SCAN CODE for more spring goodies. IDEAL DESTINATION Springtime in Augusta is pure Georgia magic, with the return of sunnier skies and warming temperatures. There’s no better time to experience Georgia’s “garden city” than when it’s shaded in newly sprouted leaves and bedazzled in blooms. Go bass fishing at Mistletoe State Park , home to Clarks Hill Lake —one of the largest lakes in the Southeast. Then take a pedaling tour with Bike Bike Baby to see the downtown district’s public art, churches, cemeteries and other important spots related to African American culture— including, of course, the soulful areas of town that inspired Augusta’s own James Brown. For an evening of amazing entertainment, buy tickets to one of many concerts or festivals hosted at the Jessye Norman Amphitheater , which sits alongside the Savannah River. And give your perfect spring evening a proper Augustan nightcap with an old fashioned and panoramic views of the city’s streetscape at legendary rooftop bars Edgar’s Above Broad or Six South Rooftop Bar at Partridge Inn . DON’T-MISS EVENTS Mid-to late March is your chance to hear live music, eat delicious food and see Macon ’s beautiful Yoshino cherry-tree blossoms during the International Cherry Blossom Festival . INTERNATIONAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL, MACON/RALPH DANIEL Atlanta ’s beloved Piedmont Park has been hosting the Dogwood Festival in April for more than 80 years, where local arts and crafts are sold, musicians share their songs and festival delicacies are sampled (like fried pickles, mushrooms and okra). The Savannah St. Patrick’s Day Parade is America’s third-largest procession honoring “the apostle of Ireland,” where thousands of green-attired revelers celebrate the holiday and toast with green beer while watching marching bands, bagpipe players and floats. 36 #EXPLOREGEORGIA
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