Hogansville Hummingbird Festival

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The town of Hogansville, Georgia has held an annual Hummingbird Festival every year since 1998, in the third week of October. This arts-and-crafts festival ("combining great local artisans with old time fun") highlights the historic downtown of Hogansville, which was established in the early 1800s and incorporated as a town in 1870[1].

[edit] Festival Attractions

  • Live music
  • Food court
  • Hundreds of vendors
  • Children's rides and games
  • Local artists
  • Tree climbing exhibit
  • Karate demonstrations
  • Dance performances
  • Street dance
  • Original festival poster every year
  • Historic train depot
  • Humane Society adoption station
  • Parking and Shuttle service

[edit] Brief History

The Hummingbird Festival was established in 1998 by Glenda Gordon of the Grand Hotel and Jackie Byars of Van Byars Auctions and was underwritten by John Hardy Jones, a local developer and property owner. Together with the hard work of many local helpers and supporters, they made the Hummingbird Festival a reality. The Festival has grown from a couple dozen vendors in the beginning to approximately two hundred in 2007. Attendance has grown as well, from around 1,000 in 1998 to over 13,000 festival-goers in 2006. These Festivals have generated over $130,000, which has been used as matching funds for grants for the City totaling $1.2 million. These grants have been used for the renovation of the Royal Theater and other city, park, and downtown improvements.[2]

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