Travel from Atlanta: Southeastern travel calendar

GEORGIA

Watkinsville — Georgia Pottery Invitational, Aug. 26-Sept. 14, features good, live jazz, fine art sale, artists and workshops. www.ocaf.com.

Jekyll Island — Shrimp & Grits Festival, Sept. 16-18, features food, arts and crafts, cooking competitions and live music. www.jekyllisland.com/signatureevents/shrimp-grits-festival/

Greensboro — Garden and Gun Weekend at Lake Oconee, Sept. 23-25, features food, culinary demonstrations, a boat cruise, live music and a bourbon master class. www.ggfieldreport.com/reynolds.

Augusta — Arts in the Heartof Augusta Festival, Sept. 16-18, features food, arts and crafts market, young artist market, music and more. www.artsintheheartofaugusta.com.

Macon — Ocmulgee Indian Celebration, Sept. 17-18, features food, music, dance, storytelling, crafts, demonstrations and cultural exhibits. www.nps.gov/ocmu.

FLORIDA

Panama City Beach — Schooners Lobster Festival & Tournament, Sept. 12-18, features large, freshly caught lobsters, a sand-sculpting contest, diving and a feast. www.schooners.com/events/lobsterfestival.htm.

Port St. Joe — Scallop Festival and Music Festival, Sept. 30-Oct. 1, features scallops, other food, arts and crafts, children's activities and live music. www.scallopfestfl.org.

ALABAMA

Tuscumbia — Oka Kapassa Native American Festival, Sept. 9-10, features visual artists, performances, music, demonstrations and storytelling. www.okakapassa.org.

KENTUCKY

Louisville — Kentucky State Fair, through Aug. 28, features a horse show, concerts, food, bourbon, livestock and rides. www.kystatefair.org.

Danville — Kentucky State BBQ Festival, Sept. 9-11, features food from celebrity pitmasters, live music, demonstrations, auctions and more. www.kybbqfestival.com.

Covington — MainStrasse Village Oktoberfest, Sept. 9-11, features German foods, arts and crafts, art contests, carnival rides and children's activities. www.mainstrasse.org.

Bardstown — Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Sept. 13-18, features food, bourbon tasting, barrel relays, ballon glow, arts and more. www.kybourbonfestival.com.

LOUISIANA

Baton Rouge — Fete Rouge: Food and Wine Fete, Aug. 25-26, food sampling, wine tastings, live music and more. www.feterougebr.com.

Morgan City — Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, Sept. 1-5, features food, live music and children's activities. www.shrimpandpetroleum.com.

Gonzales — Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival — Sept. 23-24, features hot air balloon flights, arts and crafts, food, live music, a car show and children's activities. www.ascensionballooning.com.

MISSISSIPPI

Biloxi — Seafood Festival, Sept. 10-11, features food, a gumbo cook-off, arts and crafts, live music and children's activities. www.gulfcoast.org/events.

NORTH CAROLINA

Boone — Appalachian Summer Festival, through Sept. 8, features opera, dance, theatre, independent film, symphonic music, an outdoor sculpture competition, juried visual arts competition, public lectures and tours. www.appsummer.org.

Cashiers — Dinner in the Dahlias, Aug. 29 and Sept. 12, features dahlia gardens, food and wine. www.highhamptoninn.com/events.aspx.

Winston Salem — Texas Pete Culinary Arts Festival, Sept. 18-20, features food from local and regional chefs, local breweries and live music. www.visitwinstonsalem.com/fall.

Cullowhee — Mountain Heritage Day, Sept. 24, features bluegrass music, art dance and more. www.mountainheritageday.com.

Benson — Mule Days, Sept. 22-25, features rodeos, mule-pulling contests, arts and crafts, vendors, street dances, carnival rides, camping, parades, bluegrass music and more. www.bensonmuledays.com.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Greenville — Fall for Greenville, Oct. 13-16, features food, live music, demonstrations, wine tastings, a beer garden and children's activities. www.fallforgreenville.net.

TENNESSEE

Lebanon — Wilson County Fair, through Aug. 27, features concerts, rides, tractor and mule pulls, demolition derbies, livestock shows, food vendors, arts and crafts. www.wilsoncountyfair.net.