The town is known for its many festivals, from Gold Rush Days in October to the Christmas season and, in spring, the Dahlonega Arts and Wine Festival. During festival seasons, rooms are at a ...

Gold Rush Days are held every October to celebrate ... spring brings open-air concerts and festivals, such as the The Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival that occurs every May. Dahlonega Butterfly ...

In May, the Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival offers a blend of fine wines, arts and crafts, and live jazz performances. Come October, Gold Rush Days rekindles memories of the town's golden past with ...

Hidden among the century-old buildings that line the brick streets of this North Georgia town lies glistening remnants of Dahlonega’s gilded past. It’s sprinkled in the brick of the old ...

Some prospectors headed to Dahlonega when gold was found there ... Villa Rica holds an annual gold rush festival. There’s also the Pine Mountain Gold Museum at Stockmar Park that’s open ...

You may be surprised to learn that Dahlonega, Georgia, was the site of the first American Gold Rush. In 1828, it happened by accident when a deer hunter stumbled over a rock that was chock-full of ...

Famously home to the nation’s first gold rush, which began in 1828 ... Also check out the newly renovated Dahlonega Gold Museum on the town square. Visit the General Store.

Several years later, the General Assembly changed the name of Licklog, the county seat of present-day Lumpkin County, the epicenter of the Georgia gold rush, to Dahlonega—similar to the Cherokee ...

Their inclusion is a result of a collaboration between the UNG Science Festival and the Dahlonega Literary Festival, which falls on the same weekend. "It was a happy accident," said Dr. Sonny Mantry, ...