From harbor holiday lights to an underground Christmas, Weeki Wachee to Wassail, experience the season’s most festive offerings through these can’t-miss events
Since 1985 the Southeast Tourism Society has recognized the unique, diverse and unparalleled events in the region with the Top 20 Events Program. For every month of the year, STS selects 20 events which represent the Southeast’s down home flavor through arts and crafts, music, parades, pageantry, food, sporting competitions, live entertainment and much more. Save the date for these upcoming opportunities to experience the best of the Southeast. Read more about each event at: www.TravelMediaPressRoom.com/STS.
October 2017
October 1-8, 2017, 21ST Annual Cruisin’ the Coast, Mississippi Gulf Coast, MS, https://CruisinTheCoast.com/
October 1-November 4, 2017, Pumpkin Playground, Creedmoor, NC, www.ThreeBearsAcres.com
October 1-29, 2017, Ruby Falls Haunted Cavern, Chattanooga, TN, www.HauntedCavern.com
October 6-8, 2017, Slaughter Pen Jam, Bentonville, AR, www.VisitBentonville.com/bike/events/slaughter-pen-jam/
October 6-8, 2017, The North Carolina Seafood Festival, Morehead City, NC, www.NCSeafoodFestival.org
October 7-8, 2017, Cotton Pickin’ Fair, Gay, GA, www.CPFair.org
October 7-29, 2017 (Saturdays and Sundays only) Rock City’s Rocktoberfest, Lookout Mountain, GA, www.SeeRockCity.com/rocktoberfest
October 7, 2017, Rouge et Blanc Food & Wine Festival, Lake Charles, LA, www.VisitLakeCharles.org
October 12-15, 2017, The 46th Annual National Shrimp Festival, Gulf Shores, AL, www.MyShrimpFest.com
October 13-14, 2017, 70th Annual Indiantown Rodeo, Indiantown, FL, http://IndiantownRodeo.com
October 13-15, 2017, Fall for Greenville, Greenville, SC, www.FallForGreenville.net
October 14, 2017, Big Creek Fall ATV Festival, LaFollette, TN, www.LaFolletteTN.net
October 14, 2017, T.O.O.T. (Taste of Our Town) Lewisburg, WV, http://CarnegieHallWV.com/
October 21, 2017, Culture Fest Louisiana, Lake Charles, LA, www.VisitLakeCharles.org
October 21, 2017, The Boudin Cook-Off, Lafayette, LA, www.BoudinCookOff.com
October 21-22, 2017, 28th Annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show, Georgetown, SC, www.WoodenBoatShow.com
October 21-22, 2017, Town of Orange Park Fall Festival, Orange Park, FL, www.OPFallFestival.com
October 26-29, 2017, Southeastern Cowboy Festival and Symposium, Cartersville, GA, www.BoothMuseum.org/cowboyfestival
October 28, 2017, The Barbecue Festival, Lexington, NC, www.BarbecueFestival.com
October 28-November 5, 2017, Mountaineer Week, Morgantown, WV, http://MountaineerWeek.WVU.edu
November 2017
November 3-5, 2017, 28th Annual Stuart AirShow, Stuart, FL, http://StuartAirShow.com/
November 4-5, 2017, 39th Annual Peter Anderson Arts & Crafts Festival presented by Blue Moon, Ocean Springs, MS, http://www.PeterAndersonFestival.com
November 7-February 28, 2017, Pigeon Forge Winterfest, Pigeon Forge, TN, www.MyPigeonForge.com
November 9-13, 2017, Cucalorus Festival, Wilmington, NC, www.Cucalorus.org
November 8-14, 2017, World Food Championships, Orange Beach, AL, www.WorldFoodChampionships.com
November 9-12, 2017, 35th Annual Dickens Christmas Show and Festivals, Myrtle Beach, SC, www.DickensChristmasShow.com
November 9-19, 2017, Frank Brown International Songwriter’s Festival, Pensacola, FL, www.fbisf.com
November 10-January 1, 2018, A Country Christmas at Gaylord Opryland Resort, Nashville, TN, www.ChristmasAtGaylordOpryLand.com
November 10-12, 2017, Christmas City Gift Show, Biloxi, MS, www.ChristmasCityGiftShow.com
November 18, 2017, 22nd Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration, Raleigh, NC, www.NCMuseumOfHistory.org/events
November 11- December 31, 2017, Stone Mountain Christmas, Stone Mountain, GA, www.StoneMountainPark.com/events/stone-mountain-christmas
November 17-19, 2017, Foothills Craft Guild Showcase of Fine Crafts, Knoxville, TN, FoothillsCraftGuild.org
November 17-January 6, 2018, Rock City’s Enchanted Garden of Lights, Lookout Mountain, GA, www.SeeRockCity.com/lights
November 18- December 31, 2017, Holidays In the City, Norfolk, VA, http://HolidaysInTheCity.net
November 24-December 31, 2017, Galaxy of Lights, Huntsville, AL, www.HSVBG.org
November 24-January 1, 2018, Gulfport Harbor Lights Winter Festival, Gulfport, MS, https://www.facebook.com/GulfportHarborLights/
November 23, 2017, Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade, Charlotte, NC, www.NovantHealthThanksgivingParade.com
November 24-25, 2017, The 30A 10K, Rosemary Beach, FL, http://30a10k.com
November 25-January 8, 2018, Christmas In the City, Knoxville, TN, http://www.KnoxvilleTN.gov/government/city_departments_offices/special_events/christmas_in_the_city
November 25-26, 2017, The North Carolina Holiday Flotilla at Wrightsville Beach, Wrightsville Beach, NC, www.NCHolidayFlotilla.org
December 2017
December 1-23, 2017, Billy Graham Library—Christmas at the Library, Charlotte, NC, www.BillyGrahamlibrary.org/christmas-at-the-library/
December 1-2, 2017, ChristmasFest, Toccoa, GA, www.MainstreetToccoa.com/christmasfest
December 1-2, 8-9, 2017, Festival of Lights and Luminaries, Dillsboro, NC, https://www.DiscoverJacksonNC.com/event/festival-of-lights-and-luminaries/2017-12-09/
December 1-23, 2017, Ruby Falls’ Christmas Underground, Chattanooga, TN, www.RubyFalls.com/christmas
December 1-31, 2017, Southwest Louisiana Christmas Lighting Festival, Lake Charles/Sulphur, LA, www.VisitLakeCharles.org
December 1, 8, 15, 2017, The Roanoke Times Dickens of a Christmas, Roanoke, VA, http://www.DowntownRoanoke.org
December 1, 2017, Wassail Fest, Columbus, MS, www.ColumbusMainStreet.com
December 7, 2017, Hometown Holidays Parade, Forsyth, GA, www.Forsyth-MonroeChamber.com/hometown-holidays-parade/
December 7-23, 2017, Reflections of the Season, Port Allen, LA, WestBatonRouge.net
December 2-3, 2017, The 31st Annual Marietta Pilgrimage, Marietta, GA, http://www.MariettaPilgrimage.com/
December 8, 2017, 29th Annual Downtown Hampton Lighted Boat Parade, Hampton, VA, www.DowntownHampton.com/calendar
December 8-9, 15-16, 2017, Winter Waterland, Weeki Wachee, FL, http://WeekiWachee.com/
December 9, 2017, Christmas Candlelight Tour, Beaufort, NC, www.BeaufortHistoricSite.org
December 9-25, 2017, Community Holiday Light Show, Danville, VA, http://PlayDanvilleVA.com/
December 9, 2017, Historic Alabama Christmas Tour Homes, Decatur, AL, www.DecaturChristmasTour.com
December 9, 2017, Seminole Hard Rock Winterfest Boat Parade, Fort Lauderdale, FL, https://WinterfestParade.com/
December 14-15, 2017, Victorian Christmas, Thomasville, GA, www.ThomasvilleGA.com
December 31, 2017, New Year’s Eve Celebration—Island of Lights, Carolina Beach/Kure Beach, NC, www.IslandOfLights.org
December 31, 2017, New Year’s Eve Pier Park Beach Ball Drop, Panama City Beach, FL, www.ShoppierPark.com
December 31, 2017, Pensacola Pelican Drop, Pensacola, FL, www.PensacolaPelicanDrop.com