This festival was a blast! If you love Bluegrass you must…read moreattend this next year. The festival runs from a Friday to sunday. Friday evening you check in at the main stage tent. For 5.00 you get a bidding paddle for live and silent auction. All the food you can eat, this year provided by Bourbon Street. Shimp, cornbread, deserts. Fab! All the wine you can drink. Yes you read that correctly! Plus you can purchase your Bear on the square tshirt! Bid on wonderful items! Listen to live music. I got to meet Ugly Cousin! Definitely go to the festival on Sunday. This is when the gospel music is until around 1pm Then, this year headlining the event was Becky Buller. Amazing song writer, singer and fiddle player. I got to meet her also and she signed all my stuff! Food, food, and more food. Everything you want. I got a gyro. It was awesome. A bit pricy but it's a festival. Basically if you enjoy Bluegrass go to this festival. You will get to meet some amazing artist that are very willing to speak with you and appreciate that you are a fan. Definitely going back next year.

WHERE IS THAT BEAR?…read more This is the twentieth year for the "Bear on the Square" Festival and I thought that it would be interesting because of the emphasis on Appalachian music and culture. We love all genres of music and enjoy being able to hear something different and speak with the various artists. Storytelling, workshops and demonstrations were also featured. This festival is a huge favorite of the locals and the highlight on a Sunday morning is the gospel jam which is held in a tent overflowing with attendees. This jam should have been held in the local park because of its size and the interest that it generates. During the Gold Rush Festival, the Sunday service is held in the park and it is wonderful and accessible to all. As a rule, we always attend the festivals on opening day (Saturday), because it has a fuller and more varied schedule. On this day, many of the acts were not scheduled to perform until later in the day around 1pm but since we were there at 9 am, we would love to have seen musical acts performing at that hour. The cool aspect of this festival was being able to talk to artists such as the resident weaver who were working this very sophisticated weaving machine that was making cotton wash cloths. She had been weaving since the age of seven and had definitely discovered her passion. I also enjoyed talking to the dulcimer artist who carefully constructed custom dulcimers one or two at a time. The craftsmanship was impeccable and it usually takes a minimum of three months to create one from beginning to end. You get to totally customize your own design and whatever you want, he will make an effort to execute it. There were plenty of vendors who were showcasing personal wares such as jewelry, pottery, leather, wood products, instruments, clothing, food items and more. This was just a beautiful day to walk around, explore and mingle with vendors and visitors. It was also a great way to cap off the weekend after spending all of Saturday working in the yard. Next year we will be sure to arrive on Saturday so that we can take advantage of the full schedule.

Outstanding value for seniors-has been getting more attendees past few years -more folks retiring…read morehere Great pop-corn /drink value Super nice & quick employees-great to have folks that truely value your patronage.

Small, family run venue with great movie choices for decent first run shows. Neat and clean with…read moregood concessions and old time prices.

I drove a pretty good ways to get to this festival, heard great things about it. I was very…read moreimpressed!! The town is a small little town with lots of antique shops that were opened along with all the vendors along the streets. They close the streets so people can walk. We seen a parade and there was a carnival set up for all ages to enjoy down a little ways from the vendors. Lots of vendors!! They had a live band playing on a stage. The funnel cakes were absolutely amazing!! Will definetly come back next year-

This is such a fun festival for the whole family. There are so many booths and fun attractions…read more Gold rush gets pretty busy, so be sure to get there early for a good spot. I've been every year since 2014 and don't plan on stopping anytime soon. Enjoy some of the local food while stopping into the booths to find one of a kind trinkets or maybe some larger like a painting or custom knife. The selection and quality of things offered here is top notch.

Came to the Georgia Mountain Fair to see Peter Noone (Herman of Herman's Hermits) and it was great…read more The fair was nice as we only went to the exhibits but saw the rides and they looked like they had a nice variety. The venue Peter performed in was simple was had us very close as I would say all the seats are good. Lights and walking back to the car was a little problematic but made it okay.

Went to the Scottish Highland Games Beautiful setting and the friendliest people. Easy parking…read moreand short walk to event !!! Lots of great food

Not friendly. Rude couple kept kicking our seats I asked them to stop and they called management…read morewho immediately asked US to leave. Really? We weren't bothering anyone. Poorly managed and the owner was the same. Not nice. Overpriced. There are plenty of other options. I've never been back.

Great maintain. Clean facilities. Good condiments. Easy accesss. Nice seats. Better prices. Nice &…read morefriendly staff. Georgia Theater Company has definitely been a plus owning this theater. It's a great amenity for rural NE Georgia residents..

SO SAD! This was one…read moreof the saddest festivals I have ever attended. It is the oldest festival in Georgia and is celebrating its 54th year. We thought that it would be fun to explore the small town and enjoy the festival at the same time. When we arrived shortly after 9 am, many of the vendors were in place and others were setting up in the center of town. We walked around for a while asking about places to eat in town. We were hoping for something small and intimate in the center of town but this option does not exist. We were surprised that the locals could not direct us to a breakfast restaurant even though there was only one less than a mile down the road, (cue Twilight Zone music). We made our way to the restaurant had a good breakfast and returned just in time for the parade. I immediately realize that something is off with this parade because there was no warm, fuzzy, excited feeling one gets when watching a parade. This parade had no bands, (which means no music), no performers and no flavor. It was a political parade designed to introduce the political candidates before the election next week. Ugh!! Are you kidding me? I was told the reason there was no band this year is because the band students were graduating today and therefore not available. There were a few vendors but nothing really new or interesting, (except one vendor reviewed separately). We attempted to walk around the square to visit some of the store owners but some of them were closed and others just weren't interesting. We left fairly quickly. I can imagine that after 54 years, the festival committee is starting to get tired and bored. However, instead of just giving up, perhaps they need to recruit some new members and pump some fresh blood into the committee. Next year the festival will mark its 55th year and it should definitely be their best year yet. Hopefully, it will be focused on family and community and not politics.

As far as festivals go this was pretty nice. I am kind of new to the small town in-the-square…read morefestivals. But this was nice. The parade was awesome, and they had a carnival this year to celebrate the 50th anniversary. The artist booths could have been a bit better. I think they need more of them. My son made out like a bandit though with candy. Fun time, I would recommend going if you are around Clarkesville. Its a very charming little town.

Spent about an hour here and really enjoyed our visit!…read more We started upstairs (which I believe is only accessible by stairs, since I don't remember seeing an elevator anywhere). We watched a 15-minute video that plays on the half hour, about Dahlonega's gold history. After the video, an enthusiastic tour guide named JL showed us some of the rooms (office for the judge and deliberation room for the jury), as well as brick with gold specs in it. Then we wandered the rest of the upstairs which had discovery drawers with gems, tools, and other items in them. There were a few more displays and rooms downstairs including one with minted coins from Dahlonega, as well as a gift shop. While we spent an hour here, you could watch the film and get through the museum probably in 30-45 minutes of going at your own pace. Overall, I found it very interesting and would highly recommend!

Sweet little museum that doesn't take long to visit. The film is wonderful, but is on the second…read morefloor up a flight of steps. If you cannot make it upstairs I would say skip the museum. The first floor does have a nice little coin collection.

Such a cute community theatre! There were Carol singers outside singing as we entered. We went to…read moresee a Christmas Story. Tickets were selling out fast so the best place to get seats for everyone together was at the balcony. The ticket process, once you buy from online or at the box office beside it, is quick and there are lots of staff (all volunteers) there to assist you in finding your seats! For refreshments, they sell beer, wine, sodas, hot chocolate, tea, and cider The view from the balcony wasn't the greatest for me because I'm a little short, but this really was only a major issue when the characters were using the aisle or at the top of the stage. I love how they integrate their stage crew into the show, and how friendly everyone is. They are always looking for volunteers!

The. Holly Theater is a true asset to our community!!!! I have always loved good theater, New…read moreYork, the Fox, and the Holly Theater!!! Saturday I took my granddaughter to Beauty and the Beast She is only four and and loved every minute, loved that she can appreciate great theater at this young age!!! I also enjoyed the exceptional talent of the cast Bell had the voice of a angel, and the actor that played the Candace stick was the star of the show!!!!