Calendar

Your guide to event-related travel in the Southeast

GEORGIA

Warm Springs — The Christmas Candlelight Tour Festival, Nov. 16Dec. 23, features strolling carolers and other musicians performing, as well as restaurants and shops open late for holiday shopping. www.warmspringsga.com.

Jekyll Island — The Jekyll Island Tree Lighting, Nov. 24, happens in the historic district once the sun goes down and firewo rkswilll ight up the sky.

Perry — Taste of Southern, Nov. 29, showcases specialities unique to this Southern town as well as silent and live auctions. www.perrygachamber.com.

Thomasville —AVictorian Christmas, Dec. 13-14, gives you a chance to stroll into the past with violinists, carolers and pianists while shopping in downtown. thomasvillega.com.

Dublin —ADJwillbespinning tunes Dec. 31 as a brilliantly lit shamrock drops for the new year. www.visitdublinga.org.

Helen — The Dropping of the Edelweiss, Dec. 31, will be accompanied by music, food and dancing. www. helenga.org.

Savannah — The annual Up the Cup, Dec. 31, is hosted by the Savannah Waterfront Association. www.savannahmastercalendar. com.

Tallapoosa — The Possum Drop, Dec.31,willringinthenewyear. www.thepossumdrop.com.

ALABAMA

Mobile — The Alabama Pecan Festival, through Nov. 4, features rides, food, face painting, arts and crafts, a classic country and western show and a Sunday gospel show. www.alabamapecanfestival.com. Dothan — The National Peanut Festival, through Nov. 11, honors peanut growers with amusement rides, animal shows, agricultural displays, concerts, a parade and tons of peanuts. nationalpeanutfestival.com.

Tallassee — The Battles for the Armory & Arts and Crafts Fair, Nov. 9-11, will feature a Civil War reenactment,aswellasthe chan ceto see what it was like in day-to-day lifeduring the 1860s. tallasseearmoryguards.org.

Atmore — The Poarch Creek Indian Thanksgiving Pow Wow, Nov. 22-23, features a turkey trot, traditional dance competition,

princess contest and more. www. pci-nsn.gov.

Gadsden — Christmas at the Falls, Nov. 22-Dec. 30, includes light display, train rides, a cookie-decorating station, petting zoo, visit with Santa and activities for kids. www.noccalulafallspark.com. Huntsville — Galaxy of Lights, Nov. 23-Dec.31,isa2.5-mileholiday light drive with animated displays. www.hsvbg.org.

Montgomery — The Governor’s Mansion Christmas Candlelight Tours, Dec. 3-17, allow visitors to view the holiday decorations, hear live choir performances and sample Alabama-made goods at the gift shop. www.alabamatravel.com.

Dauphin Island — “Christmas Through the Ages” at Fort Gaines, Dec. 8, features a living history day with soldiers dressed from the 1700s through the 1900s reenacting how they celebrated the holidays with their families. dauphinisland.org.

Huntsville —The M arsMasquerade, Dec. 31, will ring in the new year at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Davidson Center for Space Exploration. www.rocketcenter.com.

Mobile — MoonPie Over Mobile, Dec. 31, features George Clinton &Par liament Funkadelic as the entertainment, but begins with the cutting of the world’s largest edible MoonPie. www.mobilenewyear.com.

FLORIDA

Amelia Island — The 2018 Pentanque Amelia Island Open, Nov. 9-11, is open to all abilities and ages. www.ameliaisland.com/ petanque.

Fort Myers — The American Sandsculpting Championship, Nov. 16-25, features 40-plus sculptures, contests,vendors,livemusi c, lessons and demonstrations and more. www.fmbsandsculpting. com.

Pensacola —W interfest Trolley Tours, Nov. 18, 23-25 and Dec.

1, 7, 14-24, features trolley rides, reindeer games, storytimes and visits with Santa. www.pensacolawinterfest.org.

Key West — Sloppy Joe’s hosts the Dropping of the Conch Shell Dec. 31 with music, beads and fun. www. sloppyjoes.com.

Key West — The Schooner Wharf Bar rings in the new year Dec.

31 by lowering a pirate wench while part y-goerscanenjoydrink specialsandlivemusi c. www. schoonerwharf.com.

Key Largo — The Upper Keys celebrate the new year Dec. 31 by shooting off fireworks on Blackwater Sound. www.keylargofireworks.

LOUISIANA

Port Barre — The Port Barre Cracklin Festival, Nov. 9-11, showcases the ritual of making the traditional Louisiana food andincludeslivemusic and more activities. cracklinfest.com.

Lake Charles — Flea Fest, Nov. 10-11, is nearly 4 covered acres of vendors dealing in antiques, retro, vintage, crafts and food. www. fleafest.com.

Lake Charles — The Mistletoe and Moss Holiday Market, Nov. 15-17, features more than 80 vendors with apparel, specialty foods, seasonal and year-round decorative items and more. www. visitlakecharles.org.

Houma — The South Louisiana Dragway Reunion Car Show & Cacklefest, Nov. 30-Dec. 1, showcases three historic Louisiana dragstrips that were built and operated during the late 1950s through the 1970s. www.southlanddragway.com.

New Orleans — The NOLA Christ- masFest, Dec. 22-31, is an indoor festival featuring an ice skating rink, ice slides, gingerbread houses, carnival rides, holiday inflatables, polar golf and more. nolchristmasfest.com.

MISSISSIPPI Southaven — Southern Lights, Nov. 22-Dec. 30, is Cedar Hill Christmas Tree Farm lit up with 500,000 twinkling lights synchronized to music as you drive through. www.visitmississippi.org. Columbus — The Christmas parade, Dec. 3, kicks off the holiday season. www.columbusmainstreet.com.

NORTH CAROLINA

Raleigh — The American Indian Heritage Celebration, Nov. 17, hosts musicians, dancers, artists, storytellers and authors from North Carolina’s eight state-recognized tribes. www.ncmuseumofhistory. org.

Wrightsville Beach — The North Carolina Holiday Flotilla, Nov. 24, includes a tree lighting ceremony with Santa before the water parade starts. ncholidayflotilla.org. Beaufort — The Crystal Coast Christmas Flotilla, Dec. 1, features boats, yachts, oars, kayaks and commercial vessels decorated for the season. www.maritimefriends. org.

Dillsboro — The Festival of Light