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Kentucky Festivals & Events in October 2026 by Weekend

Written by the USA Fest Bot team with AI help. · Published · Updated

Red, orange and yellow autumn trees along a trail under a blue sky
Fall color on the trail to Sky Bridge in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge (not one of the events below). Photo: A. E. Crane, U.S. Department of Transportation, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

October brings fall festivals, arts and crafts weekends and small-town celebrations across Kentucky. This guide covers 23 public events listed on USA Fest Bot for October 2026, grouped by weekend. You’ll find the Woolly Worm Festival in Beattyville, Court Days in Mount Sterling, the Burgoo Festival in Lawrenceburg, the Daniel Boone Festival in Barbourville, Via Colori and the Garvin Gate Blues Festival in Louisville, arts and crafts in Bardstown and Berea, OctoberFest in Hartford and the Morehead Harvest Festival. Each one links to its listing page and to the event’s own website.

Pick a weekend, then open the listing page and the event’s website for hours and details. USA Fest Bot doesn’t sell tickets.

Dates can change, so check the event’s website before you go.

Weekend of October 9–11

Nine events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in Louisville, Russellville and Barbourville. Monday, October 12, is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Country road curving past old wooden barns and autumn trees
A country road in the Red River Valley, Kentucky, in autumn (not one of the events below). Photo: A. E. Crane, U.S. Department of Transportation, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

October 16–18

Four events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in Lawrenceburg, Mount Sterling and Berea.

Horses grazing behind black plank fences on a farm, with a tall downtown building in the distance
Horses grazing on a farm in Lexington, Kentucky (not one of the events below). Photo: ThatLexingtonKyGuy, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

October 23–25

Eight events on our list fall on this weekend, including events in Louisville, Hartford and Beattyville.

October 30 – November 1

Two events on our list fall on this weekend, in Morehead and Nicholasville. Halloween falls on Saturday, October 31, this year.

Before you go: a short checklist

  • Open the event’s website the week you go. Each listing page links to it, and organizers post hours and updates there.
  • Check which days are event days. Some listings here cover a long span, such as Logan County Tobacco & Heritage Festival (September 26 – October 10) and Daniel Boone Festival (October 4–10). Our listings show the full span, so check the organizer’s page for the exact days.
  • Add it to your calendar. Every listing in this guide has an “Add to calendar (.ics)” link and a map link.

Find more events near you

The rest of the site covers more of Kentucky. Kentucky events collects every Kentucky listing on USA Fest Bot. Pumpkin patches, corn mazes and haunted attractions that run all season are on pumpkin patches 2026, corn mazes 2026 and haunted houses 2026. For more fall plans, see fall festivals 2026, Oktoberfest 2026 and this weekend. Missing an event you know? Submit a listing.

Quick answers

Can these dates change?

The dates in this guide match each event’s listing page on USA Fest Bot. Dates can change, so check the event’s website before you go.

Is an event I know missing?

It may not have posted its 2026 dates yet. You can submit a listing with a link to the event’s website.

USA Fest Bot is not affiliated with any event in this guide and does not sell tickets. Found a date that has changed? Send a correction.