This weekend in Georgia, Oct. 7-9, 2011

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This Weekend in Georgia
October 7 - October 9, 2011

In This Issue This Weekend Fairs and Festivals Don't Break the Bank
Fairs and Festivals

Welcome to Georgia Tourism's weekly newsletter! Our "This Weekend in Georgia" newsletter offers ideas for quick getaways or extended vacations. Visit www.ExploreGeorgia.org to learn more about happenings around the state.
The Official Georgia Day of the Cowboy
The Rock, GA Saturday, October 8th This event offers fun for the whole family and pays tribute to the cowboy way. See mock gunfights, train robberies and a rodeo with quick draw demonstrations, calf roping and mounted shooting.

Keep reading to find out about some of the fairs and festivals that are happening this weekend.

100 Mile Peanut Pickin' Yard Sale
Cordele, GA to Quitman, GA Saturday, October 8th Shop 100 miles of bargains and deals! Vendors will feature everything from antiques to homemade products to yard sale items.

Georgia State Parks

Draconid Meteor Shower on Billy's Lake
Fargo, GA Friday, October 7th Saturday, October 8th Take a boat tour on Billy's Lake during the Draconid Meteor Shower. This is a wonderful opportunity to see the reflection of falling meteors over the water and to see the night sky with almost no light pollution. You might catch a glimpse of an alligator's bright red eye shine.

Check the Georgia State Parks' Last
Minute Availability
page to see which lodge rooms, cottages, yurts, campsites, picnic shelters and group shelters are available for the upcoming weekend.

Great Georgia Airshow
Peachtree City, GA Saturday, October 8th Sunday, October 9th A Southeast Tourism Society Top 20 Event, the Great Georgia Airshow returns for the 14th straight year. Attractions include military aircraft demo teams, aerobatics, sky diving, jet truck, warbirds, aircraft rides, vendors, displays, exhibits, kids playground and military history camp with vehicles.

Athens to Atlanta Road Skate
Athens, GA Sunday, October 9th A famous American tradition, the Athens-to-Atlanta Road Skate combines the beauty of northern Georgia, the friendliness of the in-line skating community and the rigors of distance skating.

All Blues at 7 Stages Theater
Atlanta, GA Now through Sunday, October 9th "All Blues" is the true story of Ray Sprigle, a white journalist who set out to report on the black experience in the 1948 Jim Crow South first-hand by disguising himself as a black man for 30 days.

The Civil War Experience
Savannah, GA Friday, October 7th Old Fort Jackson and the River Street Riverboat Company have partnered to kick off Savannah's 150th Civil War anniversary commemoration.
Fairs and Festivals
22nd Georgia National Fair
Perry, GA Thursday, October 6th - Sunday, October 16th
Tybee Island Pirate Fest
Tybee Island, GA Thursday, October 6th - Sunday, October 9th
Westobou Festival
Augusta, GA Now - Saturday, October 8th
Hahira Honey Bee Festival
Hahira, GA Now - Saturday, October 8th
Callaway Gardens Harvest Moon Music and Food Festival
Pine Mountain, GA Thursday, October 6th - Sunday, October 9th
Cumming Country Fair & Festival
Cumming, GA Thursday, October 6th - Sunday, October 16th
The Spring Bluegrass Music Festival

Rockmart, GA Thursday, October 6th - Saturday, October 8th
Mule Camp Market
Gainesville, GA Friday, October 7th - Sunday, October 9th
Georgia Mountain Fall Festival
Hiawassee, GA Friday, October 7th - Saturday, October 15th
2nd Annual Real Squeal BBQ and Music Festival
Lyons, GA Friday, October 7th - Saturday, October 8th
Prater's Mill Country Fair
Varnell, GA Saturday, October 8th - Sunday, October 9th
Fall Festival
Dallas, GA Saturday, October 8th
Georgia's Offical Sorghum Festival
Blairsville, GA Saturday, October 8th - Sunday, October 16th
MeccaFest Arts Festival
Carrollton, GA Saturday, October 8th - Sunday, October 9th
Georgia Apple Festival
Ellijay, GA Saturday, October 8th - Sunday, October 16th
Fall Arts in the Park

Blue Ridge, GA Saturday, October 8th - Sunday, October 9th
International Kaolin Festival
Sandersville, GA Saturday, October 8th
Royston Fall Festival
Royston, GA Saturday, October 8th
Indian Summer Festival
Suches, GA Thursday, October 6th - Friday, October 7th
Don't Break the Bank
This year we will feature ideas from the article "100 Ways to Woo Your Special Someone Without Breaking the Bank," featured in the 2011 Georgia Travel Guide. If you can't wait for next weekend's newsletter to get more ideas, download your copy of the Travel Guide today.
#78: Enjoy the Colquitt mural tour and have a picnic. Take a self-guided tour of several murals that tell stories of life in rural communities. Relax with a picnic afterwards at nearby Spring Creek Park.
For more things to do this weekend, check out ExploreGeorgia.org!

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