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The Macon200 Bicentennial
Celebration, happening
#MACON200
throughout 2023, will include
something for everyone!

Celebrating

rom events celebrating the area’s earliest

inhabitants at the Ocmulgee Mounds
National Historical Park, to a musical
grand finale celebration at the new, state-
of-the art Macon Amphitheater, slated for
F completion by the end of the year, it’s no
surprise that Macon earned a place on Condé Nast
Traveler’s list of “The 23 Places to Go in 2023.”

The Macon200 Bicentennial – The International Cherry
Celebration will also feature: Blossom Festival
• A combination of specially – The Ocmulgee
curated historical and Indigenous Celebration
commissioned art exhibits

• A historical film and lecture – Macon Film Festival

series, focusing on a particular – Macon Christmas
theme each month Light Extravaganza

• Events to highlight Macon’s rich – And many others!
architectural history
• Our largest-ever Juneteenth Macon has a rich history,
Celebration, including a series of defined by its soulful citizens,
summer musical concerts
• An added Bicentennial both past and present. We extend
flair to the city’s signature an invitation to all – both locally
events, including: and globally – to participate, learn
– The Otis Redding and celebrate with us in the place
Homecoming Weekend “Where Soul Lives.”
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