Blue Ridge Office

Office: 706-632-2041

Fax: 706-632-2122

Arts and Entertainment

Art and culture are alive and growing like kudzu in the mountains of north central Georgia. Whether you're a visitor or a resident, you can literally fill your calendar with arts fairs, gallery tours, exhibits, receptions, festivals, classes, concerts and plays produced and sponsored by local organizations. Here's a sampling of the quality and variety of arts and entertainment in Blue Ridge, McCaysville and the Copper Basin. See the Calendar of Events for more detailed seasonal and regional information.

Blue Ridge Mountain Arts Association (BRMAA)

BRMAA offers classes year round in music, art and creative writing, and celebrates the opening of its seasonal exhibits and shows with receptions and gallery tours in Downtown Blue Ridge. BRMAA sponsors Concerts in the Park during the months of July and August, Arts in the Park festival each Memorial Day Weekend, and the Wildlife Festival of the Arts in September. For scheduling information, call 706-632-2144

Blue Ridge Community Theater

Our beautiful new playhouse is located in the newly renovated Hampton Square building in downtown Blue Ridge. The theater group has a full calendar of drama, comedy and musical productions. For ticket information, call 632-9223 or visit www.blueridgecommunitytheater.com

Blue Ridge Dulcimers

Every Monday at 1:30 p.m. at the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church. Call Margaret McCulley, (706) 374-2519 or Mary Davis, (706) 492-5759..

Blue Ridge Wood Carvers

Every Monday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Blue Ridge Methodist Church. For information, call (706) 632-7841

Bowling

Valley Village Shopping Center, Blue Ridge. Open daily. Call (706) 632-2064..

Georgia Mountain Classics Cruise-In

4th Saturday of each month from April through October. Ingles parking lot, Blue Ridge. Call (706) 632-3656 for more information

Kiwanis Bingo

Every Tuesday and Thursday night beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the Blue Ridge Kiwanis Community Center, corner of Jones & Austin Streets, Blue Ridge. For more information, call Tony McConnell, (706) 374-2600

Sugar Creek Raceway

Seasonal, 1st Friday in April to 3rd Friday in March to the 3rd Friday in September. Dirt-track car racing in Blue Ridge every Friday night. Gates open at 5:00 p.m. Races start 7:30 p.m. For more information call 770-889-6122 or 770-205-0665

Swan Drive-In

One of four drive-in theaters in Georgia still in operation, the Swan drive-in is open year round with first run movies. Old Highway 76 in Blue Ridge. For more information, call 888-469-1955 or visit www.swan-drive-in.com.

Nearby Attractions

John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown, N.C.

Concerts most Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. featuring folk, bluegrass and old time Mountain music with the Appalachian fiddle, banjo, hammered dulcimer. Community Country and Square dances feature live music and are held bi-monthly from 8 - 11 p.m. Call 800-FOLK-SCH for more information.

Folkway Center of the Georgia Mountains, Dahlonega

Appalachian Jam every Saturday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. starting in April. Mountain Music & Medicine Show the first Saturday of each month, featuring live mountain music, songs and stories. Call (706) 867-6710.

Holly Theatre, Dahlonega

Dahlonega's community theatre produces a season of plays in a nostalgic atmosphere. Call (706) 864-3759 for season and ticket information.

Young Harris College, Young Harris

The college offers concerts, art exhibits and theatre throughout the year. In addition, the Rollins Planetarium has a calendar of special seasonal events. Call (706) 379-3111 for more information.