Festivals & Events

A producer-only open-air farmers market in downtown Knoxville featuring locally grown and made foods and goods. Held Wednesdays and Saturdays through October 31.

Three days of Highland heritage with music, athletics, crafts, clan gatherings, and cultural activities at Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site.

A free-admission food and culture festival at College Square Mall featuring food vendors, crafters, artisans, and family-friendly activities.

A long-running farmers market in historic Jackson Square featuring locally grown and produced goods. Listed as one seasonal entry; check the event source for individual market dates.

A Saturday farmers market running through November 14, with locally grown and produced goods and special craft-market dates during the season.

A recurring Sunday market at First Horizon Pavilion featuring local food, arts and crafts, live entertainment, and changing weekly themes. Listed as one seasonal entry through November 15.

A long-running Knoxville celebration of Greek culture with traditional food and pastries, music, dancing, cultural demonstrations, and hands-on experiences.

A longtime East Tennessee fair at Chilhowee Park featuring agriculture, exhibits, competitions, midway rides, fair food, concerts, and entertainment.

A three-day music festival in historic downtown Bristol celebrating the region's Appalachian roots and the legacy of the 1927 Bristol Sessions.

A longtime East Tennessee fair featuring agriculture, exhibits, competitions, midway rides, fair food, concerts, and entertainment.

A community celebration in A.K. Bissell Park featuring live music, arts and craft vendors, food, family activities, and a nod to Oak Ridge's science and innovation heritage.

Dollywood's fall celebration combines seasonal food, country, Southern gospel and bluegrass music, rides, colorful displays, and Great Pumpkin LumiNights after dark.

A multi-day bluegrass festival near the Great Smoky Mountains featuring regional and national performers and a celebration of mountain music traditions.

A three-day vintage and vintage-inspired market with original art, antiques, clothing, jewelry, handmade goods, home decor, seasonal plantings, and specialty foods.

A downtown festival bringing together bluegrass, barbecue, craft and food vendors, produce and nursery vendors, and community activities.

A free day at Big South Fork celebrating the art and tradition of storytelling with professional storytellers, live music, crafts, and community activities.

A community fall festival at the Appalachian Fairgrounds with craft vendors, food trucks, and seasonal fun.

A free day of Appalachian storytelling, live music, crafts, and community at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

A weekly waterfront Sunday market with local artisans, makers, growers, food trucks, live music, games, and activities. The season began September 13; this listing covers remaining dates through November 15.

A curated outdoor maker market on West Jackson Avenue featuring handmade local art and goods. Fall dates in this calendar window are September 20 and October 18.

A free celebration of Appalachian traditions with bluegrass and mountain music, clogging, arts and crafts, heritage demonstrations, old-fashioned games, and Southern food.

A fall race weekend at Dollywood with events ranging from a kids' run to 5K, 10K, and half-marathon courses.

A harvest-season festival at Exchange Place Living History Farm with traditional folk arts, old-time music, food, children's activities, and 19th-century farm demonstrations.

A seasonal farm experience with pumpkin picking, three corn mazes, flowers, food, a silo light show, and more than 40 fall activities.

Downtown Erwin fills with hundreds of vendors, arts and crafts, food, live music, and activities celebrating the region's agricultural heritage.

The annual National Storytelling Festival brings nationally and internationally known storytellers to historic Jonesborough for three days devoted to the art of storytelling.

A free bluegrass festival at Ross's Landing featuring two days of live music along Chattanooga's riverfront.

Open on select fall weekends with an eight-acre corn maze, hayrides, pumpkin patch, sunflower fields, food vendors, music, and other seasonal activities.

A two-day country fair at historic Ketner's Mill with handmade arts and crafts, Southern food, live music, artisan demonstrations, and the working mill.

Downtown Newport welcomes the harvest season with arts and crafts, regional food, live entertainment, historic demonstrations, rides, games, and vendors.

Zoo Knoxville's family-friendly Halloween event on select nights with trick-or-treat stations, characters, entertainment, carnival games, seasonal food, and the HallowGlow Forest experience.

A South Knoxville community market bringing together local businesses, vendors, food, family activities, animal rescues, giveaways, and opportunities to give back.

A maker-focused market with more than 50 booths of handmade work plus food trucks, live demonstrations, robot fighting, and tours of the Knox Makers community workshop.

The fall craft fair fills the Gatlinburg Convention Center with more than 200 booths of handmade work, artisan demonstrations, and daily music performances.

A downtown heritage celebration featuring traditional crafts, food, demonstrations, entertainment, and activities highlighting the history and character of Rogersville.

A large downtown fall festival with live entertainment, arts and craft vendors, food, local history, pumpkin activities, a quilt show, and the Scott Crisp Memorial PowWow.

A celebration of Hispanic and Latine American cultures at World's Fair Park with cuisine, artisan crafts, music, dancing, entertainment, and educational activities.

Three days of artisan crafts, live music, food, children's activities, and fall mountain scenery in Wears Valley.

A downtown festival centered around apples, seasonal food, entertainment, contests, activities, and community fun on the Bradley County Courthouse Square.

A two-day celebration at First Horizon Pavilion with German-inspired food, Oompah music, local artisans, contests, and a festive biergarten.

A free community event at the Knoxville Botanical Garden with music, fall crafts, lawn games, hay rides, food, local artisans, and a seasonal plant sale.

A family-friendly evening in historic downtown Sevierville with guided history walks, storytellers, costume contests, lawn games, music, and fireworks.

A hands-on look at Southern Appalachian harvest traditions with pioneer artisans, traditional music, storytelling, demonstrations, and activities across the museum grounds.

A two-day fall market at the Appalachian Fairgrounds featuring artisans, makers, small businesses, specialty foods, seasonal decor, and community activities.

A weekend arts and folk-life festival at the historic Rose Center featuring handmade work, traditional crafts, food, and regional culture.

A second week of Southern Appalachian harvest traditions with pioneer artisans, traditional music, storytelling, demonstrations, and hands-on activities.

Downtown Dayton's two-day fall festival includes costume and pumpkin contests, a petting zoo, food and craft vendors, shopping, and other seasonal activities.

A military living-history program at Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site with an education day followed by public displays, reenactments, military vehicles, demonstrations, and a veterans recognition program.

The Hamilton County Fair at McDonald Farm features agriculture and fair competitions along with rides, live entertainment, food, shows, and other fair activities.