Wildlife Festival

Come celebrate the year of Art and Adventure in the North Georgia Mountains! The 9th Annual Wildlife & Nature Art Festival and Outdoor expo is scheduled for September 20 & 21, 2008. The festival features fine art with a wildlife or nature theme and award-winning artists from across the southeast will be exhibiting. Whether it’s painting, photography, jewelry, sculpture, wood, glass or metal that catches your eye, there is something for every taste.

Come and join us in the downtown Blue Ridge park for an art show not to be missed!

The Expo will showcase the Legendary Okfenokee Joe, S.O.A.R (Save Our American Raptors), as well as herding dog demonstrations, the Georgia Jr. Duck Stamp exhibit, outfitters, guides, conservation groups, and much, much, more. The evening of September 20 at 6 p.m. Blue Ridge Grass will perform an outdoor concert of bluegrass and country music. These are the sound of our heritage. The hills and hollers ring with the tunes of our ancestors.

Spend some time with us in the beautiful North Georgia Mountains, host of the National Adventure Race. Hike on the Appalachian and Benton MacKaye trails, fish our many trout streams, ski stunning Lake Blue Ridge, raft or kayak on the nearby Ocoee River – site of the 1996 Olympic Whitewater Event. For the not-so-adventurous visitors, the town of Blue Ridge is the arts and antiques capital of North Georgia. You can even embark on a train ride along the beautiful Toccoa River.

Bring the family and enjoy the beauty of nature both in the artwork and in the spectacular North Georgia Mountains. We guarantee you will be inspired, enlightened and awed. Festival hours will be 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on September 20 and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 21. We are only 90 minutes north of Atlanta on Hwy 515.