Calendar of Events
2013 Tifton Events
January
17: Georgia Peanut Farm Show - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, FREE, (229) 386-3470 for info
18: Bottles & Brushes - GA Museum of Agriculture Gallery, 6 pm, (229) 391-5222 to register
24: Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, 7 pm, (229) 382-6200 for info
25: YaYa Sisterhood Celebration: Music Brings the YaYas Together - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, 6 pm, (229) 387-3537 for tickets
30: 2013 Ag Forecast - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, (229) 386-3416 for info
31: ABAC Presents!: Madame Butterfly - Howard Auditorium, 7 pm, $15, (229) 391-4895 for info
January 26 - February 22: "Irony: The Art of Wilby Coleman" - Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage,
www.tiftonmusuem.org
February
January 26 - February 22: "Irony: The Art of Wilby Coleman" - Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage, www.tiftonmusuem.org
February - March: "Lamar Dodd's Cosmos" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
1-3: Automotive Swap Meet - Spence Field, Moultrie
1: "Lamar Dodd's Cosmos" Exhibit Opening - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, 5:30 pm, (229) 391-5222 for info
2: Wiregrass Farmers Market Seed & Plant Swap - Museum of Agriculture, (229) 391-5222 for info
2: Tift Regional's Hearts & Diamonds Gala - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, 7 pm - Midnight, (229) 391-3310 for tickets
5: First Tuesday Concert: A Night of Chamber Music - ABAC Chapel, 7 pm, FREE
12: First Tuesday Concert Bonus: A Night of Choral Music - ABAC Chapel, 7 pm
23: Bids for Kids Televised Auction - Broadcast LIVE, (229) 386-0216 for info
23: ABAC Presents!: Band of the US Air Force Reserve - Howard Auditorium, 7 pm, $15, (229) 391-4895 for info
23: Miss Tift County Forestry Pageant - TCHS Performing Arts Center
28: Ms. ABAC Competition - ABAC
27-March 1: Georgia AgriTourism Conference - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, (229) 386-3416,
www.georgia-agritourism.com
25 - March 3: NGA Pro Golf Tour - Springhill Country Club
March
February - March: "Lamar Dodd's Cosmos" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
February 25 - March 3: NGA Pro Golf Tour - Springhill Country Club
1-2: Celebrate ABAC Weekend - ABAC Campus, Museum of Agriculture
1-2: ABAC Rodeo - ABAC Rodeo Arena
2: Miss Relay for Life Tift County
4: YMCA Annual Golf Tournament - Springhill Country Club
5: First Tuesday Concert: A Night of Classical Singing - ABAC Chapel, 7 pm, FREE
8: Tiftarea YMCA Father Daughter Dance - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center
9: 4th Annual Jack Gibbs Memorial 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament - TCHS Gym, 8 am
16-17: Calico Arts & Craft Spring Show - Spend Field, Moultrie
19: Pregnancy Care Center Annual Banquet - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center
21: ABAC Presents!: The Vega Quartet - Howard Auditorium, 7 pm, $15, (229) 391-4895 for tickets
22: United Way Children's Dinner Theatre: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, 6 pm, (229) 382-2881
22: Wiregrass Farmers Market Progressive Dinner - Museum of Agriculture, (229) 391-5222 for info
28: Mr. ABAC Contest - ABAC, 7 pm, Howard Auditorium
April
April - July: "Quilt Blocks Around the World" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
2: First Tuesday Concert: A Night of Broadway Music - ABAC Chapel, 7 pm, FREE
5-6: Spring Flower Show: Welcome to our Garden - Georgia Museum of Agriculture, Friday (2-4:30 pm), Saturday (9 am - 4:30 pm),
www.fulwoodgardencenter.com
5: Arts in Black Talent Show - Tift Theatre
6: Arts in Black Festival - Fulwood Park, 9 am - 9 pm, FREE
6: Folk Life Festival - Museum of Agriculture, 9 am - 4:30 pm, www.abac.edu/museum, (229) 391-5200
6: Quilt Show - Museum of Agriculture, 9 am - 4:30 pm
6: Tour de Tifton Bicycle Ride - Registration @ 7 am, Ride starts @ 8 am, For more info, contact (229) 391-9622
7: Arts in Black Poetry Competition - TTifton Welcome Station, Main & Hwy. 82
12: Tift County Special Olympics - 8th Street Middle School Track
16: Relay for Life Survivor Dinner - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, (229) 382-6645 for info
17-May 17: "Manifold Greatness: The History & Afterlife of the King James Bible" - Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage,
www.tiftonmuseum.org
18: ABAC Presents!: America's Big Band - Howard Auditorium, 7 pm, $15, (229) 391-4895 for tickets
19-20: Goin Hog Wild Car, Truck & Bike Show - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, (229) 386-3416
20: Road Less Traveled Concert: A Call to Worship - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, 7 pm, FREE
20: Williams Syndrome 5K Run - Northeast Campus TCHS, 5 pm, (229) 256-9545 for info
26-27: Tifton Truck & Tractor Pull - American Legion Fairgrounds, 7 pm, $15 (Adults) $5 (10 & Under), (229) 386-0216 for info
26: Relay for Life of Tift County - Friendly City Park/EB Hamilton, 7 pm, (229) 292-6572 for info
30: 67th Annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, (229) 386-3416
May
April - July: "Quilt Blocks Around the World" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
April 17-May 17: "Manifold Greatness: The History & Afterlife of the King James Bible" - Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage,
www.tiftonmuseum.org
3: ABAC Commencement - Gressette Gym, ABAC
4: Tifton Turfgrass Festival & Southeast Lawn & Garden Expo - Fulwood Park, $2 or 3 Canned Goods,
www.turfgrassfestival.com
4: Dancing Stars of South Georgia - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center,
dancingstarsofsouthgeorgia.com
10: Tiftarea Academy Graduation - First Baptist Church
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8: Health Fair - Tift County Recreation Department, (229) 382-3262 for info
25: Tift County High School Graduation - Brodie Field, 9 am
June
April - July: "Quilt Blocks Around the World" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
6-8: Miss Georgia Forestry State Pageant (Little) - TCHS Performing Arts Center, (229) 386-2681 or (229) 238-2851 for info
13-15: Miss Georgia Forestry State Pageant - TCHS Performing Arts Center, (229) 386-2681 or (229) 238-2851 for info
21-23: Tiftarea Coin Show - Museum of Agriculture, Friday-Saturday: 9 am - 6 pm, Sunday: 9 am - 3 pm
July
July - October: "Joe Sullo's South" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
July - August: 3rd Annual South Georgia Photography Competition/Exhibit - Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage,
www.tiftonmuseum.org
3: Independence Day Celebration - Museum of Agriculture, More info coming soon
6: District Swim Meet - Baldwin Pool
19-20: State Swim Meet - Baldwin Pool
August
July - October: "Joe Sullo's South" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
July - August: 3rd Annual South Georgia Photography Competition/Exhibit - Tifton Museum of Arts & Heritage,
www.tiftonmuseum.org
September
July - October: "Joe Sullo's South" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
Saturdays: Wiregrass Farmers Market - Welcome Center/Country Store, I75, Exit 63B, 9 am - Noon
Saturdays: Downtown Farmers Market - Downtown Railroad Depot, Tift Avenue & 3rd Street, 8 am - Noon
7: Miss U.S. National Forestry Pageant - (229) 386-2681 or (229) 238-2851 for info
13-14: Omega Pepper Festival - City of Omega, Park, FREE
14: Champions of Hope Sporting Clays Tournament (a Ruth's Cottage/Patticake House Fundraiser)
20: Library Foundation's "Beach Ball" with the Swingin' Medallions - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center, More info coming soon
27-28: La Fiesta del Pueblo - Fulwood Park, All Day, FREE
27-28: Tifton Truck & Tractor Pull - American Legion Fairgrounds, 7 pm, $15 (Adults), $5 (10 & Under), (229) 386-0216 for info
October
Saturdays: Wiregrass Farmers Market - Welcome Center/Country Store, I75, Exit 63B, 9 am - Noon
Saturdays: Downtown Farmers Market - Downtown Railroad Depot, Tift Avenue & 3rd Street, 8 am - Noon
Saturdays: Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze - Museum Country Store, Whiddon MIll Road, I75, Exit 63B
Saturdays: Fall Frolics at the Museum - Featuring a different arts and games each week,
www.abac.edu/museum, (229) 391-5200
Fridays: Concerts in the Park - Veterans Park, Downtown Tifton
October - January: "Back Roads of Georgia" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
5: Jog for Jake - Tift County High School,
www.jogforjake.com
7: Annual Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament - Springhill Country Club, (229) 382-6200 for info
7: ABAC Ag Classic Golf Tournament - Forest Lakes Golf Club
12: Stepping Out for Your Heart 5K Run/1 Mile Fun Run - Northeast Campus TCHS
15-17: Sunbelt Ag Expo - Spence Field, Moultrie,
www.sunbeltexpo.com
26: Zombie Run - Museum of Agriculture
26: Sweet Potato Festival - Ocilla
28: Celebrity Waiters - Longhorn's and Scott's Barn
31: Downtown Trick or Treating - Downtown Tifton
November
October - January: "Back Roads of Georgia" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
9-10: Calico Arts & Crafts Holiday Show - Spence Field, Moultrie
16: Cane Grinding at the Museum - Museum of Agriculture, 9 am - 4:30 pm, (229) 391-5200
15-17: Automotive Swap Meet - Spence Field, Moultrie
23: Cane Grinding at the Museum - Museum of Agriculture, 9 am - 4:30 pm, (229) 391-5200
18-21, 23, 25-27: Thanksgiving Football Bowl - Tift County Recreation Department Fields
27-28: Energy Solutions for the Southeast Conference - UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center
December
October - January: "Back Roads of Georgia" Exhibit - Museum of Agriculture Gallery, Open Daily, (229) 391-5222
7: Hometown Holidays Christmas Celebration & Christmas Parade - 5 pm, Downtown Tifton, FREE
8: Victorian Village by Candlelight - Museum of Agriculture, (229) 391-5200 for info
12: Tree of Life Ceremony - Tift Regional Medical Center, 6 pm
14: Wiregrass Christmas - Museum of Agriculture, 9 am - 4:30 pm, (229) 391-5200 for info
19-20: North Pole Express - Museum of Agriculture, (229) 391-5200 for tickets
Check back for additional events being added to the calendar. Please give us a call if you have any questions.
For more information, please contact us at:
info@tiftontourism.com or (229) 382-8700