What's on in Savannah, United States through the year

Quiet — travelers describe it as quiet, Winter / Christmas break in United States

Nothing new starts in January.

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in February.

Peak crowds — St Patrick's Day, Savannah Music Festival

• Nature

  Azaleas and spring bloom

  10 Mar – 15 Apr · usuallyWildflowers & blooms

  Azaleas, dogwood and wisteria come out across the squares in the second half of March, which is the fortnight the place looks the way the postcards claim it does all year.

• Festival

  St Patrick's Day

  14–18 Mar · usuallyMajor festivalCrowdedBook earlyClosures

  One of the largest parades in the country in a city of 150,000, with the squares fenced and licensed for the day. Hotels go a year ahead and the historic district is closed to cars. Source ↗

• Festival

  Savannah Music Festival

  26 Mar – 10 Apr · usuallyMajor festivalCrowded

  A fortnight of concerts in churches and small theatres around the historic district at the turn of April, weighted to jazz, blues and chamber music rather than headliners. Source ↗

Busy — Savannah Music Festival

Nothing new starts in April.

Still on: Azaleas and spring bloom (10 Mar – 15 Apr (usually)), Savannah Music Festival (26 Mar – 10 Apr (usually))

Shoulder season — an ordinary month

Nothing new starts in May.

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

• Hazard

  Hurricane season

  1 Jun – 30 Nov

  The Atlantic season runs June to November. The city sits far enough up the river that surge rather than wind is the risk, and the whole coast has evacuated twice in the last decade. Source ↗

• Hazard

  Summer heat and humidity

  15 Jun – 10 Sep · usuallyExtreme heat

  Coastal Georgia in high summer is hot with the humidity of the marsh behind it, and the live-oak shade over the squares is the only thing that makes walking it possible before evening. Source ↗

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in July.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Summer heat and humidity (15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States, school holidays in 2 of the markets that fill it

Nothing new starts in August.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Summer heat and humidity (15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually))

Busy — Summer break in United States

Nothing new starts in September.

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), Summer heat and humidity (15 Jun – 10 Sep (usually))

Busy — SCAD Savannah Film Festival

• Festival

  SCAD Savannah Film Festival

  24 Oct – 2 Nov · usuallyCrowded

  Eight days at the end of October run by the art school that owns half the buildings downtown, with awards-season screenings in a restored 1920s cinema on Broughton Street. Source ↗

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov)

Peak crowds — SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Holiday season on the squares

• Festival

  Holiday season on the squares

  25 Nov – 31 DecChristmas & New YearCrowded

  Lights strung through the live oaks, house tours in the old district and mild enough weather to walk it at night. It is the second-busiest stretch of the year here after March. Source ↗

Still on: Hurricane season (1 Jun – 30 Nov), SCAD Savannah Film Festival (24 Oct – 2 Nov (usually))

Peak crowds — Holiday season on the squares, Winter / Christmas break in United States

Nothing new starts in December.

Still on: Holiday season on the squares (25 Nov – 31 Dec)