North Georgia Fall Festivals Events Calendar

Ok, we are getting excited in the North Georgia Mountains!  We will soon be entering the fall months and after this latest heatwave, none too soon!  The Blue Ridge mountains is the place to be when looking to cool off from the hot summer heat but even we had temperatures above 100 degrees in the last couple of weeks!  So many of us headed for the Lake Blue Ridge, Toccoa River, creeks and higher elevations to cool things down.  Now, comes the best time of all in my opinion - Fall in the Mountains and as if that wasn't enough, the Fall Festivals too! 

Here is a run down of the North Georgia Fall Festivals coming up very soon:

Notes:

Hiawassee Festival of Arts - Over 3000 tickets sold already and 300 tickets left for the Sarah Evans concert.  This festival features 100 local and national juried artists specializing in watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, jewelry, glass, wood, metal and fiber art.  Great food and live Jazz.  A special event for children.

Octoberfest - The German word for fun!  Many bands will be perfroming and a parade.  Times are as follows:
Monday - Thursday 6 am - 10:30 pm; Friday 6am - 11:30pm; Saturday 1pm - 11:30 pm; Sunday 1pm - 7pm
and Saturday, September 15 is the parade at 12pm.

Heritage Sandy Springs - Celebrating its 22nd year and attracts over 20,000 people.  Car show, Children's Park, Fast paced Doug Kessler Lightning 10k, Food Court, Heritage crafters, Juried & Judged Artists, Pet Parade, Silent Auction and Teen Territory. (Not really considered North Georgia mountains)

Riverfest Arts and Crafts Festival - Touching the lives of children of Cherokee County.

Georgia Marble Festival - Marble Festival road race, live music, clogging, motorcyle ride and expo, children's area, crafts, fine art competition exhibition, and the only time of the year that quarries are open to the public!

Indian Summer Festival - Square dance, arts and crafts, barbeque, turkey shoot, pony rides, bungee jumps for kids, auction.

Cumming County Fair & Festival - Midway Carnival Rides, Petting zoo, Daily ground acts and much more.  Mon - Thurs 4pm - 10pm; Sat 10 am - 12am; Sun 12:30pm - 7pm.

Sorghum Festival - Antique and special car show, biskit eatin' contest, square dances, pole climbin', log sawin', rock throwin', baccur spittin', and much more.

Georgia Mountain Fall Festival - Flower show, Georgia's official state fiddler's convention located along the shores of beautiful Lake Chatuge. (No time given)

Georgia Apple Festival - Sorry, no pets allowed.  Handmade, hand-crafted items, on-site demonstrations of how crafts are made, antique car show.

Gold Rush Days - Over 300 art and craft exhibitors, parade, children's activities, fashion show, gold panning contest, wheelbarrow race, King and Queen Coronation, hog calling, buck dancing concert, gospel singing, wrist wrestling, and great food.  (No time given)

Mountain Moonshine Festival - Dawson county's history when running moonshine; birthplace of NASCAR, old moonshine still, stories from both Trippers and Revenuers, music, dancers, kids games, rides, exhibits, crafts, food and cars.  All proceeds go to help Dawson county children.

Donna Yates is a Realtor with Mountain Investments of North Georgia in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains.  She is passionate about the mountains and real estate and enjoys helping people find their mountain investment!  She can be reached at Donna@ellijay.com  Please visit: www.move2northgeorgia.net for great real estate opportunities!