Happy Halloween, Festival Fans!
This weekend, not only will you find a fair share of Halloween Festivals, but you’ll get some early Dia de los Muertos festivals as well. For many Farm Festivals, which usually start in mid-September, this weekend will be the last weekend, so be sure to check some out if you haven’t had a chance so far this autumn.
It’s not a particularly big festival weekend in Ohio and the craft fairs and shows don’t really pick up until next weekend, but there are some things to do. Look to the list and map and see what’s going on around you.
Starting next weekend, it will be Craft Show Mania through mid-December. Get Ready!
Other states, meanwhile, like Florida and Tennessee in particular, are having a good amount of festivals. Florida has a lot of Halloween festivals along with their Stone Crab festivals and Harvest Festivals. Tennessee also has Harvest Festivals, Pumpkin Festivals and even a Bigfoot Festival. Illinois, I should mention, has a Bat Festival this weekend.
Here are festivals I would check out in the other states:
Florida (50 Fests): Stone Crab Festival (Naples), Boca Raton Pumpkin Patch Festival
Georgia (15 Fests): Dia De Los Muertos Festival (Mapleton), Kennesaw Beer and Wine Festival
Illinois (16 Fests): BatFest (Batavia), Centralia Fall Festival
Indiana (9 Fests): Madison Halloween Festival, Historic Irvington Halloween Festival (Halloween)
Kentucky (6 Fests): Independence Bank Sorghum Festival (Hawesville), Appalachian Moonshine, Music and Makers Festival (Pikeville)
Michigan (2 Fests): St. Patrick Harvest Festival (Ada)
New York (4 Fests): Finger Lakes Beer Festival (Watkins Glen)
Pennsylvania (3 Fests): Talleyrand Fall Festival (Bellefonte)
Tennessee (22 Fests): Memphis Bigfoot Festival, Fall-O-Ween in Livingston
West Virginia (2 Fests): WV Chocolate Festival (Ripley), C-K Autumnfest (Kenova)
Wisconsin (5 Fests): Dia de Los Muertos Festival (Milwaukee), Medford Harvest Days
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Love, Peace and Funnel Cake Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: October 28-31, 2021
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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
10/30-10/31 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IX – Waynesville – My Review
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OHIO
10/25-10/31 – Young’s Fall Farm Pumpkin Festival VII – Yellow Springs
10/29 – Haunted Fest – Columbus
10/29 – Boo N’ Brew: Craft Beer and Music Festival – Mount Vernon
10/29-10/30 – Terror Town IX – Williamsburg
10/29-10/30 – Woodcarver’s Show & Sale – Archbold
10/29-10/30 – Bethlehem Christmas Craft Show – Madison
10/29-10/31 – Vintage Market Days – Xenia
10/29-10/31 – Mapleside Farms Fall Festival Weekends VIII – Brunswick
10/30 – Vaughnsville Craft and Vendor Show – Vaughnsville
10/30* – Valley View Music Boosters Fall Craft/Vendor Fair – Germantown – CANCELED
10/30 – Holiday Craft Show – Celina
10/30 – All Things Spooky Craft Show – Bucyrus
10/30 – Countdown to the Holidays Craft and Vendor Show – Youngstown
10/30 – Hauntfest on Fifth – Dayton
10/30 – Fall Fatherhood Festival – Coshocton
10/30 – FMC Fall HoboFest – Frankfort
10/30 – Blystone Farm’s Fall Festival – Canal Winchester
10/30-10/31 – Ohio Renaissance Festival IX – Waynesville – My Review
10/30-10/31 – Waynesville Fall Fest VII – Waynesville
10/30-10/31 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest VII – Columbia Station
10/30-10/31 – Nickajack Farms Fall Festival VIII – North Lawrence
10/30-10/31 – Fall Craft and Vendor Show – Springfield
10/31 – Back Road Reptiles and Exotics Expo – Fremont
10/31 – Nightmare on Front Street Craft Beer and Art Festival – Cuyahoga Falls
10/31 – Medina Railroad and Toy Show – Medina
FLORIDA
10/25-10/31 (Closed Tuesday) – Bedner’s Fall Festival VI – Boynton Beach
10/25-10/31 – The Haunted Circus Miami VII – Miami
10/25-10/31 – Fantasy Fest II – Key West
10/28-10/31 – Suwannee Hulaween – Live Oak
10/29 – First Baptist Church Fall Festival – New Port Richey
10/29-10/30 RockPitOberfest – Orlando
10/29-10/30 – Raprager Family Farm’s Fall Pumpkin Festival VI – Odessa
10/29-10/31 – Rocktoberfest and Halloween Extravaganza – Clearwater
10/29-10/31 – Cape Coral Oktoberfest II – Cape Coral
10/29-10/31 – Fall Festival at Atwood Family Farm V – Eustis
10/29-10/31 – The Fest – Gainesville
10/29-10/31 – Land O’ Lakes Swamp Fest – Land O’ Lakes
10/29-10/31- Stone Crab Festival – Naples
10/29-10/31 – Fall Food Festival at Heritage Park – Kissimmee
10/29-10/31* – Chalk Festival – Venice – POSTPONED TO 4/1-4/4
10/29-10/31 – SeaWorld’s Craft Beer Festival VII – Orlando
10/29-10/31 – The Berry Farm Harvest Festival VII – Miami
10/29-10/31 – Tinez Farms Fall Festival VIII – Miami
10/29-10/31 – Fall Festival and Not So Spooky Halloween at Red White and Blues Farm – Williston
10/30 – Keel Farms Fall Harvest Days V – Plant City
10/30 – Downtown Clermont Harvest Festival – Clermont
10/30 – Orlando’s Original Oktoberfest II – Casselberry
10/30 – Sanford Fall Festival – Sanford
10/30 – EDGEfest Fall Festival – Edgewater
10/30 – Mulberry Harvest Festival – Mulberry
10/30 – Thriller Halloween Music Festival – Miami
10/30 – Delaney Baptist Church Fall Festival – Orlando
10/30 – Orlando Braai Fest – Orlando
10/30 – Crestview Fall Festival – Crestview
10/30 – Temple Terrace Fall Festival – Tampa
10/30 – DeLand Original Music Festival – DeLand
10/30 – Dunedin Stone Crab Festival – Dunedin
10/30 – Old Florida Cracker Craft Show and Food Festival – Anthony
10/30 – Florideah Swampfest – Wildwood
10/30-10/31 – Micanopy Fall Festival – Micanopy
10/30-10/31 – Cooter Festival – Inverness
10/30-10/31 – Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival III – Bradenton
10/30-10/31 – Naples Fall Fine Arts Show – Naples
10/30-10/31 – DeLand Original Music Festival – DeLand
10/30-10/31 – MKAF Festival of the Arts – Destin
10/30-10/31 – Springtime Farms Adventure Park Fall Festival V – North Fort Myers
10/30-10/31 – Boca Raton Pumpkin Patch Festival – Boca Raton
10/30-10/31 – Flamingo Gardens Harvest Festival IV – Davie
10/30-10/31 – Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival V – Sarasota
10/30-10/31 – Wesley Chapel Fall Festival – Lutz
10/30-10/31 – HorsePower For Kids Fall Festival V – Tampa
10/30-10/31 – The World’s Largest Food Truck Rally – Tampa
10/30-10/31 – Countryside Family Farms Fall Festival and Maze V – Vero Beach
10/30-10/31 – Boynton Beach Haunted Pirate Fest and Mermaid Splash – Boynton Beach
10/31 – Victory Church Fall Festival – Lakeland
10/31 – Vero Beach Festival of Freaks – Vero Beach
GEORGIA
10/25-10/31 – Helen Oktoberfest VIII – Helen
10/29-10/30 – Atlanta Black Theatre Festival – Atlanta
10/29-10/31 – Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival VII – Stone Mountain
10/30 – Sweet Potato Festival – Ocilla
10/30 – Fall Festival at Vogel State Park – Blairsville
10/30 – Canton Fest – Canton
10/30 – Hub and Spoke: The Black Market and Festival – Atlanta
10/30 – Dia De Los Muertos Festival – Mableton
10/30 – Overcoming by Faith Ministries Fall Festival – Savannah
10/30 – Bartow County Parks and Recreation Fall Festival – Cartersville
10/30 – Liberty County Food Truck Fest – Hinesville
10/30 – Kennesaw Beer and Wine Festival – Kennesaw
10/30 – Boos and Brews Halloween Festival – Atlanta
10/30-10/31 – Rock City’s Rocktoberfest V – Lookout Mountain
10/30-10/31 – Toccoa Harvest Festival – Toccoa
10/31 – Hopewell Baptist Church Fall Festival – Gainesville
ILLINOIS
10/25-10/31 – Didier Farm Pumpkinfest VII – Lincolnshire
10/25-10/31 – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival VIII – South Barrington
10/25-10/31 – Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest VII – Homer Glen
10/26-10/31 – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival VII – West Chicago
10/27-10/31 – The Sycamore Pumpkin Festival – Sycamore
10/29 – Vernon Hills Fall Fest – Vernon Hills
10/29 – St. Raymond Fall Festival – Mt. Prospect
10/29-10/31 – Lincoln Park Zoo Fall Fest III – Chicago
10/30 – BatFest – Batavia
10/30 – Litchfield Fall Festival – Litchfield
10/30 – Galena Halloween Parade and Festival – Galena
10/30 – Pumpkinfest – Mount Carroll
10/30 – Centralia Fall Festival – Centralia
10/30 – Haunted Halloween Flea Market – Wheaton
10/30 – Pinckneyville Mardi Gras – Pinckneyville
10/30-10/31 – Fall Festival at Windy Acres Farm VI – Geneva
INDIANA
10/25-10/31 – Fall Festivals at Beasley’s Orchard VI – Danville
10/28-10/30 – Headless Horseman Fall Festival IV – Fishers
10/29 – Fall Festival at Rhodius Park – Indianapolis
10/30 – Maple Grove Market Fall Harvest Festival V – Martinsville
10/30 – Madison Halloween Festival – Madison
10/30 – Harvest Time Farm Park Sunflowers and Fall Days VIII – Lowell
10/30 – Historic Irvington Halloween Festival – Indianapolis
10/30-10/31 – Hogan Farms Fall Festival V – Brownsburg
10/30-10/31 – Newfields Harvest Days V – Indianapolis
KENTUCKY
10/29-10/30 – Appalachian Moonshine, Music and Makers Festival – Pikeville
10/30 – Independence Bank Sorghum Festival – Hawesville
10/30 – Eminence Christian Family Fall Festival – Eminence
10/30 – Dia de los Muertos Celebration – Henderson
10/31 – Owensboro Fall Festival – Owensboro
10/31 – Mt. Zion Baptist Church Fall Festival “Barn Bash” – West Paducah
MICHIGAN
10/30 – St. Patrick Harvest Festival – Ada
10/31 – Christian Life Church Festival of Light – Macomb
NEW YORK
10/27-10/31 – Lincoln Hill Farms HalloweenFest IV – Canandaigua
10/29-10/30 – Finger Lakes Beer Festival – Watkins Glen
10/30-10/31 – Long Acre Farms Fall Festival Weekend VII – Macedon
10/30-10/31 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend VII – Clarence
PENNSYLVANIA
10/28-10/30 – Asian Lantern Festival at the Pittsburgh Zoo XII – Pittsburgh
10/30 – Talleyrand Fall Festival – Bellefonte
10/30-10/31 – Freedom Farms Fall Festival V – Butler
TENNESSEE
10/25-10/30 (Closed Tuesday) – Dollywood’s Harvest Festival VI – Pigeon Forge
10/27 – Main Street Senior Living Fall Festival – Hendersonville
10/29 – Roaring Loud Fest – Nashville
10/29-10/30 – The Harvest: A Festival of Faith and Community – Greeneville
10/29-10/30 – Adams Fall Festival – Adams
10/30 – Memphis Bigfoot Festival – Memphis
10/30 – Historic Collinsville Harvestfest – Southside
10/30 – Clifton Marina and RV Park Community Harvest Festival – Clifton
10/30 – Fall-O-Ween in Livingston – Livingston
10/30 – Pumpkinfest – Franklin
10/30 – Grayfest Hard Rock and Metal Music Festival – Selmer
10/30 – Flatwoods Baptist Church Fall Festival – Linden
10/30 – Nine Mile Boograss Festival – Pikeville
10/30 – Cannon County Pumpkin Festival – Woodbury
10/30 – City Winery’s Nashville Harvest Festival – Nashville
10/30 – Karns Community Fair – Karns – USUALLY IN JULY
10/30-10/31 – Big Machine Distillery Fall Festival – Nashville
10/30-10/31 – El Dia de los Muertos at Cheekwood – Nashville
10/31 – Cleveland Halloween Block Party – Cleveland
10/31 – Harvest Fest – East Ridge
10/31 – The Pavilion Church Fall Festival – Madison
10/31 – Jasper Jack-O-Lantern Jamboree – Jasper
WEST VIRGINIA
10/29-10/30 – C-K AutumnFest – Kenova
10/30 – Ripley’s WV Chocolate Festival – Ripley
WISCONSIN
10/29-10/31 – Jack O’ Lantern Days – Fish Creek
10/30 – Autumn Festival – Burlington
10/30 – Dia de los Muertos Festival – Milwaukee
10/30-10/31 – Medford Harvest Days – Medford
10/30-10/31 – Basse Farms Pumpkin Fest VII – Colgate
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Festival Schedule Pages
Miami | Tallahassee/Florida Panhandle | Tampa
Akron/Canton | Cincinnati | Cleveland | Columbus | Dayton | Toledo
Knoxville | Memphis | Nashville
Eau Claire | Madison | Milwaukee
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