Calendar SOUTH CAROLINA

Your guide to event-related travel in the Southeast

GEORGIA

Watkinsville — Georgia Pottery Invitational, through Sept. 14, features good, live jazz, fine art sale, artists and workshops. www.ocaf. com. Jekyll Island — Shrimp & Grits Festival, Sept. 16-18, features food, arts and crafts, cooking competitions and live music. www.jekyllisland.com/signature events/shrimp-grits-festival/ Greensboro — Garden and Gun Weekend at Lake Oconee, Sept. 23-25, features food, culinary demonstrations, a boat cruise, live music and a bourbon master class. www.ggfieldreport.com/ reynolds. Augusta — Arts in the Heartof Augusta Festival, Sept. 16-18, features food, arts and crafts market, young artist market, music and more. www.artsintheheartof augusta.com.

FLORIDA

Panama City Beach — Schooners Lobster Festival & Tournament, Sept. 12-18, features large, freshly caught lobsters, a sand-sculpting contest, diving and a feast. www.schooners. com/events/lobsterfestival.htm. Port St. Joe — Scallop Festival and Music Festival, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, features scallops, other food, arts and crafts, children’s activities and live music. www.scallopfestfl.org.

ALABAMA

Tuscumbia — Oka Kapassa Native American Festival, Sept. 9-10, features visual artists, performances, music, demonstrations and storytelling. www.okakapassa .org.

KENTUCKY

Danville — Kentucky State BBQ Festival, Sept. 9-11, features food from celebrity pitmasters, live music, demonstrations, auctions and more. www.kybbqfestival .com. Covington — MainStrasse Village Oktoberfest, Sept. 9-11, features German foods, arts and crafts, art contests, carnival rides and children’s activities. www.mainstrasse.org. Bardstown — Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Sept. 13-18, features food, bourbon tasting, barrel relays, ballon glow, arts and more. www.kybourbonfestival.com.

LOUISIANA

Morgan City — Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, Sept. 1-5, features food, live music and children’s activities. www. shrimpandpetroleum.com. Gonzales — Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival — Sept. 23-24, features hot air balloon flights, arts and crafts, food, live music, a car show and children’s activities. www.ascensionballooning.com.

MISSISSIPPI

Biloxi — Seafood Festival, Sept. 10-11, features food, a gumbo cook-off, arts and crafts, live music and children’s activities. www. gulfcoast.org/events.

NORTH CAROLINA

Boone — Appalachian Summer Festival, through Sept. 8, features opera, dance, theatre, independent film, symphonic music, an outdoor sculpture competition, juried visual arts competition, public lectures and tours. www. appsummer.org. Cashiers — Dinner in the Dahlias, Sept. 12, features dahlia gardens, food and wine. www.highhampton inn.com/events.aspx. Winston Salem — Texas Pete Culinary Arts Festival, Sept. 18-20, features food from local and regional chefs, local breweries and live music. www.visitwinston salem.com/fall.

Cullowhee — Mountain Heritage Day, Sept. 24, features bluegrass music, art dance and more. www. mountainheritageday.com.

Benson — Mule Days, Sept. 2225, features rodeos, mule-pulling contests, arts and crafts, vendors, street dances, carnival rides, camping, parades, bluegrass music and more. www.bensonmuledays.com. Greenville — Fall for Greenville, Oct. 13-16, features food, live music, demonstrations, wine tastings, a beer garden and children’s activities. www.fallforgreenville. net.

TENNESSEE

Chattanooga — Ruby Falls’ Haunted Cavern, Sept. 30-Oct. 30, features a haunted attraction 26 stories underground. www. hauntedcavern.com.

VIRGINIA

Virginia Beach — Neptune Festival, Sept. 1-Oct. 9, features wine and beer festivals, concerts, arts and crafts, vendors, 8K and 5K runs, sand-sculpting competion and more. www.neptune festival.com.