Hello Fall, we’re so glad you’re finally here. 🍂👋 WNC + specifically Asheville are home to some of the best festivals, events, family fun activities + of course the best views for fall colors.

So whether you’re a local looking for something fun to do or have visitors coming for a weekend trip, we’ve gathered all the apple eating, beer tasting, adventure seeking, leaf peeping, music + art viewing, fun-for-all-ages events to make sure this fall season is the best one yet.

Everything from fall farmers markets to Greek Fest, Barnaroo, LEAF Fest, Oktoberfest and so much more.

See 25 MustDo events here.⬇

🍂Sky Top Orchard Visit | 📅 Open daily through early December | 9 a.m.–6 p.m. | Sky Top Orchard | 📍1193 Pinnacle Mountain Rd, Flat Rock | 💸 Free | Pick-your-own apples, plus hay rides, a bamboo forest, a small farm, apple cider + donuts, and more. Other local orchards include: Barber Orchard, Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard, Grandad’s Apples + Lyda Farms.

🍂WNC Farmers Market | 📅 Open Daily–year around | 🕗 8 a.m.–6 p.m. through Oct. and 8 a.m.–5 p.m. through Nov. | 📍570 Brevard Rd. | 💸 Free | Stock up on fall produce to get ready for apple + pumpkin pie season. The Farmers Market is open daily, but notable dates are: Apple Tasting: Sept. 28 at 11 a.m.–1 p.m., The Pumpkin Celebration: Oct. 19 11 a.m.–1 p.m. + Sweet Potato Day: Nov. 16 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

🍂Navitat Canopy Tour | 📅 Open daily | 🕗 8 a.m.–5 p.m. | Navitat Canopy Adventures |📍242 Poverty Branch Rd, Barnardsville | 💸 $99+ | What better way to experience the fall foliage than literally flying though it? Navitat offers 2+ hour tours that feature a 1250 feet long + 200 feet high zipline, rappelling, rope bridges, side by side ziplines, a nearly ¾ mile zipline + a 65 mph ride. See our Navitat guide here. Protip: show your local ID and get 15% off Sunday-Thursday all season long.

🍂Eliada Corn Maze | 📅 Sept. 15 – Oct. 28 | 🕗 T-TR: 9 a.m–3 p.m., Fri: 9 a.m.–8 p.m., Sat: 10 a.m.–8 p.m., Sun: 10 a.m.–6 p.m. | Eliada Children’s Home |📍2 Compton Dr. | 💸 $10, children under 3 area free | This year is the 10th anniversary of the corn maze. Other attractions include: a giant jumping pillow, corn cannons, hay rides, a story trail, tube slides and a spider web climber. Beer + cider will be for sale after 5 on Friday, all day Saturday + after noon on Sunday. Protip: check out Groupon for a 50% off ticket for 2 or 4.

🍂Asheville Barnaroo | 📅 Sept. 28-30 | 🕗 All Day | Franny’s Farm |📍22 Franny's Farm Road

Leicester | 💸 $10+ | 3 days of music over 38 acres showcasing local + regional singer songwriters + bands in the rock & roll, hard rock, folk, americana, bluegrass + funk genres

🍂Greek Festival | 📅 Sept. 28-30 | 🕗 11 a.m.–9 p.m., 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Sunday | Holy Trinity

Greek Orthodox Church |📍227 Cumberland Ave. | 💸 Free | Experience Greek culture with food, music, dancing + more.

🍂Peak Week Fall Leaves Parkway Drive | 📅 Sat., Oct. 6 – Saturday, Oct. 13 |📍Blue Ridge Parkway | 💸 Free | The second and third week of October should be the best times to see the leaves this year

🍂LEAF Festival | 📅 Oct. 18-21 | 🕗 Thurs: 6:30–11 p.m., Fri: 8 a.m.–Midnight, Sat: 8 a.m.–2:15 a.m., Sun: 8 a.m.–6 p.m. | 💸 $46+ |📍Lake Eden, Black Mountain | Fall fest headliners include Digable Planets, Railroad Earth, Kishi Bashi + more, plus local acts like BomBassic, Carly Taich + Yellow Feather.

Whether it’s one of the many items on this list or something else, don’t miss out on making memories this fall season. It seems as if we wait so long for fall weather to come + then it leaves us so quickly.

Grab some friends or family, make new traditions, continue old ones or just do something different for a change. And as always, be sure to tag us in pics of all your fall-time events + activities on Instagram + Facebook.

Happy Fall-ing Asheville!🍂

–Kristie (AVLtoday Intern)