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BELOW: The World Chicken
Festival honors the Colonel
September 24-27 in London,
Kentucky.
BOTTOM OF PAGE:
Revolutionary War Days, in
Morganton, North Carolina, are
slated for September 26-27.
FACING PAGE: The Smith
Mountain Lake Wine Festival in
Virginia is also that September 2627 weekend.

Harvest Festival flows
into the Frederick County
Fairgrounds at Clear Brook,
celebrating all things apple
while also offering a canine
obstacle course.
Sept. 21-27 - The six-day
Mayberry Days pays tribute to
the late actor and star of "The
Andy Griffith Show" in Mount
Airy, North Carolina.
Sept. 24-27 - World Chicken
Festival celebrates the life
of Colonel Harland David
Sanders, founder of Kentucky
Fried Chicken. Enjoy delicious
fried chicken dinners prepared
in the world's largest skillet at
London, Kentucky.
Sept. 25-26 - In Tennessee,
discover the Townsend Fall
Festival and Old Timers Day.
Sept. 25-27 - Queen City
Mischief & Magic Festival
comes to Staunton, Virginia,
with wizards from near and far
(queencitymagic.com). Over in
West Virginia: Leaf Peepers
Festival takes over the tiny
town of Davis.
Sept. 25-Oct. 31 Dollywood's Harvest Festival
turns on the Great Pumpkin
LumiNights at Pigeon Forge,
Tennessee.
Sept. 26 - New Market
Heritage Festival takes place

in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley
with food and song. Also:
Harrisonburg International
Festival celebrates cultural
and language diversity in
Harrisonburg, Virginia. The Old
Timey Fall Festival returns
to Burnsville, North Carolina,
with a parade of antique
automobiles. You can also find
the Autumn Harvest Festival
and West Virginia RoadKill
Cook-off at Marlinton, West
Virginia. Also in West Virginia:
Frankford Autumn Festival
kicks off fall with arts crafts,
music and a parade. The Big
Red Apple Festival comes to
Cornelia, Georgia. You can also
bolt into the bowl of Garden
Mountain - and explore an
isolated mountain valley - at
the Burke's Garden Fall
Festival, finding music, crafts
and history tours.
Sept. 26-27 - Smith
Mountain Lake Wine Festival
in Franklin County, Virginia,
showcases stock from over 25
wineries,
Another option:
Revolutionary War Days
highlights history in Morganton,
North Carolina (historicburke.
org). In Virginia, Grayson
Highlands Fall Festival offers
crafts, old-time music and

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a pony auction at Grayson
Highlands State Park, just off
U.S. 58 in southwest Virginia.
Sept. 26-Oct. 4 - Mountain
State Forest Festival honors
prudent development and
conservation at Elkins, West
Virginia.
Sept. 25-Nov. 1 - Ober
Gatlinburg's Oktoberfest
features Bavarian-style food,
bier garten, music and live
entertainment in Tennessee's
Great Smoky Mountains.

OCTOBER
October - Over in West
Virginia, the Dark Carnival
begins at the legendary
Lake Shawnee Abandoned
Amusement Park near Bluefield
on Friday and Saturday nights
in October.
Oct. 2-3 - In northeast
Tennessee, enter Erwin for
its Unicoi County Apple
Festival. Nearby, check out
the big circus tents of the
National Storytelling Festival
in Jonesborough, Tennessee,
running through Oct. 4,
with unforgettable outdoor
programs by a variety of voices.
Oct. 3 - Over in Kentucky,
come taste the Kentucky
Apple Festival in Paintsville.
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