Local festivities

• Fireworks: Friday's festivities kick off at 6 p.m. when vendors open at the Cumming Fairgrounds. Music begins at 7:30 p.m., with fireworks set for 9:30 p.m. A dance contest follows at 10 p.m.  This year the fireworks will launch from behind the fairgrounds instead of across the street. 

• Parade: The 52nd annual Thomas-Mashburn Steam Engine Parade begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at Forsyth Central High School, traveling south along Castleberry Road and ending at the Cumming Fairgrounds.

• Race: Annual turtle race in parking lot of Foster House restaurant, 305 West Main St. in Cumming. For more information, contact (770) 887-9905, or go online at www.foster-house.com.

• Show: Jason Petty stars as the late Hank Williams Sr. during one performance only at the Cumming Playhouse, 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $15 and can be ordered online at www.playhousecumming.com.

• Contact: For more information, call (770) 781-3491 or go online at www.cummingfair.net.