The weather will be beautiful, so don't miss out on the fun and festivities that will take place in Kennesaw
this weekend.
Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival will celebrate its 34th year as the City of Kennesaw
and surrounding areas turn out to celebrate the weekend of April 17 & 18, 2010. The entire
downtown area will be jam packed with people enjoying the best of today's fun-filled activities
while at the same time enjoying the rich heritage of Kennesaw and the Civil War era.
The Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival is host to one of the largest Arts & Crafts Shows in
North Georgia. Visitors and residents alike will be able to browse through over 200 booths
of the Southeast's finest artisans featuring a wide variety of beautiful and unusual items.
Over 55,000 people are expected to attend the Festival this year. The heart of downtown
Kennesaw and the Southern Museum, home of that awesome iron horse, the "General", serve
as the central location of this annual Festival. There will be a Civil War Encampment during
the festival featuring the lifestyle, uniforms, and firearms of the Civil War era.
This year's Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival promises fabulous entertainment and fantastic
foods - Visitors and their families will enjoy Kennesaw's multi-talented performers, games
for the kids and a variety of foods to please everyone's palate.
Entertainment will include Kennesaw's famous Little General Cloggers; members of the Kennesaw
Mountain Cloggers; members of Great Gig Dance Studio; as well as the ETO Demo Team. The Pickett's
Mill, Bullard,Chalker, Hayes, Kennesaw, McCall, Big Shanty Elementary School Choruses will
perform along with Pine Mountain, & McClure Middle Schools and North Cobb Christian
school choruses. Allatoona High School Jazz Band will provide to awesome music.
To kick off the festivities - A PARADE - will start at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 17th.
The Parade features fabulous floats and proud marchers - over 2,000 youngsters alone
representing every sport association and school in the area, plus the winners of Little Miss
Cobb Beauty Pageant along with the winners of the Master, Miss, and Mrs. Kennesaw Pageant
and Allatoona, Kennesaw Mountain and North Cobb School Bands. The Parade will start
at Adams Park and continue down Main St. through downtown Kennesaw. The community
is invited to join the parade - for details and to register call 770-423-1330.
The Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival is held in downtown Kennesaw on both sides of Main Street (Highway
293) and is cosponsored by the City of Kennesaw and the Kennesaw Business Association (a non-profit
organization). The hours of operation are 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM on Saturday, April 17 and 12 Noon - 5:00
PM on Sunday, April 18. Admission is FREE. For more information call Tod Miller or Bill Watson at 770-423-
1330.
Plan ahead, because there will be street closings for the duration of the festival. Beginning at 5:00pm on Friday evening, April 16, J.O. Stephenson Avenue/Cherokee Street will be closed from Dallas Street to Big Shanty to allow for festival vendor booth set-up. On Saturday, April 17, a parade is scheduled at 10:00am to kick-off the festival. In preparation for the parade route, the following streets along the route will be closed from 9:00am until approximately 11:00am: North Main Street from Adams Park to Summers Street. For the festival, Saturday April 17 through Sunday April 18 the following roads will be closed to all thru traffic: J.O Stephenson Avenue from Dallas Street to Big Shanty, Main Street from Moon Station to Watts Drive, Lewis St from Main St to Dallas St.
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