Editor’s note: Due to a reporting error, the dates of 2025’s Garlic Festival in Cuba, listed in an article for Thursday’s edition, were incorrect. The festival is set for Sept. 20-21.

Summer may be waning, but events happening across Allegany County in autumn are getting ready for harvest.

There are four weekends in September, and the month starts with the annual car show in Wellsville’s Island Park and grows from there.

SEPT. 13

• A Renaissance Faire will start at 5 p.m. at the David A. Howe Library in Wellsville. There will be crafts, vendors, food, dance and music.

• A 25th Anniversary celebration for Tami’s Floral Expressions in Wellsville will start at 9:30 a.m. and last until 4 p.m. on Jefferson Street (near the American Legion) where there will be vendors games and crafts for children and more.

SEPT. 20-21

• The Cuba Garlic Festival will get underway from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on that Saturday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on that Sunday. There will be arts and crafts vendors, garlic sales and contests and demonstrations, food and beverages, music and games at the Block Barn just outside the village limits. There is free parking, but an admission charge.

The annual Civil War reenactment is set for Sept. 26-27 in the village of Angelica.

SEPT. 26-27

• The Civil War Reenactment in Angelica will see the North and the South fighting in the streets and gentle southern ladies dressed for tea that Friday through Saturday. There will be living history camps and vendors in the park. Three battles will be fought throughout the weekend, times TBA. The event is free.

• Willing Fall Festival will offer food, craft items, wagon rides on Route 29 and more that Saturday at the Willing Town Hall on Route 19 South of Stannards. The event starts at 11 a.m.

• Lobster Fest is when Kent Beer Company will host Cousins Lobster Company from noon to 6 p.m. that Saturday at 1699 Jones Road Spur in Andover. There will be music and games.

October is to enjoy the glory of autumn and celebrate the thrills and chills of the season.

OCT. 3

• Andover Haunted House at 5 W. Greenwood St., will open for the season. From 7 to 11 p.m. every Friday and Saturday throughout the month the Haunted Attraction will be open to scare the bee Jesús out of the unsuspecting. Tickets are available at the door and online.

OCT. 4

• The Armstrong Fall Festival takes place in Belfast near the intersection of routes 305 and 19 (6661 Rt. 305) south of the village. There will be free pumpkins, food, bingo and face painting.

The annual RidgeWalk and Run at Alma Hill is set for Oct. 19.

OCT. 18-19

• Allegany Artisans Tour will highlight the artwork of dozens of artists and craftsmen across the county with an open studio tour. Maps are available online and in local businesses, Painters, ceramicists, sculptors, woodworkers and many others are taking part this year with some opening their studios on Friday night.

• RidgeWalk and Run on that Sunday has been opening the forest of Alma Hill for walkers, hikers and runners to enjoy the splendor of fall. Prior registration is required and can be found online. For non-hikers an event tent will be open with food available for purchase. There will be music and wagon rides available.

Look for more events to be announced as the holidays get closer and the area gets ready to celebrate winter.