Wild Chicken Festival, Fitzgerald Wild Chicken 100 & Chasing Jefferson Davis Marathon
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Fitzgerald, Georgia – a unique and charming town with quirky wild chickens in the streets, adventurous people, and a history like no other. Visit anytime or during one of our many events.
Strut like a chicken while participating in the chicken crowing contest at the Wild Chicken Festival on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Choose between your bicycle or your running shoes Saturday, April 12, 2025. The Wild Chicken 100 is a bicycle gravel ride event that begins at 9am from the historic AB&A Railroad Depot. There will be multiple bike route options including a paved option; however, the main focuses are the gravel/dirt/clay road options. Early on the morning of May 10, 1865, Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured at his camp outside Irwinville. Davis had spent the evening in Abbeville, a distance of almost exactly 26.2 miles from where he was captured. To commemorate this historic event, the communities along the route host the Annual Chasing Jefferson Davis Marathon. The marathon is USATF Certified (GA15012WC) and multiple runners have used it as a Boston Marathon Qualifier. Enjoy the picturesque downtown, scenic back roads and bucolic landscape. Fitzgerald is Small Town U.S.A. at its best! Wild Chickens shouldn’t keep you away! For more information, call (229) 426-5033. |
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FITZGERALD: A TOWN WITH HISTORY LIKE NO OTHER
FITZGERALD, Ga. (WALB) - Fitzgerald is a south Georgia town like no other.
All with a quirky history all its own.
All with a quirky history all its own.
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UPCOMING EVENTS IN FITZGERALD
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WALB: Giant Topiary Chicken in Fitzgerald Expected to Break RecordsFitzgerald leaders are building what they said will be the world’s largest topiary chicken.
Wall Street Journal: Small Town in Georgia has Big Plans for Enormous Chicken
Hoping to feather its nest and scratch up some tourism, a community is trying to build the world’s tallest topiary sculpture; ‘It’s something different’
WBIR: Small GA town seeks big boost in tourism with a room-for-rent inside a giant chickenThis Instagram-worthy topiary chicken will give a small town something to crow about.
Watch LIVE on YouTube: Fitzgerald Chicken Cam |
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By Jim Garvey | Photos by Mark Albertin
With this issue of Augusta magazine Where the Road Takes Us heads to Fitzgerald, Ga., an old colony for Union veterans deep in the heart of the Confederacy. Read more... |
The Wild Chicken 100 Gravel RideYours truly is extremely motivated to ride and explore, despite what is happening on the planet with the Covid-19 pandemic. If you love exploring on the gravelly roads less traveled, now is the perfect time to do so. Less cars, less people, it is a good time to be a cyclist, assuming you are permitted to ride outdoors. Read More...
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10 Ways to Soak Up Adventure in Magnolia Midlands - Visit Fitzgerald, Georgia for arts and entertainment.
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