Cave Spring Arts Festival 5K & 1M Cave Spring Arts Festival 5K

 

The CAVE SPRING Arts Festival 5K is Back!! 

        (36th Annual for the race)

Saturday, June 8, 2024

8:15 AM     5K

8:25 AM      1 Mile Run/Walk

Race Registration Fees:
*$25 Pre-Registration Entry Fee/ $35 Day of Race
*$20 1 Mile Run/Walk

(NOTE: Groups of 5 or more sign up by 6/3/23 and receive a "personalized" Team Trophy!)

RACE + FESTIVAL + SHOPS + FOOD + TOURS = The best race in Northwest Georgia!

Come to Cave Spring and experience the charm that has made this town a destination for many people throughout the years.  Run the 5K, or 1M fun run / walk, and then stick around afterwards to enjoy the 48th Annual for the Arts and Crafts Festival.  Best of all...your Race T-shirt gets you into the Festival and the famous Cave Spring pool for FREE!!   Proceeds benefit historical preservation and educational programs.

SO MUCH TO-DO-AND-SEE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!!

Obtain a walk, ride, or drive Tour Guide from our nearby museum. This guide will introduce a community that has epochal connections to 1000’s of years of Native American, early settler, African American, and deaf cultural history. Tour includes largest Indian cabin; Fairview Rosenwald School museum project; 18th Century Georgia School for the Deaf buildings, train depot, Chubb Town, and 90 different structures on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, directions are included to the local trailheads of the Pinhoti Trail.  In a town established in 1822, yet quite vibrant still today, you will feel like walking through time!

•   Shop the unique antique malls and shops offering unique collectibles, country gifts and decorative accessories. Many local artisans are represented.
•   Fuel up with a variety of culinary delights. Southern home cooking to 5-star dining.
•   Ice cream shop, Christmas and fudge shop, and bakery.

Finish out your weekend visiting the large limestone cave, partaking of the nationally-famous clean spring water and languishing in the spring-fed 1.5 acre swimming pool, Georgia’s largest!  This year runners receive free pass to pool as well as festival . Remember to bring your swim suit!

As the regional saying goes, 'Folks come to Cave Spring for a day and stay a lifetime.' For More information on both the Race & the Arts Festival - Check out our Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/cavespring5k/ ) and / or the Cave Spring City Website at www.cityofcavespring.com/events 

https://www.cavespring.ga.gov/events/cave-spring-arts-%26-crafts-festival

Pre-Race Packet Pick-up

Friday, June 7th. from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, you may pick up your Race Packet/T-shirt at the large 'HEARN ACADEMIC BUILDING' in Cave