News and Happenings Around the Region
It must be getting closer to springtime, because there is A LOT going on in the region. From food festivals to exhibits, you are sure to find something that interest you.
- High Hampton Inn in Cashiers, N.C., is celebrating its 86th year. The property for the season the weekend of April 25.
- Registration starts March 1 for the Grand Lagoon National Saltwater Fishing Tournament, August 20-24 in Panama City Beach, Fla. This tournament features six competitive divisions at four marinas throughout for a $1 million purse. It is expected to draw over 400 boats and 2,000 anglers from across the country.
- If you are visiting the Gulf Coast March 1-2, don’t miss Pensacola’s Gulf Coast Renaissance Faire.
- Celebrate South Florida’s past at the Vintage South Florida Festival in Hollywood, Fla., on March 2.
- From March 8 - June 8, the Mississippi Arts Center in Jackson is featuring an multi-media exhibit - Backyards & Beyond: Mississippians and Their Stories - the first year after Katrina.
- Come and Get It! Sample chicken fried steak among other vittles from over 20 antique chuck wagons at the 3rd Annual Chuck Wagon Cook-Off and Heritage Gathering at the Agriculture Museum in Boerne, Texas, on March 1.
- Uniquely Southern is the key theme at the 6th Annual Jerry Brown Arts Festival in Hamilton, Ala., March 1-2. Discover new-to-you artists at this event and you never know, you might walk away with a piece or two.
- Enjoy demonstrations, food and music as you travel back to the 1800s during the Alabama River Heritage Festival in Monroe on March 6 - 8.
- Blimey! Dublin, Georgia’s St. Patrick’s celebration extends through March 30.
- The 75th Anniversary of FDR’s Hundred Day and the New Deal is being commemorated at Roosevelt’s Little White House in Warm Springs, Ga.
- It’s not too late to take part in the Charleston (S.C.) Food and Wine Festival. March 1-2 is the last weekend of this delicious event.
- On March 8, be a part of the largest public outdoor wine tasting at the 23rd Annual Hilton Head Island Annual Wine Fest.
- From southern cuisine to art to independent films - it’s the best of three world’s at Beaufort’s (SC) Kaleidoscope: Film, Food & Fine Art Festival on March 6-9.
- If you love coastal cuisine, then you’ll enjoy Outer Banks’ (NC) Taste of the Beach on March 6-9.
- So Sweet! The 23rd Annual Maple Sugarin’ Festival in Westminster, Md., is scheduled for March 2. Enjoy maple pit beef sandwiches and desserts made with maple syrup.
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