Patterns of the Past, an historical downtown walking tour with Mulley LeNoir of the Civil War Quilt trail will start at the Robert E. Lee Hotel at 10:15am. Heritage Exhibits and Demonstrations will include Revolutionary War Living Heritage encampments, Civil War Skirmish re-enactment, homemade Heritage items, Cherokee Living History exhibitors, educators and dancers, tomahawk throw and blow dart demonstrations, African American quilt display, historical walking tours. Vendors of all kinds will be selling various arts and crafts as well as delicious food. Some fun activities for the kids will be going on throughout the festival. Around the square there will be face painting,  temporary tattoos and soap box derby cars. At Knight Park; a petting zoo, pony rides, goat milking, dog obedience demonstration and children's clothesline art exhibition. At the Family Fun Park there will be a 68 ft inflatable obstacle course, a climbing wall, mechanical bull, bungie jumping and speed pitch with radar. Family activities around town will be a shooting gallery, sand art, pumpkin ring toss, pumpkin bowling, history scavenger hunt, pumpkin carving and crafts and much more. Live entertainment from local and regional artists will be performed on four stages during the festival. For more information go to www.pumpkintownfestival.com.

RiverRocks of Chattanooga is an outdoor festival which celebrates the wonderful natural resources of the Tennessee Valley, and the health benefits achieved from a healthy active outdoor lifestyle. This year's fall Outdoor Festival will be presented October 1st through 10th at locations throughout Chattanooga and the surrounding region. 

This 10 day event will be filled with numerous activities and events for all ages that will take place on the river, up the mountains and in parks and conservancies of the Tennessee Valley region will include; rock climbing, trail running, kayaking, rowing cycling, off road biking, hiking, and hang gliding. Other exciting events taking place throughout the festival will be hot air balloons rides, sight-seeing river cruises and live music entertainment. For more detailed information on these events go to www.riverrockschattanooga.com.

Right here in beautiful Cleveland, Tennessee, the 2010 Cleveland Apple Festival will be held during the weekend of  October 16th and 17th. This annual family event held in historical downtown Cleveland will feature an art and craft show, live musical entertainment, pony and hay rides as well as some good family contests. Little Miss Apple Blossom Contests will be in three age categories;  Little Miss Apple Blossom for ages 5-7, Jr. Miss Apple Blossom ages 8-10 and Miss Apple Blossom ages 11-12 .  Contestants will be judged on best country girl or farm  costume and on presentation.  Prizes and trophies will be awarded in each category. For complete details of the pageant go to Clevelandapplefestival.org/contest_miss.php. Other judged contests at the Apple Festival will include an Apple Dessert Contest where the winner will receive a Chattanooga Choo Choo Getaway for 2, and a Pie Eating Contest, which will be judged in two categories age 7-12 and 13-adults. Winners will receive dinner for two at Applebee's, that is if they are still hungry after all that pie! Admission to the Cleveland Apple Festival is $4 each day, Seniors and children $3. Ticket holders will have the opportunity to enter a Trailhead Bike Giveaway contest  For more information visit www.clevelandapplefestival.org.

Each year people from all over southeast Tennessee bring their gliders to the annual Chilhowee Gliderport Oktoberfest, located on Hwy 411 between Benton and  Etowah. This year's Oktoberfest will be held over the weekend of October 15-17th and will feature glider rides, instruction, food, fun and fellowship. For more information go to www.chilhowee.com.

Every Saturday and Sunday during the month of October from noon to 5pm,  Rock City on Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga will present their 5th annual German festival, Rocktoberfest. Visitors can experience the German culture with authentic German food such as grilled bratwurst, homemade sauerkraut and roast potatoes and of course, specialty Beer. Learn to dance the Polka and listen to German music from live bands like  the Wurstbrats from Chattanooga, Die Mitternaechters from Birmingham, Alabama, Music Meisters and Alpine Mountain Band from Nashville and Laurentz und die Katven from Atlanta.  In addition there will be Beer 101 workshops, face painting, pumpkin painting and German souvenir mugs and hats.

New to the 2010 Rocktoberfest is a Kodak Gnome Photo Contest where guests can submit their photo of their favorite gnome taken at Rock City Gardens. The winner will receive a Kodak camera.  For more information on Rocktoberfest go to www.seerockcity.com/pages/Rocktoberfest.


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