Colorful Scenes from Art After Dark and the Perry International Festival

The amount of festivals and special events that take place in Middle Georgia is impressive. This weekend, the 2nd Annual Art After Dark Festival and the 4th Annual Perry International Festival were only two of the events that brought visitors to Macon and Perry.

Many different types of artwork were on sale at the Art After Dark Festival (Photographer Nate Weeks)

Fall Line Brewing Co. presented the Art After Dark Festival in a large parking lot across and down the street from the brewery. 

Glassblowing artists have given live demonstrations at each of the Art After Dark Festivals (Photographer Nate Weeks)

DJ Uh Oh provided the soundtrack for the Art After Dark Festival once again this year.

DJ Uh Oh entertained the crowds at the Art After Dark Festival (Photographer Nate Weeks)

Artists at the Court of Miracles tent painted as visitors went from tent to tent to see all the artwork and other unique items that were on sale.

RebelQueso was working on a large painting titled "Shee" during the festival (Photographer Nate Weeks)

Many artworks, like those of Euphoria ArtBlock, lit up under the many black lights at the festival (Photographer Nate Weeks)

Casie Trace of ArtSpace Macon had a booth with many colorful and well designed artworks (Photographer Nate Weeks)

The second unique festival that took place this past weekend was the 4th Annual Perry International Festival. While it was quite windy out, the crowds seem to enjoy the warm sun, smells of savory food, and the sound of music coming from multiple bands playing during the event.

Multiple performers at the festival brought the musical style of their culture to share with Middle Georgians (Photographer Nate Weeks)

The smell of food from different cultures being served at food trucks tempted visitors as they learned about the history and culture of the Native Americans during the festival.

Young attendees learned about the techniques used by Native Americans to do things like create a sword sheaf from an alligator's skin (Photographer Nate Weeks)

One section at the festival included an altar set up, surrounded by very tall skeletons decorated like sugar skulls, to show how the Día De Muertos Festival is celebrated throughout Latin America.

Sugar skulls, also called calaveras, are decorative, edible skulls made from sugar and used during the Día de Muertos (Photographer Nate Weeks)

Dancers on the main stage of the Perry International Festival entertained the crowds with authentic dances from many different cultures around the world.

This dancer brought an incredible amount of energy to the stage during his performance (Photographer Nate Weeks)

This dancer's footwork made it seem as if she was almost flying at times (Photographer Nate Weeks)

The crowd was able to participate in some of the dances at the Perry International Festival (Photographer Nate Weeks)

There were a large number of very adorable dogs at the festival as well (Photographer Nate Weeks)

Polka music was just one of the many types of music that could be heard from different parts of the festival (Photographer Nate Weeks)

Both the Art After Dark and the Perry International Festival were family friendly and free to attend and also showed to all attendees the importance of celebration, creativity, and different cultures to the quality of life for communities in Middle Georgia and throughout the rest of the world.

Mr. Bean was one of at least a few dozen dogs that were brought out to enjoy the festival with their human families (Photographer Nate Weeks)

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