Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival

The Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival is a pawpaw festival in Knoxville, Tennessee. Here is what to expect, plus verified pawpaw growers near the festival if you want to buy fruit or trees while you are in the area.

When
Annual, fall pawpaw season. Confirm the 2027 date with the organizer.
Where
Trailhead Beer Market, 1317 Island Home Ave, Knoxville, Tennessee
Official site
knoxpawpawfest.com

About the festival

Annual late-August evening festival at Trailhead Beer Market in Knoxville; free admission, with pawpaw fruit and trees, native plants, wildcrafters, pawpaw cakes and soda, live music, and pawpaw waffles early on.

Like most pawpaw festivals, it is timed to the short fall window when the fruit ripens, so it is the rare chance to taste fresh pawpaw, meet growers, and often buy seedlings or grafted trees on the spot. New to the fruit? See what a pawpaw tastes like before you go.

Source: festival listing. Details change year to year, so confirm with the organizer.

Pawpaw growers near Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival

TN DIRECTORY

Verified orchards, u-pick farms, nurseries, and markets in Tennessee from our directory. See them all on the Tennessee pawpaw page.

Common questions

When is the Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival?

The Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival is an annual event held during the fall pawpaw season in Knoxville, Tennessee. It was last held August 30, 2026. The 2027 date was not published when this page was built, so check the organizer's site for the confirmed date.

Where is the Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival held?

It takes place in Knoxville, Tennessee, at Trailhead Beer Market, 1317 Island Home Ave. See the organizer's page for parking and directions.

What happens at the Knoxville Pawpaw and Wildcraft Festival?

Annual late-August evening festival at Trailhead Beer Market in Knoxville; free admission, with pawpaw fruit and trees, native plants, wildcrafters, pawpaw cakes and soda, live music, and pawpaw waffles early on. Most pawpaw festivals also offer fresh fruit to taste, trees for sale, and growers to talk to.

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