2024 FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

Show booth for Jill's Jams and Jellies
Jill’s Jams and Jellies
 

We look forward to seeing everyone at the festival and events in 2024. Below is a list of our confirmed events. If you would like us to add an event or festival in your area please contact us with details and we will be happy to review.

MARCH

ART IN THE PARK IN HANCOCK PARK

Saturday March 2, 2024

Dahlonega, Ga.

10 am – 5 pm

Art in the Park is a delightful event held in Hancock Park, which is conveniently located just one block from Dahlonega’s downtown square. This artistic gathering takes place on the first Saturday of each month

APRIL

Festival On Ponce

Spring Festival: April 6-7, 2024

Atlanta, Ga.

Saturday: 10 am – 5 pm
Sunday: 11 am – 5 pm

The Festival on Ponce is an Atlanta arts and crafts festival set in the historic park, Olmsted Linear Park. Visitors will enjoy the gorgeous landscape designed by one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted Sr. along with over 125 displays of fine arts and crafts, folk and “outsider art”. In addition to the fine arts, there will be a children’s area and local food and beverage. Attendance is Free.


Bear On The Square

April 20 – 21, 2024

Dahlonega, Ga.

An Annual Celebration of Appalachian Culture in Dahlonega, Georgia

Bear on the Square’s juried Artist Market is one of North Georgia’s finest markets of traditional crafts, featuring a remarkable collection of one-of-a-kind, handmade items from the mountain region’s best artists.

Held around the Historic Public Square in Dahlonega, the Artist Marketplace presents juried work from an impressive group of more than 80 regional artists, including local resident and noted folk artist Billy Roper. Fiber and textiles, folk arts, furniture/woodworking, glass and metal, jewelry, mixed media, drawing and painting, photography, pottery, and jams, jelly, honey, candles, and soaps are almost always represented.


Duluth Spring Arts Festival

April 27 – 28, 2024

Duluth, Ga.

Saturday 10 -5

Sunday 11 – 5

Located at the Duluth Town Center:

This event will feature approximately 86 painters, photographers, sculptors, metalwork, glass artists, jewelers and more! The Festival will also offer artist demonstrations, live acoustic music, plus gourmet food trucks with healthy alternatives and music and dance performances.

Free parking is available for both artists and festival guests within close proximity to Duluth Town Center


MAY

Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival

We are proud to be a Arts Patron Sponser for 2024

May 18 & 19, 2024

Dahlonega, Ga.

Saturday 10 am to 6 pm

Sunday 10 am to 5 pm

The Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival features quality arts and crafts, a Wine & Beer Garden with fine wines from Dahlonega Plateau wineries, and a few craft beers. Tents line the streets of the historic downtown with handmade goods, and live jazz performances are also presented in Hancock Park to entertain visitors and add to this cultural event l

JUNE

July

August


September

Canton Riverfest

September 28 & 29, 2024

Etowah River Park, Canton, Ga.

Featured against the picturesque banks of the Etowah River Park in Canton, the Riverfest Arts & Crafts festival is the League’s flagship fundraising event where all funds raised support Cherokee County children in need. The two-day festival draws over 25,000 patrons, over 150 arts crafts exhibitors


OCTOBER

GOLD RUSH

October 19 & 20

Downtown, Dahlonega, Ga.

Gold Rush Days are always held the third full weekend in October. It is a time for thousands to come and see fall colors peaking and celebrate Dahlonega’s 1828 discovery of gold. Over 200 art and craft exhibitors and food vendors gather around the Public Square and Historic District in support of this annual event. It is estimated that a crowd of over 200,000 visits over the weekend to join in the fun and excitement!

November