The Decatur Book Festival is held over a weekend every fall in downtown Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta, and brings in the country's best authors for a celebration of the written word. The twenty-year-old free event has lots to offer families and bibliophiles, including panels and lectures from guest authors, book signings, and stalls of books and book lover's gear for sale. … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to Decatur Book Festival
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A First Timer’s Guide to Bonnaroo Music Festival
The South is home to many well-known music festivals, but it's Bonnaroo Music Festival that brings in music lovers from all over the country to the small town of Manchester, Tennessee every year, a town an hour outside of Nashville. The farming community is transformed from fields into its own village full of tents, campers, and stages. It's four days of friendliness, as … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to Bonnaroo Music Festival
A First Timer’s Guide to Spoleto Festival USA
Charleston, South Carolina may have dozens of big events throughout the year, but the one that brings it the most acclaim is Spoleto Festival USA, an arts and music festival that was based on the Festival Dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy. Pulitzer Prize-winner Gian Carlo Menotti brought it to the southern city in 1977 and it has brought in artists from all over the world … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to Spoleto Festival USA
A First Timer’s Guide to the Cooper River Bridge Run
While Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race is the largest 10K in the country, Charleston's Cooper River Bridge Run is another well-known race. The event started in 1978 when a race was organized over the Cooper River Bridge, the former bridge that spanned the distance. Today, it starts in Mount Pleasant and continues through Shem Creek and over the famous Arthur Ravenel Bridge, … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to the Cooper River Bridge Run
A First Timer’s Guide to St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah
Savannah, Georgia, has one of the biggest St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the country and certainly the biggest in the South. The festivities began nearly 200 years ago with the Irish community and continue today with every bar serving green beer. There's also a parade for the community and live entertainment on different stages. The morning of St. Patrick's Day is when … [Read more...] about A First Timer’s Guide to St. Patrick’s Day in Savannah
