Put on your top hat, zip up that glitzy evening gown, slip into a pair of insanely high heels and head to Gainesville’s Square on Saturday night, July 16, 2016. It’s a formal block party for grown-ups!
The Gainesville Adult Prom Is For Grown-Ups!
Category: Dancing
Spring Break at Lanier Islands? Yes, please!
Spring Break at Lanier Islands? Oh, yeah! Party on the gorgeous beach with dandy white sand overlooking the water and pretty people at Lake Lanier’s famously fun resort.
HemlockFest 2015 ~ Woodstock for Tree Huggers
Tree huggers, unite at HemlockFest!  It’s like Woodstock with food and water, without the mud and traffic, for a good cause. Presented primarily by the Lumpkin Coalition, HemlockFest is the most exhilarating way to preserve hemlocks for future tree lovers. “North Georgia’s hemlocks are in danger …
Special Events at Lanier Islands ~ August 28-30, 2015
There are four weekends left this summer.  Special events at Lanier Islands will make them count. For a fabulous vacation close to home, head to Lanier Islands the final weekend of August, 2015. Hit the Land & Sea Buffet at Sidney’s on Friday from 6-9 PM for succulent shrimp, …
Apology to Walter Daves & The Sautee Nacoochee Center Contra Dances
Our pal, Walter Daves, is an amazing guy.  Folks at the Sautee Nacoochee Center Association (SNCA) — located in urban Sautee Nacoochee, not far from Sautee, Georgia — describe Walter as: “Sautee Contra Coordinating Committee member, Tuesday Learn and Dance caller & sometimes Saturday big dance caller, …
Dahlonega’s 2014 Appalachian Trail Fest ~ March 14-16
Dahlonega is loved for so many reasons. Summer weekends make it perfect for listening to old tyme music on the square. There’s the Bear on the Square Festival, dandy shopping all year long, cozy restaurants and Gold Rush Days. Dahlonega is best known to many …
Artsy ‘Girls’ Night Out’ on Lanier
Thinking you need a little more culture in your life? Thinking of going to an actual museum? Wanna pretend you love art — when all you really want to do is toss down a few cold ones while you pose as a cool artist on …
Trail Days: The Biggest Appalachian Trail Festival
If you cannot imagine what it’s like for a town of 900 or so people to throw a party for 20,000 folks for five days, come to Damascus, Virginia, and find out how they do it. Trail Days — which officially runs from May 17th …
Come ‘Egg On’ the 2013 Spring Chicken Festival
Gainesville’s Square will be filled with chickens on Saturday, April 27th to celebrate the 2013 Spring Chicken Festival! The fun gets underway at 10:30 with the Chicken City Parade, followed by the Cook-off and live entertainment until 4 or so. The parade will include floats, vintage …
Bear on the Square Mountain Festival ~ April 19-21, 2013
Last year’s Bear on the Square Mountain Festival in Dahlonega, GA, was a blast. The celebration of all things mountainy was celebrated by thousands of fellow mountainy stuff lovers. Pictures from 2012’s Bear on the Square Mountain Festival For the 17th year, Dahlonega is doing …