Fall into
Fair and Festival time, for years small communities have been celebrating the
harvest season with dances, music, food, and much more. Here is your 2012 Fall Fair and Festival
Guide.
Williamsville,
MO
Aug 31-
Sept 1 2012
This
weekend is filled with good music, good food, and good times with old friends.
Sedgewickville,
MO
Sept 1,
2012
Car show,
volleyball tournament, mule jumping, and more
Benton, MO
Aug. 31-Sept.1, 2012
Celebrated since 1925, this festival
offers carnival rides, games, exhibits and a parade. Special activities include
mud racing, volleyball tournaments, and a greased-pole climb.
Cape Girardeau, MO
Sept 3, 2012 9 am – 3pm
Labor Day is typically a day of
rest, but the soldiers and civilians at Fort D will be busy preparing for
fall. Join local re-enactors as they demonstrate rifle and cannon fire
and dutch oven cooking.
St. James, MO
Festival
Sept. 5-8, 2012
The event includes, among other
activities: a carnival; livestock exhibits; children's games; live music; a
wine and beer garden; and vendor booths.
Saturday, a Street Festival in the 100 block of South Jefferson Street,
a parade, street market and craft fair.
East Prairie, MO
Sept. 8, 2012
Enjoy a day of free, old-fashioned
family fun. Watch demonstrations of old-time skills such as rope making,
weaving, flintknapping and making canvas floorcloths. Discover the exhibits of
the Southeast Explorer Mobile Learning Center. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy the
sounds of bluegrass music played by "Bluegrass Revival." Bratwurst,
funnel cakes and barbeque will be available for purchase.
Cape Girardeau, MO
Sept 8-15, 2012
Happiest Place in Cape, the 150th
annual SEMO District Fair.
Sikeston, MO
Sept. 15, 2012
Relax and enjoy the very best wines
from the more than six of the region's top vineyards. Live music with
dancing area. Light hors d'oeuvres complement this outdoor event held in
Historic Downtown Sikeston.
Greenville,
MO
September
15 & 16, 2012
Enjoy arts
and crafts displays and demonstrations, guided tours of Memory Lane, funnel
cakes and Bar-B-Q, bluegrass and gospel music, old time children's games and
much more. This living history event will be held from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
Saturday and Sunday.
Dexter, MO
Sept 18-24,
2012
Parade,
Derby, Livestock Judging, Robinson Chainsaw Carvers, Puppet Show, and live
entertainment.
West Plains
Sept. 20-22, 2012
This Heart of the Ozarks Bluegrass
Association (HOBA) event features gospel and bluegrass music by Backyard
Bluegrass, String Circle, New Dogs-Old Tricks, Swiftkick, The Baker Family,
Scott Shipley, and The Model Prisoners. Plus, everyone is invited to
participate in the jam sessions scheduled throughout the day. Visit our website
for details, schedules, and driving directions.
Altenburg,
MO
Sept
21-22, 2012
Best
little fair in the county with world famous mule jumping, truck pull, tractor
pull, and carnival rides.
New Madrid
Sept. 22, 2012
The Second Annual New Madrid Fall
Festival takes place at Dawson Park. Events and activities include arts and
craft vendors; concerts; great food; and the Little Miss New Madrid Fall Fest
pageant.
Ste. Genevieve, MO
Sept. 23, 2012
Enjoy a chicken and ham dinner with
liver dumplings and trimmings. Dinners cost $9 for adults, $5 for children
1ages 5-10, those ages 4 and younger eat free.
This event includes a car show,
antique tractors and engine displays, and live entertainment.
Sikeston
Sept. 25-29, 2012
This community tradition features a
carnival at Rodeo Grounds, games, beauty pageants, nightly entertainment, lots
of food, contests for Little Mr. and Miss Cotton Carnival, and 1 of Missouri's
largest parades.
The parade begins at 10 a.m.,
Saturday, at the corner of Malone Avenue and Pine; it travels west on Malone
Avenue ending downtown.
Kennett, MO
Sept 25-29, 2012
A well-rounded program of ”Family
Fun" will be provided in the nightly FREE grand-
stand attractions. Gold Star
Amusements will once again be providing clean, first-class
rides on the midway for the
enjoyment of all ages.
Van Buren, MO
Sept 15, 2012
The festival will have a wide
variety of craft vendors and art demonstrations, food, demonstrations at the
log cabin, activities for children, as well as live music and line dancers. The
Carter County Fall Festival will also feature an exhibit
show. Admission and parking are free.
Marquand, MO
September 28th & 29th
Historic Marquand, MO day full of
games, food, live music, historic tours, and town parade.
Marble
Hill, MO
October 13, 9am-10pm
Parade, Vendors and tours of Historic Sites
More details to follow.
More details to follow.
Sikeston, MO
October 3-31, 2012
Activities
include:
- The Maze© corn maze
- Barnyard Shootout (Paintball Shooting Gallery)
- Pig Races
- Ride the Barnyard Express
- Cow Barn play area
- Miner Max maze with a real gemstone mining sluice
- Wooden play fort
- Rope Maze
- Corn Cannon-shoots ears of corn at targets
- Wagon rides
- Bon Fires
- Milking Cow
- Pick your own pumpkins (sold by weight 30¢ per pound)
- Monster Slide
- Farm animal displays: Chicken Coop, pigs, sheep, goats, cow, etc.
- John Deere Crop Hopper (giant jumper pillow)
- Farm Rover Racers (pedal cars)
- Fall decorating supplies: gourds, corn stalks, straw bales, Indian corn, mums, yard art
- Gift shop and concessions: homemade fudge, popcorn, corndogs, and much more.
Poplar Bluff
Oct. 6, 2012
This event includes, among other
activities: live music; food and beverage vendors; kids fun zone; river races;
car show; 5k run; pageant; cupcake war competition; demonstrations; and vendor
booths
Oct 4 – 6, 2012
Good ol' country fair with greased pig contest, lawnmower races, and much more.
Good ol' country fair with greased pig contest, lawnmower races, and much more.
Cape Girardeau, MO
Oct. 6, 2012
Live German music all afternoon,
food vendors, souvenir glass, and plenty of great craft beers for you to enjoy. $30 in advance $35 day of event
Doniphan, MO
Oct. 12-13, 2012
The festival features, in addition
to other activities: logging competitions; entertainment; food vendors;
crafters; educational sessions; a field trip for students; music; and exhibits
displaying the timber industry in Missouri.
Sikeston, MO
Oct. 13, 2012
Enjoy this festival being held in
conjunction with the Cotton Ramble Bicycle Ride. Located in Legion Square you
will enjoy food, crafts, live entertainment, and family fun before, during and
after the Cotton Ramble.
Frohna, MO
Oct. 13, 2012
This is a great way to welcome fall.
Take a step into history as you enter a circa 1840s home and farmstead. Demonstrations, crafts, music, and food that
give you reason to spend the entire day.
Demonstrations: blacksmithing; apple
butter cooking; candle dipping; basket weaving; cross-cut sawing; woodworking;
rope making; and other skills let you put your hands on history and be a
pioneer. Take a scenic horse and buggy ride, feed the animals at the barn, and
shop from the crafters who create unique handmade items.
All the cabins and buildings are
open for a self-guided tour.
The Saxon Lutheran Memorial tells
the story of faith through the courageous travels of Saxon immigrants from
Germany who made their home here in 1839.
The event is held rain or shine.
Arcadia, MO
October
19, 20 & 21, 2012
The parade
in Arcadia Valley is the longest running parade in the state of Missouri. . . .
86 years and counting!
Cuba, MO
Oct. 20-21, 2012
This event features crafts, music, a
5K race, beer tasting, and the Taste of Cuba.
Activities include:
- The debut of Jim Hinckley's Route 66 Encyclopedia and Atlas
- Trolley tours of the murals on Saturday
- Apple-butter making Saturday
- Chili cook-off Saturday
- Cemetery tours on Sunday
- Saturday evening, The Road Crew, a band from Memphis, performs at Belmont Winery, on Route 66.
Ash Grove, MO
Oct. 20-21, 2012
The historic site’s long-running
festival returns with living history, craft demonstrations, live music, and
food.
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