Hilltop Festival

From Hilltop Festival Website:

The Hilltop Festival, a fall festival held the first Saturday of October in historic Downtown Rutherfordton, NC, is a family fun event drawing enthusiastic crowds from far and near. Thousands of folks of all ages enjoy free live music on the Courthouse stage and in other festival locations as well as dance, martial arts and other demonstrations. Vendors provide something for everyone with art, crafts, handmade items and fabulous festival food from roasted corn to barbecue, fried pies and Twinkies and everything in between.. Local churches and merchants join in the fun by providing homemade desserts and homegrown beef burgers and other gently used items for sale. Downtown merchants have their doors open and join the fun having special sales and welcoming the crowds.