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Día de los Muertos
📍 Creative Arts Guild
The Creative Arts Guild's annual Día de los Muertos celebration honoring loved ones who have passed. Features live music, performances, food and drink vendors, a kids craft area, face painting from 6–8 PM, and costume contests with prizes.
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
Art Club: Mask Making
📍 Dalton State
Dalton State Art Club hosts a mask making workshop session.
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
Classic Tale of Horror!
📍 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio
Join us for chilling tales that go bump in the night! Classic Tales of Horror is a dramatic reading event with full immersion through lights, sounds, and atmospherics. Friday night will be a retelling of the chilling story of "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu, read by Madison Smith and Brooke Manolis, and Saturday will be "The Colour Out of Space" By H. P. Lovecraft
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
Classic Tale of Horror!
📍 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio
Join us for chilling tales that go bump in the night! Classic Tales of Horror is a dramatic reading event with full immersion through lights, sounds, and atmospherics. Friday night will be a retelling of the chilling story of "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu, read by Madison Smith and Brooke Manolis, and Saturday will be "The Colour Out of Space" By H. P. Lovecraft
2026 Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Ag Fairgrounds
Enjoy thrilling rides from Drew Expositions, delicious food, the Zerbini Family Circus, racing pigs, magic shows, live music, barn animals, and craft and commercial vendors. Admission: $8 per person (ages 3 and under free); unlimited rides $25 per night.
78th Annual Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Fair Grounds
-Thrilling rides from Drew Expositions -Delicious Food – Zerbini family Circus -Racing Pigs -Mike Frisbee Magic Show -Live Bands on Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday -Visit the barn animals -Craft and Commercial Vendors each night -Saturday, October 31st, Old Fashion Halloween Day, dress up in your favorite old fashion attire and come join us! -Unlimited rides $25 each night -Admission is $8, (age 3 and under is admitted for free, must pay to ride) Mon-Thurs: 5:00-10:00 pm Fri: 5:00pm -Midnight Sat: 1:00pm -Midnight Sun: 1:00pm -10:00 pm
Kids' Library Lab: Pom Pom Ghost Popper — Kids
📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library
Open to 6th to 12th grades. Kids will create and decorate their very own ghost popper using simple craft materials, then bring it to life by launching soft pom-poms into the air. Monday, October 19 @ 4 p.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.
Moonlight and Moonshine
📍 Tunnel Hill Heritage Center and Museum
History, mystery, moonshine—and wine? Yes, please! This October, spend a magical evening in Northwest Georgia where crisp autumn air meets unforgettable experiences. We’ve teamed up with Dalton Distillery and Deep Springs Vineyard to bring you a night of local flavor and fall charm. Enjoy tastings of handcrafted moonshine and local wines, then take a glowing stroll through the Tunnel Hill illuminated tour, where the past comes alive in the most hauntingly beautiful way. Cap it all off with dinner under the stars and live music to set the perfect vibe for the night. Tickets are on sale now—don’t miss your chance to experience this one-of-a-kind fall evening! The event is for 21+! ID will be required before entry.
Stay Bright: Kids Craft Time
📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library
Open to children 1st – 5th grades. Enrichment provided by Stay Bright Home School group. Open to all kids. All supplies provided. Wednesday, August 19 @ 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 10 @ 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 8 @ 10:30 a.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.
Crafternoon @ John Davis Recreation Center — All Ages
📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library
Create a glowing Halloween luminary or spooky lantern jar! We will have easy and advanced options so that crafters of all skill levels can participate. Supplies provided. The program will be at the John Davis Recreation Center. Wednesday, October 7 @ 5-6 p.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.
Fried Pickle Festival
📍 North Ga Fair
Join us for the 3rd annual N. Georgia Fried Pickle Festival October 3-4, 2026 at the N. GA Fairgrounds in Dalton, GA! Classic dill pickles, fried pickles, pickle popcorn, pickle lemonade, pickle scented chap stick & body products, pickle dogs, pickle dips, pickle salsa, pickle cotton candy, pickle-themed jewelry, pickle-themed t-shirts, & SO MUCH MORE! Enjoy shopping over 200 craft & commercial vendors, food vendors, petting zoo, pony rides, inflatables, trackless train rides, face painting, games, entertainment, and more! Pickle Juice Drinking Contest Saturday @ 1:00 pm Pickle Eating Contest Sunday @ 1:00 pm Contestant must be at least 18 years old to participate.
Face Mug Workshop
📍 Creative Arts Guild
The Bandy Heritage Center, Creative Arts Guild, and Prater’s Mill Foundation are proud to partner with Jayme Laney of Laney Pottery to present a Face Mug Workshop! Many people are familiar with the distinctive folk pottery tradition of face jugs, which have been made in North Georgia for nearly two centuries. The face mug workshop will provide students with the opportunity to participate in a modern twist on a historic North Georgia folk pottery tradition by gaining hands-on experience sculpting a unique face of their choice onto clay coffee mugs. This class is a morning session which will last two and a half hours total. Each student will be given a large stoneware clay mug and additional clay, and using clay sculpting tools, shown how to sculpt a face onto the mug. Each student will have the opportunity to create a face mug, which will be fired in a kiln by their instructor after the workshop and mailed to their address. All necessary equipment and supplies will be provided by the instructor. This class is suitable for ages thirteen and up; students under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior knowledge of or experience with pottery making is necessary.
Fried Pickle Festival
📍 North Ga Fair
Join us for the 3rd annual N. Georgia Fried Pickle Festival October 3-4, 2026 at the N. GA Fairgrounds in Dalton, GA! Classic dill pickles, fried pickles, pickle popcorn, pickle lemonade, pickle scented chap stick & body products, pickle dogs, pickle dips, pickle salsa, pickle cotton candy, pickle-themed jewelry, pickle-themed t-shirts, & SO MUCH MORE! Enjoy shopping over 200 craft & commercial vendors, food vendors, petting zoo, pony rides, inflatables, trackless train rides, face painting, games, entertainment, and more! Pickle Juice Drinking Contest Saturday @ 1:00 pm Pickle Eating Contest Sunday @ 1:00 pm Contestant must be at least 18 years old to participate.