You are invited to the upcoming 2016 Smyrna Fall Jonquil Festival on October 24th & 25th. The festival hours of operation are 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM on Saturday, October 22nd and Noon – 5:00 PM on Sunday, October 23rd.
The Jonquil Festival has a history of over 20 years and will feature over 125 hand-made arts & crafts booths, local non-profit booths, puppet shows, live music, plenty of festival foods, and children’s activities. Artisans are from all over the southeast and feature their own hand made crafts, paintings, clothing, furniture, jewelry and much more.
The Fall Jonquil Festival is held on the beautiful Village Green in downtown Smyrna, Georgia next to the fabulous Market Village.
2016 Smyrna Fall Jonquil Festival Highlights:
- Food–and plenty of it – pizza, cotton candy, candy apples, corn dogs, hand-dipped ice cream, snow cones, polish sausage, chicken sandwiches, and BBQ and more
- Fun stuff for the kids – interactive inflatable activities, sand art, costume contest and a children’s costume parade for the kids Saturday morning at 9 a.m.
- Children’s Halloween Costume Parade – Saturday, Oct. 22 at 9:30 a.m. FREE. Prizes for best costume in three age groups.
- Friends of the Smyrna Library book sale
- Keep Smyrna Beautiful jonquil bulbs sale
- Puppeteer Peter Hart – Peter’s puppet show is a crowd favorite with unique marionettes and puppet characters that sing, dance, juggle, play fiddle, break apart and come back together, squirt water, and are even launched by catapult across the stage.
- Smooth Sounds of Scott Thompson – J. Scott Thompson has played with or opened for legendary artists such as Steve Cropper, Leon Russell, Jimmy Hall, and Charlie Daniels to name a few. He will be performing on the Veteran’s Memorial lawn, adjacent to the Fall Jonquil Food Court, both Saturday and Sunday.
The festival foods include: pizza, cotton candy, candy apples, corn dogs, hand-dipped ice cream, snow cones, polish sausage, chicken sandwiches, and BBQ. The children’s activities area will have interactive inflatable activities, sand art, and more.
Admission is FREE.
Children’s Halloween Costume Parade – on Saturday, October 22nd – hosted by the Smyrna Police Department.
Registration begins at 8:30 am in the rear parking lot of Smyrna First Baptist Church (1275 Church St. SE, Smyrna 30080) and the parade starts at 9:30 am. The parade will travel north on King Street (from the church parking lot and through the festival area), around Village Green Circle and end at the Veterans Memorial lawn.
Four guest judges will award a prize to the winner with the best costume in three age groups:
- Newborn – 2 years old,
- 3 – 6 years old
- 7 – 12 years old.
This event is FREE!
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