Events for March 6, 2025 - September 7

Shop our Holiday Bazaar with over 75 regional vendors offering a wide variety of handcrafted products Be prepared to sample delicious holiday gourmet food and treats from some of Georgia's top chefs. Shop for Christmas decorations, and bring your Christmas list to buy unique crafts and other homemade items.

Enjoy the best bucking horses, bulls, world class contestants from all over the United States and Canada, and the top of the line specialty acts! This is a family event that will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat with live entertainment!

Back by popular demand, Sweet Charity's Rockin' Replay ignites the stage once again performing your favorite Top 10 Classic Rock , Southern Rock, British and Country favorites from the 60's thru the 90's! David Bacon on lead guitar/vocals; Karen Bacon on bass guitar/vocals; Stephan DeBlasio on keyboard/vocals; George Vorees on saxophone, flute and harmonica...sing-along, dance or boogey in place, this is an evening you definitely don't want to miss! ROCK ON! Don't forget to bring your chair, and come early to enjoy the delicious dogs prepared by our VFW Auxiliary

Acoustic Sunsets at Hamilton Gardens - A Thursday Night Concert SeriesThursday evenings from September 5th - October 3rd September 5th | September 12th | September 26th | October 3rd Food Court and Wine Bar open at 5pm Live Music Starts at 6:30pm Admission: $5 at Garden Entrance

An open walk down the gardens Main Trail to Fishing Hole Rock. The trail is lined with colorful lights and torches – bring a glass of wine or champagne from our Wine Bar with you!

An open walk down the gardens Main Trail to Fishing Hole Rock. The trail is lined with colorful lights and torches – bring a glass of wine or champagne from our Wine Bar with you!

2nd Annual Trent Whidden Memorial Car ShowSeptember 7th 2024 10am-3pm

A 14-time Grammy winner and Billboard Century Award recipient, Emmylou Harris' contribution as a singer and songwriter spans 40 years. She has recorded more than 25 albums and has lent her talents to countless fellow artists' recordings. In recognition of her remarkable career, Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008 and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 2018. Harris is known as much for her eloquently straightforward songwriting as for her incomparably expressive singing. Admired through her career for her talent as an artist and song connoisseur, Harris shook up country radio in the 1970s, and established herself as the premiere songwriter of a generation selling more than 15 million records and garnering 14 Grammy Awards, three CMA Awards, and four Americana Awards. Harris is one of the most admired and influential women in music. She has recorded with such diverse artists as Linda Ronstadt, Daniel Lanois, Bob Dylan, Mark Knopfler, Neil Young, Gram Parsons, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, Roy Orbison, Ryan Adams, Beck, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash, Lucinda Williams, Lyle Lovett and Rodney Crowell. Few artists have achieved such honesty or have revealed such maturity in their writing. Forty years into her career, Harris continues to share the hard-earned wisdom that—hopefully if not inevitably—comes with getting older, though she's never stopped looking ahead. A longtime social activist, Harris has lent her voice to many causes. Most passionately to animal welfare. In 2004 she established Bonaparte's Retreat with the goal of rescuing shelter dogs and adopting them into forever homes. To this day, Bonaparte's Retreat continues to save dogs most in need at Metro Nashville Animal Care and Control and at municipal shelters in surrounding counties.

Acoustic Sunsets at Hamilton Gardens - A Thursday Enjoy an evening at Hamilton Gardens for a Fall Acoustic Sunset Series! There will be a food court, wine bar, & talented musicians. Thursdays September 5th - October 3rd from 6pm-9pm! Admission is $5.The event is rain or shine. Alcoholic Beverages will be available. Please bring a chair or blanket.

One man's trash is another man's treasure - and there will be hundreds of treasures available to shop and browse. Come join us!

Dailey & Vincent's American Made Music FestSeptember 19-21, 2024 3-day passes and single day tickets are all available and prices range from $75.00 - $225.00. RV camping is available by the lake with full hookups and amenities. Dailey & Vincent's American Made Music Fest, presented by Springer Mountain Farms, is a 3-day festival bringing together the very best in American music - Country, Bluegrass and Gospel music! 3-day passes and single day tickets are all available and prices range from $75.00 - $225.00. RV camping is available by the lake with full hookups and amenities. 2024 Show Schedule: Thursday, September 19th 2pm - Doors Open 4pm-5pm - The Kody Norris Show 5pm-6pm - Intermission 6pm-7:30pm - Dailey & Vincent 8pm-9:30pm - Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder Friday, September 20th 2pm - Doors Open 2pm-3pm - VIP Meet & Greet 4pm-5pm - Shenandoah 5pm-6pm - Intermission 6pm-7:30pm - Dailey & Vincent 8pm-9:30pm - Neal McCoy Saturday, September 21st 2pm-Doors Open 2pm-3pm - VIP Meet & Greet 4pm-5pm - Larry, Steve, Rudy: The Gatlin Brothers 5pm-6pm - Intermission 6pm-7:30pm - Dailey & Vincent 8pm-9:30pm - Tracy Byrd

Acoustic Sunsets at Hamilton Gardens - A Thursday Enjoy an evening at Hamilton Gardens for a Fall Acoustic Sunset Series! There will be a food court, wine bar, & talented musicians. Thursdays September 5th - October 3rd from 6pm-9pm! Admission is $5.The event is rain or shine. Alcoholic Beverages will be available. Please bring a chair or blanket.

Acoustic Sunsets at Hamilton Gardens - A Thursday Enjoy an evening at Hamilton Gardens for a Fall Acoustic Sunset Series! There will be a food court, wine bar, & talented musicians. Thursdays September 5th - October 3rd from 6pm-9pm! Admission is $5.The event is rain or shine. Alcoholic Beverages will be available. Please bring a chair or blanket.

51st Annual Fall Regional Shelby/Mustang and Ford ShowSeptember 28th 9am-4pm Spectator admission - $10 per adult- Kids 12 & Under FREE Fall is a perfect time to be in the mountains and it's also a perfect time to drool over all the Mustangs that will be onsite for the Northeast Georgia Mustang Club's car show!

Acoustic Sunsets at Hamilton Gardens - A Thursday Enjoy an evening at Hamilton Gardens for a Fall Acoustic Sunset Series! There will be a food court, wine bar, & talented musicians. Thursdays September 5th - October 3rd from 6pm-9pm! Admission is $5.The event is rain or shine. Alcoholic Beverages will be available. Please bring a chair or blanket.

Steve Kelly and the Cherry Cherry Band are an award winning tribute experience that has performed over 600 shows, many to sold out houses across the U.S. and Canada. They are considered the premier Neil Diamond show, as the line up replicates the same live show Diamond performs himself. The band features some of the best musicians in the country. Cherry Cherry tours all across the country as Kelly, an USMC veteran, feels that music is medicine and that it is his calling to uplift communities by sharing Neil's musical work. All the hits, horns, and hoopla make the Cherry Cherry show rock and it is sure to please crowds of all ages. In 2016, Cherry Cherry was awarded the Ambassadors of Music from the Hawaiian Islands, presented at the Waimea Theater on Kauai. In 2017, Steve Kelly was awarded the Hero of Excellence by the Georgia Senior Living Association at the Gwinnett Energy Arena. Cherry Cherry has helped raise over $380,000 for Food Lifeline in the Pacific Northwest as well as performed for countless organizations supporting special needs adults, children, and animal rescues.

With first class musical performances, arts & crafts, unique attractions and a glimpse into North Georgia's rich history and culture, the Fall Fest provides something for every member of the family!

Curb Records recording artist Dylan Scott is a triple threat — a powerful vocalist with a deep, unmistakable drawl; an old-soul songwriter with a young spirit; and a family man with a tender heart. The ACM-nominated, multi-Platinum singer has notched four No. 1 singles at radio (“My Girl,” “Nobody,” “New Truck,” and “Can't Have Mine”), as well as Top 5 hit “Hooked.” Following his first career nomination for “Best New Country Artist” at the all-genre iHeartRadio Music Awards and a coveted spot among Country Radio Seminar's New Faces of Country Music, his Platinum-certified ode to his wife, “Nobody,” earned him a 2021 CMT Music Award for Breakthrough Video of the Year. Dylan presented the CMT Breakthrough Video of the Year Award at the 2022 CMT Music Awards on CBS. Scott earned a 2023 ACM nomination in the category, New Male Artist of the Year. Alongside Jason Crabb, Scott won his first GMA Dove Award in 2023 for the song, “Good Morning Mercy.” With career streams exceeding 2.5 billion, the Louisiana native has provided tour support for Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, and Chris Young, among others, cementing him as an in-demand live act. Livin' My Best Life, the latest album from Scott, features fiery, #1 lead single “New Truck;” along with viral TikTok ballad, RIAA Certified Platinum, #1 radio single, “Can't Have Mine (Find You A Girl).”

Multi-platinum Quartz Hill Records' Joe Nichols is one of country music's most-lauded recording artists. A 21st century traditionalist, Nichols is an artist who is both timely and timeless – one who has racked nearly 2 billion music streams including a half-dozen Number 1 singles and ten Top 10 hits with a sound that blurs the boundaries between country music's past and present. It's an approach that has earned Nichols three GRAMMY nominations, a CMA award, an ACM trophy, a CMT “Breakthrough Video of the Year” Award as well as multiple gold and platinum-certified records. Nichols' additional honors include awards from Billboard, Radio & Records and Music Row Magazine as well as a New York Times “Best-Albums-of-the-Year” nod. The celebrated star has appeared on national media programs ranging from the ACM Presents: Superstar Duets on CBS to The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The View, Entertainment Tonight and Austin City Limits. He also made his big screen debut in the feature film, Murder at Yellowstone City. Nichols released his long-awaited new album, Good Day For Living, on February 11, 2022. The 13-song collection features previous single and title track, “Good Day For Living,” his first top 20 and rising at country radio in nearly a decade. His brand new radio single, “Brokenhearted” – also from his Good Day For Living album and written by Rhett Akins, Marv Green, and John Thomas Harding, officially impacted country radio on June 20 and was among the most added.

Anthem Edition burst onto the scene in 2003 as a trio called The Old Paths, founded by Doug Roark and Tim Rackley with a mission to glorify the Lord. The trio soon became a quartet and gained national attention. In 2012, they signed with Crossroad Music's Sonlite Records label, releasing the breakout album ‘Right Now' which yielded two #1 hits and earned them a Singing News Fan Award for Favorite New Quartet. Despite a hiatus in 2015, they returned to touring in 2017. In late 2022, the group changed its name to Anthem Edition and welcomed Andrew Utech as the new bass vocalist. In the fall of 2023, Cameron Edens joined as the new tenor, and Joshua Stone joined as the new pianist. LeFevre Quartet: Since 1921, the LeFevre name has always been a leader in Gospel Music. Today, the name is stronger than ever. The LeFevre Quartet formed in 2005 and within only a year, Gospel Music fans voted The LeFevre Quartet 2006's Singing News Fan Awards Horizon Group of The Year. In 2009, their song, “Big Mighty God” was nominated for a Dove Award. In 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, The LeFevre Quartet was nominated as a Top 10 Traditional Quartet in the Singing News Magazine's Fan Awards. Their recent albums from New Day Records/Daywind have produced multiple number one hit songs. Prayerfully, the message in each song will change hearts. It often takes more than just a legendary name to gain the recognition this group has attracted, but with stellar vocals, high energy performances, and a heart for ministry, this combination of talent is one you won't soon forget. The LeFevre Quartet strives to reach the masses with a message of hope, grace, and salvation through Jesus Christ! Gold City: Since 1980, gospel music fans world-wide have been in love with the trend-setting style of Gold City. With 10 number one songs, multiple radio hits, and numerous industry accolades, this Dove Award-winning quartet has achieved legendary status as they have remained atop the gospel charts consistently in each of the past four decades. They have won over 60 Singing News Fan Awards as a group and among the individual group members, and they've introduced some of the most important songs in all of gospel music to audiences everywhere, including “Midnight Cry,” “Under Control,” “I'm Not Giving Up,” “It's Still The Cross,” and “In My Robe of White.” In 2017, the crowning achievement of being named to the Gospel Music Hall of Fame forever solidifies what thousands of loyal gospel music followers already know—Gold City will forever be the standard of excellence for gospel quartet music.

With 13M albums sold and 18 No.1 singles, Tracy Lawrence has been a County music icon for more than thirty years. Yet even as he continues to release music and tour, the CMA and ACM award winner's ambitions have also extended to numerous media and charity projects. In recent years, Lawrence has hosted the radio show Honky Tonkin' with Tracy Lawrence, which currently airs in more than 170 markets. His interest in working with younger artists and being able to explore different topics led to the TL's Road House podcast, which has featured such guests as HARDY, Jelly Roll, and Lainey Wilson. After revisiting his catalog with the Hindsight 2020 Vol 1, 2, and 3 and Live at Billy Bob's albums, Lawrence is gearing up to return to the studio. Meantime, the most important part of his work has become the Mission:Possible non-profit benefitting the homeless: From its humble beginnings cooking Thanksgiving dinners for the Nashville Rescue Mission, the organization has raised more than $2.5M for this important cause. Lawrence's philanthropic efforts were honored with the 2023 CRS Humanitarian Award.

Legendary band, THREE DOG NIGHT, now in its 6th decade, claims some of the most astonishing statistics in popular music. In the years 1969 through 1974, no other group achieved more top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets than THREE DOG NIGHT. THREE DOG NIGHT hits weave through the fabric of pop culture today, whether on the radio where they are heard day in and day out, in TV commercials or in major motion pictures -- songs like “Mama Told Me (Not To Come)”, “Joy to the World”, “Black and White”, “Shambala” and “One” serve to heighten our emotions and crystallize THREE DOG NIGHT's continuing popularity. Boasting chart and sales records that remain virtually unmatched in popular music, THREE DOG NIGHT holds a Billboard Magazine record for releasing 21 consecutive Top 40 hits, including 3 #1 singles “Mama Told Me (Not to Come)”, “Joy to the World”, and “Liar; the chart success drove 7 Platinum-selling singles and 12 straight RIAA Certified Gold LPs.

Featuring a mix of gritty backwoods soul, rock ‘n' roll swagger and velvet-thunder vocals, Nate Smith's personal journey inspired him to be a beacon of country-music hope, an inspirational mission he puts front-and-center. A California native, former worship leader, and lifelong music lover, Smith approaches that mission with a background as eclectic as it gets. Learning guitar at 13, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley and Bob Seger were among those informing his powerful, fire-from-within vocals, while Michael Jackson made him crave the spotlight and Nirvana gave his sound a jagged edge. In 2018, Smith lost everything he owned in the devastating Camp Fire which tore through Paradise, California, now known as the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in the state's history. Although his family was safe, he struggled to cope and turned back to music, hoping that it would help comfort himself and others. Help it did, inspiring a month-long road trip across the U.S. to Music City, writing music and playing dive bars along the way. Since making it to Nashville, the singer's “powerhouse tenor” has become “perhaps country music's fastest-rising beloved voice” (The Tennessean). He's made a huge splash with songs such as his Platinum-certified multi-week No. 1 hit “Whiskey On You,” which was lauded as the “breakup song of the summer” by Country Now and “an enormously satisfying country kiss-off anthem” by Stereogum. The smash hit has racked up over 405 million total global on-demand streams to date, contributing to Nate's billion total catalog streams globally. Nate released his debut, self-titled album along with the deluxe version on April 28. The hefty 26-song project hit #6 on Billboard's Country album charts and #30 on the Billboard Top 200. His latest single off the album, “World On Fire,” is currently Top 5 and climbing at country radio.

Over the last two decades, Sarah Evans has carved a successful career anchored by her insightful songwriting and warm, evocative voice. With such enduring hits as “Suds in the Bucket,” “A Real Fine Place to Start,” “Perfect” and “A Little Bit Stronger,” she's earned recognition as the fifth most played female artist at country radio and continues to be a force on the road with tour dates criss-crossing the country. For her ninth studio album titled "Copy That", the Missouri native serves up an eclectic bounty of songs that have shaped her life and storied career. Little Big Town's Phillip Sweet joins Evans for a buoyant rendition of the Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins classic “Whenever I Call You Friend” and Old Crow Medicine Show adds their unique flavor to the Hank Williams standard “I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry.” Her cover of Dexy's Midnight Runners' 1982 hit “Come On Eileen” is absolutely infectious and her pulsating rendition of The Knack's “My Sharona” shows a rockin' side of Evans rarely heard.

Appalachian Brew and Music FestivalSaturday, October 26 11am-5pm 60+ Breweries Unlimited Tasting Souvenir Glass Music and Vendors Enjoy a Beer Garden - a relaxed area to enjoy the festival! Admission: Early Bird - $40 (until June 1st) Advanced Tickets- $50 (June 2nd - October 20th) Gate Admission - $55 (October 21st)

Join the City of Hiawassee for Trick or Treating fun at the Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds! Bring your little ghosts & goblins to show off their costumes and get lots of candy from local businesses. It's sure to be a spooktacular time!

Hey Gear Heads - You're going to LOVE this show! '79 and earlier vehicles only! Rat Rods, Traditional Hot Rods, Customs, Lead Sleds, Shop Trucks, Patina Vehicles, etc. Absolutely no frame off type restored vehicles. Muscle Cars and "Classics" are okay as long as they show their age somewhat. Special Awards will be given to the Top 25 Pre-Registration is $25 per vehicle. Registration at show is $35 per vehicle. Reserved covered parking is $100. Covered vendor spaces (10x20) is $150. Outdoor vendor spaces (20x20) is $75.

Discovered in a Beaumont area bar by noted producer and head of Giant Records James Stroud (Toby Keith, Tracy Lawrence, Tim McGraw, Kenny Rogers), Walker was in his early twenties when he started rattling off a string of smash hits. Among them, “Live Until I Die,” "Dreaming With My Eyes Open," “This Woman And This Man,” "Hypnotize The Moon," "Rumor Has It," “Then What,” "I Can't Sleep" and "She Won't Be Lonely Long." His self-titled debut album rocketed to platinum status, the first of four to cross the million-sold mark. Racking up more than 30 charted singles and 11 No. 1s. Diagnosed in 1996 with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), he has become a passionate advocate and fundraiser for others with the disease through his Band Against MS. Among his efforts are the annual Clay Walker Charity Classic at Pebble Beach. The golf event highlights the highly active way Walker has approached MS, continuing to perform and raise a growing family while showing no signs of slowing.