Calendar

Your guide to event-related travel in the Southeast

GEORGIA

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

Dillard — Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival, Aug. 4-5, features competitions, music, food and more. www.dillardbbq.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.

Jekyll Island — Shrimp & Grits Festival, Sept. 15-17, features food, arts and crafts, cooking competitions and live music. www.jekyllisland.com/shrimpgrits.

FLORIDA

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.

Stuart — Annual Dancin’ in the Streets, Aug. 19, live musical performances, food, drinks, vendors, kid activities, and of course, dancin’ in the streets. www. stuartdancininthestreets.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 Florence — W.C. Handy Music Festival, through July 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

Henderson — Bluegrass in the Park & Folklife Festival, Aug. 12-13, features music, folk activities, pole vaulting and food. www. bluegrassinthepark.com.

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

Lake Charles — Marshland Festival, July 28-29, features exhibits, games, arts and crafts booths, food and live entertainment. www.visitlakecharles.org.

Lake Charles — Arts & Crabs Fest, Aug. 19, features crab and beer tasting, an art walk and live music. www.visitlakecharles.org.

Morgan City — Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, Aug. 31Sept. 4, features food, live music, traditional events and children’s activities. www.shrimpandpetroleum.org.

MISSISSIPPI Jackson — Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights, Aug. 12, features arts, shopping, food, music, dance and children’s activities. www.greaterbelhaven.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.

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.

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