Apple Butter, Pumpkins, Halloween and Spooky Pooches: 275+ Festival Weekend
I’m sorry to say, Ohio, but this may be one of the last big festival weekends of the year. After this weekend, festival numbers drop, allowing for more craft and vendors show (usually without the entertainment and sometimes even the food), occasionally only picking up for some Holiday Festivals (especially the first weekend of December).
So definitely take advantage of this weekend, as there’s plenty to see and do with 70 Ohio festivals and events!
Some recommendations this weekend include the Apple Butter Stirrin’ Festival in Coshocton’s Roscoe Village, the Bradford Pumpkin Show, the Black Walnut Festival (Camden), the Fall Festival of Leaves (Bainbridge), the Donut and Beer Festival in Columbus, the second weekend of Christmas in the Woods in Columbiana and the Spooky Pooch Parade in Lakewood.
And there are many smaller festivals and shows scattered throughout the state, so please look at the map and see what is going on around you!
Here are festivals I would check out in the other states:
Florida (42 Fests): Tampa Taco Fest, Cedar Key Seafood Festival
Georgia (39 Fests): Gold Rush Days (Dahlonega), Chatsworth Black Bear Festival
Illinois (22 Fests): Evanston Fall Festival, Day of the Dead Festival (Homewood)
Indiana (23 Fests): Fort Vallonia Days (Vallonia), Pennville Pumpkin Festival
Kentucky (17 Fests): Mt. Sterling October Court Days, Bourbon County Secretariat Festival (Paris)
Michigan (6 Fests): Detroit Bourbon Festival, Sts. Peter and Paul Romanian Church Grape Festival (Dearborn Heights)
New York (7 Fests): Serling Fest (Binghamton)
Pennsylvania (11 Fests): Old Bedford Village Pumpkinfest (Bedford), Freeport Halloween Carnival
Tennessee (28 Fests): Lebanon Oktoberfest, Crossville Oktoberfest
West Virginia (7 Fests): Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival (Martinsburg), Black Walnut Festival (Spencer)
Wisconsin (12 Fests): Mishicot Pumpkinfest, Dairy State Cheese and Beer Festival (Kenosha)
Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!
Love, Peace and Funnel Cake Grease!
Upcoming Festival Weekend: October 14-17, 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
10/15-10/17 – Fall Festival of Leaves – Bainbridge – My Review
10/16-10/17 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends V – Berlin Heights – My Review
10/16 – St. John Cantius Polish Festival “Halfway to Dyngus” – Cleveland – My Review – USUALLY IN SEPTEMBER
10/15-10/17 – Apple Butter Stirrin’ Festival – Coshocton – My Review
10/16-10/17 – St. Mary Magdalene European Festival – Fairview Park – My Review – USUALLY IN SEPTEMBER
10/15-10/17 – Foothills Art Festival – Jackson – My Review
10/16 – Spooky Pooch Parade – Lakewood – My Review
10/16-10/17 – Ohio Renaissance Festival VII – Waynesville – My Review
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OHIO
10/11-10/16 – Fairfield County Fair – Lancaster
10/11-10/17 – Young’s Fall Farm Pumpkin Festival V – Yellow Springs
10/11-10/17 – Pumpkin Pandemonium IV – Peninsula
10/12-10/16 – Bradford Pumpkin Show – Bradford
10/14-10/16* – House of Santa Mouse – Cincinnati – DISCONTINUED
10/14-10/17 – Con on the Cob – Richfield
10/15 – North Market Night Market V – Columbus
10/15-10/16 – Van Wert Harvest Happenings – Van Wert
10/15-10/16 – Terror Town VII – Williamsburg
10/15-10/16 – The Farm at Walnut Creek Fall Festival III – Sugarcreek
10/15-10/16 – St. Leo the Great Fall Festival – Cleveland – TAKE OUT
10/15-10/17 – Fairborn Halloween Festival – Fairborn
10/15-10/17 – Foothills Art Festival – Jackson – My Review
10/15-10/17 – Schoenbrunn Village Colonial Trade Fair – New Philadelphia
10/15-10/17 – “Charm at the Farm III” Vintage Market – Lebanon
10/15-10/17 – Fall Festival of Leaves – Bainbridge – My Review
10/15-10/17 – Apple Butter Stirrin’ Festival – Coshocton – My Review
10/15-10/17 – Education of Yesterday Farm Show – Dresden
10/16 – St. John Lutheran Church Fall Festival – Port Clinton
10/16 – Solon Fall Market – Solon
10/16 – Fairless Elementary Craft Show – Navarre
10/16 – Makapen Craft Show – Powell
10/16 – Lighthouse Baptist Church Fall Vendor Market – Lima
10/16 – St. Cecilia Fall Craft Show – Columbus
10/16 – Fall Bazaar Craft and Vendor Show – Strongsville
10/16 – Hamilton High School Boosters Fall Craft Show – Hamilton
10/16 – Spooky Pooch Parade – Lakewood – My Review
10/16 – Solon Fall Festival – Solon
10/16 – Morgan County Heritage Day – McConnelsville
10/16 – The Great Pumpkin Roll Festival – Franklin
10/16 – Ohio Craft Whiskey Festival – Delaware
10/16 – Plain City Fall Festival – Plain City
10/16 – Norwood Fall Festival – Cincinnati
10/16 – Faith Alliance Church Fall Festival – New Bremen
10/16 – Donut and Beer Festival – Columbus
10/16 – Water Lantern Festival – Columbus
10/16 – Captina Creekin’ Festival – Jacobsburg
10/16 – Holiday Fall Market – Heath
10/16 – Berea Harvest Festival – Berea
10/16 – Sheffield Lake Craft Show and Flea Market – Sheffield Lake
10/16 – KidsLinked.com’s TreatFest – Columbus
10/16 – St. John Cantius Polish Festival “Halfway to Dyngus” – Cleveland – My Review – USUALLY IN SEPTEMBER
10/16 – G3-Growing Greater Greenfield Oktoberfest – Greenfield
10/16 – Kidron Beet Festival – Kidron
10/16-10/17 – Black Walnut Festival – Camden
10/16-10/17 – Christmas in the Woods II – Columbiana
10/16-10/17 – Burnham Orchards Fall Harvest Weekends V – Berlin Heights – My Review
10/16-10/17 – Autumn Fiber Festival – Ashland
10/16-10/17 – Sylvania Fall Festival – Sylvania
10/16-10/17 – Colonial Trade Faire – Dennison
10/16-10/17* – Fall Farm Days III – Clarksville – CANCELED
10/16-10/17 – Haunt and Harvest Festival – Springfield
10/16-10/17 – Findlay Market Fall Food Fest – Cincinnati
10/16-10/17 – Red Wagon Farm Pumpkin Fest V – Columbia Station
10/16-10/17 – St. Mary Magdalene European Festival – Fairview Park – My Review – USUALLY IN SEPTEMBER
10/16-10/17 – Nickajack Farms Fall Festival VI – North Lawrence
10/16-10/17 – Old West Pumpkin Fest IV – Columbia Station
10/16-10/17 – Fall Festival Weekends at White House Fruit Farm VI – Canfield
10/16-10/17* – Oak Ridge Festival – Attica – My Review – DISCONTINUED
10/16-10/17 – Waynesville Fall Fest V – Waynesville
10/16-10/17 – Ohio Renaissance Festival VII – Waynesville – My Review
10/16-10/17 – Minges and Weber Family Pumpkin Festival – Harrison
10/16-10/17 – Autumn Fiber Festival – Ashland
10/16-10/17 – Schwab Family Farm Market Fall Fling – Oxford
10/16-10/17 – Woodcarvers’ Show – Wilmot
10/16-10/17 – Berea-Midpark Craft Show – Middleburg Heights
10/17 – St. Marys Walk with Nature/Fall Festival – St. Marys
10/17 – Art on the Alley II – New Philadelphia
10/17 – Chesapeake Pentecostal Church Family Fall Fun Festival – Chesapeake
10/17 – Hocus Pocus Halloween – Middletown
10/17 – St. Elizabeth Parish Festival & Classic Car Show – Columbus – USUALLY IN AUGUST
10/17 – Thornville Lions Country Fair – Thornville
10/17 – All Cleveland Reptile Show & Sale – Brook Park
FLORIDA
10/11-10/17 (Closed Tuesday) – Bedner’s Fall Festival IV – Boynton Beach
10/11-10/17 – The Haunted Circus Miami V – Miami
10/13-10/17 – Sacred Heart Fall Festival – Pinellas Park
10/14-10/17 – Clearwater Jazz Holiday – Clearwater
10/14-10/17 – Our Lady of Lourdes Fall Festival – Dunedin
10/14-10/17 – Biketoberfest – Daytona Beach
10/14-10/18 – Girls in Wonderland – Orlando – USUALLY IN JUNE
10/15-10/16 – Tallahassee Greek Food Festival – Tallahassee
10/15-10/17 – Archangel Michael Fall Greek Festival – Lecanto
10/15-10/17 – Fall Festival at Red White and Blues Farm IV – Williston
10/15-10/17 – Sarasota Rocktoberfest – Sarasota
10/15-10/17 – Fall Festival at Atwood Family Farm III – Eustis
10/15-10/17 – Rhythm and Ribs Festival – St. Augustine
10/15-10/17 – SeaWorld’s Craft Beer Festival V – Orlando
10/15-10/17 – Pig on the Pond Community Festival – Clermont
10/15-10/17 – Celtoberfest Music and Beer Fest – Bradenton
10/15-10/17 – Raprager Family Farm’s Fall Pumpkin Festival IV – Odessa
10/15-10/17* – Boggy Bayou Mullet Festival – Niceville – DISCONTINUED
10/15-10/17 – IMS Outdoor Motorcycle Festival – Lakeland
10/16 – Tampa Taco Fest – Tampa – USUALLY IN FEBRUARY
10/16 – Tampa Bay’s Tailgate Taste Fest – Tampa
10/16 – Brown’s Fall Festival – Oxford
10/16 – The Fuzzy Pineapple Craft and Art Festival – Tallahassee
10/16 – Viera’s Harvest Festival – Melbourne
10/16 – Wellington’s Fall Festival – Wellington
10/16 – Chautauqua Winery’s Harvest Festival – DeFuniak Springs
10/16 – Sunsational Farms Fall Festival III – Umatilla
10/16 – Paulie Palooza Music Festival – Zephyrhills
10/16 – The Meadows Country Club Fall Festival – Sarasota
10/16 – Keel Farms Fall Harvest Days III – Plant City
10/16-10/17 – Fruitville Grove Pumpkin Festival III – Sarasota
10/16-10/17 – Oktoberfest II – Lake Worth
10/16-10/17 – Cedar Key Seafood Festival – Cedar Key
10/16-10/17 – Flamingo Gardens Harvest Festival II – Davie
10/16-10/17 – Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival I – Bradenton
10/16-10/17 – HorsePower For Kids Fall Festival III – Tampa
10/16-10/17 – Springtime Farms Adventure Park Fall Festival III – North Fort Myers
10/16-10/17 – Community Presbyterian Church Fall Festival – Celebration
10/16-10/17 – Cocoa Village Fall Art and Craft Fair – Cocoa
10/16-10/17 – Countryside Family Farms Fall Festival and Maze III – Vero Beach
10/16-10/17 – Caribbean Culture Fest – Miramar
10/16-10/17 – Orange Park Fall Festival – Orange Park
10/17 – Food Truck Fest at Community Maritime Park – Pensacola
10/17 – FORD Taste of Latino Festival – Tampa
GEORGIA
10/11-10/16 – Georgia Mountain Fall Festival II – Hiawassee
10/11-10/17 – Helen Oktoberfest VI – Helen
10/15-10/16 – Firehouse BBQ Festival – Donalsonville
10/15-10/16 – Georgia Peanut Festival – Sylvester
10/15-10/17 – Cumming Greek Festival – Cumming
10/15-10/17 – Georgia Junkies 41 Fall Vintage Market – Cartersville
10/15-10/17 – Great Ogeechee Seafood Festival – Richmond Hill
10/15-10/17 – Fort Benning Oktoberfest – Columbus
10/15-10/17 – Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival V – Stone Mountain
10/16 – Brooks County Skillet Festival – Quitman
10/16 – AutumnFest – Loganville
10/16 – Herrington Brothers Fall Festival – Vienna
10/16 – Cartersville BBQ and Brews – Cartersville
10/16 – Bremen Towne Festival/Great Pumpkinfest – Bremen
10/16 – Pawfest – Lawrenceville
10/16 – HartOberFest – Hartwell
10/16 – Fall Festival at Old Town – Columbus
10/16 – High Rock Music and Makers Festival – Pitts
10/16 – Snellville Fall Festival – Snellville
10/16 – Jayhawk Music and Arts Festival – LaFayette
10/16 – Fall Festival at Paulk Vineyards – Wray
10/16 – Suds on the Square – Fayetteville
10/16 – Chatsworth Black Bear Festival – Chatsworth
10/16 – Hunter’s Harvest Fall Festival and Arts and Craft Show – Douglasville
10/16 – Oconee Chamber Fall Festival – Watkinsville
10/16 – Dalton Civitan Brewer’s Festival – Dalton
10/16 – Olde Town Fall Festival – Conyers
10/16-10/17 – Little 5 Points Monsterfest – Atlanta
10/16-10/17 – Stone Mountain Highland Games – Stone Mountain
10/16-10/17 – Rock City’s Rocktoberfest III – Lookout Mountain
10/16-10/17 – Gold Rush Days – Dahlonega
10/16-10/17 – Magnolia Arts Festival – Peachtree City
10/16-10/17 – Sugar Hill Fall Festival – Sugar Hill
10/16-10/17 – Johns Creek Arts Festival – Johns Creek
10/16-10/17 – St. Mary of Egypt International Fall Festival – Roswell
10/16-10/17 – The Hogansville Hummingbird Festival – Hogansville
10/16-10/17 – Blairsville Sorghum Festival II – Blairsville
10/16-10/17 – Georgia Apple Festival II – Ellijay
10/17 – Atlanta Kosher BBQ Festival – Dunwoody
ILLINOIS
10/11-10/17 – Goebbert’s Farm Fall Festival VI – South Barrington
10/11-10/17 – Didier Farm Pumpkinfest V – Lincolnshire
10/11-10/17 – Bengtson’s Pumpkin Fest V – Homer Glen
10/12-10/17 – Sonny Acres Farm Fall Festival V – West Chicago
10/15 – Oktoberfest at the DANK Haus – Chicago
10/15-10/17 – Fat Tire Fest – Ozark
10/15-10/17 – Chester Fall Festival – Chester
10/16 – Waukegan’s ZombieWauk – Waukegan
10/16 – Hometown Helping Hands Fall Festival – St. Elmo
10/16 – Brew Moon Beer and Band Festival – McCook
10/16 – Ballpark Brew Fest – Schaumburg – USUALLY IN MAY
10/16 – German American Central Society Mittelaltermarkt – Dunlap
10/16 – Hay Day – Rochelle
10/16 – Hinsdale Fall Family Festival – Hinsdale
10/16 – Day of the Dead Festival – Homewood
10/16 – Evanston Fall Festival – Evanston
10/16 – Arts on the Square/Harvest Days – Prophetstown
10/16-10/17 – Vulture Fest – Makanda
10/16-10/17 – The Great Pumpkin Glow I – Mansfield
10/16-10/17 – Oktoberfestiversary – Chicago
10/16-10/17 – Fort Massac Grand Encampment – Metropolis
10/17 – Leclaire Parkfest – Edwardsville
INDIANA
10/11-10/17 – Fall Festivals at Beasley’s Orchard IV – Danville
10/11-10/17 – Parke County Covered Bridge Festival II – Rockville
10/14-10/17 – Headless Horseman Fall Festival II – Fishers
10/15-10/16 – Pumpkins and Peddlers Festival – Shirley
10/16 – Sorghum Festival – Marengo
10/16 – Pennville Pumpkin Festival – Pennville
10/16 – Spencer Pride Festival – Spencer
10/16 – Michiana Festival of Beers – South Bend
10/16 – Fishers AgriPark Fall Festival – Fishers
10/16 – Brewfest – Evansville – USUALLY IN JULY
10/16 – Autumn Harvest Festival – Columbia City
10/16 – Fall Harvest Festival – Valparaiso
10/16 – Maple Grove Market Fall Harvest Festival III – Martinsville
10/16 – Fall Colors Festival – North Salem
10/16-10/17 – Four Rivers Arts and Crafts Harvest Home Festival – Evansville
10/16-10/17 – Harvest Time Farm Park Sunflowers and Fall Days VI – Lowell
10/16-10/17 – Arts in Harmony – Harmony – USUALLY IN JUNE
10/16-10/17 – Newfields Harvest Days III – Indianapolis
10/16-10/17 – Owl Festival at Eagle Creek Park – Indianapolis
10/16-10/17 – Autumn on the River – Bethlehem
10/16-10/17 – Hoosier Fall Festival – Franklin
10/16-10/17 – Vogt Farm Pumpkin Festival IV – Batesville
10/16-10/17 – Fort Vallonia Days – Vallonia
KENTUCKY
10/15-10/16 – Big Buffalo Crossing BBQ Cook-Off – Munfordville
10/15-10/16 – Foothills Festival – Albany
10/15-10/16 – Festival Latino de Lexington – Lexington – VIRTUAL
10/15-10/16 – Grateville Dead Music Festival – Louisville
10/15-10/16 – Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Fall Festival – Lexington
10/15-10/17 – Bourbon County Secretariat Festival – Paris
10/15-10/18 – Mt. Sterling October Court Days – Mt. Sterling
10/16 – Glendale Crossing Festival – Glendale
10/16 – Bardstown Craft Beer Festival – Bardstown
10/16 – Lake Chem’s Harvest Fest – Murray
10/16 – Moonlight Festival – Somerset
10/16 – The Paristown Flea VI – Louisville
10/16 – Royalton Walnut Festival – Royalton
10/16 – Pikeville Pride Celebration – Pikeville
10/16 – Downtown Bowling Green Harvest Festival – Bowling Green
10/16-10/17 – Via Colori Street Painting Festival – Louisville
10/16-10/17 – Reid’s Orchard Apple Festival – Owensboro
MICHIGAN
10/16 – Arts and Crafts Festival – New Buffalo
10/16 – Bourbon and Brews Festival – Bloomfield Hills
10/16 – Detroit Bourbon Fest – Detroit
10/16 – Sts. Peter and Paul Romanian Church Grape Festival – Dearborn Heights
10/17 – Growl-er Brewfest – Brighton
10/17 – Pigeon Creek Schoolhouse Fall Festival – West Olive
NEW YORK
10/13-10/17 – Lincoln Hill Farms HalloweenFest III – Canandaigua
10/15-10/17 – Serling Fest – Binghamton – USUALLY IN AUGUST
10/16 – Buffalo Club of the Deaf’s Harvest Festival – Buffalo
10/16 – West Portland Baptist Church Apple Butter Festival – Portland
10/16-10/17 – Peak’n Peak Fall Fest II – Clymer
10/16-10/17 – Long Acre Farms Fall Festival Weekend V – Macedon
10/16-10/17 – The Great Pumpkin Farm Festival Weekend V – Clarence
PENNSYLVANIA
10/14-10/17 – Fulton Fall Folk Festival – Various Locations
10/15-10/17 – Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts Christmas Festival I – Washington
10/15-10/17 – Freeport Halloween Carnival – Freeport
10/16 – Fall Festival and Pumpkin Float – Penfield
10/16 – Applebutter Fest – Aliquippa
10/16-10/17 – Old Bedford Village Pumpkinfest – Bedford
10/16-10/17 – Trax Farm Fall Festival IV – Finleyville
10/16-10/17 – Pumpkin Festival at Reeger’s Farm II – Shelocta
10/16-10/17 – Freedom Farms Fall Festival III – Butler
10/16-10/17 – Pittsburgh Monster Pumpkin Festival – Pittsburgh
10/16-10/17 – Bullskin Township Heritage Day – Scottdale
TENNESSEE
10/11-10/17 (Closed Tuesday) – Dollywood’s Harvest Festival IV – Pigeon Forge
10/11-10/17 – Gatlinburg Craftmen’s Fall Craft Fair II – Gatlinburg
10/13-10/16 – Obion County Cornfest – Union City
10/15-10/16 – Crossville Oktoberfest – Crossville
10/15-10/16 – Back to the Land Festival – Pleasantville
10/15-10/17 – Wears Valley Fall Fest – Sevierville
10/15-10/17 – Chattanooga Motorcar Festival – Chattanooga
10/15-10/17 – Indian Education Pow Wow and Arts Exhibition – Hermitage
10/16 – Kingsport Wine and Brew Festival – Kingsport
10/16 – Dog Day Festival – Nashville
10/16 – St. Ann Fall Fest – Bartlett
10/16 – Abandoned Antiques Fall Festival – Millington
10/16 – Best of Nashville Festival – Nashville
10/16 – Jackson International Food and Art Festival – Jackson
10/16 – Upper Cumberland Bigfoot Festival – Crossville
10/16 – October Sky Festival – Oliver Springs
10/16 – GOODFest and Fall Market – Goodlettsville
10/16 – Memphis Food and Wine Festival – Memphis
10/16 – Blues and Brews Craft Beer Festival – Cookeville
10/16 – Tennessee Beer and Wine Festival – Nashville
10/16-10/17 – Lebanon Oktoberfest – Lebanon
10/16-10/17 – Tennessee Medieval Faire III – Harriman
10/16-10/17 – Cheekwood Harvest V – Nashville
10/16-10/17 – Hartford Fall Festival – Hartford
10/16-10/17 – Bell Buckle Webb Art and Craft Festival – Bell Buckle
10/16-10/17 – Cleveland Apple Festival – Cleveland
10/16-10/17 – Harvest Pride Festival – Bean Station
10/16-10/17 – Ketner’s Mill Country Arts Fair – Whitwell
WEST VIRGINIA
10/11-10/17 – FestivFALL II – Charleston
10/14-10/17 – Black Walnut Festival – Spencer
10/15-10/16 – Butcher Bend Autumn Festival I – Mineral Wells
10/15-10/17 – Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival – Martinsburg
10/16* – Bridge Day – Fayetteville – CANCELED
10/16 – Oglebay’s Food Truck Festival – Wheeling
10/16 – Hops on the Mon Craft and Food Festival – Morgantown
10/16 – St. Albans Fall Y’All Chili and Wing Festival – St. Albans
WISCONSIN
10/15-10/16 – Prairie du Chien Oktoberfest – Prairie du Chien
10/15-10/17 – Sister Bay Fall Fest – Sister Bay
10/15-10/17 – Down the Rabbit Hole Festival – Somerset
10/16 – Madeline Island Family Fall Fest – La Pointe
10/16 – Elkhorn Oktoberfest – Elkhorn
10/16 – Dairy State Cheese and Beer Festival – Kenosha
10/16 – Crave”toberfest” – Campbellsport
10/16 – Milltown Pumpkin Festival – Milltown
10/16 – Mishicot Pumpkinfest – Mishicot
10/16-10/17 – Chateau St. Croix Winery Oktober Wine Festival II – St. Croix Falls
10/16-10/17 – Gibbsville Orchard’s Hallo-Apple-Ween Festival – Sheboygan Falls
10/16-10/17 – Basse Farms Pumpkin Fest V – Colgate
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Festival Schedule Pages
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Akron/Canton | Cincinnati | Cleveland | Columbus | Dayton | Toledo
Knoxville | Memphis | Nashville
Eau Claire | Madison | Milwaukee
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