City of Gainesville issued the following announcement on October 18.
The Spring Chicken Festival you know and love returns Saturday, Nov. 6, to Lake Lanier Olympic Park as the Gainesville Chicken Festival.
The City of Gainesville has updated the event name, reflecting Gainesville’s prominence in the poultry industry. Attendees can expect all the same flavor and fun, this time with a lakeside view.
“With the event having gained popularity over the years, we found in 2019 that the chicken festival had outgrown its existing ‘coop’ at Longwood Park and more space was needed to comfortably accommodate cook teams, vendors and attendees,” said Lake Lanier Olympic Park Special Events Manager Eric Larsen. “The move to Lake Lanier Olympic Park, we feel, will accomplish that, while providing room to grow in the future.”
The City hopes the date change, sure to promise cooler weather, will be well received by the public, plus cook teams who spend the majority of the event working near hot grills and/or smokers.
“Georgians are no strangers to heat and humidity, but that doesn’t mean we like it,” Larsen said. “We’re excited by the opportunity to have all the same fun, just during a time of year when the temperatures aren’t sweltering.”
The festivities are slated from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and, in addition to front-row views of beautiful Lake Lanier, will offer attendees the chance to enjoy the ever-popular chicken cook-off contests, good eats, beverage tents, live entertainment, a kids’ zone, plus a marketplace.
Your $6 wristband gets you 10 samples, which you can purchase on site the day of or online here: https://gainesvillega.governmentwindow.com/estore/298-chicken-festival/10-chicken-festival-tickets.html. Don’t be chicken – join us lakeside Nov. 6 and treat your taste buds.
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