Main Street in Historic Old Town Warrenton transforms with arts, music, crafters, strolling entertainment and festival food during the Annual Old Town Warrenton Fall Festival.
Named one of the Top 20 Events in the Southeastern United States, this event is a perfect family day, offering something for everyone.
Rain or shine, the event showcases over 160 vendors and draws approximately 20,000-25,000 people.
2025 Old Town Warrenton Fall Festival
On Fall Festival Day, October 4th, 2025, this rural county seat opens its streets to 160 booths with a wide variety of artisans and crafters exhibiting and selling handmade jewelry, fine arts, candles, tee shirts, wood furniture and stained glass goods from tents set up on Main, Falmouth and Winchester streets.
In addition, Festival visitors will find a variety of vendors showcasing their services and community causes as well as numerous food offerings from shaved iced to BBQ providing for a full day of fun, shopping, food and entertainment for all!
Arts & Crafts Vendors are either an individual or business that creates and sells handmade or handcrafted items, typically at markets, fairs, festivals, craft shows, or through online platforms.
These vendors are generally distinguished by several key characteristics:
Handmade Products: Items that are primarily created, assembled, or significantly altered by hand rather than mass-produced in factories. This may include food items but only if they are individually wrapped and labeled according to all state and local packaging and food safety laws.
Original Design: Products that reflect the creator's unique artistic vision, style, or technique.
Artisanal Quality: Craftsmanship that demonstrates skill, care, and attention to detail.
Small-Scale Production: Limited quantities produced by individuals or small teams rather than industrial processes.
Similar items include, but are not limited to, paintings, pottery, glass, woodcarving, weavings, and so on. This can include new items crafted from manufactured products and those that are upcycled from pre-existing manufactured materials. Arts & Crafts vendors are those displaying and selling items made by themselves, others, purchased wholesale, or produced in a facility with several employees.
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Professional Service Vendors are individual or organization that provides specialized, knowledge-based services to clients, typically on a contractual basis.
These vendors offer expertise, skills, and intellectual capital rather than physical products or commodities. These vendors are generally distinguished by several industry types:
- Insurance and Financial Services
- Legal Services
- Technology Services
- Home Repair / Home Improvement
- Healthcare
- Education and Training
Each of these vendors provides specialized expertise and professional judgment rather than commoditized products, typically working closely with their clients to deliver customized solutions to specific challenges.
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Civic Organization Vendors are organizations that are generally recognized as a non-governmental entity that works to address issues of public concern and improve community well-being. These organizations operate independently from government and business sectors, though they may collaborate with both.
These vendors are generally distinguished by several characteristics:
- Mission-driven: Focused on serving the public good rather than generating profit
- Community-based: Typically operate to address specific community needs
- Voluntary participation: Often relies on volunteers, members, and community support
- Formal structure: Usually has established governance, leadership, and organizational frameworks
Civic organizations fill critical gaps in society by mobilizing citizens around shared concerns, fostering community engagement, and addressing needs that may not be fully met by government or business sectors.
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