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International Cherry Blossom Festival

Macon, GA · Nature

When

March 19–28, 2027

Where

Downtown Macon · Macon · GA

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

A ten day festival built around Macon's more than 300,000 Yoshino cherry trees, more than Washington DC has, with parades, concerts, and garden tours across the city. It has run since 1982. The 2027 festival runs March 19 through 28.

The history within reach

• International Cherry Blossom Festivalsame spot

  A ten day festival built around Macon's more than 300,000 Yoshino cherry trees, more than Washington DC has, with parades, concerts, and garden tours across the city.

• The Hay House and its hidden room0.1 mi

  An Italian Renaissance villa of eighteen thousand square feet, built with indoor plumbing, central heating, a speaking-tube system and a ventilation scheme decades before any of it was ordinary.

• Nu-Way and the misspelled sign0.2 mi

  One of the oldest hot dog stands in the country, opened by a Greek immigrant, selling a red frankfurter with chilli and slaw and a particular finely crushed ice that people drive back to Macon for.

• The Cannonball House0.4 mi

  During Stoneman's raid a shell came across the river, skipped off the road, went through the front of this house and rolled to a stop in the hall.

• Duane Allman and Berry Oakley, buried at Rose Hill0.5 mi

  The band used to write among these graves before they had anywhere else to go, and took In Memory of Elizabeth Reed from a headstone here.