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Flint River Blues BBQ and Heritage Festival in Albany Saturday
ALBANY, Ga. – Get ready for some soulful music and mouth-watering bar-b-cue when The Flint River Blues BBQ & Heritage Festival comes to town this weekend. Entry is free, and the party gets started at 10:00 a.m. Saturday morning. There will be a car show, BBQ food trucks, a...
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Food Network Baker Cory Allen Jones Brings National Attention to Georgia’s Robins Region
Food Network competitor Cory Allen Jones shares how he founded Sweet Evelyn's Bakery and why the Robins Region inspires entrepreneurs. Cory Allen Jones might be a familiar face on the Food Network, but his baking journey began long before at his great-aunt’s house in Unadilla, Georgia. Jones has always...
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Georgia Peanut Commission Announces New Award
The Georgia Peanut Commission based in Tifton, Georgia has announced a new award. It’s available to everyone across the nation. It’s a cash award for food entrepreneurs. The Georgia Peanut Innovation Award will recognize and reward the most unique and viable new peanut concept inspired by Georgia peanuts and Alabama and Florida peanuts.
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Harvest Festival set for October 17th, 2026!
The Donalsonville/Seminole County Chamber of Commerce is excited to be bringing back the 2026 Annual Donalsonville/Seminole County Harvest Festival on October 17th, 2026. The festival starts with the Rejoice Run & Mom’s Mile at 8am, followed by the parade at 11 am. This year’s parade theme is “Thank a Farmer” – a heartfelt celebration of the hardworking men and women who keep our agriculture community growing. After the parade, we will have the Pledge of Allegiance & National Anthem, a performance from local dance studio and Chamber member Persnickety Studios, the Spring Creek Charter Academy twirlers, and then finally our featured performer, Dylan Kelley, will take the stage!
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“Georgia Natural Wonders”: A Painter’s Journey Across the State Comes to the Albany Area Arts Council
This August, the Albany Area Arts Council invites the community to travel the length of Georgia without leaving downtown Albany. Georgia Natural Wonders, an exhibition of paintings and drawings by artist Ann Litrel, opens August 3 and runs through August 28 in the gallery of the historic Carnegie Library. The...
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SmAlbany Poets Gives Voice to Albany’s Youth
ALBANY, Ga. – What happens when young people are given the space to speak, not just to be heard, but to be understood? Introducing SmAlbany Poets, a youth poetry initiative by Fawohodie Cultural Sustainability Center in Albany. SmAlbany Poets is a creative space for youth, grades 6 through 12, to explore their voices through poetry, writing, and performance. This program invites young people to express their thoughts, emotions, and lived experiences in ways that build confidence, literacy, and connection.
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Books And Local Art Come Together At This One-Of-A-Kind Georgia Bookstore
Some bookstores sell stories, but The Bookshelf feels like it stages a whole literary love affair the minute you walk through the door, complete with charm, color, and a strong temptation to leave carrying far more than one novel. Tucked into downtown Thomasville, with a polished independent spirit, this beloved...
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Baby Dinos Roar into Moultrie-Colquitt County Library Wednesday
MOULTRIE, Ga. – The Moultrie-Colquitt County Library is seeking young paleontologists to help unearth a story Wednesday morning. It’s Baby Dinosaur Story Hour!. A dinosaur will be stopping by the library to read stories, sing songs, and swing some serious tail!. And after story time, little dinos can...
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Dylan Scott’s ‘Big City’ Conversation Captures a Life-Changing Rite of Passage: ‘It Has Me Thinking Back on How I Grew Up’
The first time Luke Bryan heard “Dear Big City,” tour mate Dylan Scott was flying with him on a private plane to Austin, Texas. 'It All Turned Out How It Was Supposed To': Budjerah Discusses His Long-Gestating Debut Album 'Gentleman' Listening on headphones, Bryan started whooping it up around the 45-second mark. And when the song ended, emotions took over. “I said, ‘Dude, are you crying?’” Scott remembers. “He goes, ‘Man, yes.’ He goes, ‘You have no idea. All I could think about was Bo,’ his oldest boy, about to go to college. He said, ‘That [song] is special right there.’” “Dear Big City,” Scott’s latest single, captures a rite of passage experienced by many young Americans when they start a new life in a different community. It’s a particularly familiar moment for the artists, songwriters and musicians who succeed in Nashville, given that most came from somewhere else. And often from a proverbial dot on a map. “It’s my story,” Scott notes. “It’s what I did, you know, leaving a little small town, going to the bigger city of Nashville, chasing a dream. It’s what I needed to do.” “Dear Big City” was built last year, its initial architecture
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Vienna’s Weirdest Street Objects Are Secretly Genius
The first thing you notice is the red. A thick, corrugated red hose loops and curls its way through the Hirschstetten neighborhood of Vienna like something that escaped from a construction site and decided to stay. It pools on the ground. It arcs overhead. It feeds into wooden towers and snakes between them, connecting whoever happens to be on either end. That hose is the heart of The Outsiders, a set of mobile urban objects designed by collective Moradavaga for ROOMING INN’s neighborhood Living Lab, and it’s a smarter piece of design thinking than it initially looks.
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Thomasville artist series opens 89th season with Grammy winner
Season ticket packages are now available for Thomasville Entertainment Foundation’s 89th concert series , following a month-long focus on season ticket renewals in Thomasville, Georgia. TEF’s 2026-27 season offers diverse lineup of classical and nonclassical artists, opening on Sept. 19 with Tony and Grammy Award winner Heather Headley in an evening of songs from Broadway, pop and the Great American Songbook. A veteran of six Broadway and West End productions from "Aida" and "The Lion King" to "The Color Purple," Headley is a sought-after vocalist and recording artist appearing on the world’s great concert stages and currently starring in the Netflix series "Sweet Magnolias." In October, Camerata RCO, a unique classical ensemble made up of members of Amsterdam’s renowned Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, plans a program of Mozart and Beethoven. Camerata RCO’s chamber ensemble draws energy and inspiration from a more intimate relationship with the audience and with each other. Bluegrass comes to the TEF stage in January, as five-time Grammy winning composer and bassist Edgar Meyer joins with three-time Grammy nominee Mike Marshall on mandolin, and George Meyer on violin/fiddle. The Meyer-Marshall-Meyer Trio of acclaimed performers – equally sought after for classical and nonclassical concerts – comes together for a
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Do Portugal Circus Raises the Big Top Over Tifton Thursday Night
TIFTON, Ga. – A combination of excellence and magic is heading to South Georgia, as the Do Portugal Circus raises the big top over Tifton next week. The Portugal family has been entertaining the American continent for 5 generations, and this year the circus is excited to feature thrilling performances that will leave audiences breathless. Some of the featured acts are:
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ABAC announces Tracy Lawrence as the headliner for ‘Stage Lights & Rodeo Nights’
Country music legend Tracy Lawrence is coming to Tifton, and Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College is gearing up for an exciting weekend this November. “Stage Lights & Rodeo Nights” is a weekend event for the Tifton region. Lawrence will perform at John Hunt Auditorium Nov. 12, followed by two nights of the PCA Pro Rodeo on ABAC’s campus Nov. 13-14. Details are available at link.abac.edu/events.
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Summer Show and Tell at the Carnegie Library in Albany Tomorrow
ALBANY, Ga. – Calling all artists, musicians, writers, and creative thinkers! The Albany Area Arts Council invites you to its Summer Show and Tell gathering at the Carnegie Library Thursday, July 9th. Whether it’s a new painting, photography series, sculpture, poem, or music project, this is an artist’s opportunity...
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Jekalyn Carr Announces "A Night of Breakthrough" Tour
Our girl Jekalyn Carr stays busy and blessed, and now she’s getting ready to hit the road!. On the heels of her six Stellar Award nominations, the Grammy & Stellar Award winner has just announced her A Night of Breakthrough Tour, hitting seven cities this fall. The tour kicks...
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Bainbridge pottery studio brings neighbors together through ceramics, owner featured in Tallahassee show
DECATUR COUNTY, GA — Mary Ellen Free, ceramic artist and owner of River Oaks Pottery Studio in Bainbridge, has built a space where beginners and experienced artists alike can learn everything from wheel throwing to hand building. WATCH FULL REPORT BELOW:. For Free, opening the studio was about giving...
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Bright Star Touring Theater Takes the Stage in Cairo Friday
CAIRO, Ga. – Celebrate the end of an exciting summer with Roddenbery Memorial Library’s grand finale Friday morning! Bright Star Touring Theatre presents a lively, interactive performance featuring Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk. Join Lenny and Mabel as they bring these classic tales to life in a...