The Harris List of Boulder, Colo. rated the festival as the

top-rated craft show in the Southeast for 1998 and Sunshine

Artists Magazine's Best 200 Shows in America consistently ranks

Powers' Crossroads in the upper echelon of arts and crafts festivals.

Just this summer, the festival was named a Top 20 Event in

the Southeast by the Southeast Tourism Society. The festival is

held each Labor Day weekend at the historic Powers' Plantation

located 12 miles west of Newnan on Ga. Highway 34.

The Festival of Artists and Craftsmen will feature the

work of 300 exhibitors from all across America. Typically, the

festival exhibitors represent as many as 25 states. New this year is

an exhibit by the members of the Atlanta Glass Art Guild. The

glass artists will showcase work in blown glass, fused glass

and stained glass.

Headlining this year's Festival of Entertainment is the

Bullsboro Bluegrass Band. The Newnan natives have been stalwarts of

the Summerhouse Stage since the earliest days of the festival

when there was no stage, only a single shed over bare ground.

Also returning this year is another popular band, Wild

Eyed Dream, along with the Rachel Ferguson Cloggers. The

Ft. Benning Army Band will make its debut this year and feature

selections from its jazz unit.

The Festival of Food features a mouth-watering array of

traditional country cooking, including pork, turkey and chicken

barbecue, southern vegetable plates, sausage and biscuits and fried pies.

The festival is staged each year by Coweta Festival, Inc. The

group is composed of six Coweta County civic organizations who

volunteer thousands of hours each year to make the festival a

success. Additionally, hundreds more volunteers participate through

work in the food booths, childrens' nursery, kids park and many

other attractions throughout the festival grounds.

The festival gates are open from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and

Sunday and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4

for senior citizens and military personnel and $2 for children 12

and under. There is no charge for children four and under. Ample

parking is available with free shuttle bus service from the parking

lots to the main gate.

Newnan and Coweta County also join in the festivities

with Festival days, including road races and sidewalk sales in

downtown Newnan. The 22nd annual road race on Sept. 5 features a 5K

and a one-mile course through the city of Newnan.

The Festival Days Sidewalk Sale of downtown merchants

takes place Sept. 4 and 5.

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