Cave Spring Arts Festival 5K & 1M
- Date Sat 14th June 2025
- Time 8:15AM EDT
- Location Cave Spring, Georgia
- Price $28.45 - $33.94
- Races 2 races
- Distances 5km, 1 Mile
Last chance to enter
Race day is fast approaching
Event summary
Join us for the thrilling Cave Spring Arts Festival 5K & 1M on Saturday, June 14, 2025, in the picturesque town of Cave Spring, Floyd! This exciting event kicks off at 8:15 AM with the 5K race followed by a fun 1-mile run/walk starting at 8:25 AM. Celebrate the 38th annual race as you run through the charming streets of Cave Spring, known for its rich history and vibrant community spirit.
Not only will participants enjoy a scenic course that winds through historic sites, but your race registration also grants you free admission to the renowned Arts and Crafts Festival and the largest outdoor swimming pool in Georgia! With registration fees at $30 for pre-registration and special group rates available, this is an event the whole family can enjoy. Plus, don’t miss the chance to earn handcrafted awards and the opportunity to experience the local culture through arts, food, and historical tours. Mark your calendars and prepare for a fantastic day of fitness, community, and celebration in Cave Spring!
Not only will participants enjoy a scenic course that winds through historic sites, but your race registration also grants you free admission to the renowned Arts and Crafts Festival and the largest outdoor swimming pool in Georgia! With registration fees at $30 for pre-registration and special group rates available, this is an event the whole family can enjoy. Plus, don’t miss the chance to earn handcrafted awards and the opportunity to experience the local culture through arts, food, and historical tours. Mark your calendars and prepare for a fantastic day of fitness, community, and celebration in Cave Spring!
Organiser's Description
THE CAVE SPRING ARTS FESTIVAL 5K _IS BACK!!_
_ (38TH ANNUAL FOR THE RACE)_
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2025
8:15 AM _5K_
8:25 AM _1 MILE RUN/WALK_
Race Registration Fees:
*$30 Pre-Registration Entry Fee/ $40 Day of Race
*$25 1 MILE RUN/WALK
_(NOTE: GROUPS OF 5 OR MORE SIGN UP BY 5/27/25 AND RECEIVE A "PERSONALIZED" TEAM TROPHY!)_
RACE + FESTIVAL [https://www.cityofcavespring.com/events/cave-spring-arts-%26-crafts-festival] + SHOPS + FOOD + TOURS = _THE BEST RACE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA!_
COME TO CAVE SPRING AND EXPERIENCE THE CHARM THAT HAS MADE THIS TOWN A DESTINATION FOR MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. RUN THE 5K, OR 1M FUN RUN / WALK, AND THEN STICK AROUND AFTERWARDS TO ENJOY THE 49TH ANNUAL FOR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL [https://www.cityofcavespring.com/events/cave-spring-arts-%26-crafts-festival]. BEST OF ALL...YOUR RACE T-SHIRT GETS YOU INTO THE FESTIVAL AND THE FAMOUS CAVE SPRING POOL FOR FREE!! PROCEEDS BENEFIT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
ALSO, RACE FINISHERS WILL BE OFFERED FREE HOT PACKS BY _BARTONE CHIROPRACTIC_.
SO MUCH TO-DO-AND-SEE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!!
Obtain a walk, ride, or drive Tour Guide from our nearby Visitor's Center Museum. This guide will introduce a community that has epochal connections to 1000s of years of Native American, early settler, African American, and deaf cultural history. Tour includes largest Indian cabin; Fairview Rosenwald School museum project; 18th Century Georgia School for the Deaf buildings, train depot, Chubb Town, and 90 different structures on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, directions are included to the local trailheads of the Pinhoti Trail. In a town established in 1822, yet quite vibrant still today, you will feel like walking through time!
* Shop the unique antique malls and shops offering unique collectibles, country gifts and decorative accessories. Many local artisans are represented.
* Fuel up with a variety of culinary delights. Southern home cooking to 5-star dining.
* Ice Cream shop, Christmas and fudge shop, and bakery.
Finish out your weekend visiting the large limestone cave, partaking of the nationally-famous clean spring water and languishing in the spring-fed 1.5 acre swimming pool, Georgias largest! This year runners receive free pass to pool as well as festival . Remember to bring your swim suit!
As the regional saying goes, 'Folks come to Cave Spring for a day and stay a lifetime.' FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BOTH THE RACE & THE ARTS FESTIVAL - Check out our Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/cavespring5k/ ) and / or the Cave Spring City Website at www.cityofcavespring.com/events [http://www.cityofcavespring.com/events]
https://www.cavespring.ga.gov/events/cave-spring-arts-%26-crafts-festival
PRE-RACE PACKET PICK-UP
FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH FROM 5:00PM TO 8:00PM, YOU MAY PICK UP YOUR RACE PACKET/T-SHIRT UNDER THE PAVILION AT ROLATER PARK IN CAVE SPRING, NEAR THE LARGE '_HEARN ACADEMIC BLDG_.' PACKETS WILL _ALSO _BE AVAILABLE ON RACE MORNING, SATURDAY, BUT IT SURE TAKES SOME STRESS OFF TO GET IT EARLY!!
HAND-CRAFTED AWARDS
5K
_HANDMADE_, CERAMIC PLATES from longtime, local craftsman John Johnston will be awarded to the following:
* Top Overall Male / Top Overall Female / Top Masters Male / Top Masters Female / Top Grandmasters Male (50&Over) / Top Grandmasters Female (50&Over) /Top Senior Grandmaster Female (60&Over) / Top Senior Grandmaster Male (60&O)
_HAND-CRAFTED_ MUGS AND PENDANTS/MEDALLIONS from artist John Johnston will be awarded to the TOP 3 in the following AGE GROUPS:
* 14&U, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70&O
TEAM TROPHY [_Note_: Groups of 5 or more sign up by 5/27/24 and receive a "personalized" Team Trophy! for best time in their group.)
1 MI.
Overall Winners (Male & Female) in the following AGE GROUPS for the 1 Mile Run/Walk will receive commemorative medallion
8-and-Under, 9-10, 11-and-Over
Walkers receive a pendant. Special award for youngest & oldest finisher.
5K COURSE:
This _USATF-CERTIFIED COURSE_ starts in front of Historic 1848 Fannin Hall and Georgia's largest outdoor swimming pool. It winds its way through town before turning by the Georgia School for the Deaf. It then returns to town and meanders through quaint neighborhoods before finishing in the middle of town square. The course is mostly flat with a few rolling hills but this tour of Cave Spring on foot will not be soon forgotten!
REGISTER TODAY ON-LINE...or if you prefer to send a manual, _printed _entry form and check, please make payable to: _Cave Spring Historical Society_, Box 133, Cave Spring, GA, 30124
Name: _______________________________________ Age: ________ Date of Birth: ________________
Address: ________________________City: ________________ State: _________ Zip: ________________
Phone Number: __________ Gender: ____ T-shirt: S M L XL 2XL Event: 5K _____ 2 Mile Walk ____ 1 Mile______
REMEMBER...Following awards ceremony featuring handmade pottery, participants receive FREE ADMISSION to the _Cave Spring Arts Festival_ Saturday or Sunday.
_RACE WILL BE HELD RAIN OR SHINE._
For More Information Contact:
John Johnston-- cell: (706) 331-9753 or email: [email protected]
Pattie Johnston-- cell: (706) 777-8546
_ (38TH ANNUAL FOR THE RACE)_
SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 2025
8:15 AM _5K_
8:25 AM _1 MILE RUN/WALK_
Race Registration Fees:
*$30 Pre-Registration Entry Fee/ $40 Day of Race
*$25 1 MILE RUN/WALK
_(NOTE: GROUPS OF 5 OR MORE SIGN UP BY 5/27/25 AND RECEIVE A "PERSONALIZED" TEAM TROPHY!)_
RACE + FESTIVAL [https://www.cityofcavespring.com/events/cave-spring-arts-%26-crafts-festival] + SHOPS + FOOD + TOURS = _THE BEST RACE IN NORTHWEST GEORGIA!_
COME TO CAVE SPRING AND EXPERIENCE THE CHARM THAT HAS MADE THIS TOWN A DESTINATION FOR MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. RUN THE 5K, OR 1M FUN RUN / WALK, AND THEN STICK AROUND AFTERWARDS TO ENJOY THE 49TH ANNUAL FOR THE ARTS AND CRAFTS FESTIVAL [https://www.cityofcavespring.com/events/cave-spring-arts-%26-crafts-festival]. BEST OF ALL...YOUR RACE T-SHIRT GETS YOU INTO THE FESTIVAL AND THE FAMOUS CAVE SPRING POOL FOR FREE!! PROCEEDS BENEFIT HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.
ALSO, RACE FINISHERS WILL BE OFFERED FREE HOT PACKS BY _BARTONE CHIROPRACTIC_.
SO MUCH TO-DO-AND-SEE FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!!
Obtain a walk, ride, or drive Tour Guide from our nearby Visitor's Center Museum. This guide will introduce a community that has epochal connections to 1000s of years of Native American, early settler, African American, and deaf cultural history. Tour includes largest Indian cabin; Fairview Rosenwald School museum project; 18th Century Georgia School for the Deaf buildings, train depot, Chubb Town, and 90 different structures on the National Register of Historic Places. Additionally, directions are included to the local trailheads of the Pinhoti Trail. In a town established in 1822, yet quite vibrant still today, you will feel like walking through time!
* Shop the unique antique malls and shops offering unique collectibles, country gifts and decorative accessories. Many local artisans are represented.
* Fuel up with a variety of culinary delights. Southern home cooking to 5-star dining.
* Ice Cream shop, Christmas and fudge shop, and bakery.
Finish out your weekend visiting the large limestone cave, partaking of the nationally-famous clean spring water and languishing in the spring-fed 1.5 acre swimming pool, Georgias largest! This year runners receive free pass to pool as well as festival . Remember to bring your swim suit!
As the regional saying goes, 'Folks come to Cave Spring for a day and stay a lifetime.' FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BOTH THE RACE & THE ARTS FESTIVAL - Check out our Facebook Page ( https://www.facebook.com/cavespring5k/ ) and / or the Cave Spring City Website at www.cityofcavespring.com/events [http://www.cityofcavespring.com/events]
https://www.cavespring.ga.gov/events/cave-spring-arts-%26-crafts-festival
PRE-RACE PACKET PICK-UP
FRIDAY, JUNE 13TH FROM 5:00PM TO 8:00PM, YOU MAY PICK UP YOUR RACE PACKET/T-SHIRT UNDER THE PAVILION AT ROLATER PARK IN CAVE SPRING, NEAR THE LARGE '_HEARN ACADEMIC BLDG_.' PACKETS WILL _ALSO _BE AVAILABLE ON RACE MORNING, SATURDAY, BUT IT SURE TAKES SOME STRESS OFF TO GET IT EARLY!!
HAND-CRAFTED AWARDS
5K
_HANDMADE_, CERAMIC PLATES from longtime, local craftsman John Johnston will be awarded to the following:
* Top Overall Male / Top Overall Female / Top Masters Male / Top Masters Female / Top Grandmasters Male (50&Over) / Top Grandmasters Female (50&Over) /Top Senior Grandmaster Female (60&Over) / Top Senior Grandmaster Male (60&O)
_HAND-CRAFTED_ MUGS AND PENDANTS/MEDALLIONS from artist John Johnston will be awarded to the TOP 3 in the following AGE GROUPS:
* 14&U, 15-19, 20-24, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70&O
TEAM TROPHY [_Note_: Groups of 5 or more sign up by 5/27/24 and receive a "personalized" Team Trophy! for best time in their group.)
1 MI.
Overall Winners (Male & Female) in the following AGE GROUPS for the 1 Mile Run/Walk will receive commemorative medallion
8-and-Under, 9-10, 11-and-Over
Walkers receive a pendant. Special award for youngest & oldest finisher.
5K COURSE:
This _USATF-CERTIFIED COURSE_ starts in front of Historic 1848 Fannin Hall and Georgia's largest outdoor swimming pool. It winds its way through town before turning by the Georgia School for the Deaf. It then returns to town and meanders through quaint neighborhoods before finishing in the middle of town square. The course is mostly flat with a few rolling hills but this tour of Cave Spring on foot will not be soon forgotten!
REGISTER TODAY ON-LINE...or if you prefer to send a manual, _printed _entry form and check, please make payable to: _Cave Spring Historical Society_, Box 133, Cave Spring, GA, 30124
Name: _______________________________________ Age: ________ Date of Birth: ________________
Address: ________________________City: ________________ State: _________ Zip: ________________
Phone Number: __________ Gender: ____ T-shirt: S M L XL 2XL Event: 5K _____ 2 Mile Walk ____ 1 Mile______
REMEMBER...Following awards ceremony featuring handmade pottery, participants receive FREE ADMISSION to the _Cave Spring Arts Festival_ Saturday or Sunday.
_RACE WILL BE HELD RAIN OR SHINE._
For More Information Contact:
John Johnston-- cell: (706) 331-9753 or email: [email protected]
Pattie Johnston-- cell: (706) 777-8546
Reviews
Done this event?
First-hand event reviews from people who have been there, done that and got the breathable T-shirt, really help everyone choose their next event.
Add a reviewCave Spring Arts Festival 5K & 1M
