COVID-19 cancels Big Red Apple, Mountain Laurel festivals

  • “Leaving Lennox” with Mick Hambly and Lauren Val played last year at the Big Red Apple Festival in Cornelia. There will be no singing and revelry in the downtowns of Cornelia or Clarkesville this fall, as both the Big Red Apple Festival and the Mountain Laurel Festival have been canceled due to concerns over the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
    “Leaving Lennox” with Mick Hambly and Lauren Val played last year at the Big Red Apple Festival in Cornelia. There will be no singing and revelry in the downtowns of Cornelia or Clarkesville this fall, as both the Big Red Apple Festival and the Mountain Laurel Festival have been canceled due to concerns over the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
       The 33rd Big Red Apple Festival and the 58th Mountain Laurel Festival are among many events that have been cancelled by cities in Habersham County and across the country due to concern...

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