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Northeast |
| Atlantique City Atlantic City, New Jersey October 18–19 atlantiquecity.com More than 500 of America’s finest dealers fill the Atlantic City Convention Center with 18th-, 19th- and early-20th-century period antiques including Tiffany lamps and metalwork, American folk art, European and American bronze, prints, fine furniture, glass, porcelain, and silver. Exhibitors offer high-end decorative arts from every major period: Art Deco, Aesthetic, Georgian, Early American, Art Nouveau, Victorian, Modernism, and Arts & Crafts. |
| 42nd Annual St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival Leonardtown, Maryland October 18–19 usoysterfest.com Since its inception in 1967, the annual St. Mary’s County Oyster Festival has grown to become one of the Eastern Seaboards’ leading regional folk festivals. Held at St. Mary’s County Fairgrounds, the festival is home to the U.S. National Oyster Shucking Championships and the National Oyster Cook-Off Contest. Each year visitors from across the country attend this event for quality entertainment, the two nationally recognized contests and, of course, oysters galore—raw, stewed, fried, or scalded—plus plenty of other regional specialties. |
| 13th Annual Fine Furnishings & Fine Craft Show Providence, Rhode Island October 24–26 finefurnishingsshow.com More than 250 artisans from across North America will exhibit and sell their handcrafted furniture, decorative accessories, and original art to the public and design professionals. The show occupies three halls at the Rhode Island Convention Center, totaling 72,000 square feet of furniture, rugs, quilts, lamps, mirrors, paintings, sculpture, jewelry, glass, and ceramics. |
| 19th Annual Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddlers Festival Rehoboth Beach, Delaware October 24–26 b each-fun.com Join the fun at the wacky festival. In town, you’ll find costume and doggie parades, a sea-witch hunt, a haunted forest, and a fiddling contest. Head down to the beach for a broom-tossing contest, musically choreographed horse drills, and old-fashion kids’ games. |
| Keene Pumpkin Festival Keene, New Hampshire October 25 pumpkinfestival.com Join Keene residents and others from around the area as they attempt to amass the largest number of lit jack-o'-lanterns in one place, trying to meet or beat the world record (which they held for many years). The festival also includes music, food, kids’ activities, and fireworks. |
Southeast |
| Red River Quilters Annual Quilt Show Shreveport, Louisiana October 3–5 redriverquilters.com This three-day quilt show at Riverview Hall features displays of more than 200 quilts and quilted items, hourly demonstrations, and a silent quilt auction. Also at the show, a special exhibit “Alzheimer’s: Forgetting Piece by Piece” depicts the love and loss of those affected by Alzheimer’s disease. This national traveling collection of 52 wall quilts was created by caregivers and families of Alzheimer’s patients. |
| 43rd Shenandoah Antiques Expo Fisherville, Virginia October 10–12 heritagepromotions.net This one-of-a-kind indoor/outdoor antiques show, held at Augusta Expoland in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley, focuses primarily on Americana and high-country furniture, but the more than 400 dealers also sell fine jewelry, silver, glassware, primitives, Oriental rugs, and collectibles such as doorstops and decorated stoneware. |
| Hands & Harvest , A Celebration of Autumn Highland County, Virginia October 11–12 highlandcounty.org Celebrate the beauty of autumn at Highland County's annual Hands & Harvest Fall Foliage Festival. Travel along back roads to view Virginia's western mountain forests in their full splendor of russet, gold, and scarlet. Stop off at the towns of Monterey, Bolar, and McDowell to sample seasonal foods, including apple dumplings, maple barbecue, Allegheny Mountain trout, and homemade baked goods. |
| Kentuck Festival of the Arts Northport, Alabama October 18–19 kentuck.org Known for its quality and diversity, this festival celebrates artistic styles ranging from folk and contemporary arts to traditional crafts. Each of the 250-plus guest artists are nationally and internationally recognized folk artists. Southern basket-makers, blacksmiths, furniture-makers, quilters, and potters showcase their talents at historic Kentuck Park. |
| Antiques at Music Valley Nashville, Tennessee October 10–November 2 musicvalleyantiquesmarket.com Part of the Country Home Antiquing Festival, this market hosts more than 150 of America's finest antiques dealers displaying a wide range of merchandise. The event, held at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, features high-quality selections of formal and country furniture, folk art, pottery, pewter, paintings, quilts, linens, and jewelry. |
| It’s a Celebration—25 Years of Quilting New Bern, North Carolina October 31–November 1 twinriversquilters.com Come to the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center for a judged quilt show featuring hand- and machine-made quilts, clothing, and wall hangings. Watch demonstrations, shop vendor and guild booths and a boutique, and buy a raffle ticket for a queen-size quilt. |
Central |
| Fall Merchandise Mart International Antiques Fair Chicago, Illinois October 3–6 merchandisemartantiques.com Recognized as one of the premier antiques shows in the Midwest, the fair offers an opportunity to shop from 100 of the world's top dealers. You’ll find a wide array of antiques and art, including Americana, architecturals, Asian art and antiquities, books, ceramics, clocks, folk art, furniture, glass, jewelry, paintings, posters, prints, maps, silver, and textiles. |
| American Quilter’s Society Quilt Expo Des Moines, Iowa October 8–11 aqsquilt.com Held at the Iowa Events Center, the Quilt Expo will feature quilt exhibits, classes in the AQS School of Quiltmaking, and a merchant mall with the latest quilt-making products and tools. Workshops, conducted by leading quilting instructors, will present workshops and lectures on traditional and new quilt-making techniques. A contest for quilters worldwide will award $10,000 for the Best of Show quilt. |
| Apple Butter Stirrin’ Festival Coshocton, Ohio October 17–19 roscoevillage.com With more than 100 crafters, this invitational crafts festival celebrates the sights, sounds, and scents of autumn. As you stroll through the streets of historic Roscoe Village, smell fresh apple butter simmering over an open fire and listen to the tunes of bluegrass and old-time music. Watch cooking demonstrations, participate in a crafts auction or a hog-calling contest, and take a chance on a quilt raffle. Events throughout the weekend include living-history tours, canal-boat rides, musical entertainment, and children’s activities. |
| Fox Valley Antique Show St. Charles, Illinois October 18–19 csada.com Some 55 Midwestern antiques dealers gather at the Kane County Fairgrounds to offer a wide variety to antiques, including fine American country furniture, folk art, hooked rugs, architecturals, ceramics, tools, and vintage clothing. |
| The Minneapolis Institute of Arts Antiques Show and Sale Minneapolis, Minnesota October 24–26 artsmia.org/antiques-show-2008/ Antiques dealers from around the country offer a wide variety of periods and styles of furniture, paintings, jewelry, textiles, silver, glassware, and accessories. It’s all conveniently located just blocks from the Minneapolis Institute of Art at the Zuhrah Shrine Center at the Harrington Mansion. |
Mountain-Pacific |
| October Pumpkin Festival Longmont, Colorado Saturdays and Sundays in October rockymtnpumpkinranch.com Don't miss thisfamousautumn festival at the Rocky Mountain Pumpkin Ranch. Against a backdrop of the beautiful Rocky Mountains and Longs Peak, you can enjoy educational tours of the organic farm, carnival rides, a traditional pumpkin patch and hay maze, pony rides, airplane rides, and a petting zoo. |
| Portland Fall Home & Garden Show Portland, Oregon October 2–5 otshows.com/PFHS/pfhs.htm Before starting your fall home and garden projects, make a trip to the Portland Expo Center for this home and garden show, where you will find building materials, flooring, home accessories, gardening tools, and bulbs, plants, and trees. Meet remodelers, sign up for a cooking class, and attend seminars with money-saving home-improvement tips. |
| The Golden California Antiques Show Glendale, California October 11–12 goldencaliforniashow.com Held at the Glendale Civic Center, this two-day event is a one-of-a-kind showcase of early-California collections from 60 nationally known exhibitors. California’s amazingly rich heritage, spanning the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, is presented through art, furniture, pottery, tiles, iron, metalwork, lighting, and textiles. |
| Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair & Book Arts Show Seattle, Washington October 11–12 seattlebookfair.com Thousands of readers, collectors, librarians, and dealers from across the country gather at the Seattle Center Exhibition in search of rare books, vintage photography, cookbooks, early maps and prints, children’s picture books, and ephemera. |
