Mule Day in Calvary, Georgia has honored the mule's role in South Georgia farming and cane syrup production for over 50 years, reaching its 51st annual event in 2025. Held the first Saturday of November, it opens with a sunrise biscuit breakfast, features 500-plus craft booths, and closes with a parade judging the prettiest, ugliest, and most ornery mules.
Its mule, farm, and rural-culture identity makes it a distinctive South Georgia event.
The festival's judging categories tell you everything about its unpretentious, agricultural roots: rather than a single best-in-show award, the Mule Day parade specifically judges for the prettiest, the ugliest, and the most ornery mule, categories that honor the working animal's full, unvarnished character rather than a polished show-animal ideal
For centuries, mules were essential to farming and cane syrup production across South Georgia, and this small-town festival, now over 50 years running, keeps that specific agricultural history visible through a sunrise breakfast, over 500 vendor booths, and a parade blending mules with marching bands and antique vehicles
The sunrise biscuit and sausage breakfast has opened the day since the festival's founding
followed by the parade judging mules as prettiest
and most ornery
a distinctive tradition unique to this event
Over 500 craft and goods booths have grown into a defining fixture of the day's programming
Dates TBA · Usually November
Driving is required.
Casual small-town festival wear suited to an early-morning start and a full day outdoors, with comfortable shoes for walking rows of craft booths and standing along the parade route.
Keep valuables light, follow local instructions, and watch how residents use the space before joining in.
Calvary
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Mule Day is listed for November · Autumn. Always re-check the official or local source close to travel.
The festival is listed in Calvary, United States. The map coordinate is a planning reference, not a guarantee of a ticket gate or exact venue.
Autumn is the listed festival span. Add time for arrival, local transport, queues, and any route changes during the event.
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Calvary, GA
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