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36th Annual Oliver Hardy Festival

Another "nice mess" in Harlem, Georgia the first Saturday of October!

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Official City of Harlem Parade Route

Oliver Hardy Festival Information

  1. The Harlem Museum and Welcome Center, the Home of the Laurel and Hardy Museum of Harlem, GA, and local businesses will remain open for normally advertised hours. 
  2. We are looking forward to hosting the 36th Annual Oliver Hardy Festival on October 4, 2025.
  3. The Oliver Hardy Festival fills quickly! Vendors have a better chance of securing a spot by applying early—so don’t wait. 
  4. For the Oliver Hardy Festival Coloring Contest, please refer to the tab at the top for the section titled "OHF Art Contest." 



Scroll down for more information on the following: 

  • Applications for vendors, entertainment, parade, and sponsorships
  • Updated information for vendors
  • Festival Map
  • List of this year's sponsors
  • Vendor Locations
  • Frequently asked questions 
  • Past Oliver Hardy Festival Sponsors

Further Information

We are currently planning the 2025 Oliver Hardy Festival. 


APPLICATIONS ARE AVAILABLE.

AVAILABILITY SUBJECT TO CHANGE. 


JULY UPDATE: Craft/art vendors have been filled! A waiting list is available. 


AUGUST UPDATE: Vendor and Sponsor Packets will be released soon! Civic and Snack/Cottage spaces are running low! Get your applications in ASAP! 


SEPTEMBER 3, 2025, UPDATE: All spaces have been filled except for vendors selling Food or Drinks!

SEPTEMBER 5, 2025, UPDATE: All spaces are filled. All new applicants will be on a waitlist.


You can find the application on the city website when available at the link below or download directly from this website once they are available. If you have any questions or would like a copy emailed to you, please get in touch with Meghan Foster (mfoster@harlemga.org) or one of her staff members at the museum at (706) 556-0401.  

Go to City of Harlem Site

Oliver Hardy Festival Applications 2025

We are excited for a HARDY time in Harlem, Georgia!

Please, note: the Parade line up time is incorrect on the applications. Please, refer to the Parade Packet with updates and correct times. 

2025 OHF Entertainment Application_FINAL (pdf)Download
Harlem Sponsorship Deck 2025 (pdf)Download
2025 OHF PARADE Application_CORRECTED 09162025 (pdf)Download

Harlem Museum and Welcome Center Museum: A Journey Through Time

Treat everyone with kindness

Participants of the festival must be kind and courteous to all guests, staff, fellow participants, and volunteers. Those found to be causing issues, whether in person or online, will not be invited back to participate or, in extreme cases, ejected from the festival with no refunds.  This goes for all members of your group, including but not limited to staff and volunteers.

Vendor Location requests

We understand that everyone is juggling a lot and may be under stress during festival season. To help keep things running smoothly for all, please note that vendor locations are finalized once vendor packets are released, and no changes can be made afterward. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. 

About "holding" Spaces

We do not hold spaces for vendors. Your application must be submitted completed, and this includes everything filled out in your application and images of your set up and/or merchandise you plan to sell. 

Vendor Packets release date for 2025

Vendor packets are scheduled to be released at the latest around mid-September. Your packets will be sent to the email you listed in your vendor application.

Vendor Responsibility

The vendor is solely responsible for the safety, security, and condition of their products, booth, and equipment during the event, including during set-up and tear-down. The City of Harlem, Georgia is not responsible for any theft, loss, damage, or destruction of the vendor’s property.  


Festival Map 2025


Vendors and Entertainment Locations

 1. WAFJ 88.3 (Sponsor)

2. WAFJ 88.3 (Sponsor)

3. Voting Booth (Sponsor)

4. Joan Street

5. Roxiem Jewelry, LLC.

6. Tubbie Cuppies

7. Hannibal International Imports, LLC. 

8. The Crafty Beaver

10. Cornerstone Organic

11. Freedom to Read Coalition – Columbia County

12. Columbia County Democrats

13. DJ Vision Beavercraft

14. White Oak United Pentecostal Church (FREE WATER)

15. Knots N Stitches

16. Tabby’s Wooden Toys

17. Tabby’s Wooden Toys

18. Sweet Wildflour Bakery (baked goods)

19. Ken & Hammond

20. Carolina Novelties

21. Carolina Novelties

22-23. Kelly’s Food Rush (snacks)

24. Madremia Designs

25. The Pecan Barn (Pecans)


26. Cotton & Glitz

27. Sweet Berry Market

28. Grammy’s Crafts

29. Fairy Rays

30. Simply Unique by Dee

31. Wreaths and Things by Southern Expressions

32. Not SewPerfect Quilts

33. Magnolia Peach Children’s Boutique

34. Geppetto Leathers 

35. U’Nik Southern Accents

36. Sew Helen

37. Augusta Coca-Cola Bottling Co., UNITED, Inc. (tentative)

38. Poppy James Boutique

39. Poppy James Boutique

41. Grove First Baptist Church

42. Rustic Barrel (beverages)

43. Southern Magnolia Sass

44. Southern Magnolia Sass

45. The Crazy Pina (beverages)

46. Miss OH Pageant

47. Touch of Life (Brandy)

48. Barefoot Books

49. Barefoot Books

50. Mr. Stitches Sewing Studio

51. Mr. Stitches Sewing Studio

52. Roast-a-Nut (selling nuts)

53. Krafts & Khaos

54. TBA

55. Fox Creek Engraving

56. New Life 2012 (Word of Faith)

57. Jenny Bee's Creations

58. Undersea Warriors

59. Bubbles or Not

60. Harlem Java House

61. Blush Salon & Boutique (and their new location in the old Civic Center)

62. SCV – Columbia County (Gen. Ambrose) Camp 1914

63. Mason Dixon Craft Co., LLC.

64. Defoor Realty

65. Kona Ice (shaved ice)


66. Harlem Fire Department

67. Impact Church 

68. CAP Enterprise

69. CAP Enterprise

70. Baker’s Mann

71. Southern Branches

72. Coca-Cola Photo Opt

73. Supernova Stitches

74. Main Street Treats

75. Two in a Shack

76. JUSTMESHINGROUND

77. Splendor & Grace (Prather Space)

78. IGNITE Consulting

79. Homemaker’s Journal (Sourdough bread and cookies)

80. Thomson Guards #91 SCV

81. D&R Chiropractic

82. Purse-onally 706 & More

83. Tupperware

84. Chelsc Creations

85. Terry Gore Photography

86. Terry Gore Photography

87. Harlem Lodge #276 (Freemasons)

88. The Bee’s Knees Candy Co. 

89. Harlem VFW #6445

90. Butterfly Bling Shop

91. Jehovah’s 

92. Finn’s Family Crafts, LLC.

93. Ramie A. Designs

94. Petite Poppery

95. LMG Art

96. A Creative Touch

97. YaYa’s Doodads

98. Treehouse Trinkets 

99. Reilly & Tedford Crafts, LLC.

100. Reilly & Tedford Crafts, LLC.

101. Nina Pets Dog Collars

102. Nina Pets Dog Collars

103. Butterfly Custom Creations, LLC.

104. GA Hat Co.

105. GA Hat. Co.

106. Fortson Bros.

107. Baby Doll’s Sweet Pecans

108. German Gal Creations

109. Island Stylin’ Concessions

110. Island Stylin’ Concessions

111. K&S Impressions

112. Flowerpot Village People

113. Pigeon Party

114. Page 32 Publishing

115. Page 32 Publishing

116. Tiny Bottoms

117. Tracy’s Kreations

118. Laraine’s Creations

119. Dewy Rose Designs (Food Court 3)

120. Dewy Rose Designs (Food Court 3)


Kid Zone 1 (Red Oak Manor and Acorn Restaurant): Barnyard Buddies 

Kid Zone 2 (City Hall): Elduets Adventures & Events

Kid Zone 3 (Behind Monte Olivo's to the left of the Harlem Library Plaza): All Pro Promotions


 Food Court #1

Southern Smoke Shack

Mama’s Maryland Crab Cakes

Grimes Concessions

Chick Fil A

Dippin Dots


  

Food Court #2: 

Lemon Crush

The Good Eats (Authentic Filipino) (24 foot)

Farm Fresh Twisted Sandwiches and Bowls (20 foot)

Where the Truck is My Food

Chris Smith (Will Smith Memorial Rodeo)

Black Girl Boba

Stickey Fingers and Vino & Kono

Nature’s Peach


Food Court #3:

R&R Concessions

Rack of Ribs

C&G Concessions

119. Dewy Rose Designs

120. Dewy Rose Designs

DW Catering

Lip Smackin’ Oinkers

Southern Fired Foods

House of Quarshie


 1. WAFJ 88.3 (Sponsor)

2. WAFJ 88.3 (Sponsor)

3. Voting Booth (Sponsor) (Columbia County, Georgia)

37. Augusta Coca-Cola Bottling Co., UNITED, Inc.

72. Augusta Coca-Cola Bottling Co., UNITED, Inc. Photo Option


Meet Our Sponsors and Supporters Area (Next to the museum on the Plaza)

Fort Gordon MWR

Leafilter

Cantey Foundation Specialists

Stanley Martin Homes

Firstate Bank of Harlem, Georgia

Raffle Table

Siegler's Karate Center

Built By Martial Arts

The Greater Augusta Arts Council (Tentative)

Xfinity/Comcast


STAGE

9:00 AM - Opening Ceremony

Opening Prayer - Andrew McMahon

National Anthem - Alaina Williams

Welcome Speech - Mayor Roxanne Whitaker

11:00 AM - The Remedy

12:30 PM - Miss Oliver Hardy Pageant

2:15 PM - Booth Decoration Contest and Raffle Winners Announcement  

2:30 PM - Yeah Cult


PARADE: 10 AM SHARP


INSIDE THE MUSEUM

Laurel and Hardy Movies 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM except during below performance time:

12:00 PM Sharp - Sharon and Greg - Laurel & Hardy "Way Out West" dance 


RED OAK MANOR AND ACORN RESTAURANT

Barnyard Buddies - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Props and Heroes The Chimp Skit - 1:00 PM



Meet the 2025 Oliver Hardy Festival Sponsors and Supporters!

Our sponsors and supporters help make this event possible! If you see them at the festival, say THANK YOU! 


Music Box Supporters and Sponsors

$1500+ and In-Kind


Way Out West Sponsors ($1000-1499)

MUSIC BOX SUPPPORTERS AND SPONSORS

 88.3 WAFJ & 100.9/88.7 The Song 

Stanley Martin Homes

Coastal Waste and Recyling

Columbia County, Georgia

Club Car, LLC.


Way Out West Supporters and Sponsors

$1000-$1499 and In-Kind


Way Out West Sponsors ($1000-1499)

Way Out West SUPPPORTERS AND SPONSORS

Wandering Planet Toys

Greater Augusta Arts Council

First State Bank of Harlem, Georgia

Augusta Coca-Cola Bottling Co., UNITED, inc. (No Endorsement Implied)

Brett Brannon


Lucky Dog Supporters and Sponsors

$500-999 and In-Kind


Lucky Dog SUPPPORTERS AND SPONSORS

Lucky Dog SUPPPORTERS AND SPONSORS

Cantey Foundation Specialists

Leafilter

Siegler's Karate Center

Burnley's Portable Toilets

Red Oak Manor & Acorn Restaurant

Visit Columbia County, Georgia (Columbia County Convention and Visitors Bureau)

Built by Martial Arts

Xfinity/Comcast


Outwitting Dad Supporters and Sponsors

$50-$499 and In-Kind


Outwitting Dad Sponsors ($50-499)

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Cortes & Co.

Harlem Woman's Club

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

 Designed by Aisha (Aisha Manus)


Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Painted Moose Graphics

Kelley Business Printing

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Outwitting Dad Sponsor

Monte Olivo's Restaurant


Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at mfoster@harlemga.org if you cannot find an answer to your question.

Mobile Users: For each question, please tap to open the one you are wanting an answer to, and the answer will appear.

The Oliver Hardy Festival is always held on the first Saturday of October unless the weather causes dangerous conditions.


All vendors must complete the application form in its entirety and pay in person at the Harlem Museum and Welcome Center or send the form with a check in the mail addressed to the Oliver Hardy Festival Steering Committee and mailed to Harlem City Hall. 


Yes, that is a scam.  The City of Harlem will not reach out to you online to ask for an online payment to be a vendor in the Oliver Hardy Festival. Please, be cautious with online sales. If you have any questions, please contact us at (706) 556-0401. 


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