2025 FESTIVALS AND EVENTS
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
APRIL
Festival On Ponce
COMPLETED
Bear On The Square
April 26 – 27
Historic Public Square of Dahlonega, Georgia
Bear on the Square Mountain Festival is an authentic Mountain Festival featuring bluegrass and old-time music, traditional art and craft, folk art, dance, and storytelling. The festival is held on the Historic Public Square of Dahlonega, Georgia. This nonprofit organization’s mission is to preserve and support the artistic and cultural traditions of the Georgia Mountains and the Southern Appalachian Region.
COMPLETED
MAY
Chastain Spring Arts and Craft Festival
COMPLETED
Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival
We are proud to be a Arts Patron Sponser for 2024
COMPLETED
JUNE
ART IN THE PARK IN HANCOCK PARK
COMPLETED
VIRGINIA HIGHLANDS SUMMERFEST
COMPLETED
July
August
PIEDMONT PARK ARTS FESTIVAL
August 17 & 18, 2024
Atlanta, Ga.
COMPLETED
September
ART IN HANCOCK PARK
Sept. 7
Dahlonega, Ga.
COMPLETED
BUCKHEAD ARTS FESTIVAL
September 21 & 22
Atlanta, Ga
COMPLETED
Canton Riverfest
September 28 & 29, 2024
Etowah River Park, Canton, Ga.
Cancelled due to Hurricane
OCTOBER
Festival On Ponce
October 5 & 6
Atlanta, Ga.
COMPLETED
GOLD RUSH
October 19 & 20
Downtown, Dahlonega, Ga.
COMPLETED
Mountain Moonshine Festival
October 26 & 27
Dawsonville, Ga.
COMPLETED
November
ART IN HANCOCK PARK
Nov. 2
Dahlonega, Ga.
COMPLETED
PIEDMONT HOLIDAY GIFT MARKET
Nov. 30 – Dec. 1
Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Ga.
DECEMBER
Christmas Market on Candy Cane Lane
Dec. 6 – 7
Dahlonega, Ga.
The Christmas Market, hosted by the Dahlonega Woman’s Club (DWC), will be located at the Community House and Hancock Park, 111 North Park Street, Dahlonega, GA, one block north from “The Square,” . The Christmas Market is in conjunction with “Dahlonega’s Old Fashioned Christmas,” which draws visitors from all over Georgia and beyond. Members of DWC will be selling homemade food items and gift baskets, with all our proceeds assisting Lumpkin County children in need. Each merchant’s items will be juried with the goal of a variety of merchandise available for purchase