Things to Do in Grovetown GA This Fall: Your 2026 Guide
October 8, 2026
October 8, 2026
City Hall hosted the city's big fall gathering early this year. Grovetown's first Latin Fest ran from 3 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 26, with parking signs along Robinson Avenue. After that, the city's October events list shows one event, a car show. Most of the rest of the season happens away from downtown, at a honey farm, a dairy's corn maze, the fairgrounds on Columbia Road and a light show on Louisville Road. These are mostly private venues, and each runs its own hours, prices and discounts. Planning your fall here means keeping track of all of those.
Here is the season as it stands on Sept. 30, 2026, in date order.
| When | What | Where | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat. & Sun., Sept. 26 to Nov. 15 | Steed's Dairy fall season | Steed's Dairy | $14 ages 3+, $11 seniors and military 13+ with ID |
| Sat., Oct. 10, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Honey & Harvest Festival | 5220 Canterbury Farms Parkway | Free |
| Tue., Oct. 20, 5:30 to 8 p.m. | Columbia County Trick-or-Treat | Evans Towne Center Park | Free |
| Sat., Oct. 24, 9 a.m. to noon | Cruisin' for Christmas Car Show | Liberty Park | Free |
| Nov. 5 to 15 | Columbia County Fall Fair | 5462 Columbia Road | Gate admission; promos below |
| Nov. 20 to Dec. 30, 6 to 10 p.m. | Lights of the South | 633 Louisville Road | Early bird $15 plus a $2 fee |
Steed's Dairy opened its 2026 fall season on Sept. 26 and stays open through Nov. 15. It's open on weekends only. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays and 1 to 7 p.m. on Sundays. Weekdays and Friday nights are held for private events. That means about eight weekends to work with. The first six come before the fair opens, and the last two, Nov. 7 and 8 and Nov. 14 and 15, overlap with it.
One admission covers the five-acre corn maze, the hayride, petting zoo, pumpkin patch, jumping pillow, tube slide, corn pit, duck race, children's play area, zip line and pony-cart rides. General admission is $14 for anyone 3 and older. Seniors and military members 13 and older with ID pay $11, and children 2 and under get in free. Steed's has also listed a Military Appreciation Weekend, but its homepage says the date is still to be determined. Confirm with the farm before you plan around it.
The Honey & Harvest Festival at Canterbury Farms is the season's one free farm day. It runs Saturday, Oct. 10, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 5220 Canterbury Farms Parkway, and admission is listed at $0. A volunteer-led events team is organizing it. The listing promises cider and fall flavors, local makers, food, honey, apple and harvest goods, artisan items, specialty drinks, live music and hands-on activities. Some of those vendors and partners were still being recruited when the listing went up, so the final lineup may look a little different on the day.
The county's Halloween event isn't in Grovetown. Columbia County's free Trick-or-Treat is set for Tuesday, Oct. 20, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at Evans Towne Center Park, 7016 Evans Town Center Boulevard in Evans. Anyone who wants to hand out candy can register for free. It's on a weeknight, so it doesn't compete with a weekend at the corn maze.
The city's October event is the fourth annual Cruisin' for Christmas Car Show. It runs Saturday, Oct. 24, from 9 a.m. to noon at Liberty Park. Admission is free, and proceeds buy Christmas gifts for Grovetown children. Grovetown has held a city Trunk-or-Treat before, but the only listing we found is for 2025. As of today, there's no 2026 date for it on the city's October calendar.
Liberty Park is also changing. In May, WRDW reported that expansion work there had canceled the city's July 4 drive-through barbecue. Later phases are planned to add soccer fields, tennis courts, playgrounds and other facilities. The park is open now. The city's Sept. 25 weekly report logged routine maintenance there and 44 hours of facility and field use that week.
Steed's closes on Nov. 15, the same day the Columbia County Fall Fair ends. The Merchants Association of Columbia County runs the fair at 5462 Columbia Road, from Nov. 5 through Nov. 15. The gate schedule shifts across the run:
Two of those nights come with deals you can only get at the gate. Opening night, Thursday, Nov. 5, is a "250th anniversary special," and the first 250 people through the gate get in free. On Wednesday, Nov. 11, Veterans Day, active-duty and retired military members with ID pay $2.50. It's one ticket per ID, and the offer isn't available online. For military households near Fort Gordon, that's the cheapest night of the fair. We didn't find a separate Columbia County Veterans Day ceremony on the county's November public calendar, and the Grovetown Library is closed that day.
Admission also includes the Golabchi Educational Center on the fairgrounds. The fair bills it as one of the largest collections in the world gathered by one person. The fair's website still shows an older weather banner and an entertainment schedule with dates that don't match the 2026 run. Use the gate-times section, which is labeled 2026, and check again the week you go.
Five days after the fair closes, Lights of the South opens at 633 Louisville Road. It runs from Friday, Nov. 20, through Wednesday, Dec. 30, from 6 to 10 p.m. nightly. Right now the ticket page shows a Georgia early-bird price of $15 plus a $2 fee. Regular prices aren't posted yet.
The attraction advertises more than five million lights, plus Santa, hayrides, a Christmas Tree Maze, a Candy Land playground, marshmallow roasting and free parking. Children 3 and under get in free. Military members and first responders get a 10% discount at the gate every night. The site says a new display is coming this year but hasn't said what it is. Thanksgiving is Nov. 26, so the lights will already have been on for almost a week by the holiday.
As of this writing, the city hasn't announced dates for a 2026 Christmas parade or tree lighting.
The city's main contribution this fall is a schedule change. Starting Oct. 1, bulk and yard-waste pickup changes from every other week to once a month. The city asks residents not to put bulk or yard waste out except on their scheduled week, and not to leave it in the street. Its Streets and Sanitation and Code Enforcement departments are already issuing notices for violations.
The timing matters because the change starts just as yards fill up with leaves. With one pickup a month, a bagged pile that misses its week sits for about four more. The city posts the Red Zone and Blue Zone schedules at cityofgrovetown.com/206/Garbage-Collection. Check both documents to find your area's week. Then put your October pickup date on the calendar next to the fall events above.
On the trails, the city's Sept. 25 report says it shared a notice that the restrooms at Grovetown Trails at Euchee Creek are reopening. The report doesn't give a date, so check the city's channels before counting on them for a weekend walk.
Two openings this summer change ordinary weeks in Grovetown more than any festival will.
On Gateway Boulevard, Wellstar Columbia County Medical Center started seeing patients on Aug. 26 at 5000 Gateway Blvd. The six-story, 100-bed hospital offers emergency care, surgery, advanced imaging, cardiology, neurology, oncology, orthopedics and inpatient services. Its first emergency patient arrived at 8:02 a.m., two minutes after the doors opened. Next door, a 92,000-square-foot medical office building with 11 outpatient clinics was still under construction on Aug. 26. Wellstar expected it to open "later this fall," so confirm it's open before booking an appointment there.
On East Robinson Avenue, the street where Latin Fest parking was signed, Southern Fired Foods opened its first brick-and-mortar takeout shop in July at 587 East Robinson Ave. Owners Gil and Tracey Rowland turned a former animal clinic into a wood-fired pizza shop, the Augusta Chronicle reported on Sept. 3. It's takeout, which works for a Friday when the corn maze is closed and the fair hasn't opened yet.
A second 7Brew kiosk proposed for 475 Lewiston Road was out for contractor bids through May 18, according to the Chronicle in April. No opening date has been announced.
If you have family or friends coming to Grovetown for the fair or the lights, or you're relocating to Fort Gordon and want a sense of what a local fall looks like, Candace Riddle can walk you through which parts of town sit closest to Columbia Road, Louisville Road and Gateway Boulevard. Book a consultation, and we'll go over it with this season's calendar.
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