18 | ACTIVITIES DIRECTIONSGA.COM It’s festival season in the mountains! ioned Appalachian village, live music, arts & crafts vendors and delicious festival food. → Oct. 14: Blue Ridge Mountain Marching Festival — Watch as high school bands perform their half-time shows for the judges. → Oct. 14: Free Time Hobbies Fall Festival — This special event includes an IPMS model contest & displays, military vehicles, classic car cruise-in, a variety of concessions and hobby store specials. → Oct. 14-15: Fall Arts in the Park — This biannual art show draws thousands to the Downtown Blue Ridge City Park for the best in fine arts & crafts, demonstrations and fair food. → Oct. 14-22: Georgia Apple Festival — The largest mountain festival is a nonstop ode to everything apple! → Oct. 14-22: Sorghum Festival — Blairsville celebrates its heritage with arts & crafts, exhibits, square dancing, biscuit eating, pole climbing, log sawing, rock throwing and, of course, sorghum mill grinding, cooking and tasting! → Oct. 7: Home Builders Showcase — Stop by the Downtown Blue Ridge City Park to meet builders and get all the information you need for buying, building and renovating. → Oct. 7-8: Indian Summer Festival — Take the scenic drive out to Suches for some local arts & crafts, tasty treats and family activities on the grounds of Georgia’s smallest public school. → Oct. 7-8: Georgia Marble Festival — Celebrate the historic Georgia marble industry, which has provided building materials for such noted structures as the New York Stock Exchange, Lincoln Memorial and other landmarks. → Oct. 13-21: Georgia Mountain Fall Festival — On the shores of Lake Chatuge, the fairgrounds are home to an old-fash- Check the Calendar of Events on pages 60-63 for locations and contact information. Fall Arts in the Park
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