The annual Shakerag Festival

returns to Peachtree City this weekend and there will be many new vendors

as well as the return of some of the festivals old favorites.

Festival coordinator Susan Taylor estimates that there will be 150-160

vendors present this year. Add to that all of the fabulous food vendors

and entertainers and you've got a great way to spend a weekend.

Some of the new vendors at this year's festival will offer quilts and

outdoor lawn furniture. Jewelry also is expected to be a big hit this

year with a vendor offering glass beaded bracelets. There will also be

stained glass, walking sticks, wooden pens, wind chimes and more. Country

Gardens Nursery in Sharpsburg will have a booth at this year's festival

and will be selling plants, while Ison's

Nursery in Fayette County will offer scuppernongs and muscadines for people

wanting to make some fine jams and jellies this fall.

Speaking of food, dozens of local civic groups get together for Shakerag

each year and offer a terrific display of all sorts of food.

The entertainment is first notch this year as well, featuring the Peachtree

Wind Ensemble, Rachel Ferguson's dancers, soloist Spencer Mulkey, the

Fayette Fiddlers and a barbershop quartet. All of the entertainment will

be featured during both days of the festival.

"Shakerag is a successful festival because there are a variety of

vendors with a high quality of work," explains Taylor. "The

crafts, the food and the entertainment make for a wonderful show."

There will be a shuttle from the Shakerag festival to the Tyrone Founders

Day festival. For information phone 770-631-2542.

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