Calendar

Your guide to event-related travel in the Southeast

GEORGIA

Toccoa — Ida Cox Music Series, July 16, 23, & 30, features food, drinks and local and regional artists and musicians in a wide range of genres. www.idacoxmusicseries.com.

Augusta — Southern Nationals Drag Boat Races, July 21-23, features family fun and more than 80 teams from across the country competing for cash prizes. www.augustasouthernnationals.org.

Lookout Mountain — Rock City’s Summer Music Weekends, Sept. 4, features food, walking tours, birds of prey shows and bluegrass and country music. www.seerockcity.com/summermusic.

FLORIDA

Pine Island — Mango Mania Tropical Fruit Fair, July 15-16, features food and recipe contents, tastings, arts and crafts, tropical tree and plant sales, arts and crafts. www.mangomaniafl.net. Key West — The Key West Lobsterfest, Aug. 10-13, includes live music, cold drinks, fresh lobster, a stroll down Duval Street, a street fair and more. www.keywestlobsterfest.com.

Panama City Beach — Schooners Lobster Festival & Tournament, Sept. 11-17, features large, freshly caught lobsters, a sandsculpting contest, diving and a feast. www.schooners.com/ events/lobsterfestival.htm.

Port St. Joe — Scallop and Music Festival, Oct. 6-7, features scallops, other food, arts and crafts, children’s activities and live music. www.scallopfestfl.org.

ALABAMA

Huntsville — Space Camp SummerFest, July 14-15, features Hall of Fame dinner and awards ceremony, mini space camp sessions, concert and light show. www.rocketcenter.com/summerfest

Florence — W.C. Handy Music Festival, July 21-30, features educational programs, concerts and children’s events. www. wchandymusicfestival.org. Albertville — Main Street Music Festival, Aug. 4-5, features local and national musicians, food trucks, a 5K run and children’s activities. www.mainstreetmusicfestival.com.

Athens — Piney Chapel American Farm Heritage Days, Aug. 4-5, features antique farm equipment, a tractor ride, bluegrass, country and gospel music, skillet throw, arts and crafts, parade, food and children’s activities. www. northalabama.org.

Russellville — Franklin County Watermelon Festival, Aug. 18-19, features tractor, car and truck shows, a barbecue cook-off, food, vendors and live music. www. franklincountychamber.org.

KENTUCKY

Bowling Green — Ice Cream and a Moovie, every other weekend through Sept. 16, features homemade ice cream, family friendly movies and self-guided tours of the dairy barn. www.chaneysdairybarn.com. Bardstown — Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Sept. 11-17, features live music, dance, cigars, bourbon tastings and a gala. www.kybourbonfestival.com.

Louisville — Bourbon & Beyond Festival, Sept. 23-24, features concerts, Kentucky bourbons and food creations from top chefs. www.bourbonandbeyond.com.

LOUISIANA

Natchitoches — NSU Folk Festival, July 14-15, features folk art and music, food, storytelling and children’s activities. www. louisianafolklife.nsula.edu.

Lake Charles — Cajun Music and Food Festival, July 14-15, features food, cook-offs, music, arts and crafts, games, auctions and more. www.visitlakecharles.org.

MISSISSIPPI

Columbus — Sounds of Summer, through July 13, features a food drinks, children’s activities and concerts in the park, Thursdays in June and July. www.columbusmainstreet.com.

NORTH CAROLINA

Burnsville — Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair, Aug. 4-5, features a juried crafts show and sale, live music, dance and food. www.yanceychamber.com.

SOUTH CAROLINA

York — Summerfest, Aug. 26, features a craft fair, food, 5k and 10k runs, classic car shows, train rides, zip lines, waterball, health fair, demonstrations, live music, contests and cildren’s activities. www.yorksummerfest.com.

TENNESSEE

Gatlinburg — Smoky Mountain Tunes and Tales, through July 29, features street performers, musicians, storytellers and visual artists and interactive and educational events. www.gatlinburg. com/events.

Kingsport — Fun Fest, July 14-22, features a road race, hot air balloons, food, music and fireworks. www.funfest.com.

Kingsport — Fun Fest, July 14-22, features country music concerts, hot air balloons, auto show, competitions, food, fireworks and children’s activities. www. funfest.net.

Lebanon — Wilson County Fair, Aug. 18-26, features concerts, rides, tractor and mule pulls, demolition derbies, livestock shows, food vendors, arts and crafts. www.wilsoncountyfair.net. Centerville — National Banana Pudding Festival, Oct. 7-8, features food, music, puppets, storytelling, live entertainment, rides, arts and crafts and a pudding cook-off. www.bananapuddingfest.org.

VIRGINIA

Alexandria — “Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon” exhibit at the Donald W. Reynolds Museum, through Sept. 30, 2018, features artwork, furnishings, archaeological discoveries, documents and interactive displays. www.mountvernon.org. Clarksville — Virginia Lake Festival, July 22, features hot air balloons, arts and crafts, live entertainment, food, fireworks and a gathering of the boats. www. clarksvilleva.com.

Richmond — Jazz Festival, Aug. 10-13, features national and international artists, meet-andgreets, garden tours, food and merchandise vendors. www.facebook.com/richmondjazzfestival.