2024 Tennessee Festival Guide
Here is your complete guide to all of the 2024 Tennessee Festivals! This guide is provided by the Festival Guides and Reviews website. This website has done a great job in putting together all the 2024 Festival details. There is a festival for someone, so get out there and enjoy! Also, if you attend any of these we would love for you to post comments on what you thought about the events.
JANUARY (2024)
1/1 – A Country Christmas at Gaylord Opryland IX – Nashville 1/1-1/2 – Christmas on the Cumberland VIII – Clarksville 1/1-1/7* – Holiday Lights at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens VIII – Nashville 1/1-1/7 (Closed 1/1) – Zoolumination: Chinese Festival of Lights VIII – Nashville 1/1-1/7* – Pinnacle Speedway in Lights VIII – Bristol 1/1-1/7 – Lights Over Gatlinburg VIII – Gatlinburg 1/3-1/7* – Asian Lantern Festival at the Chattanooga Zoo IX – Chattanooga 1/3-1/7* – Zoo Lights VII – Knoxville
1/8-1/14 – Lights Over Gatlinburg IX – Gatlinburg 1/10-1/14* – Asian Lantern Festival at the Chattanooga Zoo X – Chattanooga 1/11-1/14 – Zoolumination: Chinese Festival of Lights IX – Nashville 1/12-1/14* – Smoky Mountain Elvis Festival – Pigeon Forge 1/13-1/14* – Tennessee Sandhill Crane Festival – Birchwood
1/15-1/21 – Lights Over Gatlinburg X – Gatlinburg 1/18-1/21 – Zoolumination: Chinese Festival of Lights X – Nashville
1/23-1/27* – International Blues Challenge – Memphis 1/25-1/28 – Zoolumination: Chinese Festival of Lights XI – Nashville 1/27* – ChocolateFest – Knoxville
1/29-1/31 – Lights Over Gatlinburg XII – Gatlinburg
1/1-1/4 – Zoolumination: Chinese Festival of Lights XII – Nashville
FEBRUARY
2/2* – Sweetheart Market at Mountain Arts Community Center – Signal Mountain
2/9* – Sweetheart Market at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale 2/9-2/10* – Chocolate Fest – Jonesborough 2/10* – Maple Syrup Festival – Johnson City
2/17* – Tennessee Winter Beer Fest – Townsend 2/17* – Wine in the Winter – Nashville
2/24* – International Festival – Oak Ridge
MARCH
3/1* – Whiskey Warmer Memphis – Memphis 3/1-3/2* – Cousin Jack Tullock Bluegrass Festival – Etowah 3/1-3/3* – Pigeon Forge Chuck Wagon Cookoff – Pigeon Forge 3/2* – Mystical March at Mountain Arts Community Center – Signal Mountain 3/2* – Mardi Growl – Knoxville
3/9* – County Sumner Irish Festival – Castalian Springs 3/9* – Mystical March at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale 3/10* – Soulful Food Truck Festival – Memphis
3/16* – Daffodil Day – Bell Buckle 3/16* – Irish Celebration – Erin 3/16* – ICCT Holi Celebrations – Memphis 3/16* – St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Harris Park – Dunlap 3/16* – St. Patrick’s Extravaganza – Manchester 3/17* – Knox Shamrock Fest – Knoxville
3/21- 3/24 - Big Ears - Knoxville
3/22-3/23* – Blooming Arts Festival – Linden 3/22-3/23* – Knoxville Cheese Fest – Knoxville 3/23* – Cheekwood Holi Celebration – Nashville 3/23* – Mimosa and Margarita Fest – Knoxville 3/23-3/24* – Spring Paint Jam – Waverly
3/26-3/30* – Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival – Nashville 3/28-3/30* – Johnson City Jazz Festival – Johnson City 3/28-3/31* – Big Ears Festival – Knoxville 3/28-3/31* – Mule Day – Columbia 3/28-3/31* – Nashville Elvis Festival – Franklin 3/29-3/30* – Atoka BBQ Fest – Atoka 3/30* – Sip TN Chattanooga Wine Festival – Chattanooga
3/30* – Cookeville Banana Pudding Festival – Cookeville 3/30* – Hot Slaw Festival – Cleveland 3/30* – Whiskey Warmer Franklin – Franklin
APRIL
4/2* – Goodlettsville Heritage Day I – Goodlettsville 4/5* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival I – Murfreesboro 4/6 – Decherd Potato Festival – Decherd 4/6* – Spring Market at Mountain Arts Community Center – Signal Mountain 4/6* – Spring Market at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale
4/6 - Hot Slaw and Art Y'all - Cleveland
4/11 - 4/13 - Mayberry & I Love Lucy Days - Granville
4/12* – Goodlettsville Heritage Day II – Goodlettsville 4/12* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival II – Murfreesboro 4/12-4/13* – Tennessee River Rendezvous History, Heritage, and Weaponry Festival – Saltillo 4/12-4/13* – Cheekwood Great Spring Art Hop – Nashville 4/12-4/13* – Market in the Park: Spring – Gallatin 4/12-4/14* – NoliFest – Erwin
4/13 - Herb Society of Nashville Annual Plant Sale - Nashville 4/13* – Taste the Rarity Festival – Memphis 4/13* – Window on the World International Festival – Cookeville 4/13* – Upper Cumberland Spring Market and Food Truck Festival – Cookeville 4/13* – World Championship Hot Wing Festival – Memphis 4/13* – East Nashville Beer Festival – Nashville 4/13* – Mayberry I Love Lucy Day – Granville 4/13* – Nashville Cherry Blossom Festival – Nashville 4/13* – Sip TN The Foothills – Friendsville 4/13* – Slawburger Festival – Fayetteville 4/13* – Piping on the Green: Celtic Music and Crafts Festival – Tullahoma 4/13* – Shelby Forest Spring Fest – Millington 4/13* – Old Time Bluegrass and Fiddlers’ Jamboree – Holladay
4/13 - Lakeside's Spring Craft Fair - Westmoreland, TN 4/13-4/14* – Dogwood Arts Festival – Knoxville 4/14* – Milledgeville Heritage Festival – Milledgeville 4/14* – Buttercup Festival – Nolensville 4/14* – Rajun Cajun Crawfish Festival – Memphis 4/14* – Walnut Street Bridge Festival – Chattanooga
4/19* – Sheep Shearing Days I – Clinton
4/19-4/20* – Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival – Reliance
4/19-4/20* – Old Oak Festival – Greeneville
4/19-4/20* – Shell Daze Music Festival – Memphis
4/19-4/21* – 4 Bridges Arts Festival – Chattanooga
4/19-4/21* – Spring Plant Sale and Festival – Chattanooga
4/19-4/21* – Trails and Trilliums Festival – Beersheba Springs
4/20* – Overton Square Crawfish Festival – Memphis
4/20* – Earth Day Festival at The Little Red Orchard – Rickman
4/20* – Cigar Box Guitar and Blues Festival – Greeneville
4/20* – Mosaic: A Downtown Celebration of the Arts – Clinton
4/20* – Nashville Earth Day – Nashville
4/20* – Windrock Park Spring Shindig – Oliver Springs
4/20* – Ramp Festival – Tellico Plains
4/20* – Hopped Beer Festival – Memphis
4/20* – 420 Hemp Festival – Jackson
4/20* – Earth Day at Shelby Farms Park – Memphis
4/20 - Spring Arts & Craft Festival - Jackson, TN
4/20-4/21* – Yellowhorse Powwow Celebration – Collegedale
4/20-4/21* – Crafty Bastards Spring Arts and Crafts Fair – Nashville
4/20-4/21* – Vintage 901 Spring Festival – Memphis
4/20-4/21* – Spring Thyme with the Appalachian Renaissance Faire – Greeneville
4/20-4/21* – Pioneer Days at Cannonsburgh Village – Murfreesboro
4/20-4/21* – Main Street Festival – Franklin
4/20-4/21* – Dogs and Dogwoods – Nashville
4/20-4/21 - The Rossini Festival - Knoxville
4/21* – Black Arts and Wine Festival – Memphis
4/21* – 423 Day Festival – Chattanooga
4/20-4/27* – World’s Biggest Fish Fry – Paris 4/26* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival IV – Murfreesboro 4/26* – Goodlettsville Heritage Day III – Goodlettsville 4/26* – Southern Tequila and Taco Festival – Knoxville 4/26-4/28* – Dogwood Arts Festival – Knoxville
4/26 - 4/27 - Polk County Ramp Tramp Festival - Reliance 4/27* – Corkdorks Nashville Wine and Food Festival – Nashville 4/27* – Smithville Spring Street Fair – Smithville 4/27* – Upper Cumberland Pickle Festival – Cookeville 4/27* – Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival International Street Fair – Knoxville 4/27* – Normalpalooza – Chattanooga 4/27* – Thirsty Orange Brew Extravaganza – Johnson City 4/27* – Spring Planting and Music Festival at Big South Fork – Oneida 4/27* – Water Lantern Festival – Nashville 4/27* – Gallatin Square Fest and Classic Car Show – Gallatin
4/27 - Main Street Festival - Franklin 4/27-4/28* – National Cornbread Festival – South Pittsburg 4/27-4/28* – Spring Garden Fair – Kingsport 4/27-4/28* – Tennessee Iris Festival I – Dresden 4/27-4/28 – Sweet Tea and Sunshine Family Festival – Cleveland 4/28* – Water Lantern Festival – Memphis 4/28* – “Knoshville” Jewish Food Festival – Knoxville
4/29-5/4* – Tennessee Iris Festival II – Dresden 4/29-5/4* – Trenton Teapot Festival – Trenton
MAY
5/3* – Sheep Shearing Days II – Clinton 5/3* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival V – Murfreesboro 5/3-5/4* – Clinch River Spring Antique Fair – Clinton 5/3-5/4* – Blooms, Bluegrass and BBQ Festival – Sweetwater 5/3-5/5* – Hatchie BirdFest – Brownsville 5/3-5/5* – Beale Street Music Festival (Memphis in May) – Memphis 5/3-5/5* – Spring Tennessee Craft Fair – Nashville 5/3-5/5* – Valley Fest – Dunlap 5/4* – Art Struck Festival – Johnson City 5/4* – Mother’s Day Gala at Mountain Arts Community Center – Signal Mountain 5/4* – Narramore Farms Strawberry Festival – Kingston 5/4* – Old Timers Day Festival – Dickson 5/4* – Bruce Street Brewfest – Sevierville 5/4* – Sip TN Nashville Wine Festival – Nashville 5/4* – Spring Fest in the Grove – Lebanon 5/4* – Sevier Park Fest – Nashville 5/4* – The Great Outdoors Festival – Erwin 5/4* – Morristown’s Art and Bluegrass Festival – Morristown 5/4* – Cornbread and Moonshine Festival – Granville 5/4* – Clarksville Spring Vintage Fair – Clarksville 5/4* – Tellico Trout Festival – Tellico Plains
5/4* – Smoky Mountain Bigfoot Festival – Townsend
5/4-5/5* – Chattanooga Bacon Festival – East Ridge
5/4-5/5* – Tennessee Renaissance Festival I – Arrington
5/4-5/5* – Birchwood Fiber Festival – Birchwood
5/4-5/5* – Collierville Fair on the Square – Collierville
5/5* - 5/11 – West Tennessee Strawberry Festival I – Humboldt
5/6-5/11* – Tennessee Strawberry Festival – Dayton
5/10* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival VI – Murfreesboro
5/10* – Sheep Shearing Days III – Clinton
5/10-5/11* – Memphis Greek Festival – Memphis
5/10-5/11* – Boro BBQ Fest – Murfreesboro
5/10-5/11* – Middle Tennessee Strawberry Festival – Portland
5/11* – Mother’s Day Gala at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale
5/11* – Candoro Marble’s Vestival Festival – Knoxville
5/11* – Cocke County Bluegrass Festival – Newport
5/11* – Baxter Spring Festival – Baxter
5/11* – Morgan County Music Festival – Deer Lodge
5/11* – BaCon Festival – McDonald
5/11* – Racks by the Tracks – Kingsport
5/11* – Flag Pond Ramp Festival – Flag Pond
5/11* – Wartrace Strawberry Festival – Wartrace
5/11-5/12* – Tennessee Renaissance Festival II – Arrington
5/15-5/18* – World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest (Memphis in May) – Memphis
5/15-5/19* – High on the Hog – Winchester
5/17* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival VII – Murfreesboro
5/17* – Nashville Margarita Festival – Nashville
5/17-5/18* – Bloomin’ Barbeque and Bluegrass – Sevierville
5/17-5/18* – Kilgore Station Bluegrass Festival – Cross Plains
5/17-5/19* – State St. Tattoo Fest – Bristol
5/17-5/19* – Nashville Boogie – Nashville
5/18* – Nashville Rosé Festival – Nashville
5/18* – Henderson County Folk Festival – Lexington
5/18* – Knoxville Water Lantern Festival – Knoxville
5/18* – Children’s Festival of Reading – Knoxville
5/18* – Middle TN Cornbread Festival – Smithville
5/18* – Wayne Scott Strawberry Festival – Unicoi
5/18* – Bellevue Community Picnic – Nashville
5/18* – Tennessee Mountain Laurel Festival – Wartburg
5/18* – Mill Spring Makers Faire – Jonesborough
5/18* – Morristown’s Strawberry Festival – Morristown
5/18* – Jfest Christian Music Festival – Chattanooga
5/18-5/19* – Southern Skies Music Festival – Knoxville
5/18-5/19* – Tennessee Pirate Fest I – Harriman
5/18-5/19* – Greeneville Iris Festival – Greeneville
5/18-5/19* – Siege at Fort Watauga – Elizabethton
5/18-5/19* – Smoky Mountain Scottish Festival and Games – Townsend
5/18-5/19* – Tennessee Renaissance Festival III – Arrington
5/19* – Strawberry Festival – Chattanooga
5/23-5/25* – Sheriff Buford Pusser Festival – Adamsville 5/24* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival VIII – Murfreesboro 5/24-5/26* – Camp Reggae – Turtletown 5/25* – Little Owl Fairy House Festival – Chattanooga 5/25* – Antique Car and Bluegrass Festival/Heritage Day – Granville 5/25* – Chattanooga Beer Fest – Chattanooga 5/25* – White Bluff Arts and Music Festival – White Bluff 5/25* – Come Together Day Summer Kickoff – Nashville 5/25* – Big Sandy Spring Festival – Big Sandy 5/25-5/26* – Exit 56 Blues Fest – Brownsville 5/25-5/27* – Tennessee Pirate Fest II – Harriman 5/25-5/27* – Tennessee Renaissance Festival IV – Arrington 5/26* – Knoxville’s Caribbean Jerk Festival – Knoxville 5/26* – Chattanooga Market Street Food Festival – Chattanooga 5/26-5/27* – The Old Gray Revival – Monterey
5/30-6/1* – Memphis Italian Festival – Memphis 5/30-6/2* – Memphis Pride Fest – Memphis 5/30-6/2* – Tennessee River Jam – Paris 5/31* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival IX – Murfreesboro 5/31* – Eat the Street Food Truck Fest – Franklin 5/31* – Brew at the Zoo – Nashville 5/31-6/1* – Blue Plum Festival – Johnson City 5/31-6/1* – Flatwater Tales Storytelling Festival – Oak Ridge 5/31-6/1* – World’s Oldest BBQ Festival – Covington 5/31-6/2* – Riverbend Festival – Chattanooga 5/31-6/2* – Dolly Fest – Knoxville
JUNE
6/1* – Skyway Cycling Fest – Tellico Plains 6/1* – Folk Medicine Festival – Red Boiling Springs 6/1* – Bluegrass in the Valley at the Dunlap Coke Ovens – Dunlap 6/1* – BBQ Country Festival – Lebanon 6/1* – Simply Smyrna Celebration – Smyrna 6/1* – Main St. Sweet Summer Festival – New Tazewell 6/1* – Memphis Flyer Margarita Festival – Memphis 6/1* – Franklin Pride – Franklin 6/1* – Watermelon Crawl Festival – Cookeville 6/1-6/2* – Lenoir City Arts and Crafts Festival – Lenoir City
6/4-6/8* – Ashland City Summerfest – Ashland City 6/6-6/9* – CMA Music Fest – Nashville 6/7* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival X – Murfreesboro 6/7-6/8* – Popcorn Sutton Jam – Newport 6/7-6/9* – Hawkins County Family Festival – Bulls Gap 6/8* – Father’s Day BBQ Bash at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale 6/8* – SummerFest – Hohenwald 6/8* – The Black Barn Summer Market and Craft Sale – Lascassas 6/8* – Rockabilly Highway Revival – Selmer 6/8* – Dickson Pride Festival – Dickson 6/8* – Cleveland’s Family Fun Day – Cleveland 6/8* – Memphis Crafts and Drafts Festival: Summer Market – Memphis 6/8* – Sun Drop Fest – Pulaski
6/13-6/16* – Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival – Manchester
6/14* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XI – Murfreesboro
6/14-6/15* – Moonshine Rod Run – Newport
6/14-6/16* – Lavender Festival – Oak Ridge
6/15* – Highland Realm Farm Blueberry Bash – Hampshire
6/15* – RC (Cola)-Moon Pie Festival – Bell Buckle
6/15* – Food Truck Rally and Vendor Show – Chattanooga
6/15* – Juneteenth Freedom Day Celebration – Jackson
6/15* – Peach Jam Festival – Nashville
6/15* – East Tennessee Catfish Festival – Decatur
6/15* – KARM Dragon Boat Festival – Knoxville
6/15* – Clarksville Juneteenth Festival – Clarksville
6/15* – Hendersonville Porch Fest – Hendersonville
6/15* – Festival of Friends – Lenoir City
6/15* – Songwriters Festival – Dunlap
6/15-6/16* – Music City Freedom Festival – Nashville
6/15-6/16* – Memphis Juneteenth Festival – Memphis
6/15-6/16* – Roan Mountain Rhododendron Festival – Roan Mountain
6/16 – Memphis Vegan Festival – Memphis
6/16 – Juneteenth Block Party – Nashville
6/16 – Father’s Day Blues and Brews at the Chattanooga Market – Chattanooga
6/20-6/22* – Macon County Hillbilly Days – Lafayette
6/21* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XII – Murfreesboro
6/21-6/22* – Daylily Festival – Corryton
6/21-6/22* – Narramore Farms Sunflower Festival I – Kingston
6/21-6/22* – Lynchburg Frontier Freedom Days – Lynchburg
6/21-6/22* – Helen Ross McNabb Big BBQ Bash – Maryville
6/21-6/22* – Summer on Broadway Festival – Maryville
6/22* – Knoxville Brewfest – Knoxville
6/22* – Blackberry Jam Music Festival – Franklin
6/22* – Barbecue Festival at West TN Farmers Market – Jackson
6/22* – Hops in the Hills Craft Beer Festival – Maryville
6/22* – Dickson Street Festival – Dickson
6/22* – Rainbow Festival – Johnson City
6/22* – Viola Valley Stars and Stripes Festival – Viola
6/22* – MATS Family Fun Day Festival – Morristown
6/22-6/23* – Summer Solstice Festival at Tipton-Haynes – Johnson City
6/22-6/23* – Nashville Pride – Nashville
6/23* – Craft Food and Wine Festival – Memphis
6/27-7/2* – Kenton White Squirrel Festival – Kenton
6/28* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XIII – Murfreesboro
6/28* – Red, White and Bolivar – Bolivar
6/28-6/29* – Smithville Fiddlers’ Jamboree – Smithville
6/28-6/29* – Savannah Bluegrass Festival – Savannah
6/28-6/29* – Narramore Farms Sunflower Festival II – Kingston
6/29* – Smyrna’s Independence Day Celebration – Smyrna
6/29* – Springfield Freedom Fest – Springfield
6/29* – Fireworks on the Cumberland River – Granville
6/29* – American Downtown 4th of July Celebration – Greeneville
6/29* – Star Spangled Celebration – Nolensville
6/29* – Trimble Independence Day Celebration – Trimble
6/29* – White Bluff Independence Day Festival – White Bluff
6/29* – White House Americana Celebration – White House
6/29* – Kingport’s Red, White and BOOM! – Kingport
6/29-6/30* – Big Mouth Bluegrass Festival – Pelham
6/29-6/30* – Jonesborough Days – Jonesborough
6/30* – Red, White and Blueberries – Chattanooga
JULY
7/3* – Clarksville Independence Day Celebration – Clarksville 7/3* – Fairview July 3rd Celebration – Fairview 7/3* – Freedom over Monterey – Monterey 7/3* – Collegedale Freedom Celebration and Fireworks – Collegedale 7/3* – Pepsi Independence Day Celebration – Johnson City 7/3* – Hendersonville’s Freedom Festival – Hendersonville 7/3* – Collierville Independence Day Celebration – Collierville 7/3-7/4* – Turning of the Pig – Greenbrier 7/4* – Red, White and Boom July 4th Celebration – Cookeville 7/4* – Festival of the Lakes – Lexington 7/4* – Etowah’s 4th of July Celebration – Etowah 7/4* – Firefighters’ Freedom Festival – Jackson 7/4* – Rogersville’s Fourth of July Celebration – Rogersville 7/4* – The Celebration of the Fourth – Knoxville 7/4* – Patriot Festival – Pigeon Forge 7/4* – La Vergne Independence Day Celebration – La Vergne 7/4* – Huntsville Fireman’s Fourth Festival – Huntsville 7/4* – Independence Day Anvil Shoot – Clinton 7/4* – Unicoi Freedom Fest – Unicoi 7/4* – Red, White and Boom in Brentwood – Brentwood 7/4* – McKenzie Freedom Festival – McKenzie 7/4* – Pegram Independence Day Celebration – Pegram 7/4* – Independence Day Celebration – Goodlettsville 7/4* – Gallatin 4th of July at Triple Creek Park – Gallatin 7/4* – Franklin on the Fourth – Franklin 7/4* – Music City Hot Chicken Festival – Nashville 7/4* – Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th – Nashville
7/4-7/6* – Red River Farms Sunflower Festival – Springfield
7/5* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XIV – Murfreesboro
7/5-7/7* – Gatlinburg Craftsmen's Summer Craft Fair I – Gatlinburg
7/6* – Mountain City Sunflower Festival – Mountain City
7/6* – Hotter than July Mimosa and Margarita Festival – Knoxville
7/7* – Peach Festival – Chattanooga
7/12-7/21* – Gatlinburg Craftsmen's Summer Craft Fair II – Gatlinburg 7/12* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XV – Murfreesboro 7/12* – Memphis Summer Cocktail Festival – Cordova 7/12* – Music City Brewer’s Festival – Nashville 7/12-7/13* – Pioneer Days – Livingston 7/12-7/13* – Lauderdale County Tomato Festival – Ripley 7/12-7/14* – Fun Fest I – Kingsport 7/13* – Watertown Jazz Festival – Watertown 7/13* – Highland Volunteer Fire Department Fireworks in the Park – Portland 7/13* – Lynnville Blackberry Festival – Lynnville 7/13* – Summer of Love Hippie Festival – Spring City 7/13* – Karns Community Fair – Karns 7/13* – Tomat-O-Rama Festival – Nashville 7/13* – Q ‘n Brew at the Chattanooga Zoo – Chattanooga 7/13* – Murfreesboro Hot Chicken Festival – Murfreesboro 7/13* – Tri-State Outdoors Fest – Cumberland Gap 7/14* – Top Tomato Festival – Chattanooga 7/14* – Farm Fest – Kingsport
7/15-7/20* – Fun Fest II – Kingsport 7/18-7/21* – Summer Jamz Music Fest – Brownsville 7/18-7/21* – Sound Haven Festival – Whitwell 7/19* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XVI – Murfreesboro 7/19-7/20* – Bluegrass Along the Harpeth Fiddlers Jamboree – Franklin 7/19-7/20* – Greenbrier Mountain Festival – Pittman Center
7/19-7/20* – Grainger County Tomato Festival – Rutledge
7/20* – Jefferson Street Jazz and Blues Festival – Nashville
7/20* – Kodak Community Festival – Kodak
7/20* – Belfast Music Festival – Belfast
7/20* – “New” Grass Festival – Pulaski
7/21* – Sad Summer Festival: Nashville – Nashville
7/26* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XVII – Murfreesboro 7/26* – Kuumba Festival – Knoxville 7/26-7/28* – Frey Fest – Knoxville 7/26-7/27* – St. Patrick’s Irish Picnic – McEwen 7/27* – Swiss Heritage Festival – Gruetli-Laager 7/27* – Testicle Festival – Chattanooga 7/27* – Oliver Springs Community Festival – Oliver Springs 7/27-7/28* – Mountain Market for Arts and Crafts – Monteagle 7/28* – Chattanooga Bluegrass – Chattanooga
AUGUST
8/1-8/4* – Byrd’s Creek Music Festival – Crossville 8/2* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XVIII – Murfreesboro 8/2-8/3* – Clay County Museum Festival – Celina 8/3* – Sumner Fest – Hendersonville
8/9* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XIX – Murfreesboro 8/9* – Nashville Predators Craft Beer Festival – Nashville 8/9-8/10* – Tomato Art Fest – Nashville 8/9-8/11* – Crockett Days – Limestone 8/9-8/11* – Dog Daze at Village Green – Farragut 8/10* – Peach Cobbler Festival – Murfreesboro 8/10* – Memphis Chicken and Beer Festival – Memphis 8/10* – Depot District BBQ Festival – Smyrna 8/10* – Irish Fest on the Hill – Knoxville
8/11* – Buskers Festival – Chattanooga
8/16* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XX – Murfreesboro
8/16* – Big Ridge Bluegrass Festival – Maynardville
8/16-8/17* – Meet the Mountains Festival – Johnson City
8/16-8/17* – Deep Tropics Music Art and Style Festival – Nashville
8/16-8/18* – Monsters on the Mountain – Gatlinburg
8/17* – Loudon Riverfest – Loudon
8/17* – Crooked Eye Blues Fest – Springfield
8/17* – World Honeybee Day Festival – White Bluff
8/17* – Germantown International Festival – Memphis
8/17* – International Food Festival – Knoxville
8/17* – Great Smoky Mountains Hot Air Balloon Festival – Townsend
8/17* – Black Arts Bash at Cheekwood – Nashville
8/17* – Ardmore Crape Myrtle Festival – Ardmore
8/23* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XXI – Murfreesboro
8/23-8/24* – Sweet Tea and Southern Pickin’s Festival – McKenzie
8/23-8/24* – Knoxville Asian Festival – Knoxville
8/24* – Rail and Hops Brewers Festival – Chattanooga
8/24* – First Lutheran’s GermanFest – Knoxville
8/24* – Tennessee Smokies BeerFest – Kodak
8/24* – Apple Pie Festival at The Little Red Orchard – Rickman
8/24* – USA Today Wine and Food Festival – Nashville
8/24* – Maryville Fairy Fest – Maryville
8/24* – Summer of Love Hippie Festival – Dayton
8/24* – Lakeway International Food Festival – Morristown
8/24* – Rock the Smokies Christian Music Festival – Pigeon Forge
8/24* – Cherokee Heritage Day – Elizabethton
8/24-8/25* – Celebrate Oak Ridge! – Oak Ridge
8/24-8/25* – Beersheba Springs Arts and Craft Fair – Beersheba Springs
8/29-9/2* – Live on the Green Outdoor Music Festival – Nashville
8/30* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XXII – Murfreesboro
8/30-8/31* – Riverfront Festival – Surgoinsville
8/30-8/31* – Washington County Heritage Fair– Jonesborough
8/30-8/31* – Ancient Sounds Celtic and Appalachian Music Festival – Knoxville
8/30-9/1* – African Street Festival – Jackson
8/30-9/1* – Muddy Roots Music Fest – Cookeville
8/30-9/1* – Bare Bones Music Festival – Dandridge
8/30-9/1* – Upper East Tennessee Celtic Festival – Johnson City
8/31* – Flapper and Tap’r’ at Mountain Arts Community Center – Signal Mountain
8/31* – Old Timer’s Day – Collinwood
8/31* – Bluegrass/Fall Festival and Train – Watertown
8/31* – Fayette County Cotton Festival – Somerville
8/31-9/1* – Chattanooga Art Fest – Chattanooga
8/31-9/1* – Monroe Life Balloon Festival – Vonore
SEPTEMBER
9/1* – Big Kahuna Wing Festival – Knoxville 9/2* – Hooray for Harriman Labor Day Festival – Harriman
9/3-9/7* – Here’s the Beef Festival – Pulaski 9/4-9/7* – Tennessee Soybean Festival – Martin 9/6* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XXIII – Murfreesboro 9/6-9/7* – Fall FunFest – Cookeville 9/6-9/7* – Market in the Park: Fall – Gallatin 9/6-9/8* – Bristol Rhythm and Roots Reunion – Bristol 9/6-9/8* – Banana Festival I – Fulton, KY/South Fulton, TN 9/6-9/8* – Mountaineer Folk Festival – Spencer 9/7* – Flapper and Tap’r’ at Collegedale Commons – Collegedale 9/7* – Sunflower Festival – Chattanooga 9/7* – Wine on the River – Nashville 9/7* – Pawpalooza Pet Festival – Gallatin 9/7* – International Goat Days Festival – Millington 9/7* – Niota’s Fried Green Tomato Festival – Niota 9/7* – Murfreesboro Bacon Festival – Murfreesboro 9/7* – Salty Dog Festival – Goodlettsville 9/7* – Green Hills Park Festival – Nashville 9/7* – International Cowpea Festival and Cook-off – Charleston – A Blogger’s Review 9/7-9/8* – Moon River Music Festival – Chattanooga 9/7-9/8* – Baileyton Celebration – Greeneville 9/7-9/8* – Riverfest – Clarksville
9/7-9/8* – Middle Tennessee Celtic Festival – Nashville
9/7-9/8* – Germantown Festival – Germantown
9/7-9/8* – Fall Market at the Greenway – Cleveland
9/7-9/8* – Cherokee Fall Festival – Vonore
9/8* – UAW Local 1853 Fall Fest – Spring Hill
9/9-9/14* – Banana Festival II – Fulton, KY/South Fulton, TN
9/12-9/14* – Dumplin Valley Bluegrass Festival – Kodak
9/13* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XXIV – Murfreesboro
9/13-9/15* – African Street Festival – Nashville
9/13-9/15* – Fall Heritage Festival – Cowan
9/14* – Memphis Brewfest – Memphis
9/14* – Alpha Games First Responder Festival – Hartsville
9/14* – GladeFest – Gladeville
9/14* – Sorghum Festival – Johnson City
9/14* – The Cooper-Young Festival – Memphis
9/14* – Iron Fest Music and Arts Festival – Hendersonville
9/14* – White Lightning Trail Festival – Cumberland Gap
9/14* – Arts in the Park – Morristown
9/14* – La Vergne Fall Festival – La Vergne
9/14* – Charlotte Festival – Charlotte
9/14* – Step Back in Time: Fall Festival – Chapel Hill
9/14* – Hwy 58 Community Festival – Chattanooga
9/14* – Haunting in the Hills – Oneida
9/14* – Sassafras Moon Herbal Festival – Erwin
9/14-9/15* – Archeofest – Pinson
9/14-9/15* – Collierville Balloon Festival – Collierville
9/14-9/15* – Trade Mill and Native Heritage Days – Trade
9/14-9/15* – Autumn Blaze Arts Festival – Waverly
9/14-9/15* – Great Pumpkin Festival – Cookeville
9/14-9/15* – HoLa Festival – Knoxville
9/14-9/16* – Cheekwood Harvest I – Nashville
9/15* – Apple Festival at the Chattanooga Market – Chattanooga
9/17-9/21* – Americanafest – Nashville
9/18-9/22* – Dollywood’s Harvest Festival I – Pigeon Forge – My Review
9/20* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XXV – Murfreesboro
9/20-9/21* – Pigeon Forge Bluegrass Festival – Pigeon Forge
9/20-9/21* – Fall Day Festival – Kenton
9/20-9/21* – Chester County Barbeque Festival – Henderson
9/20-9/21* – Depot Days – Smyrna
9/20-9/22* – Tina Turner Heritage Days – Brownsville
9/20-9/22* – Covered Bridge Celebration – Elizabethton
9/20-9/22* – Pink Palace Crafts Fair – Memphis
9/20-9/22* – Battle of Blountville Reenactment – Blountville
9/21* – Jackson International Food and Art Festival – Jackson
9/21* – TriPride Festival – Johnson City
9/21* – Fall Fest at Cambridge Square – Ooltewah
9/21* – Latin Fest 901 – Memphis
9/21* – Pumpkin Palooza Family Festival – Cleveland
9/21* – Scott County Appalachian Heritage Festival – Huntsville
9/21* – Decaturville Main Street Festival – Decaturville
9/21* – Huntingdon Heritage Day Music and Arts Festival – Huntingdon
9/21* – Dogapalooza – Cookeville
9/21* – Lenoir City Downtown Street Festival – Lenoir City
9/21* – Maupinfest: Old Time Music and Dance Festival – Unionville
9/21* – Saltillo River Day – Saltillo
9/21* – TN River BBQ Battle and Music Festival – Saltillo
9/21* – Morristown Craft Beer Festival – Morristown
9/21* – Chatta Town Tasting Festival – Chattanooga
9/21* – Baxter Harvest Festival – Baxter 9/21* – Pine Fest – White Pine 9/21* – Tennessee Honey Festival – Nashville 9/21-9/22* – Chattanooga Taco Festival – East Ridge 9/21-9/22* – Sugarloaf Festival Jeep and Classic Car Show – Benton 9/21-9/22* – Fall Folk Arts Festival – Kingsport 9/21-9/22* – Homesteads Apple Festival – Crossville 9/21-9/22* – Cheekwood Harvest II – Nashville 9/21-9/22* – WilCo Pow Wow – Lebanon 9/21-9/22* – Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival – Franklin
9/23-9/29* (Closed Tuesday) – Dollywood’s Harvest Festival II – Pigeon Forge – My Review 9/26* – Taste of Hendersonville – Hendersonville 9/26-9/29* – Gonerfest – Memphis 9/26-9/29* – American Mule and Bluegrass Festival – Shelbyville 9/27* – Friday Night Market in the BORO and Food Truck Festival XXVI – Murfreesboro 9/27* – Nashville Brew Fest – Nashville 9/27-9/28* – 41A Music Festival – Tullahoma 9/27-9/28* – Touch of Brews – Nashville 9/27-9/28* – Of the Werewolves Fantasy Festival – Winfield 9/27-9/28* – Townsend Fall Heritage Festival – Townsend 9/27-9/28* – Bartlett Festival, BBQ Contest and Car Show – Bartlett 9/27-9/29* – Reelfoot Arts and Crafts Festival – Tiptonville 9/27-9/29* – Nashville Greek Festival – Nashville 9/27-9/29* – Mempho Music Festival – Memphis 9/27-9/29* – American Artisan Festival – Nashville 9/28* – Tye Dye Festival – Adams 9/28* – Oktoberfest at Oaklands Mansion – Murfreesboro 9/28* – William Walton Harvest Festival – Carthage 9/28* – Nashville Food Faire – Nashville 9/28* – Mountain Fiesta – Cumberland Gap 9/28* – Dandridge Scots-Irish Festival – Dandridge 9/28* – Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival – Caryville 9/28* – Tennessee Whiskey Festival – Chattanooga 9/28* – Bacon Festival – Cookeville 9/28* – Clarksville Hispanic Heritage Festival – Oak Grove 9/28-9/29* – Cheekwood Harvest III – Nashville