Join Dawn as she brings Savannah’s history, symbolism and stunning Victorian funerary art to life before the afternoon heat sets in.

👇 Book your morning walking tour today!
🌐 www.BonaventureCemeteryTours.com
📞 Call 912-292-0960

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🇺🇸 Legacy & Labor: Labor Day Weekend at Bonaventure
Presented by Bonaventure Cemetery Tours®

🕑 Friday, September 4 – Monday, September 7 | 8:00 AM, 10:00 AM & 2:00 PM

🌾 This Labor Day weekend, honor the hands, minds, and visionaries who built Savannah into a jewel of the South. Beneath a sweeping canopy of ancient live oaks and draped Spanish moss, walk through Bonaventure Cemetery to discover the fascinating stories of the builders, industrialists, artists, and working-class figures resting in this historic “City of the Dead.” It is an inspiring, reflective, and memorable way to spend your holiday weekend among hallowed grounds.

⏳ Duration: Approximately 2 Hours

🤝 Meeting Point
We will gather inside the Historic Jewish Entrance Gateway.
Address: 330 Bonaventure Road, Savannah, GA 31404
Parking: On-site parking is available near the front of the cemetery.

👟 Planning Your Visit
To ensure a smooth and enjoyable experience for all guests over the holiday weekend:

Early Arrival: We recommend arriving 10–15 minutes early to find parking and check in with your guide.

Beat the Heat: Morning slots (8 AM and 10 AM) offer cooler temperatures, while the 2 PM stroll captures beautiful afternoon light beneath the shaded canopy.

Footwear: Please wear comfortable walking shoes suitable for natural, historic pathways.
Essentials: Bring a cold bottle of water, sunscreen, and your camera to capture the stunning monuments and river views.

🎟️ Booking Information
To keep tours personal, engaging, and respectful of the grounds, group sizes are strictly limited for the holiday.

⚠️ ADVANCE RESERVATIONS REQUIRED
🌐 Book Online: www.BonaventureCemeteryTours.com
📞 Call to Reserve: 912-292-0960

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Big Summer Blowout! Amazing Deals! Savings Galore!

The Shoppes at 1207 is a collection of 4 fabulous shops. Pop into each one to see what treasures they hold. Some specials to look forward to include:
-SEASIDE SISTERS: Big End of Season Tent Sale!
-KELLY & COMPANY: Tie-Dye Bash! Buy one, save 15%! Buy two, save 20%! Buy three or more, save 25%! Plus, Lucky Boxes and more!
-GALLERY 80: FREE GIFT with $25 Purchase!
-TYBEE ART GALLERY: FREE GIFT with $25 Purchase!

*While supplies last, of course!

**Each shop is independently owned and operated. As such, hours of operation vary for each. Please plan accordingly. You can visit their individual Facebook page for more information!

This Labor Day weekend, step into Savannah’s dark, shadowed past with Sixth Sense Savannah® Ghost Tours for an unforgettable night of hauntings, history, and high-seas legend.

Join three of Savannah’s most notorious guides—Captain Jack the Pirate Prince, Lady Ravenwood, and Otto The Odd Fellow—as they lead you through the cobblestone streets, hidden alleyways, and active paranormal hotspots of America’s most haunted city.

📍 Meeting Point
Starting Location: Clary’s Cafe (404 Abercorn St., Savannah Historic District)
Dates: Labor Day Weekend (Friday through Monday)
Tour Times: 7:00 PM, 8:00 PM, & 9:30 PM
Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours of active ghost hunting and sinister lore.
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to departure to check in with your guides.

🎭 Meet Your Hosts
Captain Jack the Pirate Prince: Uncover Savannah’s bloody maritime history, privateers, and coastal curses.
Lady Ravenwood: The Seer of the Shadows, guiding you through Victorian macabre and local spirit lore.
Otto The Odd Fellow: Curator of Curiosities, uncovering the bizarre, forgotten, and strange tales beneath the streets.

⚠️ Expedition Notes
Holiday Crowd Advisory: Labor Day weekend tours fill up fast. Advance booking is required.
Comfortable Footwear: Expect a 1.5 to 2-hour walking tour through the historic district.
Bring Your Cameras: High paranormal energy makes holiday weekends prime for anomalous photos.

🎟️ Secure Your Passage
Reserve your spot before they vanish into the night air.

👉 Book Online: https://6thsenseworld.com/ghost-tours/sixth-sense-savannah-tours/

📞 Call to Book: 912-292-0960

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Join us for an unforgettable evening as midnight tales, spectral legends, and documented hauntings come to life through the cobblestone streets.

Dates: Friday, September 4 & Saturday, September 5
Time: 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Starting Location: 1 East Broughton St.

Admission: Advance booking required (spaces are limited)

Experience the supernatural alongside premiere paranormal hosts:

Lady Ravenwood: Master storyteller of local lore, forgotten tragedy, and high-society hauntings.

Otto the Odd Fellow: Purveyor of macabre history, oddities, and eerie encounters.

Don’t leave your holiday weekend to chance—tickets sell out fast!

Secure your spot in the shadows today:
Book Online: https://6thsenseworld.com/ghost-tours/americas-most-haunted-city/
Book by Phone: 912-292-0960

Halo Jumpers will kick us off as they jump rom an aircraft and land at Forsyth Park. We then begin with a 5k through the closed streets and squares of Savannah. This is a collaborative commemoration between Fort Stewart/Hunter Army Airfield and Savannah, GA. This commemorative event honors those First Responder and civilians lost on September 11th 2001 and thereafter due to illness. It also recognizes the service and sacrifice of the servicemen and women who served during the Global War on Terrorism. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of September 11th. Stay with us after the run to enjoy the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division’s Rock Band for multi genre music.

Bank of America’s Museums on Us® program provides Bank of America, Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank credit and debit cardholders with free general admission to more than 225 cultural institutions nationwide on the first full weekend of each month.

For more than 25 years, Museums on Us® has expanded access to some of the nation’s leading cultural institutions while helping drive new audiences to partner museums. Cardholders can use the Museums on Us® location finder to search for participating institutions. With locations across the country, the program offers a wide range of experiences for all interests.

Participating locations in Georgia include:

Atlanta
• Atlanta History Center (Sunday only)
• Bartow History Museum (Saturday only)
• Booth Western Art Museum
• High Museum of Art
• National Center for Civil and Human Rights
• Savoy Automobile Museum
• Tellus Museum

Augusta
• Morris Museum of Art

Savannah
• Georgia State Railroad Museum (free admission will apply on Sunday only)
• Old Fort Jackson
• Pin Point Heritage Museum (Saturdays only)
• SCAD Museum of Art
• Savannah Children’s Museum (free admission will apply on Sunday only)
• Savannah History Museum

FEATURED EXHIBITS

Atlanta History Center
Our War Too: Women in Service
See it before it’s gone! Labor Day weekend is the last chance to see Our War Too: Women in Service at Atlanta History Center. On loan from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, this exhibition honors the nearly 350,000 American women who answered the call to serve their country during World War II, with hundreds of artifacts, interactive technology, and more.

Bartow History Center
Last chance to view Voices and Votes: Democracy in America, a Smithsonian traveling exhibition presented with Georgia Humanities. It explores the history of U.S. democracy and civic participation over nearly 250 years. The exhibition features historical artifacts, archival media, photographs, and interactive displays that trace both the evolution and challenges of democratic participation.

Booth Western Art Museum
Preternatural and the American West: Michael Scott, a compelling exhibition bringing together more than 30 works created over a six-year period, including a selection of field studies that explore the four elemental forces of the planet: earth, air, fire and water, and the complex relationship between the natural world and human intervention.

Georgia State Railroad Museum
Located in Savannah, Georgia State Railroad Museum is a beautiful National Historic Landmark located at the former Central of Georgia Railway Savannah Shops and Terminal Facilities. With a fully operational turntable, you have the chance to explore historic railcars, experience the handcar and go on guided tours. Be sure to check the train rides that run on the hour from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays through Sundays. Schedules and locomotives are subject to change, please call ahead (912) 651-6823.

High Museum of Art
New Acquisitions: Photography
New Acquisitions: Photography will highlight the extraordinary breadth of photographs the institution owns and celebrate how crafting a collection is an art form in and of itself. Featured photographers include Dawoud Bey, Rahim Fortune, Nikita Gale, Martine Gutierrez, Richard Learoyd, Baldwin Lee, Catherine Opie, Ed Panar, Susan Worsham and more. The exhibit will close on September 6.

Morris Museum
Painting Light and Air: The Art of Philip Mullen
Explore the bold, vibrant, heavily-textured paintings of florals and trees by acclaimed American contemporary artist Philip Mullen.

National Center for Civil and Human Rights
The Center’s Children’s Gallery, we will host an interactive “Change Agent Side Quest”. Visitors who complete the quest will receive a free prize. The Children’s Gallery will also host “Change Agent Crafts” for children, which will include making your own hats or creating trading cards.

Old Fort Jackson
Old Fort Jackson is a National Historic Landmark in Savannah offering daily cannon firings and interactive programs for adults, kids and families. It features historical weapons demonstrations and interactive programming for families. Daily cannon firings occur at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Pin Point Heritage Museum (Saturdays only)
At the Pin Point Heritage Museum, located in the former A.S. Varn & Son Oyster and Crab Factory in Savannah, visitors can experience the Gullah/Geechee culture firsthand. For nearly 100 years, the community of Pin Point was quietly isolated on the banks of the Moon River just south of Savannah. Now, you can explore the refurbished museum complex and experience multimedia presentations, exciting exhibits and unparalleled views of the marsh.

SCAD Museum of Art
Masako Miki ‘The Garden of Wandering Spirits’
Masako Miki transforms the gallery into an immersive Japanese-inspired domestic interior that opens onto an imagined garden landscape populated by felted-wool sculptures and watercolor paintings. Her work introduces viewers to enchanted characters known as Yōkai, supernatural beings from Japanese folklore believed to inhabit everyday items and elements of nature such as umbrellas, rocks and trees.

Savannah Children’s Museum
Located within the Central of Georgia Railway Carpentry Shop, Savannah Children’s Museum features over a dozen exhibits designed to expand the imaginations of children including an exploration maze, a reading nook and a sensory garden.

Savannah History Museum
Located in the former Central of Georgia Railway Passenger Depot, Savannah History Museum takes you on a journey through time from Savannah’s earliest days to the present, with unique exhibits and interactive experiences for the family. Explore the city’s military, musical and cultural legacy, including the new “Loyalists & Liberty: Savannah in the American Revolution” exhibit, featuring 17 expertly restored Revolutionary War-era cannons.

Savoy Automobile Museum
New Temporary Exhibit, Henry Ford’s Versatile Model T
Henry Ford’s Model T not only provided transportation to everyday men and women, but it was also used in various ways throughout the years. This exhibit will focus on variations created off the Model T platform.

Tellus Museum
Located on a 50-acre park-like campus just off I-75 in Cartersville, GA, Tellus is a world-class Smithsonian affiliate museum designed to open minds and ignite a passion for science. Tellus features six main galleries between two buildings, a 4K digital planetarium, an interactive fossil dig and gem panning area, and an observatory with a 20-inch telescope. With hands-on exhibits and eye-popping artifacts like an 80-foot-long Brontosaurus, a replica Wright flyer and an amethyst geode weighing two metric tons, visitors of all ages can find something to enjoy.

Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6 (the first full weekend of each month)

Bank of America believes the arts play a vital role in connecting communities and supporting local economies. Through Museums on Us®, Bank of America provides cardholders with access to artistic and cultural experiences at institutions such as art, children’s and history museums, aquariums, botanical gardens and science centers nationwide.

Cardholders can visit the Museums on Us® location finder to identify participating institutions, review admission details and confirm operating hours.

Present your Bank of America, Merrill, or Bank of America Private Bank credit or debit card along with a photo ID to gain free general admission at participating institutions during the first full weekend of each month. Cardholders only; guests are not eligible for free admission.

The program excludes fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed experiences. It may not be combined with other offers. Participation varies.

Blissful Buddha Pet Services invites you to a DOGA class at Forsyth Park to support One Love Animal Rescue!
Stretch, breathe, and bond with your pup at! All proceeds support One Love Animal Rescue!
📍 Forsyth Park (west of the fountain, near Whitaker)
📅 Saturday September 5, 2026 10-11am
🧘🏻‍♀️ All levels welcome!
💲 $20 per person dog pair (sliding scale welcome!)
👥 Limited space — register to save your spot!
Bring your mat, leash your pup, and join the fun!

One of our most popular and beloved classes. Toss the recipes and take a trip to Forsyth Farmers Market where you’ll meet the local vendors and select locally grown produce and proteins before returning to prepare lunch, focused on vegetable preparations and grilling basics.

Members: FREE | Non-members: FREE w/ admission • Take time to unleash your creativity, join us in our studios every Saturday and Sunday between 10am and 2pm for art-making projects for all ages! Work at your own pace and comfort level through an array of creative media such as watercolors, collage, calligraphy, origami, coloring books, and much more. Each month features a special project designed to connect with an exhibition at the museum. A studio assistant is always on hand to answer questions and assist guests. Drop-In Studio is perfect for all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult caregiver. • Learn More/Register Link: https://www.telfair.org/family-programs/

Come “shellebrate” the turtles of the Georgia coast with a fun free event on Saturday, September 5 at the Gray’s Reef Ocean Discovery Center! Special guests from the Skidaway Audubon Diamondback Terrapin Rescue project will be joining us to talk about the work that they do to protect North America’s only salt marsh turtle. Meet live baby diamondback terrapins, celebrate the 2026 hatching season, and learn more about the incredible turtles on the coast of Georgia!

Schedule of Events:

10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Trash to Treasure Sea Turtle Craft: Make your own turtle hatchling from a reclaimed egg carton

Sea Turtle Spotter Activity: Sea turtles are hiding all around Gray’s Reef! Can you find them all and correctly identify the species for the sanctuary scientists?

11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Special Guest Visit: Skidaway Audubon and the newly hatched terrapin babies from the Skidaway Audubon Diamondback Terrapin Rescue project will be making a guest appearance at the Ocean Discovery Center! Meet baby terrapins and learn about the work that Skidaway Audubon does to protect nesting turtles on Skidaway Island.

College students enjoy complimentary access to SCAD MOA for a weekend of wonder. Explore the latest in contemporary art from emerging and established artists in commissioned works and rotating exhibitions. See what’s on view.

Present a valid college ID at the front desk. For more information, email scadmoa@scad.edu or call 912.525.7191.

Tour SCAD MOA with a SCAD student docent and gain a deeper understanding of contemporary art.

Docent tours are open to the public with the cost of museum admission.

Register at least a day in advance by emailing scadmoa@scad.edu or calling 912.525.7145.

As we are a foster home based rescue, not all of our adoptable animals will be at every single event. If there is a specific pet you are interested in meeting, we recommend submitting a pre-adoption application ahead of time. That will allow us time to approve the application prior to the event and arrange for the specific pet to attend the event. Our pre-adoption application can be found on our website at: https://oneloveanimalrescue.com/pre-adoption-application/

Raising money for posts 27, 321, and 168, (Richmond Hill, Midway, and Hinesville)

Join us for an amazing Black History Bus tour! guided by acclaimed Author and Historian Rita Fuller-Yates, this amazing tour takes you on a journey through the streets of Savannah to visit over 20 sites! Each tour features videos, photos, sound effects, props, and great music to support our journey. This is a tour experience like no other in Savannah! book online at SavannahBlackHistoryTours.com

Veterans Only: FREE • This program provides a calm, open studio approach with guidance in drawing and painting by an experienced instructor and is open to all veterans. No prior experience making art is needed. Veterans may also participate in occasional tours of major exhibitions at the Museum. This studio program provides studio space for artists to work independently but with a teacher on hand to provide guidance when requested. • Learn More/Register Link: https://www.telfair.org/art-clubs/

You’re invited to meet author artist JJ Hubal who will be signing her book, Goodbye Old Hello Bold on Saturday, Sept. 5, 1-4 PM at the Savannah, GA Barnes & Noble, Oglethorpe Mall. Goodbye Old, Hello Bold uses hilarious hand-drawn illustrations as well as empowering words of wisdom to help us all rediscover what it means to be bold and take chances no matter the timeline.