Events · North Georgia mountains
Cherry Log Fall Festival
The Cherry Log Fall Festival is the mountain community's harvest fair at the Cherry Log Community Clubhouse in Gilmer County, near Blue Ridge. The 2026 festival ran Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4, then Saturday October 10 and Sunday October 11, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day, with breakfast service beginning at 7:00 AM, and has concluded; it returns on the same October weekends next year.
The 2026 edition, at a glance
Cherry Log Fall Festival 2026
When
October 3-4 and October 10-11, 2026
- Festival I
- Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4
- Festival II
- Saturday October 10 and Sunday October 11
- Daily hours
- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day
- Breakfast
- Served from 7:00 AM; lunch until 3:00 PM or until the food runs out
Confirmed for 2026
Where
Cherry Log Community Clubhouse
341 Cherry Log Street, Cherry Log, GA 30522. An unincorporated community in Gilmer County, in the North Georgia mountains near Blue Ridge.
Free parking on site
What's inside
Crafts, mountain cooking, and music
Arts and crafts vendors, homemade food from the clubhouse kitchen, and bluegrass, gospel, and country music across the weekend.
Dates, hours, and parking on this card were verified October 5, 2026, against the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce listing and the 2026 festival guides. Confirm with the organizers before you travel.
What's there
A full day at the clubhouse
The festival fills the clubhouse grounds with vendors and homemade cooking. Straight from the chamber and festival listings, it is a day of crafts to shop, food cooked on site, and music playing through the afternoon, with breakfast from 7:00 AM and the locally famous biscuits until the kitchen runs out.
- Arts and crafts vendors
- Homemade breakfast and lunch, with the locally famous biscuits
- Home-canned goods: chow-chow, pickled vegetables, sauerkraut, jams and jellies, apple butter, and Brunswick stew
- Homemade cakes, pies, and baked goods
- Fried pies
- Fresh fruit and vegetables
- Hot boiled peanuts
- Hot dogs and burgers
- Bluegrass, gospel, and country music entertainment
The mountain setting
Cherry Log is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County in the North Georgia mountains, near Blue Ridge. The festival is the community clubhouse's signature October weekend, drawing on the mountain food traditions of the region.
The Fall in Georgia guideStraight answers
The questions people ask
When is the Cherry Log Fall Festival in 2026?
The festival keeps its two-weekend pattern on the first two weekends of October. For 2026 that is Festival I on Saturday October 3 and Sunday October 4, and Festival II on Saturday October 10 and Sunday October 11. The 2026 dates come from the 2026 Georgia Festival Guide, Blue Ridge Mountains tourism listings, and the FestivalNet 2026 listing; the organizers, the Cherry Log Community Action Group, announce the dates each year through the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce.
Where does the festival happen?
At the Cherry Log Community Clubhouse, 341 Cherry Log Street, Cherry Log, GA 30522. Cherry Log is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County in the North Georgia mountains, near Blue Ridge.
What are the festival hours?
The festival runs 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day, per the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce listing. Breakfast service starts at 7:00 AM, and lunch is served until 3:00 PM or until the food runs out. An earlier chamber listing showed the day opening at 7:00 AM, so if you are coming for breakfast, arrive early.
What is at the festival?
Arts and crafts vendors, homemade breakfast and lunch with the locally famous biscuits, home-canned goods such as chow-chow, pickled vegetables, sauerkraut, jams and jellies, apple butter, and Brunswick stew, homemade cakes and pies, fried pies, fresh fruit and vegetables, hot boiled peanuts, hot dogs and burgers, and bluegrass, gospel, and country music entertainment.
Is there parking at the festival?
Yes. The Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce listing notes plenty of free parking is available at the clubhouse grounds. October weekends in the mountains draw crowds, so arrive early for the easiest spot.
Before you go
The 2026 dates are set for the first two weekends of October: October 3-4 and October 10-11, running 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM each day with breakfast from 7:00 AM. It is still worth confirming details with the organizers, the Cherry Log Community Action Group, before you travel. October in the mountains can turn cool by late afternoon, so layers are the reliable call, and parking is free on the clubhouse grounds.
Make a mountain weekend of it
The festival sits in the heart of Blue Ridge country. Pair the clubhouse with the color-drive loops and mountain base-camp routes the guide already covers, and the region's fall festival roundup for what else is running nearby.
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