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Thursday, September 18, 2008
Find your favorite fall festival
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s opening night of the 2006 North Georgia State Fair, featuring David Smith, The Human Cannonball, and the Seattle Wheel, billed as the world’s largest portable ferris wheel. The 2008 fair runs Sept. 18-28.
I guess it doesn’t matter where you live, once fall rolls around, festivals follow with their deep fried delicacies, artists’ booths and blinking, whirling amusements.
In Michigan, every fair and festival seemed to follow the same pattern: The (year) (city/organization name) (fruit, vegetable or herb) Festival! In the case of the town where I went to high school, we celebrated booze. Rather, the elimination of booze via woman with ax. Never you mind the beer tent.
Here, the fall festivals seem geography-specific. Candler Park Fall Fest, East Atlanta Strut, Old Milton Country Fair, Gwinnett County Fair, North Georgia State Fair, Georgia State Fair.
Wow.
Don’t be overwhelmed. Here’s a map of some fall festivals and a list of many more.
What are the best of the fests? Newcomers, what’s your favorite part of a fair, and do you think you’ll find it here?
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