Event Calendar

The UGA Homecoming Parade travels through downtown Athens as part of the University of Georgia's Homecoming celebration. The parade features floats, spirit cars, and community participants, creating a traditional public procession in the downtown area. No spectator admission charge or ticket requirement is listed for this event. Residents and visitors can plan to view the parade along its downtown route. Visit the official event website for current parade details and updates.

The purpose of Child Health Day is to help raise an awareness and a commitment to teaching children and parents the benefits of good health. This event is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October. The day was proclaimed in 1928 by Calvin Coolidge to increase awareness of health issues facing the children in the U.S. including health issues, healthy eating, fitness, child's development, immunizations, preventing injuries, and more.

The 41st annual North Georgia Folk Festival brings regional music, artists, demonstrators, supervised children's activities, and food trucks to Sandy Creek Park. The festival offers a chance to explore folk-focused performances and presentations alongside food options at the park. Sandy Creek Park lists a standard $2 admission fee for ages 4–64, while the organizer does not state a separate festival admission price. Visit the official event website for current schedule and admission information.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.

Wild Rumpus Halloween Parade & Spectacle is an all-ages Halloween event in Downtown Athens, featuring a parade, music, performances, and a festival zone. Attendance is free. Attendees age 21 or older who wish to consume beer or wine in the festival zone must purchase a $5 wristband. The parade begins at the intersection of W. Hancock St. and Pulaski St., with the spectacle continuing through the evening. Visit the official event website for current event and admission information.