September 2008
Renaissance Festival Bonner Springs, now through Oct. 13, weekends, (www.kcrenfest.com; 1-800-373-0357).
Southeast Missouri District Fair Cape Girardeau, Sept. 6-13 (www.semofair.com; 1-800-455-3247; (573) 334-9250).
La Bourgeois Crush Festival Rocheport, Les Bourgeois Vineyards, Sept. 20 (www.missouriwine.com; (573) 698-2133).
You-Pick Pumpkins at Pumpkins Etc. Platte City, Sept. 20-Oct. 31, (www.pumpkins-etc.com; (816) 858-5758).
Barbecue and Brats Festival Hermann, Sept. 26-27 (www.hermannmo.info; 1-800-832-9687).
Oktoberfest Kansas City, Sept. 26-28 (www.kcoktoberfest.org; (816) 4211539); Jefferson City, Sept. 27 (www.oldmunichburg.com; (573) 636-6603).
Annual Fall Harvest Festival Sikeston, Sept. 27-Nov. 1, Saturdays and Sundays, (www.beggsfamilyfarm.com; (573)471-3879).

August 2008
Ethnic Enrichment Festival Kansas City, Aug. 15-17, (www.eeckc.org; [816] 513-7553).
Festival of Butterflies Kingsville, Powell Gardens, Aug. 8-10 & 15-17, (www.powellgardens.org; [816] 691-3851).
National Kids Fest Branson, Silver Dollar City, now through Aug. 10 (www.silverdollarcity.com; 1-800-831-4386).
Yard Sale Jackson, August 28-30 (www.61yardsale.com; 1-866-904-6161).