FALL FLEA MARKET IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER
We’ve been working for months to make our fall Flea Market the best sale ever.
Save the dates and tell your friends: Our fall sale runs Oct. 3-5. That Friday, from 5-8 p.m., will be a ticketed Preview Party, which will get you into the sale before the general public.
VIP tickets get you inside the warehouse to shop at 5 p.m. that Friday. Those tickets are $100. Tickets are $35 for HMF members and $50 for nonmembers for shopping starting at 6 p.m.
We'll have barbecue from Satterfield’s BBQ, beer from Fall Line Brewing Co. and wine sponsored by Macon Magazine. Reserve those tickets HERE.
If you’re one of our Preservation Partners, click HERE to get your tickets.
The sale is open to the public — free to enter — from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5. And remember: Our members get 15 percent off their purchases. Join today.
The Flea Market is our biggest fund-raiser of the year. Please help us spread the word.
OUR NEXT SIDNEY’S SALON IS SEPT. 25
Our Sidney’s Salon series is drawing big audiences, with lectures on a variety of topics sure to educate and entertain you.
“Kugels & Collards,” the subject of our upcoming Sidney’s Salon on Sept. 25, is not your average cookbook. It is a collection of essays and family recipes from 69 contributors — Jewish and non-Jewish, white and Black, women and men — whose culinary memories are firmly rooted in the Palmetto State.
“Kugels & Collards” was born out of an interest in the merging of Southern and Jewish elements in foodways in Jewish South Carolina. Where people go, so goes their food. In “Kugels & Collards, Rachel Gordin Barnett and Lyssa Kligman Harvey explore the food history, traditions, and memories of Jews in South Carolina, building on their blog of the same title.
“Kugels & Collards is also a story of cultural assimilation and exchange and considers how local ingredients and techniques have become part of the South Carolina Jewish table, including the influence of the generations of Black women who cooked for Jewish families.
We will gather at the Fire Hall Sept. 25 for this event. We’ll serve refreshments — including some homemade items — at 5:30 p.m., and the presentation will begin at 6. As always, our Salons are free and open to the public, but we ask that you register beforehand to help us plan. You can learn more and register HERE.
SEVERAL ROSE HILL TOURS COMING UP SOON
Fall is prime season for checking out all the history that Rose Hill Cemetery offers, and we’ll be there three times in the coming weeks.
During the weekend of Sept. 27-28, coinciding with GABBAFest 2025, we’ll have two walking tours of sites made famous by members of the Allman Brothers Band.
The first tour will be Saturday, Sept. 27, starting at 10 a.m., and the second will be Sunday, Sept. 28, also starting at 10. Local historians and tour guides Kathleen O'Neal and Liz Riley will lead the walks, which will take about 90 minutes.
Tickets are required. They’re $20 each, and you can reserve them here:
Saturday: https://bit.ly/4gvHdZk
Sunday: https://bit.ly/4pw73Ra
HMF members receive special discounts for our cemetery tours. Email membership@historicmacon.org to get a discount code.
Then on Saturday, Oct. 18, starting at 10 a.m., we’ll have our fall Rose Hill Ramble, which O’Neal will also lead.
Gather your friends, family and fellow history enthusiasts and join us as we explore Macon's favorite cemetery.
Tickets are also required for the Ramble. You can get them HERE.
For each tour, check-in begins at the front gate, 1071 Riverside Drive, at 9:30 a.m. Please arrive at least 15 minutes before the tour begins.
Our mission is to revitalize communities by preserving architecture and sharing history.
One of the benefits of your property residing in a National Register Historic District is preservation incentives. Historic tax credits allow citizens to undertake rehabilitation projects at a reasonable cost and Historic Macon is here to walk you through that process.
A key part of Historic Macon's mission is education. We tell the stories of people who make a difference in our preservation community, as well as those pioneering visionaries whose shoulders we stand on today. Read more about them HERE.