Visit Ridge Ferry Park in Rome, Georgia for the 47th annual Chiaha Harvest Fair on October 22 and 23, 2011. Over 120 artists will be there with many craft demonstrations being held throughout the weekend. Enjoy the continuous live entertainment while you are nibbling on some of the tasty Southern cooking and sipping some hot apple cider. Bring the kids for some fun art activities. Go to chiaha.org to get coloring sheets for your children to color. Bring them along to the festival for free admission for your children.

The festival will be open from 10 AM to 5 PM both Saturday and Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for students and seniors, $1 for children under 12.

This great event is being sponsored by the Chiaha Guild of Arts and Crafts. All proceeds from the festival will help benefit art education in the Rome/Floyd County area. Call 706-235-4542 for more information.

Come on out to Ridge Ferry Park in Rome, Georgia on September 3 and 4, 2011 for the 22nd Annual Running Water Powwow – Cherokee Homecoming and Ripe Corn Festival.

Native American Indians gather from North, South and Central America to dance and sing to several drum groups and to compete with each other in the dance arena. Over 50 arts and crafts and food booths will be set up selling or demonstrating the crafts they make. Primitive skills will be demonstrated in Bow and Arrow making, Hide Tanning, Flute making, Corn Shuck Doll making, and a Teepee display. There will be Native American Storytelling by Fred Bradley and musical entertainment during the breaks by Dave “White Wolf”, Charlie Wayne and Vickie Hutto.
Competition and Exhibition Dancing with over 125 dancers dressed in full regalia.
The Grand Entry, the parade of all dancers into the arena to begin the dancing, will be at 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Saturday and at 1:00 pm on Sunday.

 Hours: Saturday, September 3rd from 10 AM to 10 PM. Sunday September 4th 10 AM to 6 PM.

Admission: $ 7 for adults, Children 12 & under and Seniors 65 & over are FREE.

The festival is sponsored by the Native American Preservation Association of Georgia, Inc. For more information, call Frank Blair, 706-509-8119, Ann Cook, 706-777-8763, or Gertrude Dobson 706-629-0057. On September 2nd, 3rd and 4th call 706-346-6135 for info.

Ridge Ferry Park is located at:
282 Riverside Parkway
Rome, GA

Visit Rolater Park in Cave Spring near Rome, Georgia on June 11 and 12, 2011 for the 36th annual Cave Spring Arts Festival.  It will be a juried show with cash awards. Many artists will have their art work on display for you to enjoy and purchase. The weekend is sure to be a great one with music, food and lots of beautiful art.

The show hours are Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM and Sunday 12 Noon to 5 PM. For more information and details on this event, call 706-777-9232.

Rolater Park is located on Cedartown SW Street in Cave Spring, Georgia.