9/24; Inman – Learn more

#6 SpartOberfest

9/9-9/10; Spartanburg – Learn more

#7 Spartanburg Greek Festival

9/16-9/18; Spartanburg – Learn more

#8 Aiken’s Makin’

9/9-9/10; Aiken – Learn more


October/November

Fall for Greenville
Fall for Greenville
#1 Fall for Greenville

10/14-10/16; Greenville. Tastes, tunes and taps over a weekend full of flavor and fun. – Learn more

#2 Walhalla Oktoberfest

10/21-10/23; Walhalla. Celebrating its 43rd year of all things German in and around Walhalla.Learn more

#3 Aiken Music Fest

10/1; Aiken – Learn more

#4 McCormick Gold Rush Festival

10/1; McCormick – Learn more

#5 International Festival 

10/1; Spartanburg – Learn more

#6 (tie) Albino Skunk Music Festival

10/6-10/8; Greer – Learn more

#6 (tie) Piedmont Interstate Fair

10/10-10/16; Spartanburg – Learn more

#8 Touch-A-Truck and Power Wheel Rally Race

10/1; Aiken – Learn more


>>> Go Back to the Full List of the top 140 Fall Festivals in the Mountains 


The story above first appeared in our September/ October 2022 issue.

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