30th Annual Hornyhead Fish Festival and Tournament with Parade

April 30, 2016 is the 30th annual Hornyhead Fish Festival and Tournament in Newborn, GA!  It is a fun and free familly event.

8 am: vendor booths and children's activities open and fishing registration begins, with 3 age groups (kids, youth, and adult)

10 am: music starts up.  Bands include the Now and Then Band and The Maloy Brothers

Noon: Hornyhead Queen is crowned, fishing tournament complete

12:30: Fishing tournament winners announced!

1 pm: Parade commences, Grand Co-Marshalls O'Neill Williams and Travis Johnson of Oneilloutside.com, WSB Radio, Fox and more.  

2 pm: Festival concludes

Applications for booths, fishing information and parade group registrations may be found at www.newbornschoolhouse.org.  Check back for updates, parade route, and more and follow us on Facebook at Historic Newborn Schoolhouse.

 

PS - what is a hornyhead?  It is a little fish (winners are often under 10 inches!) with bumps or horns on its head.  It is just a little fish but it is found in many of our local streams and creeks, is fun for young and old to catch, and is an appropriate honoree for Newborn, "A Town With Characters."  The Hornyhead Festival raises funds for the preservation of the Historic Newborn Schoolhouse, a 1924 school building and community center on Hwy 142 in Newborn.