Sorghum syrup-making festivals with hand-harvested sorghum cane and mule-drawn presses are held across the South from late August to mid-October. One of the largest festivals, in the beautiful mountain town of Blairsville, Georgia spans two weekends--October 9-10 and 16-17.
Mountaineer Folk Festival
Fall Creek Falls State Park
Pikeville TN 37367
September 10-12, 2010
423/881-5708
visitfallcreekfalls.com
Cades Cove
Smoky Mountains National Park
September 4-6 and 17-19, November 5-7 and 12-14, 2010
865/436-1200
865/436-7318
Fall Heritage Festival and Old Timers Day
Townsend, TN
September 24, 25, 2010
800/525-6834
smokymountains.org
7th Annual Old Mill Heritage Day
Pigeon Forge, TN
September 25, 2010
865/428-0071
oldmillheritageday.com
Dollywood National Southern Gospel Music & Harvest Celebration
Pigeon Forge, TN
September 29-October 30, 2010 (closed Thursdays)
800/365-5996
dollywood.com
Fall Homecoming
Museum of Appalachia
Norris, TN
October 7-10, 2010
865/494-7680
museumofappalachia.org
Music and Molasses Arts & Crafts Festival
Ellington Agriculture Center
Nashville, TN
October 16-17, 2010
615/837-5197
tnagmuseum.org
36th Annual Midway Fall Festival
Midway, KY
September 18-19, 2010
859/846-4966
midwayfallfestival.org
Morgan County Sorghum Festival
West Liberty, KY
September 24-26, 2010
859/398-1428
cityofwestliberty.com/sorghumfestival.htm
Shockley’s Old Timey Days
Hillsville, VA
September 25-26, 2010 (rain dates October 2-3)
276-733-4953
Murray’s Mill Harvest Folk Festival
Catawba, NC
September 25-26, 2010
828/464-0383
catawbahistory.org
Clifford Ruritan Club Sorghum Festival
Clifford, VA
October 2-3, 2010
434/946-2208
Harvest Festival
Renfro Valley, KY
October 1-3, 2010
800/765-7464
renfrovalley.com
Kentucky Wool Festival
Falmouth, KY
October 1-3, 2010
606/735-3402
Sorghum Festival
Michigan City, MS
Burton Sugar Farm
October 2, 2010
662/224-4950
burtonsugarfarm.com
Madison County Fair
Marshall, NC
August 26-28, 2010 (Sorghum-making demos August 28)
828/649-2411
41st Annual Sorghum Festivals
Blairsville, GA
Meek’s Park
October 9-10 and 16-17, 2010
sorghum.blairsville.com
Voyles’ Sorghum Making
Ava, MO
October 9, 2010
417/683-3107
Homestead Festival
Harrisburg, AR
The Whitehall Community
October 9-10, 2010
parkerhomestead.com
October Court Days
Mount Sterling, KY
October 15-18, 2010
859/498-8732
mtsterlingtourism.com
Old School Sorghum Festival
Garland, NC
October 16, 2010
910/564-5069
oldschoolsorghum.com
Prairie Rose Farm Fall Celebration
Pryor, OK
October 16, 2010
918/695-7481
prairieroseok.com
Corn Shucking Frolic
Pinnacle, NC
Horne Creek Farm
October 16, 2010
336/325-2298
nchistoricsites.org/horne/
35th Annual Sorghum Day Festival
Wewoka, OK
October 23, 2010
405/257-5485
wewokachamber.samsbiz.com
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