Festivals this week
SEPT. 8-11, 15-18, SEPT. 22-OCT. 30
Oktoberfest: Festhalle, 1074 Edelweiss Strasse, Helen, Ga., 6-10:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 6 p.m. to midnight Fridays, 1 p.m. to midnight Saturdays, 1-7 p.m. Sundays; $8 Mondays-Fridays, $10 Saturdays, free on Sundays; 46th annual celebration of German food, music, dance. www. helenchamber.com
SEPT. 9-11
Battle of Tunnel Hill: 215 Clisby Austin Road, Tunnel Hill, Ga., camps open 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, $10 ages 13 and up; annual Civil War reenactment with sutlers, mock surgeries in medical tents, cavalry, artillery, tours of historic Clisby-Austin house. www. BattleofTunnelHill.com.
Fried Green Tomato Festival: Main Street and Kenneth Gable Memorial Park, Niota, Tenn., 6 a.m. Saturday kickoff with pancake/burrito breakfast at Niota Depot, festival continues to 4 p.m., free festival admission, individual activity fees, proceeds benefit restoration of Niota Depot. www.facebook.com/ Niota-Fried-Green-Tomato-Festival-Niota-TN-245580455487054.
International Cowpea Festival: Charleston City Park, Worth Street, Charleston, Tenn., 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, free, cookoff, crafts and food vendors, family fun field, music by Loretta Lynn’s granddaughter, Tayla Lynn. www.cowpeafestival.com Intertribal Native Festival: City Point Park, Highway 27, Dayton, Tenn., 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, $5 ages 11 and older, free to active military and veterans, teachers and first responders; Native American crafts and food vendors, dancing, Cherokee flute players, Grand Entry 1 and 6 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday. 423-208-5749.
Meigs County Fair: Downtown Decatur, Tenn., follow signs from state highways 30 and 58, gates open 5 p.m. today and Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday, free admission. wwcthouse@ aol.com.
Mountaineer Folk Festival: Fall Creek Falls State Park, 10821 Park Road, Spencer, Tenn., 7 p.m. Friday music and square dancing, noon-10 p.m. Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday, $3 per person per day or $6 for weekend; arts and crafts, two stages of music. 423881-5708.
Railfest: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum, 4119 Cromwell Road, gates open 8:30 a.m., train departs 9 a.m. Saturday; train departs 10 a.m. Sunday, $25 adults, $20 child, ticket includes train ride; family festival with model trains, music, kids activities. www.tvrail.com.
White Oak Crafts Fair: Arts Center of Cannon County, 1424 John Bragg Highway, Woodbury, Tenn., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. CDT Saturday and Sunday, free admission, $3 parking; 75 artists exhibit along the banks of the East Fork Stones River. www.artscenterofcc.com.
Yellow Daisy Festival: Stone Mountain Park, 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd., Stone Mountain, Ga., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, admission free with paid parking $15 per day; more than 400 vendors at event voted one of top three crafts shows in nation by Sunshine Artist magazine. www. stonemountainpark.com/ events/yellow-daisy-festival.
SEPT. 9-18
Tennessee State Fair: Tennessee State Fairgrounds, 500 Wedgewood Ave., Nashville, gates open 5:30 p.m. CDT Monday-Friday, 10 a.m. CDT Saturday, noon CDT Sunday, $8 ages 18-54, $6 ages 55 and older, $6 ages 3-17, unlimited ride wristbands $25 Monday-Friday, $30 Saturday and Sundays. www.tennesseestatefair.org.
Tennessee Valley Fair: Chilhowee Park, 3301 East Magnolia Ave., Knoxville, gates open 3 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 10 a.m. Monday, Tuesday and Saturday, noon on Sunday, $10 ages 12-64, $8 ages 65 and up, $7 ages 6-11, $7 parking per car, unlimited ride wristbands $20-$25 depending on day; midway, agriculture and home-centered contests, arts and crafts, action sports, local country star Kane Brown performs Sunday, Sept. 11. www.tnvalleyfair.org.
SEPT. 10-OCT. 30
Old McDonald’s Farm Fall Festival: Old McDonald Farm, 16705 Coulterville Road, Sale Creek, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays, noon-7 p.m. Sundays, open Tuesdays-Fridays for large groups by appointment; $12.50 ages 3 and older, pumpkins are additional charge; family fun with cow coaster, pumpkin slingshot, hay maze, hayrides, pony rodeo, Critter Barn, pedal tractor races. www.oldmc donaldsfarm.net.
SEPT. 10-NOV. 5
Grandaddy’s Farm Fall Festival: Grandaddy’s Farm, 454 Highland Ridge Road, Estill Springs, Tenn., 1:30-6 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 1:30-9 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday; family fun with corn maze, pumpkin patch, hillside slide, tire mountain, straw maze, pig and duck races, farm market; $10 ages 3+, half-price opening day; promotions include Hot September Nights Sept. 10, 17 and 24. www. grandaddysfarm.com.