Pawpaw festivals

Every 2026 festival has finished. New dates post here as soon as organizers confirm them — below is how the season went. Want pawpaws right now? The where-to-buy guide and season tracker stay current all year.

1. PastSeptember 26, 2026

   Harford County Pawpaw Festival

   Bel Air, Maryland

   Annual late-September festival at Brooms Bloom Dairy in Bel Air, run by the Susquehannock Wildlife Society; free entry, a limited batch of Brooms Bloom pawpaw ice cream made from locally grown fruit, vendors, and a pawpaw art contest.

2. PastSeptember 26-27, 2026

   New York Pawpaw Festival

   Coeymans Hollow, New York

   Inaugural two-day pawpaw and permaculture festival in the Hudson Valley.

3. PastSeptember 26, 2026

   Paw Paw Pawpaw Festival

   Paw Paw, Illinois

   Annual, late September, with a 5K/10K run; pawpaw seedlings and fruit for sale; free admission.

4. PastSeptember 20, 2026

   Duncansville Pawpaw Festival

   Duncansville, Pennsylvania

   Free annual late-September festival at Duncansville Memorial Park in Blair County, co-hosted by Duncansville Community Events and the Ecotopian EarthCare / Wild Ones PA Ridge and Valley chapter; 50 plus vendors, pawpaw tastings, ecological speakers, food and live music.

5. PastSeptember 19, 2026

   Ferguson Pawpaw Fest (EarthDance Organic Farm School)

   Ferguson, Missouri

   Annual September harvest festival at the Ferguson Farmers Market, a morning event.

6. PastSeptember 19-20, 2026

   Pawpaw Festival at JBR Vineyards

   Pearisburg, Virginia

   Free two-day pawpaw festival each mid-to-late September at JBR Vineyards in Giles County; live music, estate wine, vineyard tours, a walk through the pawpaw patch, food trucks, and pawpaw seedlings from a local farm stand.

7. PastSeptember 19, 2026

   Long Creek Homestead Paw Paw Fest

   Frederick, Maryland

   Annual late-September homestead pawpaw festival, one of the longest-running in the region.

8. PastSeptember 19, 2026

   New River PawpawFest

   Blacksburg, Virginia

   Annual mid-September festival at Rising Silo Brewery presented by Nursery Natives (501c3, Radford VA); free admission, live music, vendors, native plants, and free fresh pawpaw tastings.

9. PastSeptember 19, 2026

   Pawpaw Festival at Powhatan State Park

   Powhatan, Virginia

   Central Virginia's annual mid-September pawpaw festival at Powhatan State Park, sponsored by the Friends of Powhatan State Park; local vendors, food and brews, crafts, acoustic music, ranger-led programs, and a companion 5 and 10 mile trail race. Charged per vehicle.

10. PastSeptember 19, 2026

    West Virginia Pawpaw Festival (WVU Core Arboretum)

    Morgantown, West Virginia

    Annual, mid/late September, at the WVU Core Arboretum in Morgantown.

11. PastSeptember 19, 2026

    York County Pawpaw Festival (Horn Farm Center)

    York, Pennsylvania

    Annual, mid/late September, at the Horn Farm Center.

12. PastSeptember 18-20, 2026

    Ohio Pawpaw Festival

    Nelsonville, Ohio

    Annual since 1999, mid-September. Held at Snow Fork Event Center in Nelsonville, after moving from Lake Snowden in Albany.

13. PastSeptember 12, 2026

    Boston Mountain Pawpaw Festival

    Chester, Arkansas

    Annual September festival. Indoor home base at The Life Center with vendors, speakers and workshops; live music, food and the cornhole tournament across the street at Chester Farmer's Market.

14. PastSeptember 12-13, 2026

    Indiana Pawpaw Festival

    Merom, Indiana

    Annual since 2023, early September, at Merom Bluff Park.

15. PastSeptember 12, 2026

    Louisville Pawpaw Festival

    Louisville, Kentucky

    Annual, early September, at the Louisville Nature Center; guided hikes, workshops, vendors and live music; free admission.

16. PastSeptember 12, 2026

    Parkton Peterson Pawpaw Picking Party Fest

    Parkton, Maryland

    Ticketed mid-September pawpaw festival at Fieldstone Nursery in Parkton; free fruit samples, grafting demonstrations, nursery and pawpaw-patch tours, with fruit and grafted Peterson trees for sale.

17. PastSeptember 12, 2026

    Pawpaw Festival WV

    Paw Paw, West Virginia

    Annual mid-September festival at Paw Paw Municipal Park; vendors, pawpaw variety tastings, live music; first held September 2024.

18. PastSeptember 6, 2026

    The Days and Time of Paw Paw

    Dahlonega, Georgia

    Ticketed early-September pawpaw celebration at Doghobble Wine Farm, a Dahlonega winery with its own pawpaw orchard; capped at 50 guests, with a pawpaw tasting, a grower panel, pawpaw ice cream, and first access to a pawpaw tree sale. Wine and pawpaw mead are sold alongside.

19. PastAugust 30, 2026

    Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival

    Knoxville, Tennessee

    Annual late-August evening festival at Trailhead Beer Market in Knoxville; free admission, with pawpaw fruit and trees, native plants, wildcrafters, pawpaw cakes and soda, live music, and pawpaw waffles early on.

20. PastAugust 29, 2026

    South Carolina Pawpaw Festival

    Taylors, South Carolina

    Annual since 2022, timed to the late-August harvest, at Blue Oak Horticulture in Taylors.

Not festivals exactly, but worth the trip for serious pawpaw people: university field days, research demonstrations, and guided foraging walks. Links go to the organizers.

• Paws, Pawpaws and Pints at Meadowside Nature Center Canceled: September 26, 2026 Rockville, Maryland
• Pawpaw Sessions at Long Branch Farm and Trails Past: September 23, 2026 Goshen, Ohio
• Paw Paw Forage (Raleigh-Triangle Wild Food Foragers) Past: September 19, 2026 Durham, North Carolina
• All About Pawpaws Hike at Turkey Hill Nature Preserve Past: September 17, 2026 Conestoga, Pennsylvania
• Kentucky State University Pawpaw Field Day (Third Thursday Thing) Past: September 16-17, 2026 Frankfort, Kentucky
• Pawpaws and Pints at Blandy Experimental Farm Past: September 13, 2026 Boyce, Virginia
• Paw Paw Haul at Fox Haven Farm Past: September 12, 2026 Jefferson, Maryland
• Frederick County Master Gardeners Pawpaw Talk Past: September 12, 2026 Frederick, Maryland
• NC Pawpaw Field Day (Forsyth County Cooperative Extension) Past: September 12, 2026 Tobaccoville, North Carolina
• Pawpaw Program at Seven Bends State Park Past: September 2, 2026 Woodstock, Virginia