Events Fall
Sept. 6 - Oct. 31 Spearfish
Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch
Spearfish • SpearfishValleyProduce.com
6 Cody Johnson & Friends in Concert
The Monument, Rapid City TheMonument.Live
6 Crazy Horse & Korczak Remembrance Day
Crazy Horse Memorial® CrazyHorseMemorial.org
7-8 Hill City Quilt & Fiber Arts Show & Sale Hill City • HeartOfTheHillsQuilters.com
7 Rush No More & Dakota Rods & Classics Show and Shine
Rush No More RV Park & Campground, Sturgis • RushNoMore.com
7 Wine Express
1880 Train, Hill City • 1880Train.com
10 Trolley on the Trail
Deadwood, George S Mickelson Trail Deadwood.com
13-14 Deadwood Jam
Outlaw Square, Deadwood DeadwoodJam.com
13-14 Polkapalooza
Palmer Gulch, Hill City • PalmerGulch.com
14 Black Hills Rails to Ales
Hill City to Custer MickelsonTrailAffiliates.com 14 Spearfish Autumn Fest Downtown Spearfish • VisitSpearfish.com 15 Bearlodge Mountain Classic
Sundance, Bearlodge National Forest SCGMBA.org/bearlodge-mtn-classic
15 Black Hills Beer Fun Run/Walk
Spearfish • VisitSpearfish.com
19-21 Black Hills Plein Air Paint Out Hill City • HillCityArts.org
20-21 Sturgis MusicFest & Fall Festival Sturgis • OfficialSturgisEvents.com
20-22 Black Hills Photo Shootout Hot Springs BlackHillsPhotoShootout.com
20-22 Fall in Love with Lead Lead • LeadMeThere.org
20-22 Mickelson Trail Trek George S Mickelson Trail • GFP.SD.gov
21 Cruiser Car Show & Street Fair
Main Street Square, Rapid City MainStreetSquare.org
21 Newcastle Shine & Show Newcastle, WY Facebook.com/NewcastleShineShow
21 Sturgis Fall
Hot Pepper Festival
Sturgis • SturgisAreaChamber.com
26 Old West Shootout
1880 Train, Hill City • 1880Train.com
26-28 Buffalo Roundup & Arts Festival Custer State Park • GFP.SD.gov
27-29 Black Hills Film Festival
Rapid City & Hill City BlackHillsFilmFestival.org
Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival, Rapid City
SEPTEMBER
28-29 Wheelin’ to Wall Wall • WheelinToWall.com
28 Tatanka Day
Crazy Horse Memorial® CrazyHorseMemorial.org
28 For King + Country Live In Concert
The Monument, Rapid City TheMonument.Live
28 Free Entrance Day in the National Parks
Badlands NP, Devils Tower NM NPS.gov/FindAPark
28 Great Downtown Pumpkin Festival at Main Street Square
Main Street Square, Rapid City MainStreetSquare.org
28 Oktoberfest
1880 Train, Hill City • 1880Train.com
29 Fall Volksmarch
Crazy Horse Memorial® CrazyHorseMemorial.org
OCTOBER
1-5 Living Treasures Indian
Arts Cultural Exchange
Crazy Horse Memorial® CrazyHorseMemorial.org
4-5 Oktoberfest
Deadwood • Deadwood.com
4-19 (Fri/Sat)
Paranormal Investigations of the Adams House
Deadwood • DeadwoodHistory.com
5-26 (Sat) Fall Festival Days
Old MacDonald’s Farm, Rapid City OldMacDonaldsFarmRC.com
5 Bierborse Festival
Main Street Square, Rapid City MainStreetSquare.org
5 Harvest Moon Festival
Buffalo Ridge Camp Resort, Custer VisitCuster.com
5 Wiener Dog Races
Deadwood • Deadwood.com
11-13 Black Hills Pow Wow/ He Sapa Wacipi
The Monument, Rapid City BlackHillsPowWow.com
14 Native Americans’ Day Celebration at Crazy Horse Memorial®
Crazy Horse Memorial® CrazyHorseMemorial.org
17-19 Wild West
Songwriters Festival
Deadwood • Deadwood.com
22 Swan Lake by the World Ballet Company
The Monument, Rapid City TheMonument.Live
25-26 Deadweird
Deadwood • Deadwood.com
25-26 Sturgis Chamber's Crypt Haunted Tour
Sturgis • SturgisAreaChamber.com
25 Main Street
Merchant Trick or Treat/ Annual Halloween Carnival Hill City • VisitHillCitySD.com
26 Children's Boo Bash & Pumpkin Festival Hill City • VisitHillCitySD.com
26 Downtown Trick-or-Treat
Rapid City • MainStreetSquare.org
26 PumpkinFest
Tri-State Museum, Belle Fourche Facebook.com/BelleFourchePumpkinfest
26 Safe N' Sweet Trick N' Treat
Storybook Island, Rapid City StorybookIsland.org
29 Gold Rush Nationals
Indoor Demo Derby
The Monument, Rapid City TheMonument.Live
30-31 Sturgis Chamber's Crypt Haunted Tour
Sturgis • SturgisAreaChamber.com
31 Merchant's Trick or Treat
Custer • CusterSD.com
31 Merchant's Trick or Treat Hot Springs • HotSprings-SD.com
Weekends TBD
The Haunting of Keystone Keystone • RushMtn.com/Annual-Events
NOVEMBER
1-3 Girlfriends' Weekend
Hill City • VisitHillCitySD.com
9 Big Whiskey Festival
Deadwood • Deadwood.com
9 Mountain West® Beerfest
The Monument, Rapid City MountainWestBeerFest.com
11 Free Entrance Day in the National Parks
Badlands NP, Devils Tower NM NPS.gov/FindAPark
11 Veterans Day Celebration
Main Street Square, Rapid City MainStreetSquare.org
Events are subject to change. All dates are accurate as of Aug. 14, 2024.
Fall Volksmarch, ©Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation
Vanocker Canyon/Nemo Road Scenic Drive
Enjoy the gentle curves of Nemo Road as you follow Box Elder Creek and pass dense pine, abandoned miner cabins and expansive meadows. Turn into Vanocker Canyon a mile from the town of Nemo. The 17-mile leg twists and curves through three breathtaking canyons that give way to a downhill plunge to Sturgis.
Spearfish Canyon State Scenic Byway
The Northern Hills are home to Spearfish Canyon State Scenic Byway. Towering limestone palisades line U.S. 14A as it twists through the 19-mile gorge. Spearfish Creek traces the canyon where Bridal Veil, Spearfish and Roughlock falls are popular roadside attractions.
Boulder Canyon Scenic Drive
The high-walled valley road of U.S. 14A provides a short, yet sweet 12-mile drive. This relaxing route between Sturgis and Deadwood is especially stunning in the fall when it’s bursting with colorful foliage.
Peter Norbeck National Scenic Byway
This drive threads its way around pigtail bridges, through one-lane rock-walled tunnels and ascends to the uppermost heights of the Needles. The route is considered one of the most outstanding byways in America. It travels through portions of Custer State Park, the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, near Mount Rushmore National Memorial and the Black Elk National Wilderness Area.
Belle Fourche to Devils Tower
The journey to Devils Tower National Monument takes you through the picturesque Belle Fourche River Valley on SD 34. As you enter Wyoming, the road changes its name to WY 24. The drive passes through Aladdin, WY, and climbs through ponderosa pine forests. As you approach the town of Hulett, WY, glimpses of the tower emerge from the ranches and grasslands surrounding the rocky hills.
Badlands Loop Scenic Byway
Meander through the north unit of Badlands National Park on SD 240 surrounded by towering buttes, dramatic cliffs and striated spires. Within a 58-mile loop (including I-90), enjoy 38 miles of overlooks, popular hiking trails, and the Ben Reifel Visitor Center.
