September
4-6 Historic Happy Valley Old-Time Fiddlers Convention Lenoir, NC
4-7 North Carolina Apple Festival Hendersonville, NC
10-12 Hop Scotch Music Festival Raleigh, NC
11-12 Bull Durham Music Festival Durham, NC
11-13 Goombay Asheville, NC
11-20 NC Mountain State Fair Fletcher, NC
11-27 17 Days Festival Greensboro, NC
12 Caldwell Arts Council’s Sculpture Celebration Lenoir, NC
12-13 North Carolina Gourd Festival Raleigh, NC
12-13 Outer Banks Stunt Kite Competition Outer Banks, NC
18-19 Art and Sound of Music Shelby, NC
19 Dublin Peanut Festival Dublin, NC
19 Art in Autumn Fest Asheville, NC
19 Shine to Wine Festival North Wilkesboro, NC
19 Clayton Harvest and Music Festival Clayton, NC
19 Creedmoor Music Festival Creedmoor, NC
19 Lincoln County Apple Festival Lincolnton, NC
19 Festa Italiana at Raffaldini Vineyards Ronda, NC
19-20 CenterFest Arts Festival Durham, NC
19-20 North Carolina Rice Festival Belville, NC
23-26 Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival Outer Banks, NC
23-27 Mayberry Days Mount Airy, NC
25-26 Muscadine Festival Kenansville, NC
26 French Broad Brew Fest Hot Springs, NC
26-27 Murray’s Mill Harvest Folk Festival Catawba, NC
26 Kaleidoscope Cultural Arts Festival Kannapolis, NC
25-27 Greek Festival Asheville, NC
25-27 Carrboro Music Festival Carrboro, NC
25-27 Festival in the Park Charlotte, NC
25-27 Spot Festival Hampstead, NC
October
2-3 Wendell Harvest Festival Wendell, NC
2-3 National Pumpkin Festival Spring Hope, NC
2-4 Wilmington Riverfest Wilmington, NC
2-4 North Carolina Seafood Festival Morehead City, NC
3 Great Grapes Wine, Arts, and Food Festival Charlotte, NC
3 Phoenix Fest Durham, NC
3 Brushy Mountain Apple Festival Wilkesboro, NC
3-4 Randolph Arts Guild Fall Festival Asheboro, NC
3-Nov 22 (Saturdays & Sundays) Carolina Renaissance Festival Huntersville, NC
8-11 Shakori Hills GrassRoots Fall Festival of Music and Dance Pittsboro, NC
9-11 Hickory Ocktoberfest Hickory, NC
10 Oktoberfest Downtown Asheville
10-11 Mullet Festival Swansboro, NC
9-11 Autumn Leaves Festival Mount Airy, NC
9-11 Cashiers Leaf Festival Cashiers, NC
10 World Beer Festival Durham, NC
10-11 John Blue Cotton Festival Laurinburg, NC
10-11 mumfest New Bern, NC
11 Duck Jazz Festival Duck, NC
15-18 Lake Eden Arts Festival
15-18 LEAF Festival Asheville, NC
15-25 North Carolina State Fair Raleigh, NC
16 North Carolina Brew Fest Shelby, NC
16-18 Appalachian Harvest Festival Robbinsville, NC
16-18 Carolina Balloon Fest Statesville, NC
17 North Carolina Livermush Festival Shelby, NC
17 Chili Cook-Off and Fall Festival Bryson City, NC
17 Yadkin Valley Grape Festival Yadkinville, NC
18 HardLox Jewish Festival Asheville, NC
17-18 Wooly Worm Festival Banner Elk, NC
17-18 NC Oyster Festival Ocean Isle Beach, NC
17-18 Autumn with Topsail Topsail Beach, NC
20-25 Wings over Water Wildlife Festival
24 Barbecue Festival Lexington, NC
24 Kaleidoscope Cultural Arts Festival Kannapolis, NC
24 Grover Pumpkin Festival Grover, NC
24 Lighthouse Beer & Wine Festival Wilmington, NC
25 Crossroads Festival Linden, NC
30-November 1 Southeast Animal Fiber Fair Fletcher, NC
November
7 North Carolina Pecan Harvest Festival Whiteville, NC
7 Colfax Persimmon Festival Oak Ridge, NC
7 Albemarle Harvest Festival Albemarle, NC
7-8 Wilson Whirligig Festival
7 WNC Pottery Festival Dillsboro, NC
11-15 Cucalorus Film Festival
13-15 NC Comicon Durham, NC
