A Few More Fairs and Festivals for this weekend

Here are a few more fairs and festivals happening this weekend. Thankfully most of them are continuing past this weekend in case you want to hold out for better weather.

Georgia Mountain Fall Festival. October 9th through October 17th at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds in Hiawassee. Quite the lineup of well know country artists performing at this festival. Arts and crafts and such. $9 admission and $2 for parking. georgiamountainfairgrounds.com/fallfestival

Coweta County Fair. October 8th through October 17th at the Coweta County Fairgrounds in Newnan. Arts, crafts, midway rides, food, live entertainment, beauty pageant and such. Hours of operation vary. $5 admission; free for children under 6. www.cowetacountyfair.org

Cumming Country Fair and Festival. October 8th through October 18th at the Cumming Fairgrounds in Cumming. Midway rides, petting zoo, mini circus, arts, crafts, food, live entertainment and so on. Charlie Daniels Band is performing and I'd bet you'll get a little "Devil Went Down to Georgia". Admission is $7 for adults; $3 for children age 5 to 18; free for children under 3. $3 parking. www.cummingfair.net

5th Annual Rice Festival. October 10th from 11am - 5pm at the Peachtree Hill Shopping Center in Duluth. Asian traditional dance, music, performers, food and vendors. Free admission. aarc-atlanta.org

Georgia National Fair

The Georgia National Fair starts this Thursday, October 8th and runs through October 18th. This huge fair is being held at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry. There will be a variety of performing acts from national acts such as Montgomery Gentry to puppeteers. There's a midway full of rides, a circus, a shopping area, a petting zoo, pony rides, fireworks and much, much more! Admission to the fair is $8 and children under 10 are free. For more information on the fair, visit their website at www.georgianationalfair.com.

More Events Worth Mentioning

Here is a list of a several more events going on this weekend that I think are worth mentioning. Have fun!

The Big Red Apple Festival in downtown historic Cornelia is this Saturday, October 3rd from 10am - 5pm. There is not a lot of information on this festival on the internet but one can assume that there will be the usual festival activities with food, music, arts and craft vendors, activities for children and...apples. Cornelia is about an hour and a half drive north of Atlanta. It's a probably a good excuse to head up to the mountains this weekend!

Another event happening in the mountains this weekend is the Indian Summer Festival in Suches, Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th from 9am - 5pm. Suches is about a 2 hour drive north of Atlanta and is between Dahlonega and Blue Ridge. Clogging, mountain music, festival food and arts and crafts. This festival also boasts having lots of pies as well as an archery demonstration and a country square dance Saturday night. $4 admission and parking is free. suches.com/festival

The Andersonville Historic Fair is also this weekend, Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th in Andersonville. In addition to mock civil war battles, this festival boasts old world craftsmen at work, "extensive" activities for children, a parade, arts, crafts, antiques and live entertainment. www.andersonvillegeorgia.com

It's the last weekend for the Rockdale County Fair which ends on Sunday, October 4th. The fair is being held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers. www.rockdalecountyfair.com

It's also the last weekend for the North Georgia State Fair ending on Sunday, October 4th. The fair is being held at Jim R. Miller park in Marietta. www.northgeorgiastatefair.com