One of the biggest and most popular festivals in Camden County every year is the Labor Day Kingsland Catfish Festival. This festival offers everything from 5K run to pancake breakfast, arts and crafts vendors, live music on stage and most importantly Southern fried catfish dinners served with ice cold sweet tea.
Catfish Festival Give Away
This week CamdenHappenings.com is doing a special Giveaway for the Kingsland Catfish Festival. The photo below shows you exactly what you will win:
- Two Kingsland Catfish Festival t-shirts (size L)
- 4 special catfish festival coozies for the cold beverage of your choice
This is the perfect package of stuff to use for your own southern style fish fry! How can you resist those cute and funny catfish coozies!
This is what you need to do to participate in the give away:
a) Subscribe to our newsletter and confirm the subscription. (When you subscribe you’ll get sent an email asking you to click on the link to confirm – you need to do this to confirm your subscription. )
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c) Remember to let your friends know about us so they can win too!
The grand prize winner will be selected from our list of confirmed newsletter subscribers. Deadline for entry Monday September 6, 2010.
The winner will be notified via email. U.S. residents only.
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I was able to catch up with the Coastal Georgia Film Alliance Co-Chair Barbara Ryan for an interview about the organization and it’s upcoming Gala event. Watch the video and I have include the event press release below as well.
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The Coastal Georgia Film Alliance invites Coastal Georgia and Northeast Florida residents to polish up their bling and dust off their tuxedoes to attend the November 13 “Hollywood Nights” Gala to be held in downtown St. Marys. Attendees will be met on the red carpet by Joan Rivers (character), snapped by the paparazzi, and whisked inside for a night of high glamour. According to Coastal Georgia Film Alliance Chair Doug Vaught, the evening promises to be one of St. Marys’ most exciting. “From the moment the valet parker takes your car and you step onto the red carpet, you will find yourself immersed in a world of celebrity,” Vaught said. “Everybody likes to be treated like a star, and at Hollywood Nights, everybody will be a star.”
The Coastal Georgia Film Alliance designed “Hollywood Nights” as a fundraiser to help support the purchase of museum-quality items for the St. Marys Film Museum. In addition to a star-quality dinner, attendees will have the opportunity to bid on unique auction items including walk-on roles in movie and television projects.
Donna Boyett, Chair of the Gala, said her committee is assembling a lineup of auction packages that even stars would like to bid on. “Chic getaways, sports packages, and arts and romance packages have already been assembled,” Boyett said. “One item that we think will bring a top price is dinner for eight at the Historic Clark House with a local dignitary serving as butler.” Boyett went on to say that though the event is months away, the Film Alliance has already sold 50% of the available 200 tickets. “They make a great early Christmas present,” Boyett said. “But mostly people are making reservations in anticipation of something quite out of the ordinary for our area. They won’t be disappointed.”
The event is by invitation only with tickets priced at $45 each. To receive an invitation, email barbara@coastalgeorgiafilm.org.
For more information, call 912-729-1103.
This year the Independence Day Celebration in St Marys is going to be held on July 3, 2010, instead of Sunday.
4th of July Parade
This is the 42nd Independence Day Celebration, with “It’s a Family Affair” being the theme for 2010. The parade starts at 10:00 a.m.
To registration for the parade, click here.
4th of July Race
As usual, there is a 1,5K – 5K – 10K race on the Fourth of July morning. Pre-registration is suggested. To apply, click here.
4th of July Festival & Fireworks
More than 100 vendors participate as well as incredible musical entertainment and local fun including a Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest and a Watermelon Eating Contest for all ages. Children’s rides and activities are offered throughout the festival.
The highlight of the festival is of course the fantastic fireworks display at the waterfront.
For the best seats in the house to watch the stunning fireworks display over the St. Marys River the St. Marys Kiwanis are once again inviting the public to come aboard the Cumberland Queen or Cumberland Princess. According to St. Marys Kiwanis president Allen Rassi, “these will definitely be the best ringside seats for viewing the spectacular fireworks display.” Rassi says that this year’s fireworks production will match most elaborate fireworks display in the history of the festival with 25 minutes of continuous fireworks.
River cruise tickets are available for $20 at the St. Marys Welcome Center and the Tribune & Georgian office in Downtown St. Marys, and at the Kingsland Welcome Center. The cruise departs the dock at 7 p.m. and returns following the fireworks display. For more information, call 912-467-2119 or visit www.smkiwanis.com.
Call 912-467-2119 for more information.
On Saturday June 5, 2010, the Humane Society in Camden County holds an event at Bennett Suzuki, 230 Kenneth Gay Dr, Kingsland, Georgia.
Stop by for a special bake sale, barbeque and car wash. All proceeds to benefit the Humane Society in Camden County.
The event takes place from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.
For more information visit www.humanecamden.org
Bring your best four-legged friend to Yappy Hour at Seagles Saloon Patio on the waterfront in downtown St Marys. The event usually takes place the 4th Thursday of every month from 6:00pm to 8:00pm.
Cost is $10.00 per person, Dogs free, includes complimentary glass of wine and appetizers.
Well-behaved owners and dogs are welcome. Proceeds to benefit the Humane Society.
For more information visit www.humanecamden.org
Now you can spend Sunday afternoons in Howard Gilman Waterfront Park enjoying the nice weather while listening to live country music on stage.
The even kicks off on Sunday May 2nd, when Marshall Rowland in co-operation with St. Marys Downtown Development Authority will host “Country Sunday in the Park”. This event features the best of South East Georgia’s country music musicians and singers as well as several members of the Woodbine Opry.
Bring your whole gang, lawn chairs or a blanket and plan to spend time in the park. Country in the Park starts at 3 PM in the afternoon and the musicians will keep performing until the crowd is ready to go home, at least that’s what our information says.
And the best thing is – it’s a free concert!
Rowland, who occasionally sits in with the Woodbine Opry on Saturday nights, will take the mike as emcee. He’s a Country Music pioneer in North Florida having been associated with WQIK in Jacksonville and WBGA in Brunswick, both country music stations. Rowland started his country music career by playing for dances and shows throughout the area, and now he’s bringing country music to downtown St. Marys.
Country in the Park takes place on the first Sunday of the month during the summer. For more information call 912-882-8111.
The 25th Annual Crawfish Festival is a family oriented event and offers something for all ages. This year’s festival takes place on April 23rd from 5:00pm to 9:00pm and April 24th from 8:00am to 6:30pm.
Entertainment is offered on Friday night from 5:00pm to 9:00pm at the Satilla Waterfront Park Stage. Saturday’s entertainment begins at 9:00 am and continues throughout the day at the waterfront stage as well as the gazebo stage located in the Arts & Crafts Area.
A children’s amusement area provides activities and games on Friday night and all day Saturday.
The Crawfish Parade is one of the highlights of the festival and is enjoyed by everyone. It begins at 10:00am at the corner of U.S. 17 and E. 10th Street and features entries such as bands, clowns, floats and horses.
Food concessions offering such mouth watering treats as Crawfish Boil, Crawfish Woodbine (Etoufee), Fried Chicken Dinners, Red Beans and Rice, Homemade Desserts, Barbecue, Funnel Cakes, Ice Cream and much more are available Friday night and all day Saturday. The Woodbine United Methodist Church will sponsor a breakfast on Saturday morning beginning at 6:30 a.m. The church is located at the corner of E. 4th Street and U.S. 17.
For more information call David Rayson at 912-576-3485(h) or 912-552-5560(c). You can also email him at circler@tds.net
If you ever thought about building your own raft and racing down the river, now is your chance. This year it’s the second time around for the event Fun in the Sun Expo, which includes the popular raft race. If raft racing is too much excitment for you, there is also a duck race which one assumes is much less demanding – at least for the human participants.
The event is scheduled for Saturday May 29, 2010 from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm.
The 2nd annual Fun in the Sun Expo is a celebration of the start of summer held at Howard Gilman Memorial Park on the river in historic downtown St. Marys. The event features a 5K Fun Run, the 12th Annual Rotary Club of Camden County Charity Duck Race, the 2nd Annual St. Marys River Raft Race, the 2nd Annual Pet Fashion Show, the 2nd Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest, a free concert by Sound of Freedom, kids amusements and music.
Admission is free for this day of family fun.
Apply for the raft race now, click here for the form!
To participate in the 5K, click here to download the application.
We wish everyone a wonderful Easter Weekend. Enjoy the beautiful weather and spend time with family and friends.
According to Jacksonville’s Channel 4 News it’s a strong possibility that Kingsland, Georgia, can get a new Mega Mall. Kingsland is in a perfect location for a mall, right next to interstate 95. The new development could bring thousands of jobs to Camden County as well.
What do you think? How would a shopping mall of this size impact Kingsland and Camden County in general? Will it change Camden from small town to Jacksonville suburb, or is it something we need to get more jobs and more money to the county?
You can post your comments below.
