Pendleton Fall Festival Attracts Visitors from Several States

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer

The sun was bright and the breezes cool as more than 3,500 crowded into downtown Pendleton Saturday for one of the town’s most popular annual festivals.

The Fall Harvest Festival, with arts and crafts booths, music, food, children’s events, has grown exponentially over the past few years, and is approaching crowds equal to the Pendleton’s Annual Spring Jubilee.

A recent study by Clemson University found that visitors traveled from several states to Pendleton for the event. Based on cell phone locators, the event has attracted people from as far as New York, Virginia, North Carolina. Georgia, even Tennessee.