Events

Oktoberfest in Savannah, GA
    Oktoberfest is a blast. It gives the whole city and thousands of visitors the excuse to go drink beer by the river and enjoy a beautiful weekend in Savannah.
Westobou Festival, Augusta GA
Augusta, Georgia is known for its annual Masters golf tournament held in April and for being the cultural medium home to James Brown, Jessye Norman and Wycliffe Gordon. One of many annual events located in Augusta is the arts festival, Westobou.
Ball State University Annual Homecoming Bed Race
What do you get when you put four people pushing a bed with wheels down the street, one person riding it all while riding on a 100-yard course competing with the clock and against one another? The Bell State University Annual Bed Race, which has been dubbed the zaniest tradition started in the 1980's and continues to...
Kalf Fry at Lone Star Amphitheater
What do you get when you mix sports, food, alcohol and music? The Kalf Fry of course! Nothing gets better than country music, calf fries, alcoholic beverages and a fundraiser for the West Texas region of the Muscular Dystrophy Association all rolled into one.
Austin City Limits - Music Festival
      Looking for an amazing weekend. Check out Austin City Limits this year.  The music festival has an amazing lineup.
Keeneland Thoroughbred Racing
Venture up to Lexington, KY and check out Keeneland. Like any good horse race in the South it puts on a good front of being "proper", but is really just an excuse to get drunk.
Traditional Omicron Delta Kappa (ODK) Cake Race at Auburn University
The annual Rosen-Hutshell-ODK (Omicron Delta Kappa) Cake Race takes place annually on the Wednesday of Homecoming Week at Auburn University. The 2.7 mile race across campus takes place at the Hutsell-Rosen Track.
International Gold Cup Races
If you are in or near the Virginia area you should make the trek to the International Gold Cup Races:Here is the description from the events website: "On October 18th, 2010, 35,000 spectators will gather at Great Meadow near...
Annual Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk
A festival about woolly worms in a little mountain city? What does that have to do with anything? Woolly Worm Festival began in 1977 and is held every third weekend on Saturday and Sunday in October in Banner Elk and begins...
Keene Pumpkinfest in Keene, New Hampshire
Located in downtown Keene, Hew Hampshire, the Keene Pumpkinfest brings travelers of all ages from all around...
The Charles Regatta on the famous Charles River in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Had Enough Cox (swain) this Year? Check out the “Head of the Charles Regatta”The Head of the Charles Regatta, the largest college crew race in the country, takes place on the banks and waters of...
Jack Daniels World Championship of Barbecue
Check out this great event hosted at the Distillery this October:Below is there description describing the event:Time for "The Jack!" From near...
Annual Music Festival - Moogfest, Asheville, N.C.
Music? Art? Engaging with other music and art enthusiasts?Moogfest is for you.
The Sundance of the South: Savannah Film Festival at the Savannah College of Art and Design
The Sundance of the South: Savannah Film Festival at the Savannah College of Art and DesignWhether you're a fan of student shorts or artsy, first-release feature films, the 8-day Savannah Film Festival will have you rubbing elbows in your seat with Hollywood's...
Honkfest - a festival of activist street bands in Somerville, MA
Celebrate the arrival of autumn in New England and the start of a new semester at HONK!, a festival of activist street bands in Somerville, MA. Mingle with students from nearby schools including Harvard and Tufts. The festival spreads over four days, with events going on every day. HONK! is totally free to attend, although there are events at night that require paid ticketing.
Halloween at UNC Chapel Hill's Franklin St.
This is the best place in the South East to be for Halloween! ...
Halloween at UNCs Franklin Street
Halloween is enormous in Chapel Hill. The city shuts down the main drag, Franklin Street, and people from all the surrounding towns and colleges descend upon Chapel Hill for a night of debauchery. It is a really fun time as there are often upwards of 80,000 in the streets enjoying themselves.
Ohio University's Athens Halloween Street Party
An epic weekend-long event that puts other university Halloween weekends to shame, Ohio University's Athens Halloween Street Party is a must-experience college road trip destination.
Halloween on Franklin Street
While Lady Gaga may have recently popularized the idea of dressing up as someone (or thing) else, Franklin Street in Chapel Hill, North Carolina is legendary for accommodating college students’ alter-egos every Halloween.