Please note: While every effort is made to verify event listings, many of the events listed here were submitted prior to the impact of Hurricane Helene. Much of the Blue Ridge region is still recovering, and due to logistical limitations we are unable to reconfirm the details for many of these events. We strongly recommend you check ahead with individual events before planning to attend.
Please keep the areas of the Blue Ridge affected by hurricane Helene in your thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
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Bank of America Fall for Greenville
Bank of America Fall for Greenville, October 11-13, Greenville, South Carolina.
LATE SEPTEMBER
Sept 22-28 — National Quartet Convention. Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
Sept 23-29 — Mayberry Days. Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Sept 24-28 — Letcher County Mountain Heritage Festival. Whitesburg, Kentucky.
Sept 24-28 — SC Foothills Heritage Fair. Seneca, South Carolina.
Sept 25-28 — Henry County Fair. Ridgeway, Virginia.
Sept 26-29 — World Chicken Festival. London, Kentucky.
Sept 27-28 — Fall Heritage Festival. Townsend, Tennessee.
Sept 27-29 — Community Apple Festival. Chilhowie, Virginia.
Sept 27-29 — Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival. Kearneysville, West Virginia.
Sept 27-29 — Secret City Improv Comedy Festival. Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Sept 28 — AgriFest. Cleveland, Georgia.
Sept 28 — Autumn Harvest Festival & Roadkill Cook-Off. Marlinton, West Virginia.
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest, September 5-8, 12-15, 19-22; daily Sept 26-Oct 27, Helen, Georgia.
Sept 28 — Blue Ridge Arts & Crafts Festival. Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
Sept 28 — Burke’s Garden Fall Festival. Tazewell, Virginia.
Sept 28 — North Georgia Highland Games. Clayton, Georgia.
Sept 28 — Railfest. Greer, South Carolina.
Sept 28 — WoodsTACO Street Taco Festival. Woodstock, Virginia.
Sept 28 — Yadkin Valley Pumpkin Festival. Elkin, North Carolina.
Sept 28-29 — Grayson Highlands Fall Festival. Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.
Sept 28-29 — Queen City Mischief & Magic. Staunton, Virginia.
Sept 28-29 — Smith Mountain Lake Wine Festival. Moneta, Virginia.
Sept 28-29 — West Virginia Wine & Jazz Festival. Morgantown, West Virginia.
Sept 28-Oct 6 — Mountain State Forest Festival. Elkins, West Virginia.
Sept 28-Nov 2 — Doe Run Farm Sunflower Maze. Ararat, Virginia.
OCTOBER
Oct 1-5 — Cherokee Indian Fair. Cherokee, North Carolina.
Oct 3-5 — Albino Skunk Music Festival. Greer, South Carolina.
Oct 3-6 — West Virginia Pumpkin Festival. Milton, West Virginia.
Oct 3-20 — Gatlinburg Craftsmen’s Fair (Fall). Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
Oct 4-5 — 3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival. Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Oct 4-5 — Kentucky Apple Festival. Paintsville, Kentucky.
Oct 4-5 — Kingdom Come Swappin’ Meetin’. Cumberland, Kentucky.
Oct 4-5 — Knox Pride Fest. Knoxville, Tennessee.
Oct 4-5 — Unicoi County Apple Festival. Erwin, Tennessee.
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Mountain Glory Festival, October 12, Marion, North Carolina.
Oct 4-6 — National Storytelling Festival. Jonesborough, Tennessee.
Oct 5 — Art in the Park. Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Oct 5 — Aunt Het Fall Festival. Fountain Inn, South Carolina.
Oct 5 — Brushy Mountain Apple Festival. North Wilkesboro, North Carolina.
Oct 5 — Car, Truck and Motorcycle Show. Niota, Tennessee.
Oct 5 — Dayton Days Autumn Celebration. Dayton, Virginia.
Oct 5 — Farm City Day. Hendersonville, North Carolina.
Oct 5 — International Festival. Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Oct 5 — Shenandoah Autumnfest. Woodstock, Virginia.
Oct 5 — Sonker Festival. Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Oct 5 — The Enchanted Mushroom Festival. Churchville, Virginia.
Oct 5-6 — Apple Harvest Festival. Burlington, West Virginia.
Oct 5-6 — Indian Summer Festival. Suches, Georgia.
Oct 5-6 — John C. Campbell Folk School Fall Festival. Brasstown, North Carolina.
Oct 5-13 — The Fall Color Ramble. Linville, North Carolina.
Oct 9-12 — Blue Highway Fest. Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Oct 11-12 — Davenport/Council Octoberfest. Honaker, Virginia.
Oct 11-12 — Fall Rod Run. Cherokee, North Carolina.
Oct 11-12 — SC Bigfoot Festival. Westminster, South Carolina.
Oct 11-13 — Apple Butter Festival. Berkeley Springs, West Virginia.
Oct 11-13 — Autumn Leaves Festival. Mount Airy, North Carolina.
Oct 11-13 — Bank of America Fall for Greenville. Greenville, South Carolina.
Oct 11-13 — Cashiers Valley Leaf Festival. Cashiers, North Carolina.
Bridge Day
Bridge Day, October 19, Fayetteville, West Virginia.
Oct 11-13 — Hands & Harvest Festival. Monterey, Virginia.
Oct 11-13 — Heritage Days Festival. Rogersville, Tennessee.
Oct 11-13 — Railroad Days. Hinton, West Virginia.
Oct 11-19 — Georgia Mountain Fall Festival. Hiawassee, Georgia.
Oct 12 — Aiken Music Fest. Aiken, South Carolina.
Oct 12 — Fall Festival. Vinton, Virginia.
Oct 12 — Festival of the Frescoes. Glendale Springs, North Carolina.
Oct 12 — Highlanders Festival. Radford, Virginia.
Oct 12 — Mountain Glory Festival. Marion, North Carolina.
Oct 12 — Octoberfest. Corbin, Kentucky.
Oct 12 — Smoky Mountains Bluegrass Festival. Maggie Valley, North Carolina.
Oct 12 — Taste of Our Towns. Lewisburg, West Virginia.
Oct 12 — Wilderness Road Heritage Festival. Ewing, Virginia.
Oct 12-13 — Apple Harvest Festival at Marker-Miller Orchards. Winchester, Virginia.
Oct 12-13 — Fall Arts in the Park. Blue Ridge, Georgia.
Oct 12-13 — Famous Fall Fling. Wise, Virginia.
Oct 12-13 — Festival of Leaves. Bland, Virginia.
Oct 12-13 — Oktoberfest. Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Oct 12-13 — Page County Heritage Festival. Luray, Virginia.
Oct 12-13 — Sugar Mountain Resort’s Oktoberfest. Sugar Mountain, North Carolina.
Oct 12-13 — Virginia Fall Foliage Art Show. Waynesboro, Virginia.
Oct 12-13 — Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival. Amherst, Virginia.
Oct 12-13, 19-20 — Apple Festival. Ellijay, Georgia.
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Georgia Mountain Fall Festival, October 11-19, Hiawassee, Georgia.
Oct 12-13, 19-20 — Sorghum Festival. Blairsville, Georgia.
Oct. 17 — History & Haunts. Sevierville, Tennessee.
Oct 17-20 — Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands. Asheville, North Carolina.
Oct 17-20 — LEAF Festival. Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Oct 17-20 — Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival. Martinsburg, West Virginia.
Oct 18 — Chili & Anything Pumpkin Cook-Off. Hayesville, North Carolina.
Oct 18-19 — Ghosts of Racing and Ghost Walk. Dawsonville, Georgia.
Oct 18-20 — Anthem GO Outside Festival. Roanoke, Virginia.
Oct 18-20 — Blue Ridge Mountains Parade of Homes. Blue Ridge, Georgia.
Oct 18-20 — Home Craft Days Festival. Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
Oct 18-20 — Oktoberfest. Walhalla, South Carolina.
Oct 19 — Apple Dumpling Festival. Stuart, Virginia.
Oct 19 — Apple Harvest Festival. Waynesville, North Carolina.
Oct 19 — Bridge Day. Fayetteville, West Virginia.
Oct 19 — Fall Festival. Burlington West Virginia.
Oct 19 — Fall Festival. Sky Valley, Georgia.
Oct 19 — NC Liver Mush Festival. Shelby, North Carolina.
Oct 19 — October Sky Festival. Oliver Springs, Tennessee.
Oct 19 — Paws in the Park. Blue Ridge, Georgia.
Oct 19 — Valle Country Fair. Valle Crucis, North Carolina.
Oct 19 — Wade’s Mill Apple Butter Festival. Raphine, Virginia.
Oct 19 — West Virginia Book Festival. Charleston, West Virginia.
Oct 19 — Yadkin Valley Grape Festival. Yadkinville, North Carolina.
Oct 19-20 — Arts & Crafts Show. Maggie Valley, North Carolina.
Oct 19-20 — Gold Rush Days Festival. Dahlonega, Georgia.
Oct 19-20 — Plow Days Festival at Darnell Farms. Bryson City, North Carolina.
Oct 19-20 — Punkin Chunkin Festival. Hayesville, North Carolina.
Oct 19-20 — Woolly Worm Festival. Banner Elk, NForth Carolina.
Oct 24-26 — Southern Gap Elk Fest. Grundy, Virginia.
Oct 25-27 — Mountain Moonshine Festival. Dawsonville, Georgia.
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LEAF Festival, October 17-20, Black Mountain, North Carolina.
Oct 26 — Appalachian Brew, Que, and Stew Festival. Hiawassee, Georgia.
Oct 26 — Blue Ridge Folklife Festival. Ferrum, Virginia.
Oct 26 — Bonez & Booz. Martinsville, Virginia.
Oct 26 — Halloween Bash. Norton, Virginia.
Oct 26 — Halloween Festival and Monster March. Blowing Rock, North Carolina.
Oct 26 — Halloween Madness. Marion, Virginia.
Oct 26 — Halloween on Court Square. Woodstock, Virginia.
Oct 26 — Hallowinchester. Winchester, Virginia.
Oct 26 — Lee County Tobacco Festival. Pennington Gap, Virginia.
Oct 26 — Pumpkin Festival at Marker-Miller Orchards. Winchester, Virginia.
Oct 26-27 — Mountain Makins Festival. Morristown, Tennessee.
Oct 28 — Ducks & Trucks and Trunk or Treat. Middlesboro, Kentucky.
Oct 31 — Boo Bash. Blairsville, Georgia.
Oct 31 — “Fangtastic” Halloween at the Fairgrounds. Hiawassee, Georgia.
Oct 31 — Halloween Bash. Galax, Virginia.
Oct 31 — Scarokee. Cherokee, North Carolina.
Discover More Great Mountain Festivals & Events:
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- Holiday / Winter 2024 Festivals & Events Guide
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