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Night Tunnel Tours
📍 Tunnel Hill Heritage Center
Our best event is back this year, and this time we are doing it 2 nights!! Join us for a spine-tingling adventure as we delve into the dark and foreboding Tunnel at night! Legend has it that the spirits of the past still linger in our abandoned tunnel, once traversed by trains that rumbled through the darkness, carrying the echoes of forgotten whispers and unspoken fears. Walking through the darkness, you’ll feel the weight of history and the whispers of the dead. This unique event is perfect for thrill-seekers, history buffs, and those who dare to venture into the unknown. But be warned: the shadows can be deceiving, and the silence can be unsettling. Tickets are $13 per person, and kids 5 and under are free.
Night Tunnel Tours
📍 Tunnel Hill Heritage Center
Our best event is back this year, and this time we are doing it 2 nights!! Join us for a spine-tingling adventure as we delve into the dark and foreboding Tunnel at night! Legend has it that the spirits of the past still linger in our abandoned tunnel, once traversed by trains that rumbled through the darkness, carrying the echoes of forgotten whispers and unspoken fears. Walking through the darkness, you’ll feel the weight of history and the whispers of the dead. This unique event is perfect for thrill-seekers, history buffs, and those who dare to venture into the unknown. But be warned: the shadows can be deceiving, and the silence can be unsettling. Tickets are $13 per person, and kids 5 and under are free.
2026 Pink Robe Society Leadership Summit
📍 Dalton Convention Center
Every woman has a comfy piece of clothing that she wouldn’t be caught wearing in public! For some of us, it’s a tattered T-shirt. Others have sad sweatpants with a safety-pin in an over-stretched waist band. For me, it’s a stained, faded, pink robe caught on sale during a now defunct superstore’s blue light special! Honestly, my robe . . . is downright ugly! But I LOVE so many things about this 21-year-old relic! Mainly, it has stood the test of time and has managed to survive some tough days. But, more importantly . . . like me . . . my robe has great capacity for more . . . more life and more purpose. My pink robe is like so many amazingly resilient women who are full of life, extremely capable, versatile, and determined to live life with purpose and confidence. The Pink Robe Society exists to celebrate and support those
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.
78th Annual Fall Fair
📍 North Georgia Fair Grounds
-Thrilling rides from Drew Expositions -Delicious Food – Zerbini family Circus -Racing Pigs -Mike Frisbee Magic Show -Live Bands on Fridays, Saturdays and Sunday -Visit the barn animals -Craft and Commercial Vendors each night -Saturday, October 31st, Old Fashion Halloween Day, dress up in your favorite old fashion attire and come join us! -Unlimited rides $25 each night -Admission is $8, (age 3 and under is admitted for free, must pay to ride) Mon-Thurs: 5:00-10:00 pm Fri: 5:00pm -Midnight Sat: 1:00pm -Midnight Sun: 1:00pm -10:00 pm
Rockwood
📍 North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds
Rockwood, a local band, performs live at the North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds.
Los del Sexto
📍 North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds
Los del Sexto, a local Latino band, performs live at the North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds.
Bettin on the Mule
📍 North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds
Great Local Band performing at the North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds.
Silver Woodchucks
📍 North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds
Silver Woodchucks, a local band, performs live at the North Ga Fair Association Fairgrounds.
Mountain Dulcimer Workshop
📍 Creative Arts Guild
The Bandy Heritage Center, Creative Arts Guild, Prater’s Mill Foundation, DSC Derrell Roberts Library, DSC Appalachian Studies minor program, and Chattanooga Fiber Arts Guild are proud to partner with Emily Jennings to present a Mountain Dulcimer Workshop! The mountain dulcimer has been a quintessential instrument in soundscapes of Southern Appalachia for centuries. Yet, it is often overshadowed by more publicly familiar instruments like the fiddle and banjo. The mountain dulcimer workshop will provide students with the opportunity to participate in a unique Northwest Georgia instrumental and musical tradition by gaining hands-on experience learning to play classic tunes on a mountain dulcimer. This class is a morning session which will last two and a half hours total. Each student will be loaned a mountain dulcimer and shown how to play basic notes to classic songs. All necessary equipment and supplies will be provided by the instructor. This class is suitable for adults eighteen and up. No prior musical knowledge or experience is necessary.
Candlewick Tufting Workshop
📍 Creative Arts Guild
The Bandy Heritage Center, Creative Arts Guild, and Prater’s Mill Foundation are proud to partner with Lee Ann Cline of Dalton State College to present a Candlewick Tufting Workshop! Many people are familiar with the story of how Catherine Evans Whitener helped launch the tufted textile industry in Northwest Georgia. But, few have had the opportunity to see or use the technique she employed to create her stunning bedspreads. The candlewick tufting workshop will provide students with the opportunity to participate in an unique Northwest Georgia embroidery and textile tradition by gaining hands-on experience handtufting a stamped pattern onto a cotton fabric square. This class is a morning session which will last two and a half hours total. Each student will be given a fabric square, embroidery hoop, cotton yarn, large sewing needle and will be shown how to tuft the pattern onto the fabric square. Each student will have the opportunity to create a tufted pattern, which students can launder in warm water at home for the final step. 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 sewing or embroidery is necessary.
Rug Tufting Workshop
📍 Creative Arts Guild
The Bandy Heritage Center, Creative Arts Guild, Prater’s Mill Foundation, DSC Derrell Roberts Library, DSC Appalachian Studies minor program are proud to partner with Nia Lawson of Tuft Rugs ATL to present a Rug Tufting Workshop! With the transition from bedspreads to carpet in the mid-twentieth century, rugs became a major household commodity in Northwest Georgia and beyond. The burgeoning demand for rugs created unique economic opportunities for professionals with artistic skills. Carpet companies often recruited employees who were fresh out of art school to design patterned tufted rugs and carpet for their product lines. Tufted rug design became a pivotal part of the carpet industry and employed numerous workers throughout Northwest Georgia. The rug tufting workshop will provide students with the opportunity to participate in a creative and unique Northwest Georgia fiber arts tradition by gaining hands-on experience learning to design and tuft their own rugs. This class is a morning session which will last three hours total. Each student will be loaned a Clawlab H1 tufting kit and shown how to tuft their own rug. All necessary equipment and supplies will be provided by the instructor. This class is suitable for ages sixteen and up; students under eighteen must have an accompanying adult present at all times. No prior fiber arts knowledge or experience is necessary.