VISIT HAYWOOD COUNTY NC

Follow a trail of creative scarecrows built by Canton’s local shops, restaurants, non-profits, and other small businesses! The 2026 theme is Grimms Fairy Tales. Once you’ve explored, head to the trail website to cast your vote for the Funniest, Most Creative, and Best Representation of the Fairy Tale. The display that has the most votes overall will win the People’s Choice Award. Pictured: Vince, the frog prince scarecrow, created by Cold Mountain Art Collective.

Haywood Handmade Gallery's "Go with the Flow" exhibit celebrates the beauty, power, and importance of Haywood County’s waterways. In partnership with Haywood Waterways, this exhibition invites artists to create works inspired by rivers, streams, and other bodies of water—both literally and metaphorically. From flowing currents to reflections on life’s journeys, the show highlights how waterways inspire creativity while raising awareness of the need to protect and conserve our local watershed. Pictured work is by Peter Brown.

Set in Haywood's historic mill town, the monthly Mill Around Town event sees downtown Canton come alive with an extended evening of shopping, dining, deals, and entertainment. On the final Friday of each month, "mill" around to the record store, pottery studio, fly fishing shop, cafe, trendy boutique, bookshop, dark-academia flower shop, and more against a backdrop of live music and fun activities. Mill Around Town is free to attend, but supporting local businesses with purchases is encouraged.

Fall into the Halloween spirit at Haywood County’s annual ScreamFest! Enjoy dozens of unique vendors, trick-or-treating, hauntingly good live music, spooky fall game activities, and food trucks offering frightfully delicious treats. As night falls, brace yourself for a chilling haunted trail experience. Don’t miss this eerie-sistible event—gather your friends and family for a day and night filled with thrills and chills. Be there...if you dare!

Enjoy all the treats with none of the tricks during this beloved Downtown Waynesville event! Each year, costumed merchants turn historic Main Street into a family-friendly path of spooky decorations and festivity, welcoming hundreds of young kids to collect Halloween treats. So, suit up your little ghouls and goblins and head into town for a feast of Halloween delight!