The 49th annual Mountain Laurel Festival returns to Clarkesville on Saturday. The festival was recently named in the Top 20 events in the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society, and is the oldest festival of its type in North Georgia. City manager Barbara Kesler is very excited about this weekend's festivities. "I hope that we're going to have a great year. We have so many people in the community who have worked so hard to ...
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The Humane Society of Northeast Georgia is getting creative on behalf of lots of homeless pets. Friday night the organization will play host to Art with Heart, an art showing and silent auction from 7-10 p.m.
ATHENS - America's most famous trumpet player, Doc Severinsen, is coming to Athens for one night only in Hodgson Concert Hall at the University of Georgia.
Hope is on the way this weekend. And it is taking the form of food, fun and fine wine. The fifth annual Gateway to Hope is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Brenau University.
For the second year in a row, Lula residents are honoring the memory of their hometown hero with the Some Gave All 5K Road Race.
The Steve Cunningham Trio will close out The Arts Council's Evenings of Intimate Jazz series with a performance Friday.
Get ready for a night of music and fun under the stars as local musicians rock out for a good cause.
Corks will be popping and the beer will be flowing in North Georgia this weekend.
Mark your calendars and bring the family to spend a "Sunday in the Park."
Jamie Dailey and Darrin Vincent, who will perform May 20 at the Georgia Mountains Center, each had deep roots in bluegrass music before their first duo album hit shelves in 2008.
It's hard to listen to "Where've You Been," the 1989 hit by country singer Kathy Mattea, without shedding a tear.
Although it may seem like the school year just started, in reality students have little more than two weeks left in the year.
Elachee Nature Science Center's 10th annual spring benefit event, "Flights of Fancy," is set for 6-9 p.m. Friday, offering craft beer and a menu of grilled dishes.
Renowned Georgia author Janisse Ray will highlight the 2011 Georgia ForestWatch Wild & Woolly Forest Festival & Native Plant Sale on Saturday at the Sautee Nacoochee Center.
Spirit of Atlanta Drum & Bugle Corps will host the Red, White and Baby Blue Memorial Day Picnic on Sunday, May 26, on the campus of Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville.
Music, storytelling and dance have long been celebrated traditions of Appalachia. Now a variety show with those three elements are part of "An Appalachian Evening" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at the Sautee Nacoochee Community Association Center Theater.
The 10th annual Gainesville Memorial Day parade will begin at 10 a.m. Monday, March 27, with a flyover from local pilot Tony Manzo, who will be flying his Boeing-made, bright yellow, P-17 Stearman biplane.
Various barbecue meats and sauces for the men. Jewelry and clothing for the women. A kid's zone for the children.
The Northwinds Symphonic Band will present the eighth annual Memorial Day concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 27, at First Baptist Church on Green Street in Gainesville.
Blending horns with a young rhythm section, Denver and the Mile High Orchestra will present the best of classic pop music and combine it with a more modern edge to bring a familiar, yet fresh sound to the "family-friendly" concert at 7 p.m. Friday, May 24, at Toccoa Falls College.
Hall County's annual JAKES (Juniors Acquiring Knowledge, Ethics & Sportsmanship) Day will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 25, at Chicopee Woods Agricultural Center.
LAWRENCEVILLE - Aurora Theatre closes its season with the Georgia premiere of "Lark Eden" by Natalie Symons through May 26.
In a revealing, no-squealing adaptation of Jon Scieszka's popular book, Alexander T. Wolf tells his side of the story from May 28 to June 9 at the Center for Puppetry Arts, 1404 Spring Street NW, in Atlanta.
The fifth annual Brenau Barbecue Championship - the university's annual fundraising event for scholarships - will kick off Memorial Day weekend on the college campus.
The North Georgia Chamber Symphony Inc. will perform four free concerts May 16 through May 18 in Dawsonville, Blairsville, Gainesville and Dahlonega.
The 10th annual Rock in the Spring concert will begin at 6 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Brenau University Amphitheatre, featuring the band Mid Life Crisis.
The Sautee Nacoochee Community Chorale will close out its 24th season in style with three concerts this weekend at Sautee Nacoochee Community Association Theater.
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About 1,500 butterflies will take flight for the first time to the delight of hundreds of children at the 17th annual Friends of the Parks Butterfly Release.
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