Past Events

Día de los Muertos

📍 Creative Arts Guild

The Creative Arts Guild's annual Día de los Muertos celebration honoring loved ones who have passed. Features live music, performances, food and drink vendors, a kids craft area, face painting from 6–8 PM, and costume contests with prizes.

Día de los Muertos Celebration

📍 Creative Arts Guild

A Día de los Muertos celebration at the Creative Arts Guild.

Creative Connections Arts Educators' Conference

📍 Creative Arts Guild

Creative Connections Arts Educators' Conference hosted at the Creative Arts Guild.

Classic Tale of Horror!

📍 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio

Join us for chilling tales that go bump in the night! Classic Tales of Horror is a dramatic reading event with full immersion through lights, sounds, and atmospherics. Friday night will be a retelling of the chilling story of "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu, read by Madison Smith and Brooke Manolis, and Saturday will be "The Colour Out of Space" By H. P. Lovecraft

Louder Together Music Festival

Turn up the volume for awareness, hope, and community at Northwest Georgia Family Crisis Center's Louder Together: Breaking the Silence! Spend the day enjoying live music, special guest performers, local vendors, and more as the community comes together to support an important cause.

Classic Tale of Horror!

📍 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio

Join us for chilling tales that go bump in the night! Classic Tales of Horror is a dramatic reading event with full immersion through lights, sounds, and atmospherics. Friday night will be a retelling of the chilling story of "Carmilla" by Sheridan Le Fanu, read by Madison Smith and Brooke Manolis, and Saturday will be "The Colour Out of Space" By H. P. Lovecraft

Pink Day

📍 Burr Park

Join Vitruvian Health for Pink Day, a community event focused on breast cancer awareness, education, and early detection. Enjoy free refreshments, cookies, pink lemonade, awareness giveaways, yard signs, car magnets, and health and wellness vendors.

Culinary Class for Kids: Ghostly Goodies (Ages 8–13)

📍 Creative Arts Guild

A culinary arts class for kids ages 8–13 with a Halloween theme.

Crochet Club — Adults

📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library

Open to adults 19 and older. Join us for a crochet gathering where all skill levels and fiber arts are welcome to crochet, knit or sew alongside fellow enthusiasts. Free crochet patterns and lessons available. Monday, June 1 & 15 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 6 & 20 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, August 3 & 17 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, September 21 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, October 5 & 19 @ 11:30 a.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.

TnT NERF War — Tweens and Teens vs. Adults

📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library

Open to tweens and teens 4th to 12th grades. Grab your blasters and darts. Each month we play NERF games like Capture the Flag, Battle Royale, and Zombies. Blasters and darts provided. Signed waiver is required. Saturday, August 8 @ 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, September 12 @ 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, October 10 @ 1:30-3:30 p.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.

Studio Social

📍 Creative Arts Guild

Studio Social at the Creative Arts Guild.

Crochet Club — Adults

📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library

Open to adults 19 and older. Join us for a crochet gathering where all skill levels and fiber arts are welcome to crochet, knit or sew alongside fellow enthusiasts. Free crochet patterns and lessons available. Monday, June 1 & 15 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 6 & 20 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, August 3 & 17 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, September 21 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, October 5 & 19 @ 11:30 a.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.

Face Mug Workshop

📍 Creative Arts Guild

The Bandy Heritage Center, Creative Arts Guild, and Prater’s Mill Foundation are proud to partner with Jayme Laney of Laney Pottery to present a Face Mug Workshop! Many people are familiar with the distinctive folk pottery tradition of face jugs, which have been made in North Georgia for nearly two centuries. The face mug workshop will provide students with the opportunity to participate in a modern twist on a historic North Georgia folk pottery tradition by gaining hands-on experience sculpting a unique face of their choice onto clay coffee mugs. This class is a morning session which will last two and a half hours total. Each student will be given a large stoneware clay mug and additional clay, and using clay sculpting tools, shown how to sculpt a face onto the mug. Each student will have the opportunity to create a face mug, which will be fired in a kiln by their instructor after the workshop and mailed to their address. All necessary equipment and supplies will be provided by the instructor. This class is suitable for ages thirteen and up; students under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior knowledge of or experience with pottery making is necessary.

Crochet Club — Adults

📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library

Open to adults 19 and older. Join us for a crochet gathering where all skill levels and fiber arts are welcome to crochet, knit or sew alongside fellow enthusiasts. Free crochet patterns and lessons available. Monday, June 1 & 15 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, July 6 & 20 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, August 3 & 17 @ 11:30 a.m. Monday, September 21 @ 11:30 a.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.

63rd Annual Festival of Fine Arts Crafts

📍 Creative Arts Guild

63rd Annual Festival of Fine Arts Crafts

📍 Creative Arts Guild

ARTS FEST Preview Party + Taste of Dalton

📍 Creative Arts Guild

Preview Party celebrates the opening of ARTS FEST weekend with live music. The event offers drinks and delicious bites from some local restaurants. Preview Party guests get the first chance to view and purchase artworks from the juried Gallery Exhibit and the first chance to shop from the outdoor Artist Market vendors before ARTS FEST opens to the public for the weekend. It is also the perfect time to meet and mingle with artists, volunteers, and patrons. Attendees will vote for their favorite piece from the exhibit to determine the Patron's Choice Award. Tickets are $55; Attire is dressy-casual.

12th Annual Festival Del Sabor Latino – Latino Taste Festival

📍 Burr Performing Arts Park

Join us in Burr Park at the longest running and largest Latino taste festival in all of Northwest Georgia! With all different kinds of traditional foods, music, and dancing, this celebration of Latino culture will be a night to remember.

TnT NERF War — Tweens and Teens vs. Adults

📍 Northwest Georgia Regional Library

Open to tweens and teens 4th to 12th grades. Grab your blasters and darts. Each month we play NERF games like Capture the Flag, Battle Royale, and Zombies. Blasters and darts provided. Signed waiver is required. Saturday, August 8 @ 1:30-3:30 p.m. Saturday, September 12 @ 1:30-3:30 p.m. Disclaimer: All aspects of in-person programming are subject to change based on health crisis guidelines and procedures.

Cherokee Basketry Workshop

📍 Creative Arts Guild

Woven baskets were essential for transporting and storing food and supplies, playing a vital role in the survival of the Indigenous peoples of Northwest Georgia, particularly the Cherokees. These baskets also served as a canvas for artistic expression, featuring intricate patterns woven into each piece. In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to engage in a creative and historic craft tradition of Northwest Georgia by gaining hands-on experience in weaving their own round reed baskets. The class will be held in the morning and will last for three hours. All necessary equipment and materials will be provided by the instructor. This workshop is designed for adults aged eighteen and up; students under eighteen must be accompanied by an adult at all times. No prior knowledge or experience in basketry is required. The southwest Georgia craft tradition involves gaining hands-on experience weaving their own round reed baskets. This class is a morning session that will last three hours total. All necessary equipment and supplies will be provided by the instructor. This class is suitable for adults eighteen and up; students under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior basketry knowledge or experience is necessary