The festival will include a children’s play area, the Rod Run Car Show, Little Miss and Miss Harvest Festival Pageant, arts and crafts, and a Farmer’s Market with fresh fruit, flowers, and vegetables.

Live entertainment will include the Studio B Cloggers, The Senior Center Sunshine Band, The Dandi Line Dancers, Boaz High School Choirs, Sand Mountain Dulcimers, St. Paul Methodist Church Choir, Servants of the King, Boaz High School Band and more.

The Moon Pie Eating Contest will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday. There is no entry fee and all the moon pies and RC Cola you can take will be available.

Armbands for the children’s area are available for $10, which grants access to all of the inflatables throughout the day on Saturday and tickets may be purchased at $1 per ride.

Admission is free to all other areas of the Harvest Festival.

For more information call (256) 593-8154.

• Saturday, Oct. 4 through Sunday, Oct. 12 – Oktoberfest

Octoberfest will take place Oct. 4 through 12 in downtown Cullman. Festivities will include a car show, arts and crafts show, bratwurst tasting, guided tours of the historic district, bratwurst eating contest, wiener dog race, the Burgermeister Ball, tennis tournament, 5K run, a quilt show, a sidewalk art show, and cemetery tours.

Opening ceremonies will be held at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at Festhalle Markt Platz, located at 201 First Ave., NE. Senior Day is Oct. 9. Family Fun Day, including a community fair from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. will be Oct. 11. Most events are free admission.

Also in celebration of its 75th Anniversary, Ave Maria Grotto will offer a reduced admission from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. The Cullman County Museum will also have free admission on Oct. 5.

For more information call 1-800-533-1258 or (256) 739-1258.

• Saturday, Oct. 11 – Bankhead Trade Day

Among the forestry and wildlife of Bankhead National Forest the annual Bankhead Trade Day will be held from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 in downtown Double Springs.