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Guests enjoy caramel apples and seasonal food at a western-themed harvest festival on a mountaintop ranch in Sevierville, Tennessee, with Smoky Mountain ridgelines covered in fall foliage stretching across the background.

SkyLand Ranch Apple Harvest Festival 2026: Everything You Need to Know

SkyLand Ranch's Apple Harvest Festival runs daily from September 5 through November 1, 2026, bringing apple cinnamon bread, caramel apples, live Western entertainment, and fall foliage views from 350 feet above the Sevierville Parkway to one of the most distinctive mountaintop attractions in the Smokies. Note that some attractions are operating on a modified basis following a February 2026 fire — here's what's open, what's new, and how to plan your visit.

Craft vendor tents fill a wide open field at the Wears Valley Fall Fest, with visitors browsing handmade goods and vibrant fall foliage covering the surrounding mountain ridgelines under a clear October sky.

Wears Valley Fall Fest 2026: Dates, Crafts & Everything You Need to Know

The Wears Valley Fall Fest returns October 16–18, 2026, bringing over 240 craft vendors, live music, Southern food, and family activities to 16 acres in Wears Valley, Tennessee. At $5 admission with free parking, it's also one of the best-value fall events in the Smokies — and the mid-October timing means the surrounding mountain ridgelines are typically near peak fall color. Here's everything you need to plan your visit.

A theme park pathway glows with thousands of illuminated carved pumpkins and a towering pumpkin tree display during Dollywood's Great Pumpkin LumiNights fall festival in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.

Dollywood Harvest Festival 2026: Dates, LumiNights & What's New

Dollywood's Harvest Festival, presented by Humana, runs September 14 through October 31, 2026 — seven weeks of Southern gospel and bluegrass by day, and the award-winning Great Pumpkin LumiNights by night, featuring a 40-foot pumpkin tree and the immersive Hoot Owl Hollow. New for 2026, Dollywood is also adding Harvey's Boo Bash, a separately ticketed after-hours October event. Here's everything you need to plan your fall visit.

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