City: Savannah, GA

Category: Annual Events & Festivals

Telephone: (912) 234-0295

Description: Browse through the wares of artisans and craftspeople from throughout the Southeast and listen to various forms of music during First Saturday on the plaza on River Street. While enjoying the breeze blowing off the Savannah River, you might find yourself staring at a large cargo ship as it glides along the waterway, so close you’d swear you could reach out and touch it. The 40 to 60 open-air arts and crafts booths on the plaza offer a variety of treasures, everything from original oil paintings and watercolors to rocking horses fashioned from wood scraps. If you can’t turn up something that catches your fancy among the artists’ booths, visit the shops in the renovated cotton warehouses lining River Street.Hungry? You have your choice of restaurants dishing up a variety of cuisine. The Savannah Waterfront Association presents First Saturday festivals from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on—what else?—the first Saturday of each month, with the exception of January and February. Some are part of expanded, more distinctive festivals: the Savannah Seafood Festival in November, Oktoberfest in October, the Fine Arts Festival in May, and Christmas on the River in December. Admission is free.