Readers' Choice

Explore the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions in the South.

Readers' Choice Award Winners

Our readers from Texas to Delaware weighed in on our 2008 survey-here are the winners.

By Jennifer V. Cole

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Best Festival or Fair

1. State Fair of Texas (pictured), Dallas September 25-October 18
2. North Carolina State Fair, Raleigh October 15-25
3. New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
April 24-26 and April 30-May 3
4. Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston, SC May 22-June 7
5. Florida Strawberry Festival, Plant City
February 26-March 8
6. Yellow Daisy Festival, Stone Mountain, GA
September 10-13
7. Annual National Shrimp Festival, Gulf Shores, AL
October 8-11
8. South Carolina State Fair, Columbia October 14-25
9. Memphis in May International Festival, TN May 1-23
10. Mardi Gras, New Orleans, LA February 24