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It’s The Weekend Of The Festivals In The CSRA

Author Darasha

Who doesn’t love a good festival? Good weather, live entertainment, food, and more! Nothing beats it.

Well, this weekend is packed with festivals happening around the CSRA

Here Are 6 Festivals In Augusta and Surrounding Cities Happening This Weekend:

Spring Fest

  • Saturday, April 27, 10 am
  • Downtown North Augusta

 

On W. Pine Grove Ave. between Georgia Ave. and West Ave the Spring Fest will be taking place. The festival will feature over 50 Art + Food Vendors, Live Music, & More!

Summer Fest

  • Saturday, April 27
  • Lions Field Park – North Augusta – 10 am

 

This outdoor festival is dedicated to all things summer around the CSRA! Parents and kids will get a chance to learn about local summer camps, businesses offering fun all summer long and much more! Admission is free to the event. Here is more of what you can expect:
Water Slides
Games
Character Meet & Greet
Face Painting
Touch-A-Truck
Petting Zoo & More!

Pineapple Festival

  • Saturday, April 27, 8 am – 2 pm
  • Memorial Baptist Church
This festival is located at 3100 Vaucluse Road, Aiken, SC. This will be their seventh year hosting the Pineapple Festival. At the festival, you will have a chance to browse flea market items, participate in a silent auction, and try local food and beverage vendors. Throughout the day, be entertained with a live Christian Band in the park area. Proceeds will benefit Local Charities and MBC Designated Fund Accounts for Outreach Programs.

Annual Augusta Craft Beer Festival

  • Saturday, April 27
  • 1 pm – 5 pm

 

Enter through the gates of SRP Park in North Augusta and spend your afternoon sampling more than 30 breweries.

5th Street Mural Festival

  •  Saturday, April 27th
  • 11:00 a.m.

36 artists have been creating murals along the 5th Street wall space this entire week for the community to see. A mural ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held to celebrate their live creations this weekend.

 

Summerville Porch Fest

  • Sunday, April 28 1p- 5p
A deconstructed music festival, where a musical act performs a 1hr show on the porch (or in their yard, etc) of a Host’s home, where everyone’s friends and neighbors can come watch the show, and everything is FREE. There will also be an afterparty at 6 pm at The Partridge Inn.
With all these festivals in Augusta this weekend – it’s going to be hard to choose just one!

5 Random Facts about Augusta That You Probably Didn't Know

Do you ever find yourself going down random rabbit holes? One search leads to another, then another, and now you can’t even get back to where you started in the first place.

That’s the internet for you! It can have you going for hours. A recent random rabbit hole that I decided to go down was finding out random facts about Augusta, like things that even the average Augustan wouldn’t know.

There’s just something intriguing about learning random facts that you never knew.

When you think of facts about Augusta, the two main things that may pop in most people’s heads are that it is the home of The Masters and that James Brown grew up in Augusta.

Sure you’ve also probably heard about the Haunted Pillar that WAS in Downtown Augusta.

The ten-foot-tall cement-covered brick pillar was the only remaining piece of a farmer’s market from the 1800s and it was believed to be cursed. Well, emphasis on the “was”cause that pillar was destroyed by an out-of-control car back on December 17, 2016. The remaining pieces of the pillar are supposedly stored in a garage, but the specific location remains disclosed. It has also been said that it would be rebuilt but 8 years later no signs of that seem to be happening.

But let’s go deeper than that!

For example, did you know Augusta used to be home to the world’s only James Brown Cam?  A James Brown cam was set up to honor his legacy: the Greater Augusta Arts Council commissioned a life-size bronze statue of James Brown on Broad Street. Across from him, all you had to do was pose, no selfie required: you just send a text message, and the built-in cam snaps the picture for you and sends it right to your cell phone.

Unfortunately, that cam is not there anymore, but I think it would be great to get it back going!

Let’s keep going! Here are 5 random facts about Augusta you probably didn’t know.

  • General William T. Sherman didn't burn down Augusta because of his girlfriend

    Forest Fires Burn

    (Photo by Hector Quintanar/Getty Images)

    General William T. Sherman led the March to the sea from Atlanta, Georgia, to the Georgia seacoast; destroying and burning down each city in his path except for Augusta. It is rumored that Sherman – who had been stationed as a young federal officer at the Augusta Arsenal – had an old girlfriend in Augusta and saved the town for her.

  • Grovetown's Walmart Has Treasure Buried Underneath

    Walmart

    People walk near the entrance to a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024 (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

    There is a rumor that right on the land where the Grovetown Walmart is settled, a large amount of money or treasure was buried there years before. Guess there’s no way to truly find out unless the Grovetown Walmart was completely demolished.

    Has anybody else heard of this? I can’t be the only one!

  • Augusta National Has Underground Tunnels

    Inside The Turin-Lyon High-Speed Rail Tunnel

    (Photo by Emanuele Cremaschi/Getty Images)

    Now this is cool! Augusta National has underground tunnels: beneath the surface of Augusta National lies a network of underground tunnels used for various purposes, including maintenance, transportation, and shelter during inclement weather. These tunnels help preserve the course’s immaculate appearance during major events.

  • George Washington's dog may or may not be buried in Augusta

     

    A Chow Chow puppy

    (Photo by Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images)

    U.S. President George Washington visited Augusta in 1791. It is rumored that he had a dog, Cornwallis, that died here in Augusta. But animal experts at Mount Vernon also say there was never a dog named Cornwallis. That rumor was started by an April Fool’s joke printed in the Chronicle.

    Which are you siding with?

  • Two signers of the Declaration of Independence are buried in Augusta.

    An autograph letter by Declaration of Independence signer, Button Gwinnett

    NEW YORK – APRIL 08: An autograph letter by Declaration of Independence signer, Button Gwinnett (pictured, background) is seen at Sotheby’s auction house April 8, 2010 in New York. (Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images)

    Two signers – George Walton and Lyman Hall – now rest together beneath a monument on Greene Street in front of the Municipal Building. But the question remains – Where is Button Gwinnett, the third Georgia signer of the Declaration of Independence, buried? 

Darasha Singleton is a native of Augusta, Georgia who serves as the Digital Content Coordinator at Beasley Media Group. If you think there is nothing to do in Augusta, check her posts! You're sure to find something to do. Aside from work, Darasha enjoys going to the Saturday Market on the River and any local festivals.

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