Atlanta Fall Guide :: Festivals, Fairs, & Events

The fall season in Atlanta has no shortage of activities for the family to enjoy. Check out this Atlanta guide to fall festivals, fairs, and events.

Atlanta Fall Guide:: Festivals, Fairs, and Events

Atlanta Hip Hop Festival

Dates: August 30-31

Location: Historic 4th Ward Park

Description: This free festival celebrates hip hop with various artists, vendors, and food trucks.

Art in the Park

Dates: August 30-September 1

Location: Marietta Square

Description: Marietta Art in the Park, an Atlanta Labor Day weekend tradition is celebrating its 39th year! Our incredible three-day juried Fine Art Festival takes place on the historic Marietta Square in Glover Park and attracts over 50,000 guests.

Yellow Daisy Festival

Dates: September 4-7

Location: Stone Mountain Park

Description: Voted one of the top arts & crafts shows in the nation by Sunshine Artist Magazine, a Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event, and winner of multiple awards by the Southeast Festival and Events Association.

Visit over 400 artists and crafters set beneath the trees in the events meadow. Fabulous festival food, crafter demonstrations, live music, and a beer garden are the highlights of this special event.

Reynoldstown Wheelbarrow Festival

Dates: September 13

Location: Lang Carson Park

Description: Get ready for a wheel-y good time at the Wheelbarrow Festival! Join us for a day filled with lively music, mouthwatering food, and fabulous local vendors showcasing their goods. Bring the whole family and enjoy fun activities for all ages, from arts and crafts to games and more.

We hope to see you at our annual neighborhood festival and fundraiser for live music, amazing eats, a cornhole tournament, Reynoldstown merch sales, .5k race, pickleball tournament, and great neighborhood hangs.

Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival

Dates: September 13 – November 2

Location: Stone Mountain Park

Description: Play by Day as you enjoy family-friendly park attractions and special fall entertainment featuring some of your favorite classic storybook characters! Then, after the sun goes down, you’ll Glow by Night in a whole new light with our nighttime parade, the NEW Pumpkin Drone Show, the World’s Largest Pumpkin Light Show, and plenty of other not-so-spooky glowing experiences!

Summit Skyride opens at 10 a.m. The Pumpkin Festival and other attractions open at 2 p.m.

Suwanee Fest

Date: September 20 and 21

Location: Suwanee Town Center

Description: Suwanee Fest, formerly known as and fondly named “Suwanee Day,” started in May 1984 as a small, one-day celebration of community next to the old fire station on Main Street. As the City of Suwanee grew, so did the festival, moving locations to Town Center Park in 2004 to accommodate the increasing crowds. The pace didn’t slow as Suwanee Day evolved into a two-day festival in 2014, officially adopting the name Suwanee Fest.

Always a celebration of community, Suwanee Fest embraced the idea of theming each annual festival in 2016. Past themes include: superhero (2016), construction zone (2017), bicentennial (2018), circus (2019), pirate (2021), space (2022), wild wild west(2023), 80s (2024), and this year we are celebrating Jurassic-style!

Duluth Fall Festival

Date: September 27 and 28

Location: Duluth Town Green

Description: Today, the Duluth Fall Festival is one of the most successful festivals in the southeast and has won many awards and recognitions through the years.

All proceeds from the Festival are used towards improving and beautifying Historic Downtown Duluth and to support non-profit organizations in Duluth.

Boo at the Zoo Atlanta

Dates: Check back for dates

Location: Zoo Atlanta

Description: Zoo Atlanta’s Boo at the Zoo is Atlanta’s favorite fun family Halloween festival! During the last two weekends of October from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., enjoy trick or treating, plenty of photo opportunities, themed entertainment and activities, costumed characters, and so much more. Costumes are welcome.

Boo at the Zoo is about creating special memories with the family, not necessarily to bring home the biggest haul of candy. Come for the candy but stay for the fun! This event is rain-or-shine; however, some activities may be delayed or canceled due to rain.

Boo at the Zoo is FREE for Zoo Atlanta Members and children under 3; and FREE with general admission tickets.

Goblins in the Garden

Dates: October 19

Location: Atlanta Botanical Garden

Description: Show off the kids’ Halloween costumes on the Goblin’s Runway, participate in fall family activities, and enjoy pony and train rides all while exploring Scarecrows in the Garden.

Scarecrows in the Garden will run from October 1-November 3.

Georgia State Fair

Dates: September 26 – October 5

Location: Atlanta Motor Speedway

Description: Carnival rides, live music, fair food, kiddie rides, petting zoo, pig races, Hollywood Circus, and more.

Alpharetta Scarecrow Harvest

Date: October 8 – November 2

Location: Brooke Street Park, Alpharetta, GA

Description: This year Alpharetta is host to a record-breaking number of community scarecrows! The downtown area will overflow with more than 150 scarecrows from local schools & classrooms, non-profits, neighborhoods, families, and local businesses!

Dunwoody Apple Cider Days

Dates: November 12 – December 12

Description: Apple Cider Days is a month-long celebration of the fall season, featuring weekly family events that are both educational and fun. All proceeds go towards educational programs and continuing historic preservation of Dunwoody’s early buildings and cemeteries.

Dahlonega Gold Rush Days Festival

Dates: October 19 and 20

Description: It is a time for thousands to come and see fall colors peaking and celebrate Dahlonega’s 1828 discovery of gold. Over 200 art and craft exhibitors and food vendors gather around the Public Square and Historic District in support of this annual event. It is estimated that a crowd of over 200,000 visits over the weekend to join in the fun and excitement!

The Gold Rush Days Festival has been voted one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society.

Festival on Ponce

Dates: October 11 and 12

Description: The Festival on Ponce is an Atlanta arts and crafts festival set in the historic park, Olmsted Linear Park. Visitors will enjoy the gorgeous landscape designed by one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted Sr., along with over 125 displays of fine arts and crafts, folk, and “outsider art”. In addition to the fine arts, there will be a children’s area and local food and beverages. Attendance is Free.

Did we miss any festivals, fairs, and events? Let us know!

Be sure to check out our other fall guides for more fall family fun!

Atlanta Fall Guide: Pumpkin Patches & Corn Mazes
Atlanta Fall Guide: Where to Go Apple Picking