| From Bourbon to Boos! | Plan for a Fabulous Summer with These Top 20 Events from the Southeast Tourism Society | Save the date for these upcoming summer opportunities to experience the best of the Southeast. Read more about each event at www.TravelMediaPressRoom.com/sts/summer-2016-top-20-events. July-September, 2016, Ice Cream & a Moovie at Chaney’s Dairy Barn, Bowling Green, KY, www.ChaneysDairyBarn.com July 1-July 4, 2016, 55 Annual Alderson, 4th of July Celebration, Alderson, WV, www.Alderson4th.com July 1-2, 2016, Coke Zero 400 4th of July Weekend, Daytona Beach, FL, www.DaytonaBeach.com July 2-August 5, 2016, An Appalachian Summer Festival, Boone, NC, www.AppSummer.org July 4, 2016, 4th of July Midnight Parade, Gatlinburg, TN, www.Gatlinburg.com/events/details.aspx?id=93 July 4, 2016, Red White, Blue & You, Lake Charles, LA, www.VisitLakeCharles.org July 4, 2016, St. Marys Independence Day Festival, St. Marys, GA, www.St.Marys.com July 4, 2016, Wells Fargo Red, White and Blue, Greenville, SC, www.GreenvilleSC.gov/246/Wells-Fargo-Red-White-Blue-Festival July 8-9, 2016, 39th Annual Uncle Dave Macon Days Festival, Murfreesboro, TN, www.UncleDaveMaconDays.com July 9, 2016, Lake Charles Symphony Summer Pops, Lake Charles, LA, www.VisitLakeCharles.org July 14-17, 2016, Keeneland Concours d’Elegance, Lexington, KY, www.KeeneLandConcours.com July 14-16, 2016, Virginia Lake Festival, Clarksville, VA, www.ClarkesvilleVA.org July 15-16, 2016, Cajun French Music & Food Festival, Lake Charles, LA, www.VisitLakeCharles.org July 15-23, 2016, Kingsport Fun Fest, Kingsport, TN, www.FunFest.net July 15-16, 2016, 34th Annual Norfolk Waterfront Jazz Festival, Norfolk, VA, Festevents.org/events/2016-season-events/norfolkwaterfrontjazzfestival July 16-17, 2016, 18th Annual Butternut Creek Festival, Blairsville, GA, www.ButternutCreekFestival.com July 21-July 23, 2016, Folkmoot USA, Waynesville, NC, www.FolkmootUSA.org July 22-31, 2016, W.C Handy Music Festival, Florence, AL, www.WCHandyMusicFestival.org July 23, 2016, Gulf Brew, Layfayette, LA, www.AcadianaCenterForTheArts.org July 27-July 30, 2016, Sandy Lee Watkins Songwriter’s Festival, Henderson, KY, www.SandyLeeSongFest.com August 3-6, 2016, Shelbyville Horse Show, Shelbyville, KY, www.ShelbyvilleHorseShow.com August 5-6, 2016, Lewisburg Literary Festival, Lewisburg, WV, www.LewisburgLiteraryFestival.org August 5-6, 2016, Main Street Music Festival, Albertville, AL, www.MainStreetMusicFestival.com August 5-6, 2016, Piney Chapel American Farm Heritage Days, Athens, AL, www.NorthAlabama.org/do/festivals-events/detail/piney-chapel-american-farm-heritage-days August 8-28, 2016, Kentucky State Fair, Louisville, KY, www.KYStateFair.org August 12-13, 2016, Bluegrass in the Park Folklife Festival, Henderson, KY, www.BluegrassInThePark.com August 12-21, 2016, State Fair of West Virginia, Lewisburg, WV, www.StateFairOfWV.com August 12-21, 2016, Staunton Music Festival, Stanton, VA, www.StauntonMusicFestival.org August 13, 2016, August Concert and Wing Festival, Suwanee, GA, www.Suwanee.com August 13, 2016, Bright Lights, Belhaven Nights, Jackson, MS, www.GreaterBelhaven.com August 13, 2016, 16th Annual Norfolk Latino Music Festival, Norfolk, VA, Festevents.org/events/2016-season-events/latino-music-fest August 13, 2016, YWCA Resolve Family Abuse “Girls Night Out,” Charleston, WV, www.gnowv.com August 19-20, 2016, Asheville Wine and Food Festival, Asheville, NC, www.AshevilleWineandFood.com August 19-20, 2016, Franklin County Watermelon Festival, Russellville, AL, www.FranklinCountyAL.org August 19-27, 2016, Wilson County Fair, Lebanon, TN, www.WilsonCountyFair.net August 20, 2016, Arts & Crabs Fest, Lake Charles, LA, www.VisitLakeCharles.org August 20, 2016, Thin Mint Sprint, Suwanee, GA, ThinMintSprintlani.wix.com/-thin-mint-sprint August 24-28, 2016, Smoky Mountain Songwriters Festival, Gatlinburg, TN, www.SMSWF.com August 25-27, 2016, Winterville Watermelon Festival, Winterville, NC, www.WatermelonFest.com. August 26-September 14, 2016, Perspectives: Georgia Pottery Invitational, Watkinsville, GA, www.OCAF.com September-October, 2016, Blowing Springs Farm, Flintstone, GA, www.BlowingSpringsFarm.com September 1-5, 2016, Louisiana Shrimp and Petroleum Festival, Morgan City, Louisiana, www.ShrimpAndPetroleum.org September 1-October 9, 2016, Virginia Beach Neptune Festival, Virginia, Beach, VA, www.NeptuneFestival.com September 2-5, 2016, North Carolina Apple Festival, Hendersonville, NC, www.NCAppleFestival.org September 3-5, 2016, Marietta Art in the Park, Marietta, GA, www.ArtParkMarietta.com September 9-10, 2016, Oka Kapassa Native American Festival, Tuscumbia, AL, www.OkaKapassa.org September 9-11, 2016, Holley LS Fest 7, Bowling Green, KY, www.LSFest.com September 9-11, 2016, KY State BBQ Festival, Danville, KY, KentuckyBBQFestival.com September 9-11, 2016, MainStrasse Village Oktoberfest, Covington, KY, www.MainStrasse.org September 9-18, 2016, Tennessee Valley Fair, Knoxville, TN, www.TNValleyFair.org September 10-11, 2016, 35th Annual Biloxi Seafood Festival, Biloxi, MS, www.Gulfcoast.org/event/35th-annual-biloxi-seafood-festival/4483 September 13-18, 2016, Kentucky Bourbon Festival, Bardstown, KY, www.KYBourbonFestival.com September 16-18, 2016, 35th Annual Arts in the Heart of Augusta Festival, Augusta, GA, www.ArtsInTheHeartOfAugusta.com September 16-18, 2016, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Bristol, VA/TN, www.BristolRhythm.com September 17-18, 2016, Ocmulgee Indian Celebration, Macon, GA, www.nps.gov/ocmu September 17-18, 2016, Suwanee Fest, Suwanee, GA, www.SuwaneeFest.com September 22-25, 2016, Benson Mule Days, Benson, NC, www.BensonMuleDays.com September 23-24, 2016, Ascension Hot Air Balloon Festival, Gonzales, LA, www.AscensionBallooning.com September 24, 2016, A taste of Clarkesville, Clarkesville, GA, TasteOfClarkesville.com September 30-October 30, 2016, Ruby Falls’ Haunted Cavern, Chattanooga, TN, www.HauntedCavern.com Southeast Tourism Society, www.SoutheastTourism.org, 770-542-1523. 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