Tree House Adventures & Putt Putt is hosting a Drop Off & Shop event on Fri. Nov. 25, 2016 @ Savannah Mall.

Parents can drop their children off between the hours of 11AM-5PM while they go shopping for Black Friday. Price: $10 per hour for a maximum of 4 hours. Price includes a snack and drink.

Call (912) 436-6555 for more information.

Tree House Adventures is on the upper level of Savannah Mall next to Dillard’s, 14045 Abercorn St.

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Birthday Parties

Have your party with provide a safe, friendly and clean environment.

Birthdays, fund raisers, lock-ins, ANY EVENT AT ANY TIME. See party packages here.

Call today: (912) 436-6555

Tree House Adventures & Putt Putt is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser 

It’s a Christmas parade, Savannah style!

On November 26, 2016, about 35 lighted vessels parade both sides of the waterfront. The Holiday Boat Parade of Lights 2015 starts at 7:15 PM.

You can watch the parade along River Street, free of charge.

More information on the Savannah Harbor Foundation’s Boat Parade of Lights here.

Don’t miss Savannah’s Lighted Christmas Parade 2016 starting West River Street at 5:30PM Sat. Dec. 3 2016, traveling throughout downtown and ending at Ellis Square.

The parade marks the official arrival of St. Nick, so this is one event you don’t want to miss!

The lighted parade starts at 5:30PM Dec. 3 on the west end of River Street and will travel throughout downtown, ending in City Market. See the parade route here. 

This year’s parade will have over 40 community groups and businesses with multiple units of decorated cars, trucks, floats, and trolleys. Even the walking groups are wrapped in Christmas lights.

Christmas on the River

FIRST FRIDAY & SATURDAY
DEC 2-4, 2016
Rousakis Riverfront Plaza 115 East River Street Savannah, GA 31401

It’s a holiday celebration on Historic River Street. Rousakis Plaza will be full of regional arts & crafts exhibitors with holiday gifts and stocking stuffers to check off of your Christmas list. Music and local entertainment will take place on the Arbor Stage throughout the weekend leading up to Savannah’s Lighted Christmas Parade. 

Weekend festivities will kick-off Fri. Dec. 2 from 4-10PM with First Friday Fireworks at 9:30PM  and continue on Sat. Dec. 3. For more details including an entertainment schedule, click here.

Event Times
Fri. Dec. 2, 4-10PM
Sat. Dec. 3 10AM-8PM
Sun. Dec. 4 12:30-6PM

Admission: Free & open to public
Phone: (912) 234-0295

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FREE HOLIDAY PARKING

The City of Savannah is offering a holiday parking deal every Thursday and Friday in December.

The first three hours in any city-owned garage is free. Any time over three hours is the daily rate.

Garages included: Bryan Street, Liberty Street, Robinson garage on Montgomery Street, State Street Garage and the Whitaker Street Garage.

Enjoy well over 800,000 sparkling lights @ Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens in Savannah December Nights and Holiday Lights 2016 on select evenings from Fri. Nov. 25 through Sat. Dec. 24, 6-9PM

The “Jewel of a Savannah Christmas” returns with improved access pathways, new light displays and approaching 1,000,000 sparkling lights.

Santa and Mrs. Claus make appearances across the season as their busy schedules allow. Various non-profit groups help stock Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen, selling hot chocolate and other tasty holiday treats.

Also returning this year is the model train display and new feature is the holiday floral display on the Back Terrace portico.

Please remember the lights display are affected by rain, so plan to attend on evenings with fair weather to avoid disappointment.

This is a self-guided WALKING tour of illuminated displays across about six-acres @ Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens.

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Select evenings from the day after Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve

Nov. 25 – 27 (Friday – Sunday)
Nov. 30 – Dec. 4 (Wednesday – Sunday)
Dec. 7 – 11 (Wednesday – Sunday)
Dec. 14 – 24 (nightly)

6-9PM (weather permitting)

$10 per person (ages 13 and older)***
$5 per child 3 to 12 years
Infants (age 2 and under) FREE

***$5 Thursday ‘Family’ Nights (ages 3 to 103)

Cash or Credit Card (Visa, MC, Discover) accepted

Highlights of the casual self-guided walking tour

You will visit differently themed garden areas including:

White reindeer among green-glistening timber bamboo, a snowflake-accented 18-foot holly Christmas tree, an allee of glistening multicolor trees, a rainbow arch-tunnel, the Orchid House roof aglow in red and green light, a Nativity scene with a deep blue background, white trumpeting angels in a bed of champagne gold lights, green and white lights around an illuminated fountain in the Rose Garden, giant red poinsettias, and a candy-inspired children’s experience in the Cottage Garden for just a sampling.

Learn more here.

Compassion Christian Church, formerly Savannah Christian, is once again hosting The Journey this December 2016.

Since its debut in 1998, The Journey has drawn tens of thousands of visitors from across the Southeast to experience life the night Christmas began. This outdoor event is brought to life by hundreds of costumed volunteers. It a must-do for any Savannah family’s Christmas season.

Step back centuries in time and join others heeding the Roman decree that all must go to be taxed, each to his own ancestral home. Board a boat to cross the Sea of Galilee. Encounter wise men traveling across the desert. Watch evil King Herod pacing and plotting in his opulent palace. Enter the gates of ancient Bethlehem, teeming with travelers and shopkeepers. Follow shepherds to find a baby lying in a manger, and let the wonder of the season come to life in that star-lit stable.

Purchase tickets in advance at CCCJourney.com or at the door. Advanced purchase is recommended.

The Journey
5-8PM Wednesday-Sunday, Nov. 30-Dec. 4 and Dec. 7-11
Compassion Christian Church, 55 Al Henderson Blvd., Savannah, GA 31419

CompassionChristian.com, 55 Al Henderson Blvd., Savannah, GA 31419 On Facebook here. Compassion Christian’s The Journey is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser 

Here are businesses in the Savannah/Lowcountry area where you can bring your children’s Halloween candy to help prevent cavities & send these businesses will send the candy to our troops overseas through  Operation Gratitude. Some will buy back the candy.

Bluffton SC

Bluffton Center of Dentistry

Bluffton Center of Dentistry will collect extra and leftover Halloween candy to help put smiles on the faces of our deployed Service Members and First Responders.

Donate your Halloween candy at the Bluffton office @ 29 Plantation Park Dr, Suite 303
Bluffton,SC until Friday, Nov, 4. It will be donated to Operation Gratitude for their care packages. Please drop off any extra candy to the office and they’ll get it shipped out to support our heroes. Call (843) 593-8123

Sea Smiles Pediatric Dentistry

Sea Smiles Pediatric Dentistry will buy back Halloween candy from Nov. 1-Nov. 11 2016 at their Bluffton SC office at 168 Bluffton Rd (near Old Town Bluffton). They’ll be sending the candy to our troops overseas partnering with Operation Gratitude and Sea Kids Smile Worldwide Foundation. The team will buy back your children’s candy for $1 per pound up to 5 pounds per child. Last year, they collected over 100lbs of candy. Call 843-815-5437 (KIDS)

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Pooler, GA

Donations of wrapped, unopened candy will be collected at Godley Station Dental in Pooler until noon Friday Nov. 4 for those unable to attend the Nov. 1 candy buyback program detailed below.

On Tues. Nov. 1, Godley Station Dental is participating in Operation Gratitude’s candy buyback program. Trick-or-treaters can bring in goodies and receive $1 per pound of candy donated. Up to five pounds. All donations will be shipped to troops deployed in war zones.

Donations of wrapped, unopened candy will be collected at Godley Station Dental in Pooler on Tues. Nov. 1, between 9AM-3PM

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Savannah

Bring your Halloween candy to Whole Foods Market in Savannah (1815 E Victory Dr, Savannah, Ga 31404) on Wed. Nov. 2 (9AM-9PM) and trade it in for healthy fruits. All candy will be donated to Operation Gratitude, which sends it to our deployed troops.

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Find an Operation Gratitude Candy Buyback program near you here. 

All local Girl Scouts are invited to a FREE program day @ the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace in downtown Savannah.

October marks the 60th Anniversary of the dedication of Juliette Gordon Low home as a museum for girls to enjoy. You’re invited to a FREE program day in honor of the 1956 dedication.

Girl Scouts are invited to enjoy free guided tours, fun activities and cake. Sample what other local museums, parks & historic sites have to offer Girl Scouts at activity stations on site.

Registration is required and spaces are limited. Please email jsmith@girlscouts.org to sign up.

FREE program day for local Girl Scouts
1-4PM Sat. Oct. 29
Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
10. E. Oglethorpe Ave. Savannah 31401

You’re invited to the annual Family Fall Festival on Sat. Oct. 29 @ Islands Family YMCA.

Come enjoy the great outdoors with hayrides, a visit to the pumpkin patch, tomato sling, inflatable bounce houses, face painting, potato sack races, carnival games, arts & crafts, and a costume contest (contest beings promptly at 1PM with prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place). Refreshments and so much more.

WHEN: Saturday, October 29th
TIME: 10AM—2PM
COST: Entrance is FREE and Open to the Public
*Activities and Refreshments are fee based
*Tickets may be purchased the day of the event
$1 per ticket or $25 for 20 tickets
LOCATION: Islands Family YMCA athletic fields, 66 Johnny Mercer Blvd, Savannah, Georgia 31410
www.ymcaofcoastalga.org

Learn more here.

YMCA of Coastal Georgia is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser 

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FOR MORE FAMILY HALLOWEEN EVENTS IN SAVANNAH & THE LOWCOUNTRY, VISIT OUR FALL FUN GUIDE HERE. 

SCAD’s FREE BooLand!

Join BooLand for an evening of Halloween themed activities, goodies  trick or treating on Sat. Oct. 29, 7-9PM

Enjoy a night of Halloween themed activities, goodies, and trick or treating with costumed-students from Savannah College of Art and Design.

Activities include a photo booth, games, cookie decoration, henna, and more.

The event is FREE and open to the public.

Location: The Terrace (located behind Habersham Village @Habersham and 62nd.) between East 62nd & East 63rd streets in Midtown Savannah betweeen Abercorn & Habersham streets, behind Habersham Village.

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FOR MORE HALLOWEEN FAMILY FUN, VISIT OUR FALL FUN GUIDE HERE & EVENTS CALENDAR HERE. 

Enjoy well over 800,000 sparkling lights @ Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens in Savannah December Nights and Holiday Lights 2016 on select evenings from Fri. Nov. 25 through Sat. Dec. 24, 6-9PM

The “Jewel of a Savannah Christmas” returns with improved access pathways, new light displays and approaching 1,000,000 sparkling lights.

Santa and Mrs. Claus make appearances across the season as their busy schedules allow. Various non-profit groups help stock Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen, selling hot chocolate and other tasty holiday treats.

Also returning this year is the model train display and new feature is the holiday floral display on the Back Terrace portico.

Please remember the lights display are affected by rain, so plan to attend on evenings with fair weather to avoid disappointment.

This is a self-guided WALKING tour of illuminated displays across about six-acres @ Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens.

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Select evenings from the day after Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve

Nov. 25 – 27 (Friday – Sunday)
Nov. 30 – Dec. 4 (Wednesday – Sunday)
Dec. 7 – 11 (Wednesday – Sunday)
Dec. 14 – 24 (nightly)

6-9PM (weather permitting)

$10 per person (ages 13 and older)***
$5 per child 3 to 12 years
Infants (age 2 and under) FREE

***$5 Thursday ‘Family’ Nights (ages 3 to 103)

Cash or Credit Card (Visa, MC, Discover) accepted

Highlights of the casual self-guided walking tour

You will visit differently themed garden areas including:

White reindeer among green-glistening timber bamboo, a snowflake-accented 18-foot holly Christmas tree, an allee of glistening multicolor trees, a rainbow arch-tunnel, the Orchid House roof aglow in red and green light, a Nativity scene with a deep blue background, white trumpeting angels in a bed of champagne gold lights, green and white lights around an illuminated fountain in the Rose Garden, giant red poinsettias, and a candy-inspired children’s experience in the Cottage Garden for just a sampling.

Learn more here.

Hayrides, corn cribs, corn mazes & more. It’s all part of the pumpkin patch farm tradition.

These two favorite pumpkin patch/hayride farms are open this weekend Oct. 15 & 16 after closing during Hurricane Matthew & Recovery.:

Poppell Farms pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides, barnyard. Open every weekend through Oct. 30. Details here. 

Holiday Farms pumpkin patch, hayrides, pig races, farm activities. Holiday Farms is open from Oct. 1-31. Details here.  

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Postponed opening

Ottawa Farms Rodeo Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze has postponed opening due to Hurricane Matthew Recovery.

You’re invited to: Trunk ‘r’ Treat @ Calvary Baptist Temple on Waters Avenue at 63rd St.

4-6PM Sun. Oct. 30 @ Calvary’s MC Anderson Football Field.

Costumes are encouraged but not required.
Calvary Day School, 4625 Waters Ave., Savannah 31404, Lower School tel: 912-351-2299; Upper School tel: 912-644-5080 email admissions@calvarydayschool.com
www.calvarydayschool.com On Facebook here. On Twitter here.  Follow Calvary Day School on Instagram here.  Calvary Day School is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser 

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For more Halloween Family Fun, visit our Fall Fun Guide 2016 here. 

Santa is magical.

Your child’s visit with him should be magical, too!

Forget standing in long lines to have a fast chance to sit on Santa’s lap for a few quick, commercial-looking photos.

Step outside the lines and come see Santa in a private session with customized photos that will make your memories stand out.

Bring your family for The Santa Experience with Family Tides Photography in Savannah and make memories that will last a lifetime.

Book your pre-scheduled spot for an individualized one-on-one experience where Santa and your family will interact and be photographed in a beautiful setting.

Let your Santa Experience be just that. . .uniquely yours!

Book your Santa experience here.

Family Tides Photography, 912-650-0242, email nancy@familytidesphotography.com, familytidesphotography.com, Family Tides Photography is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser 

Hayrides, corn cribs, corn mazes & more. It’s all part of the pumpkin patch farm tradition. While Savannah isn’t a pumpkin-growing climate, we’re thrilled that we have our fair share of agritourism here with various pumpkin patch farms near Savannah.

Here are some favorites:

Poppell Farms pumpkin patch, corn maze, hayrides, barnyard. Grand opening for fall season 2016 is Oct. 1 Open every weekend Oct. 1-Oct. 30. Details here. 

Ottawa Farms Rodeo, Sept. 30-Oct. 1. Ottawa Farms Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze opens Oct. 8. Details here. 

Holiday Farms pumpkin patch, hayrides, pig races, farm activities. Holiday Farms is open from Oct. 1-31. Oct. 1 will be Military Appreciation Day. All active military will receive 50% off admission price with ID. Details here.  

FOR FALL FESTIVALS 2016 in Savannah, visit our Fall Fun Guide 2016 here. 

Come support the Dwaine & Cynthia Willett Children’s Hospital of Savannah at Memorial University Medical Center and celebrate the legalization of food trucks @ the Savannah Food Truck Festival 2016.

Sun. Oct. 23, 11AM – 8PM
Daffin Park
1301 E Victory Dr, Savannah 31404

-30 Food truck spots available
-FREE YOGA in the park at 10AM
-Beer
-Craft vendors
-Family Friendly
-Pet friendly with watering stations
-Local businesses
-Local Non profits

Live music

For sponsorship opportunities, food truck or craft vendor apps,
Please email: Admin@savfoodtruckassociation.com

25% off Rock N’ Learn DVDs @ Barnett Educational Supplies.

Shop local, shop Barnett Educational Supplies in Savannah.

Stop by the store on West DeRenne Avenue.

Like Barnett on Facebook here to stay informed about their sales & new products.

Store hours: Mon – Fri: 9 AM-7 PM; Sat: 10 AM-5 PM; Sun: 1- 5 PM.

Barnett Educational Supplies, 38 W De Renne Ave., Savannah, 31405-6742, tel: 912-356-1878, email barneduc@bellsouth.net   www.barnetteducationalsupplies.com , Barnett Educational Supplies is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

Compassion Christian Church in Savannah invites you to a free Country Carnival
10AM- 1PM Sat. Oct. 8
@ Henderson Campus, 55 Al Henderson Blvd.
Savannah, GA 31419
Directions here.

Join Compassion Christian Church for games, prizes, sack races and crafts. Explore a variety of vehicles including a helicopter, hang glider, SWAT vehicle and race car.

Admission is free & this event is open to the community. Hot dogs will be available for purchase.

For more information, visit CompassionChristian.com.

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For more Fall 2016 family fun in Savannah, visit our Fall Fun Guide here.

Ottawa Farm Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze 2016

Come get lost in the maze & enjoy oodles of farm activities including cow train, corn crib, pig races, corn cannon & more.

Open weekends in October beginning Oct. 8
Saturday 1 PM – 10 PM
Sundays 1 PM – 6 PM

Cost
Admission $10 per person
4 & under are free with an adult
Admission includes everything except corn cannon and items in store

Learn more here.

Ottawa Farms
702 Bloomingdale Rd.
Bloomingdale, GA. 31302
912-748-3035

Ottawa Farms, 702 Bloomingdale Road, Bloomingdale, Ga. 31302 , ottawafarms.com (912)748-3035, On Facebook here.  Ottawa Farms is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser 

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FOR MORE SAVANNAH-AREA FALL EVENTS, VISIT OUR SAVANNAH FALL FUN GUIDE 2016 HERE. 

Lucas Theatre in Savannah is turning 95! To celebrate this milestone, the Theatre is hosting a FREE Anniversary Celebration Fri. Sept. 23, 2016, 5-11PM.

Open to the Savannah community & featuring kids’ activities, local vendors & raffles. The Savannah Food Truck Festival will bring an array of different cuisines to the public.

Starting at 7pm, the showing of the 1939 classic Gone with the Wind, in an homage to the first showing after the Lucas’ reopening

The Lucas is throwing this party as a big Thank You to Savannah! Arthur Lucas built The Lucas Theatre of the Arts in 1921. The Lucas saw a decline in ticket sales as television gained popularity & the suburbs drew people away from the downtown area, ultimately closing its doors in 1976. Ten years later, a motivated group of Savannah citizens worked to save the Lucas from being demolished. They pooled their resources, purchased the building & began a restoration that would eventually span nearly 14 years to create the non-profit organization the Lucas is today. In December 2000, the Lucas reopened, screening Gone with the Wind to announce its return.

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WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY
1971
SATURDAY OCTOBER 1 AT 8:00 PM
PRESENTED BY THE LUCAS THEATRE
The Lucas Theatre is presenting this film to honor the memory of beloved actor Gene Wilder.

Rated G. 1 hour 29 minutes.

Don’t miss Happy Half Hour, where from 7-7:30 you can enjoy half price beer and popcorn specials. Movies start at the time listed with no previews.

Tickets: $9 general admission or $6 student/senior/military. This includes a $1 per ticket Historic Preservation Fee for all tickets purchased. The fee is for the ongoing preservation and maintenance of the Lucas Theatre. Also eligible for use with the Lucas Theatre Movie Pass. Available online or by calling 912-525-5050. You may pick up tickets in person at the Savannah Box Office at 216 E. Broughton Street, or at the Lucas one hour prior to show time.

Deep Center will host the free and public West Side Block Party and Dramatic Reading, on Sept. 18, 3 to 7PM, at the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum in Savannah

The event celebrates the stories, history and culture of Savannah’s West Side and presents the work of young writers who participated in Deep’s Block by Block program along with the works of Savannah’s leading artists.

Beginning at 3PM inside the museum annex, Deep youth will present dramatic readings of their work inspired by their research of the history and culture of the city’s West Side, the seat of its Civil Rights movement. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. and seating is limited. Deep will release a full color, 170-page book featuring the writing and artwork of the participants in the Block by Block program.

Following the young writers’ performance there will be a block party on Wayne Street featuring live music, food trucks, public art and Story Tours.

The Story Tours along Wayne Street, led by the young authors, will focus on their work and critical issues facing the West Side neighborhood. Through a partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, audience members will use their phones to respond to the art, readings, and conversations in a dynamic virtual space.

Deep recruited local artists José Ray and Jerome Meadows to create original public art inspired by and in collaboration with the young authors. Panhandle Slim has painted portraits of the 25 Block by Block participants, and these will be on display at the block party and, after the event, at the Live Oak Public Library on Bull Street. The Savannah Development and Renewal Authority will exhibit results from a collaborative workshop with the Deep Center that explores future plans for the MLK corridor.

The block party is free and open to the public and will be held in the parking lot of the Civil Rights Museum, extending east on Wayne Street to Chatham Square. Food will be available from the Savannah Food Truck Festival, and a DJ and local bands will play music throughout the day. The Block Party is coordinated in partnership with Art Rise Savannah, the local arts organization behind the First Friday Art March and the Better Block Project in Starland.

Deep Center’s Block by Block program is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the State Farm Youth Advisory Board, the City of Savannah Department of Cultural Affairs, and the United Way Coastal Empire.

Free Batman Day @ Barnes & Noble, Oglethorpe Mall, Savannah 

Saturday Sept. 17, 2016 2PM
Third annual Batman Day celebrating the Dark Knight’s endearing legacy. The event will include activities, trivia, coloring and much more. Costumes welcome.
Details here. 

Oglethorpe Mall
7804 Abercorn Ext. 72
Savannah, GA 31406
912-353-7757

Shop local & make Barnett Educational Supplies in Savannah your go-to stop this Fall 2016 for Halloween costumes, fall decorations, Halloween decorations.

Stop by the store on West DeRenne Avenue.

Like Barnett on Facebook here to stay informed about their sales & new products.

Store hours: Mon – Fri: 9 AM-7 PM; Sat: 10 AM-5 PM; Sun: 1- 5 PM.

Barnett Educational Supplies, 38 W De Renne Ave., Savannah, 31405-6742, tel: 912-356-1878, email barneduc@bellsouth.net   www.barnetteducationalsupplies.com , Barnett Educational Supplies is a SouthernMamas.com advertiser.

The 3rd annual Savannah Bacon Festival  is Sept. 2&3 on historic River Street.

Thomas Claxton & the Myth will take the Rousakis Riverfront Arbor Stage on Fri. Sept. 2 from 7-10PM. My Maiden Name will perform Saturday from 5-7PM. Headlining the 2016 Bacon Festival is Dr. Bacon out of Asheville, NC. Dr. Bacon begins at 7:30PM Sat. Sept. 3.

Enjoy bacon creations from local restaurants including bacon hush puppies and barbecue bacon burgers; bacon wrapped shrimp and bacon brownies; cherry glazed bacon on a stick; & loaded baked potato bacon dogs.

Updated schedule because of storm:
New dates and hours: Sat. Sept. 3, Noon-11PM & Sun. Sept 4, 11AM-8PM

This event is hosted by Savannah Waterfront Association.