THE 50TH ANNUAL GEORGIA PEANUT FESTIVAL
is just around the corner!
WOO!HOO!
The Georgia Peanut Festival is both a celebration as well as a "THANK YOU" to our community and most importantly, our local farmers.This year's festival will be held again at T.C. Jeffords Park in downtown Sylvester, October 19, 2013 and promises to be AN EVENT YOU WON'T FORGET!
The Georgia Peanut Festival is the record holder for making the world’s largest peanut butter sandwich, 12 foot wide by 12 foot long in 1987.
Thousands of people will flock to Sylvester-Worth County to enjoy the festivities held throughout the weekend.
If you haven’t been yet, you don’t know what you’re missing!
There are LOTS of activities planned for this year's event, including a softball tournament, a 5K run, the Georgia Peanut Festival Pageant, a golf tournament, and one HUGE SURPRISE!!!!!!!!!
The famous Peter Pan Peanut Butter Parade kicks off the festivities Saturday morning! Bands, clowns, cars, local celebrities, politicians, beauty queens, and floats line the streets of downtown Sylvester.
This is a parade you don't want to miss!
Everyone is invited to come enjoy a day of southern food, fun, and entertainment at the 50th Annual Georgia Peanut Festival. It's a fun event for the entire family.
We hope you'll join us in celebrating one of the largest industries in Georgia, at the Georgia Peanut Festival held right here in the heart of it…
the Peanut Capital of the World!
Call the GA Peanut Festival at 229-776-6657 to find out more! Follow us on facebook!
Thanks to last year's sponsors!
Platinum Festival Underwriter - ConAgra Foods / Peter Pan Peanut Butter
Festival Supporters - Birdsong Peanuts, Tift Regional HealthPlus, and
Phoebe Worth Medical Center
Festival Friends - Heritage Bank of the South and Albany Tractor
Event and other sponsors - Antique Tractor Club, Cindy's Flowers, Farmer's Appreciation Committee, First Baptist Church, Gibbs Pecans, Georgia Peanut Commission, Georgia Power, Handy Andy, Lawhorne Realty, Piggly Wiggly, Shipp Shape Lawn Services, Short & Paulk Builders, Southern Heritage Woodworks, Sylvester Downtown Development Authority, Sylvester Farmer's Market, Sylvester - Worth County Chamber of Commerce, Unity Baptist, City of Sylvester, Sylvester WG&L, Sylvester Street Department, Sylvester Police Department, Sylvester Fire Department, Worth County Board of Commissioners, Worth County EDA, Worth County Board of Education, Worth County Sheriff's Department, Peanut Festival Committee Members and Volunteers, and all of the local businesses who close so that we may set up the vendors and parade routes for the festival!
