Dog Events in Piedmont, AL

Celebrate the season at this free, family-friendly fall festival featuring kids' and dogs' costume contests, hayrides, pumpkin decorating, a live DJ, local vendors, and trick-or-treating. Guests can bring their four-legged friends along for an evening of autumn fun and festivities in downtown Fayetteville.

Explore Alabama's wildlife and outdoor traditions with your leashed pup at this annual festival in historic downtown Wetumpka. The event features wildlife art, live painting, educational presentations, workshops, vendors, food, children's activities, sporting dog demonstrations, animal encounters, and a DockDogs competition featuring Big Air, Extreme Vertical, and Speed Retrieve.

Celebrate Halloween with your pup at a festive fundraiser benefiting LifeLine Animal Project. This family-friendly event welcomes runners, walkers and their dogs for a morning of costumes, community and seasonal fun. Whether you're participating in the race or simply showing off your pup's Halloween costume, it's a great way to support local shelter pets while enjoying a spooktacular day together.

Get your pawsport and explore downtown's best breweries and tap houses while supporting a great cause. You'll receive a $3 pint at each location, a raffle ticket, a costume contest, a Halloween scavenger hunt, adoptable animals and more.

This family-friendly fall celebration features Truck-or-Treat with specialty vehicles and plenty of treats, more than 20 local vendors, seasonal finds and handmade goods. Guests can also enjoy family-friendly activities, fall entertainment and Halloween fun, with costumes encouraged.

This dog-friendly community fundraiser supports breast cancer awareness and research with a pet parade, costume contest with prizes, live music, local vendors and family-friendly activities. Guests can enjoy treats, snacks, drinks, a puppuccino station, face painting and family caricatures, while dogs can explore vendor offerings and receive toys and treat bags, while supplies last.

Celebrate Halloween with your four-legged BFF at Rescue Dog Games! This free, family-friendly dog festival features Howl-O-Ween Dog Costume Contests at noon to include: Funniest, Most Creative, Human-Dog Combo with prizes! There will also be a lure chase, trick or treating, photo opportunities, silly-or-not-so-silly dog tricks, dog and kids art activities, vendors, pet rescues and adoptable dogs.

You and your Schnauzer are encouraged to come and join in this historic event! The event will include the Guinness World Record attempt of the largest dog walk of one breed ever in an official parade. There will also be contests, a photo booth, live music, vendors and more. All breeds are welcome.

Bring Fido and a lawn chair or blanket for some live music from local musicians! The venue is open container, so feel free to grab a beverage from a nearby restaurant and bring it outside to enjoy in the Village Green. Outside food and beverages aren't permitted.

Leashed dogs are welcome at this annual seasonal celebration of autumn atop Lookout Mountain, where guests can enjoy fall foliage, festive décor and family‑friendly activities throughout the season. The experience includes seasonal displays (like the large scale lighted jack-o’-lantern displays), scenic walking paths, photo opportunities, and themed attractions that highlight the colors and spirit of fall.

Join a fun, family-friendly 5K supporting the Harrison High School Band and its student musicians. The event takes place on the high school campus and welcomes runners, walkers, families, and leashed dogs. Every registration helps fund opportunities for student musicians to learn, perform and represent their community.

Dress up your dog for a Halloween parade along the Atlanta Beltline Eastside Trail, followed by dog-friendly trick-or-treating and a costume contest with prizes! A portion of full-price ticket sales benefits the Atlanta Beltline Partnership.

Leashed dogs are welcome at this celebration of the region’s rich cultural heritage! Guests can explore artisan demonstrations and a makers market featuring traditional crafts like quilting, pottery, ironwork, and Dutch oven cooking, while enjoying environmental programming inspired by Appalachian culture. Live music performances will fill the air with bluegrass and other local sounds, and food trucks will serve up a range of delicious bites.

This dog-friendly community fundraiser features a 5K run and a 1-mile fun run/walk through Heritage Park. Participants can bring their dogs, shop at a pet-themed market, and donate supplies such as food, blankets, toys, and leashes to support local animal rescue organizations. Monetary donations are also welcome to help provide care and essential supplies for animals in need.

Treat your doggie like a VIP on the only restaurant crawl for dogs! Visit two dog-friendly restaurants where your pup enjoys their own versions of human dishes (plus a fun barkarita), while you enjoy tasty bites too. Stroll the Atlanta Beltline, shop at local pet boutiques, and take home swag and giveaways. A portion of proceeds supports local animal rescues—making this the paw-fect way to treat your dog and give back.

Bring Fido to the annual tree lighting event at Bridge Street!

Leashed dogs are welcome on this picturesque, 3.1-mile race that brings you through two states and has a beautiful backdrop of the Toccoa River. The race will begin at McCaysville Visitor Center and end at McCaysville City Park. The event is rain or shine.

Capture a special holiday memory with your pup while supporting Hand in Paw’s Animal-Assisted Therapy programs.

Enjoy an evening under the stars with Fido at this family-friendly outdoor movie event! Guests can bring lawn chairs, blankets, picnic baskets, and snacks from home or grab a bite from local food options, while adults 21 and older can purchase beverages to enjoy during the movie.