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The Best Fall Festivals for Kids in Atlanta 2025

Fall Festivals in and Around Atlanta 2025

Gwinnett County Fair
Lawrenceville
September 11 - 21, 2025
The Gwinnett County Fair is back with all the concerts, rides, livestock shows and fair food families love. Visit the website here.

Stone Mountain Park Pumpkin Festival
Stone Mountain
Weekends, September 13 - November 2, 2025
The Pumpkin Festival takes place Friday-Sunday until November 2. Ticket holders enjoy family-friendly park attractions and not-so-spooky Halloween-themed entertainment throughout the day. At night the whole park glows and visitors enjoy a pumpkin-themed laser show (additional cost). Visit the website here.

Sandy Springs Fall Arts & Crafts Festival
Sandy Springs - FREE
September 13 & 14, 2025
Families shop arts and crafts, enjoy local musicians and hit the children's play area at the Sandy Springs Fall Arts & Crafts Festival. Visit the website here.

North Georgia State Fair
Marietta
September 18 - 28, 2025
The North Georgia State Fair is back with all the rides, shows and food families love. The fair has a mega slide and a petting zoo too. Visit the website here.

JapanFest Atlanta
Duluth
September 20 & 21, 2025
Learn more about the culture of Japan at JapanFest Atlanta! Festival events include kids activities, martial arts performances, cosplay contest, live performances, food, and more! Visit the website here.

Georgia State Fair
Hampton
September 26 - October 5, 2025
Georgia's State Fair promises carnival rides, children's attractions and carousels, live shows, concessions, a family magic show, a petting zoo, and more. It all takes place at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton. Visit the website here.

East Atlanta Strut
East Atlanta - FREE
Saturday, September 27, 2025
Folks can participate in this East Atlanta tradition or just watch. Either way, families have fun celebrating the neighborhood's arts, culture and personality. The strut takes place all over East Atlanta. See the map for details on how to watch. Visit the website here.

Duluth Fall Festival
Duluth - FREE
September 27 & 28, 2025
Duluth residents look forward to this huge festival every year. The festival includes booths, food, carnival rides and live entertainment. It all kicks off with a parade on Saturday morning. Visit the website here.

Old Fourth Ward Arts Festival
Old Fourth Ward - FREE
September 27 & 28, 2025
This popular arts festival includes fine arts, arts and crafts, a children's play area, local food and beverage concessions, and live music at Historic Fourth Ward Park. Visit the website here.

Cumming Country Fair & Festival
Cumming
October 2 - 12, 2025
Families love this fair becasuse it has all the traditional elements: delicious food, fun rides, attractions (think magicians), and concerts. Visit the website here.

Crabapple Fest
Milton - FREE
Saturday, October 4, 2025
Families head to Crabapple Road in Milton the first Saturday of October for the city's annual Crabapple Fest. Shoppers love the antiques and arts vendors. Football fans appreciate the giant TV for watching their favorite college football games. Everyone enjoys the variety of food. Visit the website here.

The Great Pumpkin Fest
Canton
Saturday, October 11, 2025
Cherokee County throws a mega fall/Halloween festival with a DJ, trick-or-treating, a costume contest, a petting zoo and hay ride. But that's not all. Kids get a kick out of the pumpkin launcher too. They even have axe throwing and archery. Visit the website here.

Fall Festival on Ponce
Druid Hills - FREE
October 11 & 12, 2025
Families check out 125 displays of arts and crafts (think folk and outsider style) at historic Olmsted Linear Park. Besides the main attraction, visitors can explore the children's area, try local food and beverages, and listen to acoustic music. Visit the website here.

Chalktoberfest
Marietta - FREE
October 11 & 12, 2025
There is something for every member of the family at Chalktoberfest, a free event on the Historic Marietta Square hosted by The Marietta Cobb Museum of Art. The Chalk event is held in conjunction with a Craft Beer Festival. Visit the website here.

HarvestFest at Marietta Square
Marietta
Saturday, October 18, 2025
Marietta's HarvestFest celebrates the best of fall with a ton of fun, free activities, including an arts & crafts show, touch-a-truck, pie-eating contest, Halloween kids festival, costume contest, and more! Visit the website here.

OktoberFEAST
Sandy Springs - FREE
October 18 & 19, 2025
The City of Sandy Springs presents the second annual OktoberFEAST, with family fun on tap October 18 - 19 on the City Green. Enjoy yard games, live music by the Swinging Bavarians, German beers, authentic Bavarian cuisine, and polka lessons! Visit the website here.

Little Five Points Halloween Festival and Parade
Little Five Points - FREE
October 18 & 19, 2025
Little Five Points is always THE place for cool, eclectic fun and Halloween is the culmination of that awesomeness. On Saturday, kids search Little Five for monsters designed by local artists from 11am-6pm. On Sunday, families check out the BIZarre Bazaar Haunted Market and catch the parade (at noon). Visit the website here.

Sugar Rush Arts Festival in Sugar Hill
Sugar Hill - FREE
October 18 & 19, 2025
This sweet festival in Sugar Hill includes music, art, a kids' zone, and yummy food and drinks! Visit the website here.

Howl on the Green
Duluth - FREE
Friday, October 24, 2025
Families kick off Halloween fun with this Duluth tradition on the city's Town Green. Visitors can expect food, treats and live entertainment. The event is fun for the whole family, even the furry ones. Visit the website here.

Virginia Highland Candy Crawl
Virginia Highland - FREE
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Everyone is invited to trick or treat before Halloween in Virginia Highland's shopping district. Costumed kids travel from shop to shop, collecting candy during this fun, free event. Visit the website here.

Taste of Kennesaw
Kennesaw
Saturday, November 1, 2025
Parents head to the Taste of Kennesaw for the food—over 40 restaurants with yummy samples—while kids prefer the children's area with inflatables, slides, a rock wall, and a train. Visit the website here.

Chastain Park Fall Arts Festival
Buckhead - FREE
November 1 & 2, 2025
Visitors enjoy fine art and crafts, a children’s area, and local food and beverage concessions including gourmet food trucks. Local acoustic musicians enliven the atmosphere. Visit the website here.

2025 Pumpkin & Harvest Festivals Worth the Day Trip from Atlanta

Apple Pickin' Jubilee at Hillcrest Orchards and Farms
Ellijay
Weekends through October 26, 2025
On weekends in September and October, visitors to Hillcrest Orchards get to pick apples and experience all kinds of attractions like the apple tree maze, cow train rides, cow milking, mini golf, wagon rides, as well as live shows, like pig racing. ​Visit the website here.

Oktoberfest in Helen
Helen
Select days, September 4 - November 2, 2025
Head north about 1.5 hours to join the German celebration in Helen for its 53rd year. Visitors embrace all things Bavarian from food to beverages to music and dancing. Kids enjoy the festivities too with their own dance floor (and the always kid-favorite chicken dance). Visit the website here.

Chattahoochee Mountain Fair
Clarkesville
September 5 - 13, 2025
The Chattahoochee Mountain Fair has been a staple of Clarkesville, Georgia since 1975. It's got rides, games, a rodeo, performances, and of course, great fair food! Visit the website here.

Pumpkins at Callaway
Pine Mountain
Select dates, September 13 - November 1, 2025
Pumpkins at Callaway is a fun fall event at Callaway Gardens with glowing decor, a pumpkin patch, a corn maze, and a gigantic "pumpkin tree." After sundown, visitors experience a glowing enchanted pumpkin forest. Visit the website here.

Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival
Blue Ridge
Saturday, September 20, 2025
The Blue Ridge Blues & BBQ Festival includes over 15 BBQ pitmasters and local vendors serving up incredible eats. Also, new for this year is “The Market” This area will feature 10 vendors of BBQ and food related items. Visit the website here.

Euharlee Covered Bridge Fall Festival
Eurharlee - FREE
October 10 & 11, 2025
Set against the backdrop of one of Georgia’s oldest covered bridges, this community festival is filled with kid-friendly fun—think hayrides, games, bounce houses, arts & crafts, live music, and plenty of tasty festival food. Visit the website here.

Georgia Mountain Fall Festival
Hiawassee
October 10-12 & 16-18, 2025
Families enjoy two weekends at the Fall Festival, held at the historic Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds. The festival includes music performances, arts & crafts, fun carnival rides, unique attractions and a glimpse into North Georgia's rich history and culture. Visit the website here.

Georgia Apple Festival
Ellijay
October 11 & 12; 18 & 19, 2025
Check out the crispiest, juiciest apples from Georgia's apple capital--Ellijay. For two weekends, Ellijay hosts the Georgia Apple Festival complete with arts and crafts, food, an auto show and live music. Visit the website here.

Gold Rush Days
Dahlonega - FREE
October 18 & 19, 2025
Visitors to Dahlonega celebrate the town's discovery of gold (which happened back in 1828) with a traditional festival on the square in the Historic District. Visit the website here.

 

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