På gång i Savannah, United States under året

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, MLK Day parade

• Festival

  MLK Day parade

  15–21 jan · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  On the January holiday Monday the city stages one of the largest Martin Luther King Jr. Day parades in the country, with around three hundred units marching through downtown for most of the morning; streets on the route close. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Savannah Book Festival

  30 jan – 14 feb · vanligtvisKulturfestival

  Authors take over the churches and halls around the downtown squares for a long weekend of literary talks. The Saturday sessions are free and first come, first seated; the headline addresses on the other nights are ticketed. Källa ↗

Mellansäsong — en helt vanlig månad

• Festival

  Savannah Black Heritage Festival

  1–28 febStor festival

  Savannah State University fills Black History Month with free concerts, dance, art exhibitions and heritage tours around the city, closing with a Grand Festival Day late in February. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Savannah Book Festival (30 jan – 14 feb (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — St Patrick's Day, Savannah Music Festival

• Natur

  Azaleas and spring bloom

  10 mar – 15 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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 · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Savannah Music Festival

  26 mar – 10 apr · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Savannah Music Festival

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Azaleas and spring bloom (10 mar – 15 apr (vanligtvis)), Savannah Music Festival (26 mar – 10 apr (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Tybee Beach Bum Parade

• Festival

  Tybee Beach Bum Parade

  12–24 maj · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  A half-hour drive away on Tybee Island, this Friday-evening parade in May is really a giant water fight: float riders and spectators soak each other with hoses and water guns, and nobody along the route stays dry. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  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. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Summer heat and humidity

  15 jun – 10 sep · vanligtvisExtrem värme

  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. Källa ↗

Mest folk — Independence Day, Summer break i United States

• Helg

  Independence Day

  3–5 julNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  The Fourth of July is a federal holiday: banks and government offices close, fireworks draw large crowds to parks and waterfronts after dark, and roads and flights are busy over the long weekend. Claim a viewing spot early. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Summer heat and humidity (15 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Summer heat and humidity (15 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Summer break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), Summer heat and humidity (15 jun – 10 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — SCAD Savannah Film Festival

• Festival

  SCAD Savannah Film Festival

  24 okt – 2 nov · vanligtvisTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov)

Mest folk — SCAD Savannah Film Festival, Thanksgiving

• Helg

  Thanksgiving

  25–29 novNationell helgdagTrångtStängningar

  Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday of November, is the country's biggest travel holiday: airports and highways are at their busiest on the Wednesday before and the Sunday after, and on the day itself offices, banks and many shops close. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Holiday season on the squares

  25 nov – 31 decJul & nyårTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Hurricane season (1 jun – 30 nov), SCAD Savannah Film Festival (24 okt – 2 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Holiday season on the squares, Winter / Christmas break i United States

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Thanksgiving (25–29 nov), Holiday season on the squares (25 nov – 31 dec)