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Big birds and small peeps enjoy flavors, fun of Chicken Festival
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Walker Payne, 2, of Gainesville enjoys the sights during Saturday’s Chicken City parade during the Spring Chicken Festival in Gainesville. - photo by HAILEY VAN PARYS
If you love chicken, Gainesville is the place to be, particularly for Saturday’s annual Spring Chicken Festival. This year marked Main Street Gainesville and Keep Hall Beautiful’s 13th year of the event, which is more than just a way to celebrate the poultry industry. It includes a chicken cook-off, the “Re-Hatched” recycled items market, a “Chicken City” parade and a “Chickiden” 5K. The Bailey family took their love a chicken a step further.