Sep 3 – 6 Terrapin Hill Harvest Festival, Harrodsburg
Sep 4 Lexington Fest of Ales, Cheapside Pavilion
Sep 4 – 6 Daniel Boone Pioneer Festival, Winchester
Sep 4 – 5 Kentucky Foxfire Festival, Wilmore
Sep 5 WaterFest, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Sep 11 – 12 Christ The King Oktoberfest
Sep 11 – 13 Roots & Heritage Festival
Sep 11 – 13 Kentucky State BBQ Festival, Danville
Sep 12 Japan Summer Festival, noon – 7 pm, Courthouse Plaza
Sep 12 – 13 Apple Days Festival, Boyd Orchards (Versailles)
Sep 12 Fall Farm Fest, Talon Winery
Sep 13 Penn’s Store Great Outhouse Blowout, 8 am – 5 pm, Gravel Switch, KY
Sep 15 – 20 Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Bardstown
Sep 17 – 19 Black Gold Festival, Hazard
Sep 18 – 20 Oktoberfest Cincinnati
Sep 18 – 19 Festival Latino de Lexington, Courthouse Plaza
Sep 18 – 20 Secretariat Festival, Bourbon County Fairgrounds (Paris)
Sep 18 – 20 Berea Spoonbread Festival, Memorial Park (Berea)
Sep 19 – 20 Midway Fall Festival
Sep 24 – 27 World Chicken Festival, London
Sep 25 – 27 Anderson County Burgoo Festival, Lawrenceburg
Sep 25 – 27 Morgan County Sorghum Festival
Sep 26 – 27 Heritage Festival, St. Andrew Orthodox Church
Sep 26 Central Kentucky Craft Festival, Owen County Fair Grounds
Sep 26 Oktoberfest in the Park, 5 pm, Danville
Sep 26 – 27 HarvestFest, Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill
Sep 26 – 27 Marion County Country Ham Days
Oct 2 – 3 Kentucky Apple Festival, Paintsville
Oct 2 – 4 Festival of the Horse, Georgetown
Oct 3 Midwest Mayhem Custom Car and Truck Show, 9 am – 6 pm, Legends Ballpark
Oct 4 – 5 Louder Than Life Festival, Louisville
Oct 9 – 10 Trigg County Ham Festival
Oct 10 Fall Festival, South Elkhorn Christian Church
Oct 17 – 18 Tri-State Durga Puja Festival, Kentucky Horse Park
Oct 16 – 19 Court Days, Mt. Sterling
Oct 23 – 25 Woolly Worm Festival, Beattyville
Oct 24 – 31 Breeders’ Cup Festival, Lexington
Nov 1 Day of the Dead Festival, 5 – 9 pm, Living Arts & Science Center
This article appears on page 11 of the September 2015 print issue of Ace.
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