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Bluebird Market Folk Art Village October 9, 2010 in TUAC Arts Council Gallery

Bluebird Artisan Guild and TUAC (Thomaston Upson Arts Council) have partnered for the month of October 2010 for the 2nd Annual Bluebird Fall Folk Art Show and Sale. 

The Kick-Off Reception and Sale Party will be held in the gallery on the square (Map) next to the Ritz Theatre on Saturday, October 9, 2010 during the Flint River Fall Festival which draws upwards of 5,000 in attendance annually.

We encourage Georgia artisans to ‘get in the zone’ and bring your handmade arts to the local arts council gallery for the month!  It’s going to be a fun Kick-Off with local foods and live folk art music.  Thank you TUAC for this fun arts event!

Bluebird Festival Welcomes Parents of Miss Bluebird Festival Pageants

“The Miss America Organization is one of the nation’s leading achievement programs and the world’s largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women.”

Bluebird Festival is thrilled and honored to be hosting a preliminary pageant to Miss Georgia in Thomaston Georgia this Saturday, May 8th.  

Families involved with Miss Bluebird Festival are welcome to drop in the Thomaston Upson Arts Council Gallery on Saturday for a meet and greet open house. 

Have a glass of Iced Tea and be sure to connect with Virginia Jacob, Miss Bluebird Festival Coordinator from Bluebird Market.  Virginia is at your service and will be happy to answer any questions regarding festival events and activities.

Bluebird Festival Vendor Welcome Center

Bluebird Exhibitors and Vendors may check in as early as 6 am with Ray and Diane Dunn at the Vendor Welcome Center on the West side of the square across from the Ritz Theatre. Ray will escort you to your booth space location around the square. 

Bluebird Festival opens at 8 am until 6 pm.  Immediately following is Miss Bluebird Festival pageant held by Miss America Organization at R E Lee Auditorium.

Click here for a map to the downtown square in Thomaston.

Volunteers will be wearing blue and white t shirts with Bluebird Festival logo.  We are delighted about this awesome event!

If you have any questions, please feel free to email:  bluebirdmarket@gmail.com

Welcome to Bluebird Festival! 

Bluebird Festival Schedules

Cooking Stage Schedule… click here.

KidFest Schedule … click here.

Music Entertainment Schedule… click here.

For Miss Bluebird Festival schedule information, drop by the Bluebird ‘Crown Room’ located in the TUAC gallery this Saturday, May 8th, on the square Thomaston.

Bluebird Festival Map

View Thomaston, GA Bluebird Festival 2010 in a larger map

 Saturday May 8, 2010   8 am until 6 pm. 

Vendors may check in at the Welcome Center with Ray Dunn, Vendor Coordinator, who will take you to your booth location.

Bluebird Festival Campaign for Farm to School

Help us tip child nutrition in Middle Georgia.

Connecting family farms to local schools for fresh and healthy foods…Georgia peaches, strawberries, blueberries, broccoli, pecans, tomatoes!

Bluebird Festival Fun Playlist of Farm Fresh Songs

Launch Player to stream Bluebird Festival music.

Click here to listen to Bluebird Festival playlist.

Take a walk around the square with Bluebird.   Sat. May 8th, 8 am-6 pm.

Bluebird by Paul McCartney (on tour)
Strawberry Fields Forever by Ben Harper (on tour)
Apples, Peaches, Pumpkin Pie (featured) by Jay & The Techniques
Homegrown Tomatoes by Guy Clark
Blueberry Hill by The Beach Boys
Shiny Happy People by R.E.M.
Here Comes the Sun (Live At Madison Square Garden) by George Harrison
Garden Song by John Denver
A Place In The Sun by Stevie Wonder
Walkin’ On Sunshine (Re-Recorded / Remastered) by Katrina and The Waves
Walkin’ In The Sun by Rufus
Anybody Here Want To Buy My Cabbage by Champion Jack Dupree
Cinnamon Girl by Neil Young
Collard Greens And Black-Eyed Peas by Bud Powell
Cook With Honey by Judy Collins
Don’t Sit Under The Apple Tree by The Andrews Sisters
Eat Your Greens by Lou Barbera
Peaches (featured) by The Presidents Of The United States Of America
Sweet Pea (featured) by Tommy Roe
Sweet Potato Pie by Ray Charles
The Onion Song by Marvin Gaye
Vegetables by The Beach Boys
Watermelon Man by Mongo Santamaria
Ladybug Picnic by Elizabeth Mitchell
The Rain, The Park And Other Things by The Cowsills

Pocketful of Sunshine (featured) by Natasha Bedingfield (on tour)
Happy Together by The Turtles
Summer Breeze by Seals & Crofts
Be My Little Baby Bumble Bee by Gordon MacRae
Birds Of A Feather by Paul Revere & The Raiders
The Birds And The Bees by Jewel Akens
Bluebird Of Happiness by Blue Plate Special
Bluebirds Over The Mountain by The Beach Boys
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
A Step In The Right Direction by Angela Lansbury

Bluebird Festival Vendor Welcome Center

It’s so easy to experience Bluebird Festival as a vendor. Vendors Exhibitors are Welcome at Bluebird Festival!   If you have signed up at bluebirdmarket@gmail.com as a Bluebird Festival Exhibitor to market locally handmade, home-baked or homegrown products here’s how to check in:

1.  Arrive  at your convenience beginning at 6 am on Saturday May 8, 2010 around the downtown square in Thomaston, Georgia.  Bluebird Festival will open at 8 am and close at 6 pm.

2.  Check In at the Bluebird Festival Vendor Welcome Center, and add your name to the SignIn Sheet .   Please see Ray Dunn, Vendor Coordinator, who will assist you in locating your setup location.

3.  Wear a nametag to better promote your products.

Post online that you will be at Bluebird Festival at  Thomaston Marketplace and Thomaston Bluebird Festival and bring 5 friends/family members to shop the festival!

Our aim is to establish good attendence and a variety of local growers and artisans with Georgia Made Georgia Grown products.  If each vendor brings 5 friends to the festival that is over 300 people to start the day!!

Bluebird Festival, May 8, 2010, Around the Courthouse Square in Downtown Thomaston, Georgia. 8 am until 6 pm with Miss America Organization’s events throughout the day and evening.  Welcome Bluebird Festival Vendors!  Its going to be a fun day!!!

Bluebird Market Offers 3 Ways You Can Help Festival Efforts

How Can You Help:

• Help Spread Messages Online– Follow @Bluebird Festival on Twitter or join us on Facebook to get all the latest updates about fresh and local foods. Have festival images?  Share your photos and videos on Bluebird Festival Facebook and on Flickr by tagging them BluebirdFestival2010.
• Speak Up for Healthy Food Choices- Tell your friends that now more than ever we need to choose family farm fresh foods that provide healthier choices .
• Volunteer for the Festival Efforts- Bluebird Festival is part of the Farm-to-School Initiative to Restore Healthy Foods to local school children in Middle Georgia; volunteers are needed to help with festival efforts.