On Sun. Feb. 5 2023, enjoy free admission to participating museums, historical sites as part of Super Museum Sunday.
Nearly 100 art, science, and history museums, historic sites, and other points of interest across Georgia will offer free admission during the Georgia History Festival’s Super Museum Sunday.
Find details and a list of participating sites here.
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Annual historical event @ Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah
The 2023 Colonial Faire and Muster will be on Sat. Feb. 4, and Sun. Feb. 5 2023, 10AM-4PM @ Wormsloe State Historic Site.
Enjoy a glimpse into colonial life, live music, dancing, military and craft demonstrations, and more.
Celebrate Georgia Day on Fri. Feb. 10, 2023 @ Savannah’s Georgia Day Parade where students, musicians, local dignitaries, and costumed historical figures will march through Savannah’s historic squares.
As part of GHS’s Georgia History Festival, this student-focused annual event recognizes Georgia’s diverse history through the commemoration of the founding of the Georgia colony at Savannah.
Free & open to the public
10:30AM-Noon Fri. Feb. 10 2023 in downtown Savannah
The Junior League of Savannah’s FREE Fit Kids Fest event is less than one month away! Children (K-12) are invited to join the fun on Sat. Feb. 18, 2023, from 1-4PM at the Savannah Children’s Museum, located at 655 Louisville Road in Savannah.
We understand that children are at their best when they are healthy, so we are here to help spread awareness and share health and wellness resources in our community! Radio host Mia Mance returns this year to host this interactive day filled with activities, entertainment, vendors, and more!
The first 150 children at the event will also receive a FREE T-shirt.
This free weekly e-letter in your email every Wednesday keeps you savvy about all the kid-friendly happenings as well as summer camps 2023, school open houses & application deadlines, free events, pediatric dentists, pediatricians and more.
The 2023 YMCA Critz Tybee Run Fest, a benefit supporting the youth and family-centered programming that YMCA of Coastal Georgia provides throughout the course of the year, takes place Feb. 3 and 4 2023, with a kids run and 5K on Friday night (Feb. 3), followed by a 10K, half marathon, 2.8-mile beach run and 1-mile run on Saturday morning. (Feb. 4)
The kids run @ 5:30PM Fri. Feb. 3 is free but pre-registration is required so organizers can make sure everyone gets a T-shirt and a finisher medal. All proceeds support YMCA of Coastal Georgia’s income-based assistance program for youth sports leagues, summer camps, before- and after-school care and educational support.
We understand that children are at their best when they are healthy, so we are here to help spread awareness and share health and wellness resources in our community!
All children in Savannah and surrounding communities, along with their parents, are invited to participate in this fun, interactive day filled with activities, entertainment, vendors, and more!
The first 150 children at the event will also receive a FREE T-shirt.
Telfair Museums’ PULSE Art + Technology Festival returns Jan. 26-28 2023 @ the Jepson Center featuring, STEAM programs for students, a youth workshop, and a Free Family Day.
PULSE Artists Talks for students January 26, 11am (Grades 4 and up) Participating artists will present short talks on their technology-based work. To register groups for this program, contact daughtryc@telfair.org.
PULSE STEAM Talks for Students January 27, 11am (Grades 4 and up) Speakers: Ambria Berksteiner (Operation One STEM at a Time), Timothy Cone (Georgia Institute of Technology CEISMC Program). To register groups for this program, contact daughtryc@telfair.org.
PULSE Curator’s Tour January 27, 2pm Join PULSE curator Harry DeLorme and artists for a walking tour of PULSE exhibitions at the Jepson Center. Free by advance registration. Register here.
Youth Workshop: “Video Game Character Design in Scratch” (6th – 8th Grade) January 28, 10am-12pm Instructor: Lauren White. Middle schoolers are invited to join us for a fun workshop led by the Beaufort Digital Corridor. Level 1: Character Design. This class offers the basics of character design and coding. Create your own sprites and bring them to life with animation frames, well-made coding scripts, and creative mathematics. Register here.
PULSE Free Family Day at the Jepson Center January 28, 1pm-4pm Enjoy a day of free admission to the Jepson Center to explore the new PULSE exhibitions, PULSE interactive art demonstrations, mobile game demonstrations and hands on art making activities for children and families. Free for local residents.
Explore more than 100 sites in person and online during Super Museum Sunday 2023 on Feb. 5.
Enjoy free admission to participating historic sites, house museums, art museums, and other points of interest throughout Georgia open their doors for an exceptional opportunity to experience the history in our own backyard.
Participating sites include SCAD Museum of Art, Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center, Wormsloe State Historic Site and more.
Georgia’s State Historic Sites are offering free admission on Sun. Feb. 5 as part of Super Museum Sunday.
That includes:
Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site, Brunswick: A forgotten empire comes alive at this scenic rice plantation set among live oaks near the Altamaha River. Tour the antebellum home furnished with antiques and the museum showcasing fine silver.
Fort McAllister State Park, Richmond Hill: Nestled among giant live oaks, this is the best-preserved earthwork fortification of the Confederacy and the end of General Sherman’s March to the Sea.
Pickett’s Mill Battlefield State Historic Site, Dallas: Pickett’s Mill is one of the best-preserved Civil War battlefields in the nation, highlighted with a museum, earthworks, and wooded trails. The 1864 battle was one of the few Confederate victories during Gen. Sherman’s Georgia campaign.
Magnolia Springs State Park, Millen: During the Civil War, this site was called Camp Lawton and served as “the world’s largest prison.” Today, little remains of the prison stockade; however, the earthen breastworks which guarded it may still be seen. The park’s Camp Lawton Museum tells this gripping story.
Fort King George State Historic Site, Darien: From 1721 until 1736, this fort was the southern outpost of the British Empire in North America. Climb into the reconstructed cypress blockhouse, explore the palisaded earthen fort, and tabby ruins, tour the museum and hike a short nature trail.
Fort Morris State Historic Site, Midway: This earthen fort on the Medway River protected Georgia against the British in both the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. A museum describes the colonial port of Sunbury; a nature trail and picnic sites are available.
Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah: A breathtaking avenue lined with Live Oaks leads to the tabby ruins of this colonial estate. A museum houses artifacts excavated at Wormsloe and a film about the founding of the 13th colony.
You’re invited to Garden City Housing Team’s food truck fundraiser & art contest on Sat. Feb. 11 2023, 10AM-2PM at Savannah Farmers Market, 701 US Hwy. 80, Garden City.
The free event will feature a bounce house and slide, a “selfie” station, food trucks, a display of artwork celebrating POC Icons from local K-12 students, plus crafts and games. Raffle prizes include 4 Ghost Pirates tickets, and 4 bottles of Zunzies signature sauces and a $25 gift card.
Proceeds raised through raffle and donations benefit 15 residential Garden City homes in need of roof repair or replacement. These residents of Garden City represent many demographics such as veterans, the elderly, people with disabilities, and low-income households.
Proceeds from this event will go towards this project.
Did you receive an A or B in science on your most recent report card? If so, your hard work earned you free admission to the UGA Aquarium on Skidaway Is. in Savannah on Sat. March 18, 10AM-5PM.
Students who bring a virtual copy of their report card will be rewarded with a free visit.
Free admission for K-12 students who bring a virtual copy of their report cards.** All accompanying adults or children will be asked to pay general admission fee to the UGA Aquarium.
**Parents/Guardians: If you are not comfortable showing your child’s report card, aquarium staff will take your word. The purpose of Report Card Day is to inspire interest in science and reward students with a free visit.
Questions? Contact Cindy Lingebach at calingeb@uga.edu or call 912-598-2344.
23rd Annual Low Country Home & Garden Show @ The Savannah Convention Center Jan. 20-22, 2023.
The Annual Low Country Home & Garden Show – Fri. Jan. 20 to Sun. Jan 22, 2023 at the Savannah Convention Center on Hutchinson Island – features free admission, onsite parking for just $5, plus inspiration, solutions, and great deals for home improvement and outdoor projects.
This is a family-friendly event includes a new 6,000 square foot Family Fun Zone as well as celebrity chefs, builders and remodelers, outdoor living and patio, giveaways & a chance to win a new washer and dryer, and more.
FREE admission.
Show hours areFriday, January 20, 2-6 PM; Saturday, January 21, 10-6PM; and Sunday, January 22, 11AM-5PM. The show will be held at the Savannah Convention Center located at 1 International Drive in Savannah, GA on Hutchinson Island.
Best home holiday light displays, decorations 2022 in Savannah, Pooler, Richmond Hill
Driving around Savannah, Pooler, Rincon & Richmond Hill looking at home holiday light displays and decorations is a favorite family tradition.
From colossal Santa snow globes to computerized Christmas lights animated with music, SouthernMamas.com has your guide to local home holiday light displays.
Want to add a home lights display to this list or let us know if one of the past favorites isn’t up this year? Please email us the info at anne@southernmamas.com
* The Seager family, 476 Copper Creek Circle, Pooler
* The Nowicki family, 107 Saint Andrews Way, Wilmington Is.
* Going Griswold Holiday Light Show, 3 Amberwood Circle , Savannah. 95.9FM. There’s also a gingerbread house and reindeer barn for the kids
* Wells & Sparks Families @ 1437 Dean Forest Rd. & 1429 Dean Forest Rd. Savannah, Ga 31405
* The Steinhauser family, 1431 Whitfield Park Circle. Tune radio to 102.9FM
* The Fordhams, 21 Timbers Way, Savannah, (Located in the Rivers Bend neighborhood off of Whitfield Ave.)
* South Lancaster Rd. , Wilmington Park
* The Lodge Family, 701 Stuart St. Savannah (not confirmed for this year)
* The Ray Famiy, 9 Yorkshire Place Savannah
* The Jensen Family, 6A Webster Drive, Savannah
* The Schirtzinger family, 202 Blue Marlin Dr., Whitemarsh Island.
* The Simons family, 165 Bald Cypress Lane 31302 (Off of Little Neck Road) Animated and Static
* 112 Magnolia Dr., Pooler
* 29 Bostwick Drive, Pooler.
* 6 Shackleford Cv, Pooler
* 221 Pinecrest Place, Pooler,
* The Owens Family, 111 Chinese Fir Ct, Pooler
* 39 Holly Springs Circle, Port Wentworth
* The Barratta family, 154 Lake Dr., Midway
* The Walker family, 23 Charlie’s Rd, and Hwy 144, Richmond Hill
* The Mar family, 104 Rockingham Circle, Bloomingdale
* 106 Sandstone Dr. Bloomingdale
* The Padgett’s Christmas Lights Display, 156 Oakview Rd., Rincon
* 201 Savannah Avenue, Rincon.
* The Smith family, 419 Willowpeg Way, Rincon. (Next to Lost Plantation Golf Course) Tune to 89.7, syncs to music.
* 126 Aquaduct Dr. in the Staffordshire Estates Subdivision off of Blue Jay, Rincon
* Pennington neighborhood, off Midland Rd, Guyton
* 105 Penny Lane, Guyton, 6-11PM nightly
* The Rockwell Family, 253 Cypress Creek Lane, Guyton
* 133 South Effingham Plantation Dr.
* The Simmons family, 439 Egypt Ardmore Rd, Springfield
* 101 Black Gum Dr., Springfield
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South Carolina
Brendlen’s Christmas Light Display 1570 Drigger’s Lane Ridgeland SC 29936 Nightly lights display. Meet Santa, Olaf & Elsa on Sat. Dec. 10, plus train rides, facepainting, cookie & ornament decorating. Free!
Arborwood Lights display 9 Arbormeade Circle in Bluffton (Look for “Arborwood Lights” in Google Maps.) 6-9PM nightly Decorated homes & yards off Buckwalter Parkway in sync to Christmas music.
43 Neligh Lane in Cypress Ridge off SC 170 Bluffton SC 8,500 lights in sync with music on 99.3 FM. 5:30-8PM Sunday-Thursday and until 10PM Friday & Saturday Another home lights display @ nearby 211 Argo Circle.
Hilton Head Firefighters Christmas Lights Fire Station 3 534 William Hilton Pkwy Hilton Head Island, SC 29926 Donations of non-perishable food items are accepted
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FREE lights displays @ businesses, organizations
TMT Farms Christmas Lights Drive-Thru in Statesboro 16710 Old River Rd N Statesboro, GA 30461 Open now until Dec. 27 2022, 6PM-1AM nightly. Drive-thru only. Admission is free, however, please bring non-perishable food items to donate. Cash donations are also accepted. Donated food will be distributed to needy families throughout Bulloch County and surrounding counties. Monetary contributions are used to purchase gift cards for needy families. Details here.
Bring all the kids downtown and let them have a blast at the Jingle Bell Pajama Party & Jog. New this year is a Jingle Bell Jog for kids 10 and under – see below for details. Don’t miss out on pictures with Santa, face painting, holiday dancers, Magic Marc, activities and games.
When: Sun. Dec. 18 2022 @ 1-4 p.m.
Where: Broughton & Bull
Cost: FREE!
Jingle Bell Jog
Kids 10 and under come join our fun run and race down Broughton street in your best holiday pajamas! Jingle all the way into the Jingle Bell Pajama Party!
When: Sunday, Dec. 18 – first race starts at 12:30
Ages 6-10 will start on at Barnard Street
Ages 4-6 will start on at Whitaker Street
Finish line runs into the festival on Broughton & Bull Streets
Prizes awarded for top 3 finishers
Entertainment at the Tree @ Broughton & Bull streets:
1 pm Gretchen Greene School of Dance
1:45 pm Magic Marc
2:45 pm Culturally Curious
3:30 Gretchen Greene School of Dance
Activities for Kids:
Pictures with Santa & Mrs. Claus w/ Pop Squad Balloon
Letters to Santa
Coastal Heritage Society Mobile Museum with holiday-themed STEAM activities along with Tin Soldiers and playground soft blocks
Face painting
Savannah Fire Department Truck
Savannah Ghost Pirates
Jingle Bell Wreath Craft
Balloon Art
Free & open to the public.
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The Chatham Fire Volunteer Divisions will escort Santa and Mrs Claus around the Islands & Savannah Southside in 2022 and spread some holiday cheer. See the online schedule and routes here.
The 7th District Division begins their Santa Detail this weekend Dec. 2-3 with the other divisions to follow.
Wilmington Route: 12-5PM on Sat. Dec. 10 2022 with a meet and greet @ Wilmington Island Publix, 5-6:30PM. Whitemarsh/Talahi: 1-5PM on Sun. Dec. 11 2022 with a meet and great @ Whitemarsh Island Publix, 5-6:30PM.
Skidaway Is: Sat. Dec. 17 & Sun. Dec. 18 2022. Find times here.
Whitefield Ave: Tues Dec. 20 2022, starts @ 6PM
Ferguson Avenue: Wed. Dec. 21 2022, starts @ 6PM
Burnside: Thurs. Dec. 22 2022, starts @ 6PM.
Dates for three areas of Southside will be determined.
This free weekly e-letter in your email every Wednesday keeps you savvy about all the kid-friendly happenings as well as school open houses & application deadlines, free events, pediatric dentists, pediatricians and more.
Friday Dec. 16 2022 celebrates all artists with the opening of Elevate! The student/instructor gallery opening and performance showcases work by artists of all ages and levels – from ceramics and watercolor, to ballet and drumming! This event is free, fun, and open to all ages.
5-7PM Fri. Dec. 16 – Gallery opening
7PM – Performance
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Sat. Dec. 17
Saturday Dec. 17 2022 is the Holiday Arts Day! Free activities for all ages. The Lowcountry Turners will be demonstrating wood turning with fun takehomes, E. Shaver Books will read Sheep Dog and Sheep Sheep, the Coastal Youth Choir will sing carols, and you can try your hand at clay dreidel making!
Three, free family holiday movies @ SCAD Trustees Theater, Savannah at 11AM, 3PM & 7PM Sat. Dec. 17 2022.
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The Muppet Christmas Carol – FREE on Sat. Dec. 17 2022, 11AM @ SCAD Trustees Theater, Savannah. This event is free to the general public with the donation of a non-perishable food item benefiting Second Harvest. Details here.
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Elf – FREE! on Sat. Dec. 17, 3PM @ SCAD Trustees Theater, Savannah. This event is free to the general public with the donation of a non-perishable food item benefiting Second Harvest. Details here.
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It’s a Wonderful Life – FREE Sat. Dec. 17, 7PM SCAD Trustees Theater, Savannah. This event is free to the general public with the donation of a non-perishable food item benefiting Second Harvest. Details here.
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Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. Savannah
The Trustees Theater is a fully restored 1946 movie house owned and operated by SCAD
Free Family Jam this Sat. Dec. 10, Forsyth Park, Savannah
Savannah Music Festival invites the entire community to a free musical event in Forsyth Park on Sat. Dec. 10 2022, 11:30AM – 2PM.
The SMF Musical Explorers program will present bluegrass recording artists the Foreign Landers, operatic tenor Timothy Miller, and Savannah’s own Huxsie Scott. This will be a family-friendly and educational event with live musicians leading the audience on a musical journey.
SMF Jazz Academy students will open the show. Come prepared to enjoy food trucks, Savannah Music Festival giveaways and games, as well as information about the SMF 2023 festival!
Schedule (tentative): 11:30 AM – 12 PM Dance Party with DJ Precisa; 12 – 12:30 Savannah Music Festival Jazz Academy; 12:30 – 1:30 Musical Explorers Concert; 1:30 – 2 Dance Party with DJ Precisa
This free weekly e-letter in your email every Wednesday keeps you savvy about all the kid-friendly happenings as well as school open houses, free events, pediatricians and more.
Christmas on the Bluff, 3PM Sat. Dec. 3, 4-8PM in Thunderbolt
Join the Town of Thunderbolt along River Drive to ring in the holiday season, family style. The town is excited to bring back a boat parade along with a land parade, ornament decorating, cookie decorating, vendors, snacks, and more.
Christmas tree lighting & carols at 8:15PM and sing carols.
Sat. Dec. 3 2022, 4-8PM, 2821 River Dr, Savannah, GA 31404-3200, United States
Savannah Lighted Christmas Parade will begin on River Street and make its way throughout downtown Savannah featuring decorated floats from Savannah’s favorite people and places.
The parade begins at Plant Riverside District on the west end of River Street at 5:30pm and continues to the east end, then winds its way up to Broughton Street and through City Market.
Family Friday Nights are open to ALL families!. Held the first Friday of each month @ The Sandbox Children’s Museum on Hilton Head Is.
Fri. Dec. 9 2022, 5;30-7:30PM
Designed to bring families together, for a cost free evening of fun activities. An engaging easy evening! Come play in all of The Sandbox Children’s Museum exhibits for free.
Admission is free but reserve your space online here.
The Land of the Sweets performances @ Savannah Culture Arts Center Ben Tucker Theater are FREE ADMISSION at 3 & 7 PM on Sat. Nov.19. Seating is on a first come first serve basis, but you can reserve your free ticket online here.
The Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home’s annual holiday reading of “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote will be an outdoor event with hot cider and holiday treats @ The Old Dairy in Savannah.
Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home presents annual Robert Strozier Memorial Christmas reading. Sun. Dec. 4, 2022, 3:30PM @ The Old Dairy, 2500 Tennessee Ave.
Celebrate the holiday season with hot cider and holiday treats and enjoy local actress Maggie Hart reading “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote. This is an outdoor event; guests are encouraged to bring a folding chair and blankets to stay cozy. Enjoy funny and oh-so-Southern afternoon storytelling session.
