Does your town have a festival every year that just takes over the heart and soul of the town?

Yep, the State Fair is a huge deal around here.

…I just go for the food and then hightail it out of that redneck infested place.

We just had this in my town. I’m wandering around wondering how we can do this. It’s amazing.
http://colorscape.org/

We used to live in Nashville, Indiana. Its an artist colony and the main industry is tourism, and the height of the season is in the fall when the leaves are the most beautiful. Here are some typical pictures. http://www.browncounty.com/

We have a wonderful country fair every Labor day nearby. A jelly and her daughter went this year and reported that, as always, it was fun.

Beautiful, @snowberry.

We host the county fair too, since we’re the county seat. It’s fun, but it doesn’t take over the entire town! Just the fair grounds.

@Dutchess_III When we lived there during the height of the fall colors, the town would fill up with 60,000 tourists. And at that time there were about 600 residents. The rest were shops or hotels. It was a madhouse, but I loved it, especially when it wasn’t so crowded.

Wow!