Georgia Peach Festival
Fort Valley, GA · Food & Drink
- When
- June 4–5, 2027
- Where
- Downtown Fort Valley · Fort Valley · GA
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
Peach County's namesake festival fills downtown Fort Valley with the World's Largest Peach Cobbler, baked in a brick oven built for the occasion, plus a peach-eating contest and parade before continuing to a second weekend at North Peach Park in nearby Byron. Now in its fifth decade. (2027 dates approximate.)
The history within reach
- Georgia Peach Festivalsame spot
Peach County's namesake festival fills downtown Fort Valley with the World's Largest Peach Cobbler, baked in a brick oven built for the occasion, plus a peach-eating contest and parade before continuing to a second weekend at North Peach Park in nearby Byron.
The state's agricultural fair, held in Perry since 1990..
Richard Penniman, one of twelve children from the Pleasant Hill neighbourhood, was washing dishes at the bus station and working out a filthy, hammering novelty number between shifts.
Phil Walden had managed Otis Redding and was left without an artist when Redding's plane went down.
The Allman Brothers Band, their wives, girlfriends, children and road crew lived together in a rented Tudor house for three years, which is where much of the second album was written.