On April 28, 2012, I stumbled past a sign to a strawberry festival as I was heading towards Atlanta from Athens, Georgia. Having been to lots of festivals, but never a strawberry festival, I had to stop by. At Washington Farms in Watkinsville, Georgia, the second annual strawberry festival was a small craft fair...
This year the Georgia Renaissance Festival opens April 14th through June 2 on every Saturday, Sunday, as well as Memorial Day. The Renaissance Festival is an annual celebration of turkey legs, dressing in armor, and sporting a fake British accent. While not based entirely on the historical time period of the Renaissance, the...
The Ellijay Apple Festival occurs for two Saturdays and Sundays Annually in October at the Lions Club Fairgrounds in Ellijay, Georgia, and has been running for39 years. With over 300 vendors, this festival tends to be one of the more crowded festivals in the Georgia mountains each year, but it’s hardly noticeable once inside...
As the fall season gets underway, North Georgia’s mountainsides begin to come alive with beautiful, vibrant color. Autumn, however, brings another type of color to the Georgia Mountains, as well though in the form of Folk Art. Every year, October brings the round of fall festivals into Georgia’s mountain towns. Local Artisans, and some...