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Event/Site:
Mayberry Days
Date: Last weekend in September.
Thursday beginning at noon.
(Thursday night jam session at Andy Griffith
Playhouse 5:00—10:00pm)
Friday
and Saturday times vary, visit www.surryarts.org for specifics.
Type: Three-day celebration of the Andy Griffith
Show, including Mayberry-related concerts, shows, music, and food in
Andy’s birthplace of Mount
Airy.
Location:Historic
Downtown Mount Airy.
Directions to Mt. Airy Visitors
Center, 615 North Main Street, one block from center of town:
From
Highway 52 South (Winston-Salem):
Take Hwy. 52 N. to
Business 52. (This road becomes Renfro St.) Follow Renfro just
beyond Independence Blvd., turn sharp left onto N. Main St. Mount Airy
Visitors Center, 615 N.
Main St., is a two-story blue house on the
right side of the street.
From Highway
52 North (Virginia):
Take Hwy 52 S. to the
Hwy. 89 Exit. Turn left onto Pine St./Hwy. 89.
Follow Pine to Renfro St.,
turn left. Follow Renfro just beyond Independence Blvd., turn sharp left onto N. Main St. Mount Airy
Visitors Center, 615 N.
Main St., is a two-story blue house on the
right side of the street.
From I-77:
Exit 100 to Hwy. 89
East. Turn left onto Pine St./Hwy. 89. Follow
Pine to Renfro St.,
turn left. Follow Renfro just beyond Independence Blvd., turn sharp left onto N. Main St. Mount Airy
Visitors Center, 615 N.
Main St., is a two-story blue house on the
right side of the street.
From I-74:
Take Exit 101 to
Mount Airy. Take Exit 11 to Hwy. 601. Turn left onto Hwy 52 N. Take the
Hwy. 89 Exit. Go straight at stoplight onto Pine Street. Follow Pine to Renfro St.,
turn left. Follow Renfro just beyond Independence Blvd., turn sharp left onto N. Main St. The Mount Airy
Visitors Center, 615 N. Main St., is a two-story
blue house on the right side of the street. Click
here for a map.
Cost: Prices
vary for shows and concerts, each sold separately. The Surry Arts Council takes VISA and
Mastercard by phone (see below), or you can
order on-line at www.surryarts.org. Some shows sell out months in
advance.
Parking: Free
parking on street and town lots.
Parking adequate for bus tours.
Special
Needs Access: Downtown business establishments with
accessible restrooms welcome special needs visitors.
Signage:
Signs at locations;
signs en route to Historic Downtown Mount Airy and to Mount Airy Visitors
Center.
Sponsor:
Surry County Arts Council
Web Site: www.surryarts.org
www.visitmayberry.com
Contact:
Mt. Airy Chamber of Commerce,
Tourism Dept
PO Box 913
220 N. Main St.
Mount Airy, NC
27030
(336) 786-6116
(800) 948-0949
tourism@visitmayberry.com
Tanya Rees, Executive Director
Surry Arts Council
PO Box 141
Mount Airy, NC 27030
(336) 786-7998
(800) 286-6193
surryarts@advi.net
Description
of Event: Each year,
“Mayberry” fans from across the nation and as far away as
Australia flock to Andy Griffith’s birthplace of Mount Airy, the
town believed to have inspired ”Mayberry” on the famed TV
show. This fun-filled,
over-the-top, three-day extravaganza includes bluegrass and country
music concerts during the day and evening on Friday and Saturday. Saturday morning features the
Mayberry Days Parade, the Mayberry Days Revue, and the Barbecue
Cook-off & Barbecue Sale.
Other regular events are the Mayberry Trivia Contest, Mrs.
Wiley's Tea, and free walking tours.
Some festival attendees dress up as their favorite character on The Andy Griffith Show, and
these Mayberry look-alikes fit right into the atmosphere of this
one-of-a-kind event.
History of Site/Event: The Surry Arts Council started Mayberry Days in 1990. It has been popular ever since.
Description of Site/Facility: Historic downtown Mt. Airy
typifies small town America
as exemplified by native son’s Andy Griffith’s TV
show. The “Mayberry”
theme is evident in various shops and restaurants along the
town’s charming Main
Street.
Significance
of Site/Event to the Community: Mayberry Days, named three times as a "Southeast
Tourism Society's Top 20 Event", is a source of pride and revenue
for Mount
Airy. The event helps reinforce the
“Mayberry” experience that Mt. Airy
offers visitors and residents year-round.
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