Greenville, SC Events: Don’t Miss a Thing

Mindfulness program held in Henderson Meadow.
📍 Location: 840 Mauldin Rd, Greenville, SC 29607
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When: Thursday, Oct. 8 – Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026
Thursday Kickoff Concert: 5–10 p.m.
Friday: Noon–10 p.m.
Saturday: 11 a.m.–9 p.m.
Sunday: Noon–7 p.m.

Where: Main Street, Downtown Greenville (Augusta Street to East North Street)

Cost: Free admission; food, drinks and kids’ activities purchased separately

Description:
Greenville’s biggest block party returns for its 45th year! Graze your way down Main Street with 60 local restaurants serving 300+ menu items, and catch a record 92 bands across seven free stages. Little ones can head to the WOW! Fiber Kids’ Area on East Broad Street for their own corner of the fun. The festival is ticketless, so bring a credit or debit card (or a festival gift card) to pay at vendor booths.

Pro Tip: Saturday opens earliest at 11 a.m. Arrive right at opening for lighter crowds with kids, and check the interactive festival map before you go to find the Kids’ Area, restrooms and your must-try booths.

Website: fallforgreenville.net

Bring your kids out to meet the sheep at Whispering Pines Farm in Seneca. This Little Shepherds morning is for homeschool families, with a hands-on visit with the sheep for kids while parents stay and enjoy it right alongside them. It’s $10 per child, and adults are free. Wear closed-toe shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting a little dirty, and bring water. Tickets are on Eventbrite.

Elementary-age students can explore Conestee Nature Preserve as young naturalists in this twice-monthly, drop-off after-school program! Through nature hikes, hands-on investigation, and playful discovery, kids will dig into a new nature topic each session. Join for one session or come throughout the semester to build on each adventure.

Time: 3–4:30 pm, 1st & 3rd Thursdays

Fall 2026 Dates & Themes
Sept. 3 – Don’t Bug Me! (Ants & Insects)
Sept. 17 – Rolling Down the Reedy (The Reedy River)
Oct. 1 – Bye, Bye Blackbird! (Birds & Migration)
Oct. 15 – Treerific! (Trees & the Environment)
Nov. 5 – Doe, a Deer… (Deer & State Animals)
Nov. 19 – Freezing, Frigid, Frosty (Animals in Winter)

Cost: $10 per session or $50 for all 6 sessions.

Location: Meeting locations vary throughout Conestee Nature Preserve. Registered participants will receive location details by email before each session.

Registration Deadline: Midnight on the Tuesday before class. If a class is full or you miss the deadline, contact the Preserve to ask about availability or a waitlist.

Bring: A water bottle and weather-appropriate clothing. Apply sunscreen and bug spray before class as needed. Sessions are entirely outdoors.

Ages 9-12 are invited to explore conservation and the history of the National Parks.
🎟️ Cost: Free.
📍 Location: 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, SC 29601
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🧒 Ages: Ages 9-12

Each Saturday morning from early May through late October, two blocks of downtown Greenville’s Main Street are transformed into the TD Saturday Market, a vibrant open-air marketplace in the heart of the city.

The market features more than 75 vendors offering seasonal produce, prepared foods, and handcrafted goods, creating a lively community gathering space every week.

LEARN MORE HERE 🥕 Greenville Saturday Market, SC – Official Website | Official Website
Find special market happenings each week right here > Market Happenings | Greenville Saturday Market, SC – Official Website

Check for cancellations and special events on the TD Saturday Market Instagram

What to Expect

• Fresh, seasonal produce from farms located within 100 miles of Greenville
• Locally produced and prepared food items
• Handmade crafts and artisan goods
• Vendors encouraged to use locally sourced materials for crafts

Experience

The TD Saturday Market draws thousands of visitors each week who come to shop, explore, and connect with local growers, makers, and artisans in a welcoming downtown setting.

Why Visit

It’s a long-standing Greenville tradition that highlights local agriculture, craftsmanship, and community. The market offers a chance to experience the best of the region in one place every Saturday morning.

Celebrate the season at Chattooga Belle Farm’s annual Fall Harvest Festival, set in the stunning mountains of Long Creek. Enjoy local vendors, live music, apple picking, apple cider donuts, and hay rides — a perfect fall outing for the whole family. More details will be announced as the event approaches, so check the link below and confirm details before heading out.

Join Kyndall Stewart with Kaleidoscopic Creative for a a slow-paced morning where participants meet for coffee, take a guided walk through the Preserve, and gather small natural treasures like fallen leaves, acorns, bark, moss, seed pods, and other found objects. At the end of the walk, you’ll settle in together and spend some time sketching your collections.

No experience necessary and all materials will be provided.

This program is best suited for anyone ages 8 and up.

Celebrate the beauty of fall at the charming historic Kilgore-Lewis home and gardens filled with plants, art, local vendors, hands-on workshops, and family-friendly fun.

Stroll through the historic grounds, shop the plant sale, browse garden art, supplies, and unique gifts, and discover something delicious from local food and garden vendors. Choose from engaging garden workshops, then let kids—and the young at heart—get creative with seasonal crafts.

Be sure to explore the historic scarecrow display, a favorite fall tradition that brings the gardens to life.

Whether you’re a dedicated gardener, looking for inspiration, searching for one-of-a-kind finds, or simply looking for a fun fall outing with family and friends, there’s something to enjoy.

Come for the gardens. Stay for the food, shopping, creativity, and unmistakable feeling of fall.

Featuring: Plant Sale • Food & Garden Vendors • Garden Art & Supplies • Garden Workshops • Crafts for Kids & the Young at Heart • Historic Scarecrow Display

Get ready for a spooktacular morning of Halloween fun! Enjoy a mall-wide trick-or-treat trail, a costume catwalk, Halloween crafts, face painting, and roaming spooky characters.

FREE TO THE PUBLIC!

Join us for our October Trailblazer Vendor Market!

You’ll find the perfect hand crafted products, decor, art, farm goods, sourdough, sweets, salsa and SO MUCH MORE! We proudly present a wide variety of vendors! There will be OVER 65 small businesses in attendance for you to shop from, delicious food trucks to grab lunch, face painting, a trick or treat trail from the vendor booths and more!

DATE: 🗓️ Saturday, October 17th 2026

TIME: ⏰ 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM

LOCATION:📍Trailblazer Park located at 235 Trailblazer Drive Travelers Rest, SC

This is an all OUTSIDE event! It is rain or shine!

Head up to Paris Mountain State Park for a laid-back Saturday afternoon of live music at the newly rebuilt, solar-powered amphitheater! “Music in the Woods” is hosted by the Friends of Paris Mountain and offers free live music (after regular park admission) in a beautiful outdoor setting — a great way for the whole family to spend a fall afternoon outdoors. Wilder Things Then Us will be performing

Shop local vendors, enjoy delicious food trucks, and let the kids play in the FREE kids zone at this monthly pop-up market in downtown Inman.

Find Market on Mill on Facebook to confirm details and find the latest news on any changes to the schedule.

Explore the beauty of the season while creating nature-inspired art using leaves, pinecones, acorns, seeds and twigs.
🎟️ Cost: Free.
📍 Location: 100 Pickens Avenue, Chesnee, SC
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🧒 Ages: Kids

This educational tour teaches kids all about llamas and alpacas! Children get to walk the animals through an obstacle course, take pictures, ride a tractor through the apple orchard, and learn about the many uses of camelids. Parents are free to attend.

Join Upstate Forever for a volunteer workday to remove invasive plant species like invasive olive and Chinese Privet at Anderson’s Rocky River Nature Park, enhancing foraging and nesting habitat for native wildlife and migratory species. Refreshments provided. Capped at 30 volunteers — please register in advance and carpool if able.

The Foothills Chamber of Commerce brings a family-friendly Halloween festival and haunted house back to FENCE for its 2nd annual run! Food trucks open at the doors, with movies on the lawn and haunted areas opening at dark. The haunted trail and graveyard are suitable for most young children; the haunted cabin and barn are best for ages 8 and up.