Festival Hours: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Friday, Saturday & Sunday: October 23-25, 2009

Grand Marshall: Jim Mitchum - co-star of the movie "Thunder Road"

Cruise-in, Car Show, Arts, crafts, food, live entertainment, kids activities and bike tour round out the weekend.

Daily Schedule:
Cruise-in, 5-9pm: Friday, October 23
Car Show, 9am-4pm: Sat Sun, October 24 & 25
Swap Meet: All three days

Car Tour "Moonshine Run" on Friday, October 23rd:
Take this day-trip from 9am to 5pm to cruise deep into the NE Georgia Mountains on an authentic route used by the moonshine runners deep in the heart of Moonshine country. The destination leads you to a farm to see a working moonshine still! Lunch is included. Registration is limited to the first 50 participants. Call (706) 216-KARE (5273) for more information.

This year's festival revs up with the
"Thunder Road" theme!
We will be showing the vintage movie, "Thunder Road" starring Robert Mitchum on

Saturday: 12 noon, 2, 4 and 7pm
Sunday: 10 am, 12 noon, 2 and 4pm

Stay after the Saturday 7pm showing for a special presentation by Jim Mitchum, author Alex Gabbard and other well-known revenue agents and moonshiners!

The Moonshine Festival explores Dawson County's history during the prohibition era when liquor was illegal and the Great Depression of the 1930's when running moonshine through the foothills of the Northeast Georgia Mountains was a way of life.
(See Motorsport America's September feature story on the history, click here!)

Thousands of tourist flock to the birthplace of NASCAR racing to hear about storied legends, Junior Johnson, Raymond Parks, and Gober Sosebee. These men loved the thrill of being chased through the mountain ridges of Northeast Georgia.

Bring the family and visit an old Moonshine still; listen to stories from both "Tripper's" and Revenuer's. These skilled drivers pioneered engineering technology coaxing the most horsepower out of the era's automotive engine of its day.

That foundation in engine building is alive in every aspect of motorsport racing as we know it today. So take a look under the hood of all the cars on display in the Dawsonville Square - you're looking at history!

Meet many legendary race car drivers. See Vintage Race Cars and more Authentic Moonshine-Hauling cars than you’ll ever see gathered in one place anywhere in the US!

Stop by The Dawsonville Pool Room: a great restaurant and mini-museum of Bill Elliott's accomplishments, as a young man from Dawsonville, GA who climbed the ranks of NASCAR Winston Cup Series to championship and put his hometown on the map. Order the Bully Burger while you're at the Dawsonville Pool Room - a great burger that is world famous!

Help out with a very worthy cause, KARE for Kids, Inc. Purchase festival souvenirs such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, refrigerator magnets and our calendar of Legendary Race Car Drivers.

For more information: visit www.kareforkids.us

Directions to Dawsonville:
From Atlanta, head north on GA 400 to intersection of GA 400 & Hwy 53. Turn left onto Hwy 53 heading west. Dawsonville is several miles up the road - Hwy 53 takes you right into the town.
You'll see Georgia Racing Hall of Fame on your right just as you enter the city limits.