One Saturday, Two Festivals: How Banks County Is Spending the Last Weeks of Fall
October 22, 2026
October 22, 2026
The rest of Banks County's fall season comes down to two weekends. On Saturday, Oct. 24, Homer and Baldwin each hold a festival on the same day, and Jaemor Farms stays open late that night. Two weeks later, Nov. 6 through 8, the Banks County Historical Society runs its Haunted Tour through Homer and Jaemor reaches the last dates on its published fall schedule. Most of what's left of autumn here falls on those two weekends, so they're worth putting on the calendar now.
Here's how the season builds toward them, and what's still open on the way.
Maysville opened fall early. The 60th annual Maysville Autumn Leaf Festival ran Oct. 2–4. It started with Friday vendors from 3 to 9 p.m. and a 7 p.m. concert, then a 10 a.m. parade Saturday with booths open until 10 p.m., and a shorter Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and parking were free. Sixty years is a long run for a town festival.
You can still see part of Maysville's fall downtown. The Maysville DDA's Scarecrow Contest has scarecrows on display from Sept. 30 through Oct. 31, with voting at City Hall and prizes for the best entries. The display comes down after Halloween, so the next week or so is the time to walk through and vote.
Two towns picked the same Saturday. Homer starts two hours before Baldwin, and Baldwin runs two hours after Homer closes, so one family can make both.
| Event | Where | Hours | What's there |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4th annual Homer Pumpkin Festival | Downtown Homer | 10 a.m.–6 p.m. | Free kids' activities, car-seat safety check, food trucks |
| 9th annual Baldwin Fall Festival | Baldwin Farmers Market, 110 Airport Road | Noon–8 p.m. | Concessions, free games, live music |
| Late Night at the Farm | Jaemor Farms, 5340 Cornelia Hwy, Alto | 10 a.m.–9 p.m. | Harvest Celebration open extended hours |
The Homer Pumpkin Festival is sponsored by the City of Homer and the Homer DDA. Banks County News lists free children's activities, a car-seat safety check and food trucks. If you've been meaning to have a car seat checked, it's on the festival schedule this year, so you can handle it between activities.
The Baldwin Fall Festival is in its ninth year. It runs from noon to 8 p.m. at the Baldwin Farmers Market on Airport Road, with concessions, free games and live music. Its later hours make it the natural afternoon stop after Homer.
Jaemor is the third piece. Oct. 24 is one of the farm's Late Night at the Farm dates, open 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. With Homer in the morning, Baldwin in the afternoon and Jaemor open until 9, you can cover all three events that day.
If that's too much for one day, Jaemor also has a Late Night on Friday, Oct. 23, with the same 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. hours. You can do the farm the night before and keep Saturday for the two downtowns.
Jaemor Farms is at 5340 Cornelia Hwy in Alto, on GA 365 at the 35 mile marker. The farm describes its spot as the tri-county area of Hall, Banks and Habersham, and that's how it fits into Banks County's season: it's along the highway most people here already use.
The 2026 Harvest Celebration includes a corn maze, hayrides, farm games and pumpkin patch access. This year's maze honors Dolly Parton. Admission has three tiers, each with an off-peak and a peak price:
Pumpkins cost extra, and prices vary by size and variety. Planning around $21 a person for peak General Entry, plus pumpkins, is a fair starting budget for a family visit.
The hours narrow as the season ends. Through October, Jaemor is open every day: Monday through Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. After October, the published schedule lists only Nov. 6, 7 and 8, with the same Friday through Sunday hours. The farm notes that other dates may be added. As posted today, after Halloween you get one weekend, so check the farm's page before you count on a later date.
Jaemor's last listed weekend falls on the same dates as the Banks County Historical Society's Historic Haunted Tour. The tour runs Nov. 6–7 in Homer, from 5 to 7 p.m. each night. This year's theme is "The Talking Dead." The tour includes a historic hayride through Homer and a visit to the Historic Jail. Admission is $10 for ages 10 and up, and children under 10 get in free.
The two pair easily. Jaemor's Friday and Saturday hours run until 7 p.m., and the Haunted Tour runs 5 to 7 p.m. both nights. A family could do the maze one night and the hayride the other, or split a single evening between them. A family of four with two kids under 10 pays $20 for the tour, less than one peak General Entry ticket at the farm costs per person.
After Nov. 8, the fall dates published so far are done.
The calendar goes quiet for about a month, then picks up again in December in Homer.
That makes Homer the bookend of the season. It hosts the Pumpkin Festival in October, the Haunted Tour in November and the Christmas Parade in December, all in the same downtown. Neighbors in Maysville, Baldwin and along GA 365 who want one fall plan can put three Saturdays on the fridge: Oct. 24, Nov. 7 and Dec. 12.
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