We are now well into fall, and there is plenty to do around Northeast Georgia this weekend!
Here is this weekend's list of area events:
Weekend Events October 11-13
FESTIVALS
Event Name: Mule Camp Market, Gainesville
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11 – Sunday, October 13, Various Times
Event Location: Midland Greenway, Gainesville
Event Details: The Mule Camp Market by the Gainesville Jaycees will be fun for the whole family with a wide array of craft vendors, children’s activities, food vendors and a community concert. The free concert will be Saturday at 2 p.m. For details, visit www.exploregainesville.org.
Event Name: Night Out on the Farm, Jaemor Farms, Alto
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11, 7 – 10 p.m.
Event Location: Jaemor Farms, 5340 Cornelia Hwy., Alto
Event Details: This adult-only event is perfect for a date night. Come pick a pumpkin, get lost in the corn maze and enjoy music from a live DJ. Bring your own food or grab a treat from the Eatery at Jaemor. The Eatery will serve authentic tamales with chips, salsa and a drink for $9.99. Purchase a wristband for access to the maze, hayrides, farm games, live music, and pumpkin patch. The ticket includes a jack-o-lantern size pumpkin and a cup of u-pick wildflowers. Must be 21 and older to attend. For details and tickets, visit www.jaemorfarms.com.
Event Name: Cumming Country Fair and Festival, Cumming
Event Date & Time: Friday – Sunday, Various Times
Event Location: Cumming Fairgrounds, 2021 Dahlonega Hwy., Cumming
Event Details: Come enjoy all the rides and fair food that is part of the tradition of the Cumming Country Fair.
Event Name: Auto Fest by Hall County Sheriff’s Office, Gainesville
Event Date & Time: Saturday, October 12, 8 a.m.
Event Location: Hall County Sheriff’s Office Headquarters, 2859 Browns Bridge Rd., Gainesville
Event Details: Join the first-ever Hall County Sheriff’s Office Auto Fest held in the front parking lot of the HCSO Headquarters. Entry fee is $20 per vehicle and all proceeds going to the HCSO’s Shop with a Sheriff annual event to provide Christmas gifts for disadvantaged children in the community. The event is open to the public at no charge.
Event Name: Duluth on Tap, Duluth
Event Date & Time: Saturday, October 12, 12 – 5 p.m.
Event Location: Duluth Town Green, 3142 Hill St NW, Duluth
Event Details: Duluth on Tap is back and bringing the spirit of Oktoberfest to Downtown Duluth as the Town Green is transformed into a likely Bavarian celebration. Compete in a costume contest or one of the Oktoberfest games. This year’s Oktobervest games will include pretzel eating, beer stein holding, sausage tossing and a costume contest. For info, go to duluthga.net/business_detail_T5_R126.php.
Event Name: Fall Home Expo, Duluth
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11 – Sunday, October 13, Various Times
Event Location: Gas South District, 6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy, Duluth
Event Details: The Duluth Home Expo will have local and national remodeling experts on hand, as well as vendors displaying security, remodeling and design options. Free admission and parking. For details, go to www.gassouthdistrict.com/events/detail/duluth-fall-home-expo.
Event Name: Ghost Tours, Lawrenceville
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11 – Sunday, October 13, Various Times
Event Location: Lawrenceville Arts Center, 175 N. Clayton St., Lawrenceville
Event Details: This 90-minute tour will take you to some of Lawrenceville’s most interesting places and the stories behind its most bizarre events, hauntingly told with the charm and personality of a real Southern storyteller. For info, go to www.auroratheatre.com/productions-and-programs/view/ghost-tours/.
Event Name: Movie On the Lawn, Dawsonville
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11, 5 p.m.
Event Location: Veterans Memorial Park, Dawsonville
Event Details: Bring your blanket or lawn chair and enjoy this free movie at the park. There will be freebies, a bounce house and the movie will be Hotel Transylvania: Transformania. Concessions will be available if you would like canned drinks, nachos, popcorn or ice cream. Sorry, no pets. For details, go to www.dawsoncountyga.gov or you can go to www.facebook.com/GAMoviesInThePark.
MUSIC EVENTS
Event Name: Live Music by Railroad Earth, Gainesville
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11, 6 p.m.
Event Location: Boot Barn Hall, 312 Jesse Jewell Pkwy SW, Gainesville
Event Details: This is a Kickoff Concert for Mule Camp Weekend, hosted by The Gainesville Jaycees. This concert will benefit the Empty Stocking Fund, which is a charity event by the Gainesville Jaycees that raises money specifically for gifts, free food and games for over 250 children in Hall County. This bluegrass-influenced Americana band. Come dance and sing along for a good cause. Get tickets at www.bootbarnhallga.com.
Event Name: Live Music by Old Crow Medicine Show, Gainesville
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11, 8 – 11 p.m.
Event Location: Atlanta Botanical Garden, Gainesville
Event Details: Live music returns to the Gainesville Garden’s beautiful Ivester Amphitheater this fall, hailed by Nashville Scene as the “great commercial folk-country group of our era.” Doors open at 6:30 and the show begins at 8. For tickets, go to https://atlantabg.org/calendar/old-crow-medicine-show/.
THEATER PRODUCTIONS
Event Name: The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Dahlonega
Event Date & Time: Friday, October 11 – Sunday, October 13, Various Times
Event Location: Holly Theater, 69 W. Main St., Dahlonega
Event Details: Based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. With audience involvement, the ending of the play can be different every night of the show! The show is rated as PG-13. Get your tickets at www.hollytheater.com.
