25 of The Best Fall Food Festivals You Need To Experience

Where: Breckenridge, Colorado

When: September 9-11, 2016

What to expect: A Munich-style street party in the mountains complete with "oompah" dancers, schnitzel, and traditional polka music.

For more information, visit gobreck.com.

Where: Circleville, Ohio

When: October 19-22, 2016

What to expect: Parades and delicious fall treats. Plus, more than 10,000 pounds of pumpkins, squash, and guards beautifying the streets!

For more information, visit pumpkinshow.com.

Where: Wareham, Massachussetts

When: October 8-9, 2016

What to expect: A bright and colorful harvest on display, helicopter rides or tours of the surrounding bogs, cooking demonstrations, a farmers' market, and activities for the whole family.

For more information, visit cranberries.org.

Where: Dallas, Texas

When: September 17-November 23, 2016

What to expect: The highlight of this ongoing event is the pumpkin village, made out of 75,000 pumpkins, squash, and gourds.

For more information, visit dallasarboretum.org.

Where: Sonoma, California

When: September 30-October 2, 2016

What to expect: Award-winning wines, winery competitions, cow-milking contests, and best of all, the World Championship Grape Stomp, where participants of all ages can join in.

For more information, visit harvestfair.org.

Where: St. Charles, Illinois

When: October 7-9, 2016

What to expect: Vote for your favorite hand-crafted scarecrow while enjoying live music, a crafts show, carnival, and petting zoo.

For more information, visit scarecrowfest.com.

Where: Whiteville, North Carolina

When: November 5, 2016

What to expect: Parades, musical entertaining, and house tours abound in the town known as one of the top pecan producers in the state.

For more information, visit ncpecanfestival.com.

Where: Kona, Hawaii

When: November 4-13, 2016

What to expect: The oldest food festival in Hawaii celebrates the state's coffee pioneers, farmers, and artisans with farm tours, art shows, and a coffee cupping competition.

For more information, visit konacoffeefest.com.

Where: Hood River, Oregon

When: October 14-16, 2016

What to expect: Seasonal food, local arts, live music, and family-friendly activities.

For more information, visit hoodriver.org.

Where: Cincinnati, Ohio

When: September 16-18, 2016

What to expect: Experience southwest Ohio's rich German heritage with authentic food, music, and beer at the largest Okotberfest celebration in the U.S.

For more information, visit oktoberfestzinzinnati.com.

Where: Arendtsville, Pennsylvania

When: October 1-2 and 8-9, 2016

What to expect: This festival is a total dream come true for anyone who loves apple picking season.

For more information, visit appleharvest.com.

Where: Warrens, Wisconsin

When: September 23-25, 2016 

What to expect: The world's largest cranberry fest has become an international event with over 100,000 yearly visitors, thanks to marsh tours, local shopping, contests, seasonal treats and a parade.

For more information, visit cranfest.com.

Where: Estates Park, Colorado

When: November 5, 2016

What to expect: Beer everything, from demonstrations to home-brewing supply giveaways.

For more information, visit visitestespark.com.

Where: Monticello, Virginia

When: September 10, 2016

What to expect: Garden tours, fruit and vegetable tastings, and gardening lessons to celebrate Thomas Jefferson's legacy as America's "first foodie." Oh, and did we mention the Beekman Boys are headlining this year's event?

For more information, visit heritageharvestfestival.com.

Where: Stowe, Vermont

When: September 25, 2016

What to expect: Three rounds of competitive "pumpkin chucking" where people of all ages launch pumpkins as far as they can using trebuchets.

For more information, visit vtpumpkinchuckin.blogspot.com.

Where: St. Simons, Georgia

When: October 5-9, 2016

What to expect: Enjoy a BBQ and beer pairing, seafood galore, a farmers market, a mixology tent, and live music, all in an idyllic setting underneath towering oaks. This is Southern hospitality at it's finest, ladies and gents.

For more information, visit saintsimonsfoodandspirits.com.

Where: Nashville, Tennessee

When: September 17-18, 2016

What to expect: During the day, eat your way through samples of world class chefs' favorite dishes, and then at night rock out to live performances, music city-style.

For more information, visit musiccityfoodandwinefestival.com.

Where: New Orleans, Louisiana

When: October 23, 2016

What to expect: A celebration of the Louisiana sandwich favorite with every variation you could possibly imagine. This will go way beyond crawfish and shrimp, y'all.

For more information, visit poboyfest.com.

Where: Keene, New Hampshire

When: October 22, 2016

What to expect: Pumpkin-inspired everything. From a pumpkin express train, to pumpkin bowling, to pumpkin derbys—you will not forget that fall is the season of pumpkin. As for eats, indulge in mac & cheese, chili, fried dough, maple cotton candy, and, of course, pumpkin sweets.

For more information, visit facebook.com/pumpkinfestival.

Where: Glens Falls, New York

When: September 22-25, 2016

What to expect: Ride in a hot air balloon, or watch from below as bright colors light up the Adirondacks.

For more information, visit adirondackballoonfest.org/.