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Below are lists of festivals, fairs,
holiday and
special events for the Georgia
Historic High Country
travel region through
October
2008.
Please call listings contact numbers for times, fees and other information.
Lake Blue Ridge Fireworks Celebration
- 7/4/2008 at 3 pm - 10 pm
Join us at the Lake Blue Ridge Marina for Barbeque and live music from 4 p.m. to
6 p.m. Featuring an exciting Fireworks display at dusk. This is fun and food for
the entire family. Free family fun! Phone: 706-632-5680 - Location: Blue Ridge,
3990 Appalachian Highway, Blue Ridge, GA Directions: From Atlanta, follow I-575 north, which turns into
Highway 515, 90 miles to Blue Ridge.
Fourth of July Celebration
- 7/4/2008 at 10 am
All-day celebration held annually in Tallapoosa. Begins at 10 a.m. with ceremony
at Veteran's Memorial Park, parade at 1 p.m. followed by afternoon activities at
Helton Howland Park. We would like to personally invite any and everyone to come
join us in our parade. The day's activities include swimming, cookout, parade,
memorial dedication, entertainment, free watermelon and corn on the cob with the
fireworks show beginning shortly after dark. Admission: $0 Parking fee: $0 Phone: 770-574-2482 - Location: West Georgia,
Tallapoosa, GA Directions: Exit no. 5 off Interstate 20. If coming from the
west turn left off of the interstate. If coming from the east then turn right
off of the interstate.
Old Timer's Day Celebration Parade -
7/5/2008 at 11 am - 1 pm
Annual Independence Day parade in downtown Blue Ridge. This year the parade will
feature The Seed & Feed Marching Abominable Band. Bring out the family.
Admission: $0 Parking fee: $0 Phone: 706-632-5680 - Location: Blue Ridge,
3990 Appalachian Highway, Blue Ridge, GA Directions: From Atlanta, follow I-575 north, which turns into
Highway 515, 90 miles to Blue Ridge.
Mountain Music Series
- 7/5, 7/21, 7/19, &7/26/2008 at 8 pm - 9 pm
Enjoy a summer evening at the Vaughn Cabin, listening to the sounds of live
mountain and bluegrass music. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and have fun with the
whole family.
Call the park for the band of the week. $3 parking. Phone: 770-975-4226 - Location: Red Top
Mountain State Park and Lodge, 50 Lodge Rd SE, Cartersville, GA -
Directions: 45 miles north of Atlanta near Cartersville.
Life on the Southern Home Front
- 7/12/2008 at 10 am - 5 pm
Gather the family and join us at our 1850s log cabin. Learn the ways pioneers
settled this region and the lifelong struggles and hardships they had to endure.
See open hearth cooking, farming practices and clothing styles. $1.75 - $3. Phone: 770-443-7850 - Location: Pickett's Mill
Battlefield Historic Site, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA -
Directions: Located 5 miles NE of Dallas off Ga. Hwy.
381 on Tabor Church Rd., accessed by Dallas-Acworth Rd. or Due West Rd. If using
I-20, take Exit #44 (Thornton Road).
Bremen Car Cruise
- 7/12/2008 at 5-8 pm
Antique cars, trucks, & motorcycles. Door prizes, music, and food. A fun event
for the whole family! Free admission and parking. Phone: 770-537-9157 - Location: Downtown
Bremen, GA
Bremen Car Cruise
- 8/9/2008 at 5 - 8 pm
Antique cars, trucks, & motorcycles. Door prizes, music, and food. A fun event
for the whole family! Free admission and parking. Phone: 770-537-9157 - Location: Downtown
Bremen, GA
Life on the Southern Home Front
- 8/9/2008 at 10 am - 5 pm
Gather the family and join us at our 1850s log cabin. Learn the ways pioneers
settled this region and the lifelong struggles and hardships they had to endure.
See open hearth cooking, farming practices and clothing styles. $1.75 - $3. Phone: 770-443-7850 - Location: Pickett's Mill
Battlefield Historic Site, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA Directions: Located 5 miles northeast of Dallas off Ga. Hwy.
381 on Tabor Church Rd., accessed by Dallas-Acworth Rd. or Due West Rd. If using
I-20, take Exit #44 (Thornton Road).
Guided Battlefield Tour
- 8/16/2008 at 2 pm - 4 pm
Take a guided tour on one of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields in the
nation. Ask your unanswered questions and they shall be answered. Terrain is
rugged and it is recommended you wear proper gear for hiking. $1.75 - $3. Phone: 770-443-7850 - Location: Pickett's Mill
Battlefield Historic Site, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA Directions: Located 5 miles northeast of Dallas off Ga. Hwy.
381 on Tabor Church Rd., accessed by Dallas-Acworth Rd. or Due West Rd. If using
I-20, take Exit #44 (Thornton Road).
Flintknapping
- 8/30/2008 at 10 am - 4 pm
Flintknapping is the making of projectile points from different types of stone.
See demonstrations of this ancient art. $2.50-$4. Phone: 770-387-3747 - Location: Etowah Indian
Mounds Historic Site, 813 Indian Mounds Rd., SW, Cartersville, GA
- Directions: 5 miles SW of I-75 exit #288. Follow
brown directional signs.
Mountain Music Series
-
8/30/2008 at 8-9 pm
Enjoy a summer evening at the Vaughan Cabin (behind the Lodge) listening to the
sounds of live mountain music. Bring a blanket or a lawn chair, fun for the
entire family. Free event. Parking $3 Phone: 770-975-4227 -Location: Red Top Mountain State Park, 50 Lodge Rd SE,
Cartersville, GA
Directions: Located 45 minutes north of Atlanta near Cartersville, 1.5 miles
east of I-75 exit #285.
Life on the Southern Home Front
- 9/13/2008 at 10 am - 5 pm
Gather the family and join us at our 1850s log cabin. Learn the ways pioneers
settled this region and the lifelong struggles and hardships they had to endure.
See open hearth cooking, farming practices and clothing styles. $1.75 - $3. Phone: 770-443-7850 - Location: Pickett's Mill
Battlefield Historic Site, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA Directions: Located 5 miles northeast of Dallas off Ga. Hwy.
381 on Tabor Church Rd., accessed by Dallas-Acworth Rd. or Due West Rd. If using
I-20, take Exit #44 (Thornton Road).
Lecture: Georgia's Indian Heritage
- 9/13/2008 at 10 am - 4 pm
Learn about pre-historic, Creek and Cherokee Indians of north Georgia. $2.50-$4.
Phone: 770-387-3747 - Location: Etowah Indian
Mounds Historic Site, 813 Indian Mounds Rd., SW, Cartersville, GA
Directions: 5 miles SW of I-75 exit #288. Follow
brown directional signs.
Harvest at the Homestead
- 9/20 -
9/21/2008 at 10 am - 4 pm
Step back in time to the 1800s as demonstrators present harvest activities at
the Vaughan Cabin. Experience the evolution of early American life as
interpreters and skilled crafts people bring the past to life. Try your hand at
many pioneer skills through hands-on activities. $3 parking. Phone: 770-975-4227 -Location: Red Top Mountain State Park, 50 Lodge Rd SE,
Cartersville, GA
Directions: Located 45 minutes north of Atlanta near Cartersville, 1.5 miles
east of I-75 exit #285.
The Battle of Allatoona Pass
- 10/4/2008 at 10 am - 5 pm
Tour the hillside and the railroad cut through the pass. Walk that trails, visit
the star fort earthworks, and follow the old Tennessee Road just as the soldiers
did in 1864. Explore daily life in the tent city, see rifle and cannon firing
demonstrations. Phone: 770-975-4227 - Location: Allatoona Pass Battlefield, Cartersville,
GA, Directions: Exit 283 on I-75
Torch Light Tour of the Ancient City -
10/4/2008 at 10 am - 4 pm
Imagine life hundreds of years ago as you walk along the illuminated path the
mounds. $2.50-$4. Phone: 770-387-3747 - Location: Etowah Indian
Mounds Historic Site, 813 Indian Mounds Rd., SW, Cartersville, GA
- Directions: 5 miles SW of I-75 exit #288. Follow
brown directional signs.
Life on the Southern Home Front
- 10/11/2008 at 10 am - 5 pm
Gather the family and join us at our 1850s log cabin. Learn the ways pioneers
settled this region and the lifelong struggles and hardships they had to endure.
See open hearth cooking, farming practices and clothing styles. $1.75 - $3. Phone: 770-443-7850 - Location: Pickett's Mill
Battlefield Historic Site, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA Directions: Located 5 miles northeast of Dallas off Ga. Hwy.
381 on Tabor Church Rd., accessed by Dallas-Acworth Rd. or Due West Rd. If using
I-20, take Exit #44 (Thornton Road).
Prater's Mill Country Fair
- 10/11 -
10/12/2008 at 9 am - 6 pm
A quality arts and crafts fair in the setting of an old fashioned country fair.
$5.00 Adults Phone: 706-694-6455 - Location: 500 Prater's
Mill Rd., Ga. Hwy. 2, Dalton, GA Directions: From I-75 take Tunnel Hill-Varnell Exit #341; drive
north 4.5 miles on Hwy. 201 to GA. Hwy.2 at Varnell; turn right and drive 2.6
miles to the mill, a total distance of 7 miles from I-75.
Bremen Car Cruise
- 10/13/2008 at 5-8 pm
Antique cars, trucks, & motorcycles. Door prizes, music, and food. A fun event
for the whole family! Free admission and parking. Phone: 770-537-9157 - Location: Downtown
Bremen, GA
Life on the Southern Home Front
- 11/8/2008 at 10 am - 5 pm
Gather the family and join us at our 1850s log cabin. Learn the ways pioneers
settled this region and the lifelong struggles and hardships they had to endure.
See open hearth cooking, farming practices and clothing styles. $1.75 - $3. Phone:
770-443-7850 - Location:
Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church Rd, Dallas, GA
Directions:
Located 5 miles northeast of Dallas off Ga. Hwy. 381 on Tabor Church Rd.,
accessed by Dallas-Acworth Rd. or Due West Rd. If using I-20, take Exit #44
(Thornton Road).
Christmas at the Cabin
-
12/6/2008 at 12-6 pm
Yuletide celebrations of the 1800's come to life as skilled craftspeople and
historic interpreters take you back to Christmas at a pioneer homestead.
Experience the sights, sounds and smells of holiday preparations and festivities
at the Vaughan Cabin (located behind the Lodge). Phone: 770-975-4227 -Location: Red Top Mountain State Park, 50 Lodge Rd SE,
Cartersville, GA
Directions: Located 45 minutes north of Atlanta near Cartersville, 1.5 miles
east of I-75 exit #285.
Christmas on the Homefront
- 12/13/2008 at 10 am - 4 pm
Gather the family and join us at our 1850s log cabin. Learn the ways pioneers
settled this region and the lifelong struggles and hardships they had to endure.
See open hearth cooking, farming practices and clothing styles. $1.75 - $3. Phone:
770-443-7850 - Location:
Pickett's Mill Battlefield Historic Site, 4432 Mt. Tabor Church
Rd, Dallas, GA Directions:
Located 5 miles northeast of Dallas off Ga. Hwy. 381 on Tabor Church Rd.,
accessed by Dallas-Acworth Rd. or Due West Rd. If using I-20, take Exit #44
(Thornton Road).
