April 24
Celebrate Eatonton: Jazz Band
Location: Eatonton City Center Stage (124A N Jefferson Ave, Eatonton, GA 31024 )
Time: 11:00am – 2:00pm
The City of Eatonton invites you to join us for the Day Party Celebrating Eatonton at the Eatonton City Center Stage. This free, community-wide event will feature live music by Red Sugar Blues, bringing great energy and entertainment to the heart of downtown.
Lake Country Chorus Celebrates the USA at the USO
Location: Festival Hall
201 North Main St, Greensboro, GA 30642
Time: 7:00pm
The show celebrates the music of the USO from 1941 to today. Founded at President Roosevelt’s request by six service organizations to boost troop morale, the United Service Organization offered recreation through local centers—but became best known for its traveling shows that brought big-name entertainers directly to the troops.
April 30
May 2
“Peg Leg” Howell BBQ & Blues Festival
Location: Eatonton City Center Stage (124A N Jefferson Ave, Eatonton, GA 31024)
Time: 2:00pm – 10:00pm
The City of Eatonton invites you to enjoy a full day of authentic BBQ and incredible blues music at the “Peg Leg” Howell BBQ & Blues Festival. Live performances by J-wonn, Shae Nycole, and Jay Wingfield & The Blaq Berry Band.
Sunday at the Museum: History of Rock Eagle
Location: Old School History Museum (at The Plaza Arts Center) 305 N Madison Ave, Eatonton, GA 31024
Time: 2:00pm
Learn about the indigenous people who lived in the Piedmont area prior to the Europeans, specifically about Rock Eagle and the early archeological research by the Smithsonian and later the University of Georgia. You’ll learn how it became the centerpiece of the CCC (Civil Conservation Corps) Rock Eagle Park project in the 1930’s and later how that led to it becoming the State 4-H Center built across the lake in the 1950’s.
May 3
VISIT
SUN-TUE: Closed
WED-SAT: 10am-3pm
LOCATION
Georgia Writers Museum
109 S. Jefferson Ave.
Eatonton, GA 31024
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