The 2013 Spring Jonquil Festival is right around the corner and will be held on the beautiful Village Green in downtown Smyrna, Georgia next to the fabulous Smyrna Market Village. The festival is on Saturday, April 27th from 10a.m.-6p.m. and on Sunday, April 28th from 12 p.m. – 5p.m.The festival has a history of over 24 years and will feature over 175 hand-made arts & crafts booths, local non-profits, sponsors, puppet shows, live music, plenty of festival foods, and all types of children’s activities. We will also have local entertainment on the stage in front of the library.
Friends of the Smyrna Library will have their book sale during the Spring Jonquil festival, so plan to get some phenomenal deals on all types of books imaginable.
A crowd favorite, Peter Hart will be bringing his Atlanta Puppet Show to the Spring Jonquil Festival! Peter’s festival puppet show has appeal to everyone in a family audience 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!
Adding the right sounds…Scott Thompson for your listening pleasure. J. Scott Thompson one of the founding members of Peachtree Station (voted Atlanta Magazine’s Best Country Band 2000) will entertain you with all your favorite songs on the Village Green lawn adjacent to the Jonquil Food Court.
Be sure to visit the Featured Artists Market from watercolors, folk Jonquil Festival Featured Artistart, pottery, fine jewelry and metal sculpting. Other artisans are from all over the southeast and feature their own hand made crafts, paintings, clothing, furniture, jewelry and much more.
The festival foods include: red beans and rice, jambalaya, pizza, cotton candy, gyros, candy apples, corn dogs, hand-dipped ice cream, snow cones, polish sausage, chicken sandwiches, Firehouse Chili, roasted corn and BBQ.
The children’s activities area will have a huge array interactive inflatable activities, City of Smyrna fire truck, sand art.
Admission is FREE. Eat delicious food, shop, check out the puppet show, play and then relax on the Village Green.The festival is a wonderful experience for the whole family!
200 Village Green Circle, Smyrna, 30080.
[where: 30080]