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Here is the last installment on the series of posts I’ve shared about our trip to the Carolinas (Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC) earlier this month. You can check out the previous posts Men Hypnotized by a Computerized Longarm… and Visit to the Upcountry Museum in Greenville, SC for background on this trip and some of our other adventures while in the Carolinas.

In this post I’ll share some photos and experiences from the Fall for Greenville Fall Festival that we attended during our 2 day trip to Greenville, SC. The “Fall for Greenville” Festival as is known by the locals as the “Fall Down” festival as it is 3-day weekend (Friday to Sunday) of wine tasting, craft beer tasting, “bite of Greenville” food festival, and in general one huge downtown Greenville outdoor party!

According to the Visit Greenville website:

This family-friendly three-day smorgasbord of food and entertainment showcases 50+ local restaurants serving some 250-plus dishes with more than 50 beers on tap, wine vendors, and over 80 musical acts on six stages—it is an absolute must-do for food and music lovers alike. Sample wines, and learn about local beers. Sample wines, and learn about local beers. Top-name acts shine a spotlight on Greenville’s robust music scene with free entertainment on stages along downtown Greenville’s charming Main Street. Consider yourself invited to the Southeast’s most popular outdoor street festival

We spent two days at the festival and wandering around downtown Greenvile and here are some highlights.

Awesome Bookstore

During our first day at the festival we had a nice wander around M. Judson Booksellers, an amazing independent bookstore in downtown Greenville inside a historic courthouse building.

The coffee shop inside the bookstore had book themed drinks!

Nighttime at the Festival

The festival was so cool to wander around at night and it got really crowded at night (it was basically a huge community party). The weather was wonderful, we only needed a light jacket at times and we had fun joining in the community party!

If you are claustrophobic this would not be the festival for you at night!

Wine Tasting

We attended a wine tasting festival inside the festival (yes they had “festivals” inside the main festivals including a craft beer festival) and we even discovered some wine with quilting themed labels (photo is difficult to see but I put in arrows).

Cool Shops

Downtown Greenville is filled with lots of cool little shops including this one – Vintage Now Modern that we had a wonderful little wander through.

We loved the sign in the image above!

So Much Good Food

We had samplings of so many tasty dishes as the festival which was also like a “Bite of Greenville” festival with 50+ local restaurants showcasing their best dishes. Below is John enjoying some exceptionally tasty taco samples; and John and E posing with their new free aprons they got from the local newspaper’s booth (they both love to cook).

The Beauty of Downtown Greensville

Downtown Greenville was very picturesque and here are a couple photos showcasing some of the lovely sights including an image of the downtown area taking from a rooftop restaurant we ate dinner one evening.

After the Festival

After two days in Greenville, SC, the next day we headed back to Charlotte, NC (where we originally flew into from Denver/our friends live in Asheville, NC and they drove from there).

In Charlotte, after a joint lunch in downtown, the men and the women headed out on their own separate adventures. S and I went thrifting and the John and E met up with some of E’s Charlotte-based friends and went to a cigar and bourbon bar.

S and I also discovered a wonderful shopping, business and dining area created from an old industrial area – Camp North End.

While there we had delicious vegan ice cream (S doesn’t eat dairy) and a wonderful stationary shop where I indulged in some nice pens.

I fell for Greenville while visiting for the first time – awesome trip!

This is sort of a continuation of the posts Variegated Yarn Surprise and Men Hypnotized by a Computerized Longarm… about our trip in earlier this month to the Carolinas (Charlotte, NC and Greenville, SC) to meet up with our Asheville, NC based friends E and S who needed a break from their post Hurricane Helene life in Asheville.

While in the Carolinas, we roadtripped (E and S brought their temporary rental car as their car had been totaled by a tree in the hurricane) to Greenvile and visited the he Upcountry History Museum to view the traveling show Black Pioneers: Legacy in the American West. My quilt, Langston Hughes: Pioneer Poet is part of that show.

Here are some photos of the museum’s interesting interior:

We headed upstairs to see the show and I discovered my quilt was on display as you first enter the exhibit!

I filmed a walk-through of the exhibit and uploaded it to YouTube (and I was so proud of myself figuring out how to add music so you wouldn’t have to just listen to my breathing!):

While I was there they museum’s Special Projects/Media Relations Director Meg Hunt came up to meet me, chat with my group (John, E, S and me) and take some photos.