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Bear on the Square goes on rain-and-shine

Dahlonega festival wraps up amid heavy rain Sunday

Visitors to Bear on the Square in Dahlonega get wet as rain showers kept the festival wet all day Sunday.

0420bear6 — Visitors to Bear on the Square in Dahlonega get wet as rain showers kept the festival wet all day Sunday.

Elise Perkins

Updated: Apr 20, 2015, 12:45 AM

Published: Apr 20, 2015, 12:15 AM

For the past 10 years Jeff McWaters has attended the annual Bear on the Square Mountain Festival, which was held on the historic Dahlonega square over the weekend. The two-day festival was rain-or-shine, and this year vendors and visitors had the chance to experience both. The festival is a collection of the Southern Appalachian culture featuring bluegrass music, eclectic arts, craft vendors and unique tastes of local merchants that only Dahlonega can offer.

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