The city's DDA/MainStreet board is dropping the multi-night summer festival series in favor of one larger event next May, changing how residents will experience the annual celebration.
February 5, 2026: Summer 2026 events plan: retiring Three Summer Nights Festival for one larger May 28th event
The story
Cornelia's Summer Nights Festival has run into trouble before: the city manager reported that the May 2025 installment had to be canceled because of weather.
At its February 5, 2026 meeting, the DDA/MainStreet Board agreed to do away with the three-part Summer Nights Festival and instead focus on a single, bigger event on May 28.
What happened
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Unfortunately, we had to cancel this month’s Summer Nights Festival due to the weather.
it was agreed that board do away with three summer nights festival and focus on making a bigger one at the end of May on the 28th.
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