Taste the Best of Fall at these Georgia Food Festivals
Sample barbecue, chili, beer, bourbon, and more at these tasty events throughout the state.
As cooler weather moves in, the flavors of fall take on headline status at top festivals throughout Georgia. Barbecue, chili, seafood, apples, and more seasonal tastes paired with beer, wine, and bourbon really hit the spot on a crisp autumn day. Add chef demonstrations, live music, games, arts and crafts, and maybe even some big screens showing football, and you’ve got yourself a pretty great fall weekend in the South.
Check out the menu of Georgia’s fall food festivals below, and start planning your next feast-filled getaway!
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Suwanee Taste of BBQ & Music Festival
Fall barbecue festivals in Georgia
Sept. 18-19: Byron BBQ Fest in Byron
Experience the barbecue contest, food trucks, arts and crafts vendors, live entertainment, and kids' activities.
Sept. 19: Blue Ridge Blues and BBQ Music Festival in Blue Ridge
Enjoy the sounds of blues music and barbecue from local and regional cookers in Blue Ridge.
Oct. 3: Suwanee Taste of BBQ & Music Festival in Suwanee
Find your favorite barbecue while enjoying live music, local vendors, an artist market, and a family fun zone.
Oct. 10: Blues, Brews, BBQ, & Bourbon in Savannah
Gather on the riverfront to sample craft beer and whiskey, and enjoy Texas-style barbecue and live music.
Oct. 10: Hunting for the Cure Oyster Pig Roast in Dublin
Join this fundraiser for children fighting cancer and enjoy all-you-can-eat oysters and barbecue. Place bids in the silent auction, enter the raffle, and watch kids play on inflatable bounce houses.
Oct. 17: Decatur BBQ and Bands Festival in Decatur
Try a variety of barbecue, and enjoy live music, beer, a vendor marketplace, and more. Entry is free with tasting and sip tickets available at the event.
Oct. 31: Swine & Wine Field Party at Barnsley Resort in Adairsville
Enjoy a barbecue feast complemented by wine selections from Napa Valley’s Duckhorn Vineyard.
Chili Cook-Off and Fall Festival in Madison, Georgia
Fall chili festivals in Georgia
Oct. 17: Downtown Chili Cookoff and Fall Festival in Dublin
Taste chili from competing teams and vote for your favorite, and enjoy a fall festival with vendors, entertainment, food trucks, and a kids' zone.
Oct. 24: Chili-Fest & Harvest Market in Rome
Sample chili and vote for your favorite, and shop for handmade arts and crafts.
Oct. 24: Chili Cook-off & Fall Festival in Madison
Sample and then vote for your favorite chili, shop the handmade/homegrown market, relax in the beer garden, listen to great music, and enjoy a great day in Madison Georgia's Town Park.
Nov. 14: Atlanta Chili Cook Off in Atlanta
Taste chili from more than 50 teams; enjoy music, food, and fun at Dunwoody’s largest park.
Food Truck Festival in Hinesville, Georgia
Fall food truck festivals in Georgia
Sept. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Truckin' Tuesdays in Decatur
Head to Legacy Park with your friends, family, blankets, chairs, and appetites to enjoy fare from the area's best food trucks every Tuesday evening in September.
Sept. 24 & Oct. 22: Alpharetta Food Truck Alley in Alpharetta
Culinary options include more than 10 food trucks each month, offering a diverse range of cuisine types. This is a family-friendly event, with limited seating available, and will feature live music.
Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival
Fall seafood festivals in Georgia
Oct. 3: St. Marys Seafood Festival in St. Marys
Feast on fried fish, fried rock shrimp, boiled shrimp, coleslaw, and hushpuppies from the Kiwanis Club, as well as food trucks and vendors with sensational seafood fare. Watch a parade, and enjoy entertainment, demonstrations, and arts and crafts vendors.
Oct. 23-24: Jekyll Island Shrimp & Grits Festival in Jekyll Island
Enjoy the classic Southern dish, family-friendly entertainment, an artists' market, live music, food, and more in Jekyll Island's Historic District.
Oct. 29: Ocean to Table Lowcountry Boil in Savannah
Learn about shrimp biology, sustainable fisheries, and seafood safety and nutrition from Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant experts. Then, enjoy a live cooking demonstration and taste a classic Lowcountry boil centered on Georgia shrimp.
Nov. 20-21: Kingsland Catfish Festival in Kingsland
Feast on local seafood, beer, and wine, and enjoy live music, antiques, and collectibles, plus 150 vendor booths and a children’s amusement area.
Taste of Smyrna in Smyrna, Georgia
Fall restaurant weeks and "taste of ..." events
Sept. 10: Taste of Woodstock in Woodstock
Sample dishes from local restaurants and vote on the best in a variety of categories. Admission is free, and taste ticket packages start at $5.
Oct. 10-17: Alpharetta Restaurant Week in Alpharetta
Sample special dinner and lunch menus at more than 45 restaurants in the city.
Apple Festival in Ellijay, Georgia
More fall food festivals and events in Georgia
Sept. 12: Taste & Brews Music Fest in Canton
Taste, sample and buy the flavors of Georgia, plus enjoy live music, a vendor market, arts and crafts, children's activities and entertainment.
Sept. 27: Ellijay Bacon Fest in Ellijay
Indulge in mouthwatering bacon-themed dishes, groove to live music, join in the bacon-eating contest, and enjoy a variety of games and activities.
Oct. 10-11 & 17-18: Georgia Apple Festival and Apple Arts Festival in Ellijay
Explore hundreds of vendors with handmade, hand-crafted items, on-site demonstrations, live music, and delicious fair food.
Oct. 17: Gainesville Chicken Festival in Gainesville
Cheer on the competition at Georgia’s Official Chicken Cook-off with more than a dozen teams and 17,000 pounds of chicken, and enjoy live music and a kids' zone.
Oct. 24: Flavors of Fall Festival at Farmview Market in Madison
Sample fall flavors, and enjoy live music, giveaways, lawn games, a petting zoo, face painting, and a DIY caramel apple station.
Nov. 7: Broxton Chicken Livers & Gizzards Festival in Broxton
Enjoy fried poultry delights and other fair foods along with entertainment, arts, and crafts.
Find more food festivals and fall events on the Explore Georgia Calendar of Events, and subscribe to the Explore Georgia email newsletter for the latest happenings delivered to your inbox.
