Evansville Fall Festival Named Best in America for 4th Straight Year

It's a 4-PEAT!

The votes are in, the confetti is (figuratively) flying, and it is official: for the FOURTH year in a row, the West Side Nut Club Fall Festival has been named Best Fall Festival in the Country by USA TODAY 10BEST. That's right, a 4-PEAT. That’s not a fluke…that’s not a lucky break…that’s what you call a dynasty! And it proves to the rest of the country what everyone in Evansville has known all along: nobody does a fall festival quite like we do.

This Win Belongs To Evansville

And this win isn't just a trophy for the Nut Club to put on a shelf. Just like the Fall Festival itself – this win is OURS. Every single person who voted, shared a post, texted a cousin in another state to vote, or gently guilted a coworker into clicking that link — this win has your fingerprints all over it. National recognition doesn't happen by accident. It happens because an entire community shows up, again and again, and says "yeah, actually, we are that good."

Where The Rest Of The Top Ten Landed

• #10 - Día de los Muertos in Mesilla, New Mexico
• #9 - Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple and BBQ Festival in Mears, Michigan
• #8 - Jack Pine Glass Pumpkin Festival in Laurelville, Ohio
• #7 - Verona Fall Fest in Verona, Wisconsin
• #6 - Trailing of the Sheep Festival in Hailey, Idaho
• #5 - Fall for Greenville in Greenville, South Carolina
• #4 - Circleville Pumpkin Show in Circleville, Ohio
• #3 - Freeport Fall Festival in Freeport, Maine
• #2 - Autumn Leaves Festival in Mount Airy, North Carolina

Bigger Expectations For This Year's Festival

And with a 4-Peat like this comes bigger expectations, and the Nut Club is leaning into that challenge, not shying away from it. That means this year you can expect even more tradition, more community spirit, more of the sights, smells, and sounds that make the West Side Fall Festival an only-in-Evansville experience you can't replicate anywhere else.

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The 105^th West Side Nut Club Fall Festival runs October 5th through 10th, continuing a tradition more than a century strong, with over 130 food booths, carnival rides, live entertainment, family fun, and talent competitions galore.