Oct 3rd - Oct 9th, 2025

October 02, 2025

Cookeville’s serving up cowboy cobblers and pedal-powered fun this week! 🤠🚲

Chuckwagon feasts, Wild West shows, kids on bikes, and books for a bargain—this lineup’s got a little of everything.

Grab your boots, helmets, and appetite—it’s time to jump into the fall fun across the Upper Cumberland! 🍂📚🎃 

$5 Friday Pop-Up Tent Sale
Friday, Oct 3rd | 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM | FREE
390 Sewell drive, Sparta

Snag tees, hoodies, and more at One Heart Apparel’s tent sale. One surprise tee will be just $5—perfect excuse to grab your shopping buddy and hunt a deal.

3rd Annual Chuckwagon Festival
Friday - Saturday, Oct 3rd - 4th | 9:00 AM | $10 - $25
Lazy G Ranch, Cookeville

Cowboy cooking, frontier fun, roping, and Wild West reenactments fill Lazy G Ranch. Saturday brings chuckwagon meals and a full day of farm adventures.

Sports Card & Collectibles Show
Saturday, Oct 4th | 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM | $1
Avery Trace Middle School Cookeville

Sports cards, comics, Pokémon, toys, and 165 tables of treasures—plus big giveaways. A must-stop for collectors and anyone chasing that rare find.

Rooster’s Chili Cookoff
Saturday, Oct 4th | 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM | $5
22799 Clarkrange Hwy , Monterey

Nothing says fall like a bowl of chili by the campfire! Taste, judge, and play cornhole while locals cook up their best.

Gainesboro’s Town Fall Festival
Saturday, Oct 4th | 10:00 AM | FREE
105 N Main St, Gainesboro

Downtown Gainesboro comes alive with vendors, music, dancing, pumpkin decorating, and kids’ games. Small-town charm and fall fun around every corner.

Sundays at the Great Pumpkin Harvest
Sunday, Oct 5th | 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM| $17
2857 Old Kentucky Rd. North, Sparta

Wander corn mazes, bounce, zip line, and ride wagons to Tennessee’s largest pumpkin patch. A whole farm’s worth of fall fun in one place.

FOR LITTLE BEES:

Putnam County Chuckwagon Youth Competition
Friday, Oct 3rd | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | $10
Lazy G Ranch in Cookeville

Local kids fire up Dutch ovens to bake cobblers with chuckwagon teams. A sweet tradition in the making, and a tasty kickoff to the cookoff weekend.

Take a Kid Biking Day
Saturday, Oct 4th | 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | FREE
Cane Creek Park

Bring your kid, a bike, and a helmet for a day of trail rides, skills, snacks, and giveaways—just the push they need to love biking.

Twice Told Tales Book Sale
Saturday, Oct 4th | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | FREE
50 E Broad St, Cookeville

Library Friends open the doors to tables of books priced under $3. Treasure hunting for readers, collectors, and bargain finders.

Ghost Painting – All Ages
Wednesday, Oct 8th | 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | FREE
50 E Broad St, Cookeville

Turn old prints into spooky art at this ghostly library workshop. Brushes, paints, and fun provided—just bring your imagination.

The Buzzworthy Lineup

Yancy Riley – Live at Trackside
Saturday, Oct 4th | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM | FREE
172 W Broad St, Cookeville

Louisiana-born Yancy Riley brings soulful country and raspy vocals to Trackside. Add in food trucks and friends, and it’s an easy Saturday night plan.

Have a great week,
The Cookeville Buzz 🐝