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Aug. 31 - In Winchester,

Virginia, the Patsy Cline Festival
and Block Party salutes the
country singer with a party on Kent
Street (visitwinchesterva.com). Also:
Grape Stomp Fest comes to
Paradise Hills Winery in Blairsville,
Georgia (877-745-7483) while the
Folk Pottery & Art Festival
sails into Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia
(folkpotterymuseum.com). Main
Street Buskerfest is being held
at Abingdon, Virginia, as a showcase for
street performers (276-676-2282). You
can also escape the summer heat with a
trip to Beech Mountain, North Carolina,
for the Mile-High Kite Festival,
running 10 a.m.-4 p.m., near the town's
visitor center (800 468 5506).

31-Sept. 1 - Mountain

Heritage Festival arrives in
Blairsville, Georgia (unioncountyhistory.
org). Art on the Greene shows up
at the Historic Banner Elk School
in Banner Elk, North Carolina
(townofbannerelk.org) while
Watoga Art in the Park
comes to West Virginia's Watoga State
Park (304-799-4087).

SEPTEMBER

COURTESY OF DISTL PUBLIC RELATIONS

returns to Salem, Virignia with arts and
crafts (540-772-8871). International

1 - Big Kahuna Wing Festival

Cowpea Festival and CookOff comes to Charleston, Tennessee,

flies into the World's Fair Park in
Knoxville, Tennessee, with 100 different
sauces and more than 40 teams
cooking Buffalo wings, representing
businesses and such institutions as
The University of Tennessee Culinary
Institute (bkwfestival.com).

5-7

- Knott County
Gingerbread Festival
spices up Hindman, Kentucky
(knottcountytourism.com). Carolina

Mountains Literary Festival

returns to downtown Burnsville
(cmlistfest.org).

6-7 - Historic Morganton

Festival combines music with

art in Morganton, North Carolina
(morgantonfest.org).

Sept. 6-Nov. 25 -

Smoky Mountain Harvest
Festival features new displays of life-

size scarecrow people on the streets of
Gatlinburg, Tennessee (800-568-4748).

September 22
FIESTA HENDERSONVILLE
brings savory smells and
rhythmic music to the Main
Street of Hendersonville,
North Carolina (www.
HolaCommunityArts.org).

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- Fall Fest breezes into Babyland
General Hospital in Cleveland, Georgia
- with a slide, dancing, prize drawings,
face decals, children's crafts and
costume characters (706-865-2171).

7-8

- Battle of Middle
Creek Re-enactment &
Kentucky Highlands Folk
Festival takes a step back in time at

September 26-29
WORLD CHICKEN FESTIVAL celebrates the life of Colonel Harland David
Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, in London, Kentucky.

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the Middle Creek National Battlefield in
Prestonsburg, Kentucky (middlecreek.
org).
- The Cherokee Fall
Festival enlivens the Sequoyah
Birthplace Museum at Vonore,
Tennessee, with educational exhibits
(sequoyahmuseum.org).

12-15

- Chow Chow: An
Asheville Culinary Event features
chefs celebrating Appalachian food
traditions (exploreasheville.com).

13-14

- Days of the
Pioneer Antique Show
features vintage crafts at the Museum
of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee (865494-7680). On the same weekend,
have the time of your life chasing
movie magic at the Dirty Dancing
Festival of Lake Lure, North Carolina
(dirtydancingfestival.com).
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14 - Olde Salem Days

as a fundraiser for the Hiwassee River
Heritage Center (cowpeafestival.com).
In Georgia, discover the Mountain
Music Day Festival near
Blairsville at Vogel State Park (706-7452628). Or head to the Freshwater
Folk Festival for ecology lessons
at the National Fish Hatchery of
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
(freshwaterfolkfestival.com). Also in
West Virginia: Look for Harvest Day
at Cass Scenic Railroad State Park (304456-4300). More choices include the
Blowing Rock Music Festival

in North Carolina (828-295-7111).

14-15

- Cumberland
Gap National Historical Park in
Middlesborough, Kentucky, celebrates
250 years since famed frontiersman
Daniel Boone marched through
the Cumberland Gap (606-248-2617).
Over in West Virginia: Discover the twoday Country Road Festival at
Hawk's Nest State Park (304-663-9967).

17-21

- Poppy Mountain
Bluegrass Festival pops
into Morehead, Kentucky
(poppymountainbluegrass.com).

19-21

- Dumplin Valley
Bluegrass Festival comes to

Tennessee's Dumplin Valley Farms
(865-397-7942).

19-22

- Make a splash with
your paddle at Gauley Fest
in Summersville, West Virginia
(americanwhitewater.org).

19-22

- Eat good food, sip
fine wine and listen to terrific tunes at
Ineuphoria in Greenville, South
Carolina (euphoriagreenville.com).

http://www.visitwinchesterva.com http://www.cowpeafestival.com http://www.folkpotterymuseum.com http://www.bkwfestival.com http://www.freshwaterfolkfestival.com http://www.knottcountytourism.com http://www.cmlistfest.org http://www.HolaCommunityArts.org http://www.morgantonfest.org http://www.townofbannerelk.org http://www.poppymountainbluegrass.com http://www.sequoyahmuseum.org http://www.CHICKENFESTIVAL.COM http://www.americanwhitewater.org http://www.exploreasheville.com http://www.euphoriagreenville.com http://www.dirtydancingfestival.com http://www.BLUERIDGECOUNTRY.COM

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