Calendar of Events

If you’re looking for something fun to do, THINK TIFTON! We’ve got you covered all year long with fun events and festivals. So check out what’s coming soon and mark your calendar for a good time.

June 2023

  • Camp Wiregrass: Westward Bound (Ages 7-9)
    Mon, June 05 to Fri, June 09

    Campers it’s time to hitch your mule to your wagon, cause we’re “Westward Bound”! It’s the 1800s and your family has heard of the new Homestead Act giving land to families moving to the west. Explorers will team up to compete in challenges and games to see if their “family" makes it across the west to their new home. Campers will be immersed in the west through hands-on activities such as a life-size operation game, lasso practice, and wagon-making.
    Registration for Westward Bound is $120 per participant and will begin Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 9 a.m. Registration can be completed online at https://gmawestwardbound23.eventbrite.com.
    Camp Wiregrass at ABAC's Georgia Museum of Agriculture consists of week-long sessions for children. Museum staff provides participants with hands-on learning opportunities in agriculture, history, and natural resources. Each camp is age specific and includes snacks and a t-shirt for participants.
    For more information on Camp Wiregrass, interested persons can contact Sara Hand at (229) 391-5208 or at sfhand@abac.edu.
     

  • Food & Craft Fest at 41 South Farmers Market
    Sat, June 10, 11:00AM to 5:00PM

    We are nearing summertime, and soon the smell from food trucks and grills are the thrill! The Food & Craft Festival, June 10th, will feature crafts vendors and food trucks. The Festival kicks off Saturday 11 AM - 5 PM. Be sure to join us for some great food and crafts, great fellowship, and a taste of Tifton!

    Location: 2505 Main Street South, Tifton, GA
     

  • Camp Wiregrass: Storybook Summer (Ages 7-9)
    Mon, June 12, 10:43AM to Fri, June 16, 10:43AM

    Discover the wonder and magic in our world during this week-long adventure bringing your favorite stories to life! Grab your pirate hat and wizard wand to travel through different realms, experiencing obstacle courses, scavenger hunts, and more. Interactive experiences bring your favorite stories to life including pool noodle jousting, a life-size hungry sea monster game, and making your own fire-breathing dragon! Registration for Storybook Summer is $120 per participant and will begin Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 9 a.m. Registration can be completed online at https://gmastorybook23.eventbrite.com. Camp Wiregrass at ABAC's Georgia Museum of Agriculture consists of week-long sessions for children. Museum staff provides participants with hands-on learning opportunities in agriculture, history, and natural resources. Each camp is age specific and includes snacks and a t-shirt for participants. For more information on Camp Wiregrass, interested persons can contact Sara Hand at (229) 391-5208 or at sfhand@abac.edu.
     

  • Camp Wiregrass: Happy Habitats (Ages 4-6)
    Tue, June 20 to Fri, June 23

    Experience a global adventure exploring habitats from around the world! Campers will discover the fantastic animals that live in the ocean, desert, forest, and arctic! While exploring each habitat, campers will learn about the fantastic animals that live there through interactive activities such as making a DIY fish, playing arctic animal yoga, and visiting a few of the museum’s resident animals! Registration for Happy Habitats is $75 per participant and will begin Thursday, April 6, 2023, at 9 a.m. Registration can be completed online at https://gmahappyhabitats23.eventbrite.com. Camp Wiregrass at ABAC's Georgia Museum of Agriculture consists of week-long sessions for children. Museum staff provides participants with hands-on learning opportunities in agriculture, history, and natural resources. Each camp is age specific and includes snacks and a t-shirt for participants. For more information on Camp Wiregrass, interested persons can contact Sara Hand at (229) 391-5208 or at sfhand@abac.edu.
     

  • The Great Race & Rock the Block
    Sat, June 24

    We are excited to announce that The Great Race will be back in the summer of 2023! Mark your calendar for June 24th as these antique, vintage, and collector cars STOP and visit in Downtown Tifton! More details are to come soon in regards to the night as we continue to party with a Rock the Block on 1st Street!

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  • July 2023

    • Wiregrass Freedom Festival
      Sat, July 01

      The Historic Village is turning red, white, and blue for the Wiregrass Freedom Festival. This will be held at ABAC's Georgia Museum of Agriculture that is located at 1392 Whiddon Mill Rd Tifton, GA 31793.

  • July Art Exhibit: “What Color is Water: Growing Up Black in a Segregated South”
    Sat, July 08 to Sun, July 23

    Annie Lucille Greene, Georgia native, painter, craftswoman, and retired educator, is best known for her yarn paintings. Her very recognizable style is distinguished by the use of colorful knitting yarns outlined in black embroidery thread. Her paintings frequently reflect culturally and socially relevant images of her life as an African American in the rural South. Of particular relevance to Tifton, the subject of one of Greene’s paintings are children playing in front of a Rosenwald School (pictured above). The Rosenwald school project was a partnership between Booker T. Washington, at Tuskeegee University, Alabama, and Julius Rosenwald, a businessman and philanthropist, in Chicago, Illinois. In a creative and collaborative effort these men managed to build almost 5,000 schools across the rural south in the first half of the 1900s to education African-American children. One such school, the Tift County Industrial School, was built with the assistance of a grant from the Rosenwald fund, on land originally donated by Captain Tift. Entry for this exhibit is free and open to the public. The opening reception will be from Saturday, July 8: 5 – 7 PM. The exhibit hours will Thursday & Fridays: 4 – 7 PM as well as Saturday & Sundays from 11 AM – 4 PM!


     

  • Matt The Welder & Average Joey’s Tax Evasion Tour
    Sat, July 08

    Get ready to laugh your socks off with the hilarious duo of Matt the Welder and Average Joey on their Tax Evasion Tour! These two comedians are sure to leave you in stitches with their witty jokes and hilarious anecdotes. Don't miss out on this one-of-a-kind comedy event! Join us on Sat Jul 08 2023 at 7:30 PM at 320 Main Street South, Tifton, GA 31794 for an evening of non-stop laughter. Doors open at 7:00 PM, so be sure to arrive early to secure your seat! Grab your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/comedy-matt-the-welder-average-joeys-tax-evasion-tour-tickets-646547730667?fbclid=IwAR1K1_-VCAxQFwuqjMqi8TFGlHcb_9xV3L1HyWjRHpTJSvm7uq2O4wXpB2c!

  • One Enchanted Evening: The Best of Broadway
    Sat, July 15, 7:00PM to 8:30PM

    THE BEST OF BROADWAY!

    One Enchanted Evening: The Best of Broadway! Join us Saturday, July 15th at 7:00 p.m as local Tifton talent will be singing and acting various Broadway musical numbers. Purchase your tickets at https://www.purplepass.com/?fbclid=IwAR3w8x5Gf-OrIRHLHeLjJadjfDusrLU9tzKU_u_LxiI0ux892At4u5ktL60#257215/City_of_Tifton-One_Enchanted_Evening:_The_Best_of_Broadway-Tift_Theatre_for_Performing_Arts-July-15-2023.html
     

  • August 2023

    Check back soon for events planned in August.

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