Dawsonville Moonshine Festival Guide

The Festival Journal

One festival question at a time: which day to go, bringing the kids, the people who turned moonshine running into NASCAR, and life in Dawsonville after the crowds go home.

Nothing here yet. The 2026 schedule and the parking guide are the two pages most people want.

A two-storey red-brick building with black shutters, white trim, twin chimneys and a rooftop balustrade, fronted by clipped shrubs and a black iron fence under a blue sky with light clouds. — Photo: Gwringle, CC BY-SA 3.0

After the festival

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