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.
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Thinking about Dawsonville after festival weekend? What living here is like
Dawsonville is the county seat of Dawson County, about an hour north of Atlanta per the county tourism office. The county formed in 1857, grew after Lake Lanier weekend homes…

After the festival
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