8th annual Deep Roots Festival took place October 22. This show brings lots of people. The festival is held the same weekend as Family Weekend for Georgia College and Alumni Weekend for Georgia Military College. Because of the coordinated timing folks come from all over Georgia and beyond. I've either attended or been an artist and/or media (photographer) for the event for most of those years. I even chaired the Artist Market for 3 of those years. I think this year must have broken records for attendance. I would guess somewhere between 15 and 20,000. This year there was a LOT of jewelry. I would hazard to say well over half of the booths either were jewelry or had jewelry among their items. Sales were just OK. I made my booth, cost to produce and about $200 profit. Although not a high end Arts/Crafts show, this is in my back yard so I do it for the advertising as much as anything. There is also a car show, BBQ competition and Kids Zone. Deep Roots is a Mainstreet fundraising event to help downtown revitalization. It is a huge social event and the main stage music (geared toward the college age crowd) at night is jam packed.
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