Cave Spring Arts Festival 5K & 1M

🎉 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:

• Standard Fee: $30 Pre-Registration Entry Fee / $40 Day of Race
• 1 Mile: $25 1 Mile Run/Walk
• Group Offer: Groups of 5 or more sign up by 5/27/25 and receive a "personalized" Team Trophy!

🌟 RACE + 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. 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!!

• Unique Shopping: Shop the unique antique malls and shops offering unique collectibles, country gifts, and decorative accessories. Many local artisans are represented.
• Culinary Delights: Fuel up with a variety of culinary delights, from Southern home cooking to 5-star dining.
• Sweet Treats: 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, Georgia’s largest! This year runners receive a free pass to the pool as well as festival. Remember to bring your swimsuit!

📅 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 / Female / Masters (Male & Female) / Grandmasters (Male & Female) / Senior Grandmasters (Male & Female)

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: 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

For More Information Contact:

John Johnston - cell: (706) 331-9753 or email: John9897@gmail.com

Pattie Johnston - cell: (706) 777-8546

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

🌧️ RACE WILL BE HELD RAIN OR SHINE.