Kern's has been using its lawn hard this month, with a free Americana festival last Sunday and a movie night Wednesday, and the biggest of the lot is the Fall Festival this Sunday afternoon. The food hall's own posts call it a full day on the lawn: a live schedule from two to four, a market of local makers, pumpkin painting, axe throwing and face painting, with free admission. Its Sunday post put it in three words, crisp air, live tunes, line dancing.

★The two o'clock lesson

The afternoon opens at two with an hour of line dancing led by Cowtown Studios, the same crew that runs the Friday-night Ho'Down Socials at Kern's, so this is the daytime, all-ages version. Nobody needs a partner or boots. At 3:15 the stage goes to School of Rock, the music school whose student bands play real sets, for forty-five minutes. In between and around it, the pumpkins get painted and the axes get thrown.

★The practical part

Admission is free and the food hall behind the lawn is open nine to nine, so lunch, a seasonal beer and dessert are all inside. Eleven vendors are on the list, from cookies and vinyl records to a boutique and a family farm. The cold front that comes through Friday night leaves Sunday sunny and 68, which is sweater weather for the first time this fall; bring a blanket for the grass. The Titans play in Indianapolis at one if someone in your party needs a screen, and the bars inside have them.