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Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival will celebrate its 35th year as the City of Kennesaw and surrounding areas turn out to celebrate the weekend of April 16 & 17, 2011. The entire downtown area will be jam packed with people enjoying the best of today's fun-filled activities while at the same time enjoying the rich heritage of Kennesaw and the Civil War era.
The Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival is host to one of the largest Arts & Crafts Shows in North Georgia. Visitors and residents alike will be able to browse through over 200 booths of the Southeast's finest artisans featuring a wide variety of beautiful and unusual items.
Over 60,000 people are expected to attend the Festival this year. The heart of downtown Kennesaw and the newly expanded 40,000 sq. ft. Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History, home of that awesome iron horse, the “General”, serve as the central location of this annual Festival.
This year’s Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival promises fabulous entertainment and fantastic foods – Visitors and their families will enjoy Kennesaw’s multi-talented performers, games for the kids and a variety of foods to please everyone’s palate. Entertainment will include Kennesaw’s famous Little General Cloggers; members of the Kennesaw Dance Troupe; members of Great Gig Dance Studio; as well as the ETO Demo Team. The Big Shanty, and Bullard Elementary School Choruses will perform along with choirs from Kennesaw First Baptist Church and Northstar Church.
To kick off the festivities – A PARADE – will start at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 16th. The Parade features fabulous floats four high school bands, and proud marchers – over 1,000 youngsters alone representing every sport association in the area, plus the winners of Little Miss Cobb Beauty Pageant along with the winners of the Master, Miss, and Mrs. Kennesaw Pageant and Kennesaw Mountain and North Cobb School Bands. The Parade will start at Adams Park and continue down Main St. through downtown Kennesaw.
The Kennesaw/Big Shanty Festival is held in downtown Kennesaw on both sides of Main Street (Highway 293) and is co-sponsored by the City of Kennesaw and the Kennesaw Business Association (a non-profit organization). The hours of operation are 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM on Saturday, April 16 and 12 Noon - 5:00 PM on Sunday, April 17.
Directions: Downtown Kennesaw, Georgia -- Heading north on 1-75 take Exit #273 Wade Green Road, turn left follow approximately two miles and you will run right into the Festival.
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