This week's so packed to the brim with festivals nationwide, you couldn't avoid one if you tried. There are food and wine classics all across the East Coast, and here in the West, we're planning on dropping by the chocolate festival in our neck of the woods. If we've left anything out, please chime in below.

• Brigham City, UT: Peach Days — Sept. 3-6
• Saratoga Springs, NY: Saratoga Wine & Food Festival — Sept. 4-6
• Marion, OH: Marion Popcorn Festival — Sept. 4-6
• Columbus, OH: Columbus Food & Wine Affair — Sept. 5
• Chicago, IL: Windy City Wine Festival — Sept. 5-6
• St. Louis, MO: Norton Wine Festival — Sept. 5-6

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• Groves, TX: Grillin' In Groves — Sept. 5-6
• Bowers, PA: Chile Pepper Food Festival — Sept. 5-6
• Forth Worth, TX: ZestFest 2008 — Sept. 5-7
• McHenry, MD: Deep Creek Lake Art & Wine Festival — Sept. 5-7
• Paw Paw, MI: Paw Paw Wine & Harvest Festival — Sept. 5-7
• Lithopolis, OH: Lithopolis Honeyfest — Sept. 6
• Valparaiso, IN: Valparaiso Popcorn Festival — Sept. 6
• Fulton, CA: Kendall-Jackson Heirloom Tomato Festival — Sept. 6
• Kennett Square, PA: Mushroom Festival — Sept. 6-7
• Temecula, CA: Temecula Food & Wine Classic — Sept. 6
• San Francisco, CA: Ghirardelli Square Chocolate Festival — Sept. 6-7
• Rhinebeck, NY: Hudson Valley Wine & Food Fest — Sept. 6-7
• Gettysburg, PA: Gettysburg Wine & Music Festival — Sept. 6-7
• Humble, TX: Chocolate Festival of Texas — Sept. 8-9

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