Explore Gainesville is the official tourism branch of the City of Gainesville, Georgia, dedicated to promoting our community as a destination for leisure travel, group and sporting events, and film productions. Funded by local lodging revenue, we create and support events, showcase attractions, and highlight all the ways visitors and residents can enjoy Gainesville’s thriving downtown, scenic outdoor spaces, and unique cultural offerings!
The City of Gainesville Tourism Office (Explore Gainesville) plays a vital role in promoting Gainesville, Georgia as a premier destination for visitors, conferences and sporting events. This department is a well-oiled machine, with multiple divisions working together to attract and engage visitors. From Downtown Gainesville events to Lake Lanier Olympic Park, each division has a key role in ensuring Gainesville thrives as a destination. Fully funded by hotel/motel tax, the Convention and Visitors Bureau’s efforts not only boost tourism but also positively impact the local economy without burdening residents!
Save the date, or rather save the DATES, because Gainesville’s calendar is filled with exciting events. Join us for annual events such as the Chicken Festival, Jingle Mingle, First Fridays, Food Truck Fridays and so much more!
Step into the historic charm of Gainesville, Georgia’s newly renovated City Hall—an iconic landmark that marries timeless elegance with modern sophistication. Originally constructed in 1937, the building stands as a testament to the city’s rich heritage, showcasing beautiful architecture and meticulous detailing!
Lake Lanier Olympic Park is Gainesville’s premier waterfront venue, originally built for the 1996 Olympic Games. Today, it hosts world-class rowing and paddling events, community festivals, concerts, and more—all with breathtaking views of Lake Lanier!
The Boathouse at Lake Lanier Olympic Park offers a unique and welcoming waterfront experience with breathtaking views overlooking beautiful Lake Lanier. Built upon a foundation steeped in rich history and legacy, The Boathouse towers over Olympic waters that have been igniting dreams for nearly 30 years!
The Gainesville Convention and Visitors Bureau (Explore Gainesville) proudly hosted the 2025 Winter Chautauqua conference on March 9–10 at The Boathouse at Lake Lanier!
In partnership with Lake Lanier Olympic Park and the Lake Lanier Olympic Park (LLOP) Foundation, the Gainesville Convention & Visitors Bureau (Explore Gainesville) was recently awarded the 2025 Paul Nelson Award for Outdoor Recreation and Preservation!
In an effort to cultivate an already flourishing partnership with the United States while enhancing their own organization, Farm Fresh Ontario (FFO) sent several dozen Canadians to the City of Gainesville, Georgia to learn about North Georgia’s fruitful agritourism efforts!
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🧳🐔 The Suitcase Family got to meet Jesse this week, and now they’re ready for the Gainesville Chicken Festival NEXT SATURDAY!
📍 Lake Lanier Olympic Park
📅 October 17 | 10 AM–3 PM
Will they see you there? 👀🐔
👉 More information: www.exploregainesville.org/gainesville-chicken-festival/
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‼️ 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 (𝟗:𝟒𝟓 𝐏.𝐌. 𝐎𝐂𝐓. 𝟗) | 𝐇𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭. 𝟏𝟎, 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞. Mule Camp Market is expected to resume from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. (extended hours) Sunday, Oct. 11, for which the Mule Camp Trolley will run from 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. ‼️
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭. 𝟗, 𝐛𝐲 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭, The Gainesville Jaycees, 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Mule Camp Market 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 "𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐲𝐜𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞: gainesvillejaycees.org/projects/mule-camp/.
𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 "𝐋𝐢𝐤𝐞" 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞.𝐨𝐫𝐠.
𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱,
𝘋𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘖𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘣𝘦𝘳 10𝘵𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝘞𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘶𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 11𝘵𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦 10𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘰 7𝘱𝘮 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯.
𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭. 𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺.
𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯.
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𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐏 𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐘 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 | The City of Gainesville, Georgia continues to monitor Hurricane Isaias and the weekend weather forecast to prepare for scheduling shifts at Mule Camp Market, for which the City provides Mule Camp Trolley service. The Gainesville Jaycees, host of Mule Camp, are also evaluating potential impacts to the event, including safety of attendees, vendors and staff.
‼️𝐀𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝟑 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔.𝐒. 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐬𝐭, 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐎𝐜𝐭. 𝟗, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐎𝐜𝐭. 𝟏𝟎.‼️ Based on the current forecast (𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘧 11:40 𝘢.𝘮. 𝘖𝘤𝘵. 9) for Gainesville-Hall County — a high wind warning 𝘢𝘯𝘥 flood watch* — the City cannot guarantee safe transport, for riders or drivers, during these hazardous weather conditions. Additionally, should conditions deteriorate to a degree unfit for vehicle operation, the City cannot guarantee uninterrupted or continued service for the hours previously advertised.
At the time of this post, Mule Camp attendees can count on Mule Camp Trolley service until 10:30 p.m. tonight, Oct. 9; and from noon-5:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11. Motorists remain welcome to utilize limited on-site parking, including the Roy Franklin Hooper Jr. Public Safety Building parking lot, and the following free parking decks in Downtown Gainesville: Main Street Parking Deck, 301 Main St.; Gainesville North Parking Deck, 100 Brenau Ave.; and Hall County Parking Facility, 225 Green St.
For future updates regarding the Mule Camp Trolley, please "Like" and follow the @GainesvilleGeorgiaGovernment Facebook page or visit gainesville.org.
For all other Mule Camp details, be sure to "Like" and follow the Gainesville Jaycees and Mule Camp Market Facebook pages or visit the official event webpage: gainesvillejaycees.org/projects/mule-camp/.
*𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺'𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳-𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. ...
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