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Students from Macon's Cornerstone Academy helped create this large colorful painting during the Otis Redding Center for the Arts Grand Opening on Saturday (Photographer Nate Weeks)
3-27-2025 4:04am
Interesting Scenes from the 2025 International Cherry Blossom Festival
Nate Weeks
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Many cosplayers could be found at Hello Boba Cafe and the 4th annual Cherry Blossom Isekai Gaming Festival at the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame during the first weekend of the 2025 International Cherry Blossom Festival.
Haley Janes (Midna from Legend of Zelda) and Skullerd (Drake Rozelle) were a sight to behold in the wild outfits Janes created (Photographer Nate Weeks)Click here to see more pictures of fantastically dressed cosplayers.
Dakota Lang created a unique cosplay outfit and character (Artificer Alchemist) for this year's festival as well as helped with the painting on Hello Boba Cafe as part of the efforts of Paint Macon Pink (Photographer Nate Weeks)Dogs are a big part of the Cherry Blossom Festival each year as well, with many families taking their furry friends out to enjoy the festivities in Downtown Macon. The Ultimate Air Dogs competition also gave some dogs a chance to show off how far they can dive into a large pool.
Some of the dogs leaped long and far while some dogs barely leapt at all (Photographer Nate Weeks)
Little Gigi was stylishly dressed in pink as she sashayed through Downtown Macon on Saturday (Photographer Nate Weeks)The Cherry Blossom Parade takes place the first weekend of the International Cherry Blossom Festival and includes creative floats, appearances by local dignitaries, and lots of unique vehicles driving through Downtown Macon.
This creative float from Community, Culture & Art contained many elements from Mexican culture (Photographer Nate Weeks)Click here to see more pictures from the 2025 Cherry Blossom Parade.
YKK usually has a creative float during each year's parade (Photographer Nate Weeks)There are so many more things to see and do during each year's International Cherry Blossom Festival that are not represented by the pictures included above including rides and nightly concerts at Carolyn Crayton Park and the popular Weiner Dog Race.
Visitors to Macon have until the Sunday, March 30th, to experience all the 2025 International Cherry Blossom Festival has to offer before having to wait one full year for the return of the much beloved annual event in 2026.
