Editing Macon, Georgia (section)

==Arts and culture==
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===Musical heritage===
Macon has been home for numerous musicians and composers, including [[Emmett Miller]], [[The Allman Brothers Band]], [[Randy Crawford]], [[Mark Heard]], [[Lucille Hegamin]], [[Ben Johnston (composer)|Ben Johnston]], [[Otis Redding]], [[Little Richard]], [[Mike Mills]],<ref>{{cite web|author=Jason Ankeny |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/mike-mills-mn0000414895/biography |title=Mike Mills &#124; Biography & History |website=[[AllMusic]] |date=December 17, 1958 |access-date=2017-01-29}}</ref> and [[Bill Berry]] of [[R.E.M.]], as well as more recent artists like [[violin]]ist [[Robert McDuffie]] and [[country music|country]] artist [[Jason Aldean]].{{clarify|these need to have their START in Macon. There is already an article for People from Macon|date=February 2012}} [[Capricorn Records]], run by Macon natives [[Phil Walden]] and briefly Alan Walden, made the city a [[Southern rock]] music production center in the late 1960s and 1970s.<ref name=HallOfFame>Georgia Music Hall of Fame. [http://www.georgiamusicstore.com/artist/G8/ "Alan Walden - Georgia Music Hall of Fame 2003 Inductee"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511225903/http://www.georgiamusicstore.com/artist/G8/ |date=May 11, 2008 }}. Georgiamusicstore.com. Retrieved August 27, 2008.</ref>

The Macon Symphony Orchestra,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.maconsymphony.com/ |title=Macon Symphony Orchestra Website |publisher=Maconsymphony.com |date=May 5, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061105174528/http://www.maconsymphony.com/ |archive-date=November 5, 2006 |url-status=usurped |df=mdy-all }}</ref> a youth symphony, and the Middle Georgia Concert Band perform at the [[Grand Opera House (Macon, Georgia)|Grand Opera House]] in [[downtown Macon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middlegeorgiaconcertband.org/ |title=Middle Georgia Concert Band website |publisher=Middlegeorgiaconcertband.org |date=January 9, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-30}}</ref>

The [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]] was located in Macon from 1996 to 2011.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2012/02/23/closed-georgia-music-hall-site.html | first=Dave | last=Williams | title=Closed Georgia Music Hall site 'surplus property' | date=2012-02-23}}</ref>

===Festivals===
[[File:Chblossomfest.JPG|thumb|[[International Cherry Blossom Festival|Cherry Blossom Festival]]]]
[[File:2004-03121sunset.jpg|thumb|Georgia State Fair]]

* [[International Cherry Blossom Festival]], a 10-day celebration, is held every mid-March in Macon.
* The Mulberry Street Festival,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.middlegeorgiaart.org |title=Home - Middle Georgia Art Association |publisher=Middlegeorgiaart.org |access-date=2012-02-29}}</ref> an arts and crafts festival, is held downtown the last weekend of March.
*The Juneteenth Freedom Festival is an annual June performing-arts and educational celebration of the end of American slavery in 1865, celebrating black freedom and heritage both ancient and contemporary.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-17 |title=Macon Makes Juneteenth Bigger Than Ever - Macon Magazine |url=https://maconmagazine.com/macon-juneteenth-2023/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Macon Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Pan African Festival, an annual celebration of the [[African diaspora]] and culture, is held in April.
* Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration, a celebration of the original residents of the land where Macon now sits, is held every third weekend in September<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park |url=https://www.exploregeorgia.org/macon/arts-culture/museums/ocmulgee-mounds-national-historical-park |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=Official Georgia Tourism & Travel Website {{!}} Explore Georgia.org |language=en}}</ref> at [[Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration - Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service) |url=https://www.nps.gov/ocmu/planyourvisit/ocmulgee-indigenous-celebration.htm |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=U.S. National Park Service |language=en}}</ref> Representatives from the [[Cherokee]], [[Chickasaw]], [[Choctaw]], [[Creek people|Creek]], [[Seminole]], and other nations come to share stories, exhibit Native art, and perform traditional songs and dance.
* Skydog<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wdawebs.com/skydog/?skydog|title=Skydog 73|website=wdawebs.com}}</ref> is a music festival celebrating the birthday, life, and music of Skydog ([[Duane Allman]]) held in November.
* The [[Georgia Music Hall of Fame]] hosts Georgia Music Week in September.
* Macon's annual Bragg Jam festival features an Art and Kids' Festival along the Ocmulgee Heritage Trail and a nighttime pub crawl.
* Macon Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maconfilmfestival.com/ |title=Macon Film Festival |publisher=Macon Film Festival |date=February 19, 2012 |access-date=2012-02-29}}</ref> is an annual celebration of independent films, held the third weekend in July.

===Points of interest===
[[File:Fort Hawkins Macon, Georgia.jpg|thumb|[[Fort Benjamin Hawkins]]]]

====Historical sites====
* [[Terminal Station (Macon, Georgia)|Terminal Station]], a railroad station built in 1916,<ref name="railga.com"/> is located on 5th St. at the end of Cherry St.  Its architect was [[Alfred Fellheimer]], prominent for his 1903 design of [[Grand Central Terminal]] in [[New York City]]. 
* [[Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park]] is located near downtown Macon. It preserves some of Georgia's largest ancient [[Earthworks (archaeology)|earthwork mounds]] built by the [[Mississippian culture]] a millennium ago, c. 950–1150. It was sacred to the historic [[Muscogee (Creek)|Muscogee]] (Creek Nation) as well. Archeological artifacts reveal 13,000 years of human habitation at the site.<ref name="georgiaencyclopedia1"/> The park features a spiral mound, funeral mound, temple mounds, burial mounds, and a reconstructed [[earth house|earth lodge]]. It is the first [[Traditional Cultural Property]] designated by the [[National Park Service]] east of the Mississippi River.
* [[Fort Benjamin Hawkins]], a major military outpost (1806–1821), was a command headquarters for the U.S. Army and Georgia militia on the boundary between U.S.-held and Native land, as well as a trading post or factory for the [[Creek Nation]]. It was a supply depot during U.S. campaigns of the [[War of 1812]] and the Creek and [[Seminole Wars]].
* [[Cannonball House (Macon, Georgia)|Cannonball House]], a historic home on the National Register of Historic Places.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cannonballhouse.org/ |title="Cannonball House" Website |publisher=Cannonballhouse.org |date=February 6, 2012 |access-date=2012-05-30}}</ref>
* [[Luther Williams Field]]
* [[Old City Cemetery (Macon, Georgia)|Old City Cemetery]], one of Macon's oldest [[cemetery|cemeteries]]
* [[Rose Hill Cemetery (Georgia)|Rose Hill Cemetery]], a cemetery listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]
* [[Sidney Lanier]] Cottage, the poet's historic home.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicmacon.org/slc.html |title=coming soon...Historic Macon Foundation |access-date=2017-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040828014744/http://www.historicmacon.org/slc.html |archive-date=August 28, 2004 }}</ref>
* [[Temple Beth Israel (Macon, Georgia)|Temple Beth Israel]], a domed [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] built in 1902 to house Macon's [[Judaism|Jewish]] congregation, founded in 1859.<ref name=history>{{cite web |url=http://www.ga011.urj.net/hxtbi.html |title=History of Temple Beth Israel |access-date=2017-06-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206203949/http://www.ga011.urj.net/hxtbi.html |archive-date=February 6, 2005 }}</ref>
* [[Wesleyan College]], the first chartered women's college in the world

====Museums====
* [[The Allman Brothers Band Museum]] - the "Big House" used by the Allman Brothers Band in the early 1970s, now a museum of Allman Brothers history and artifacts
* The Georgia Children's Museum<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.georgiachildrensmuseum.com/ |title=Georgia Children's Museum in Macon, GA |publisher=Georgiachildrensmuseum.com |access-date=2012-02-29 |archive-date=February 24, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224125441/http://www.georgiachildrensmuseum.com/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> - interactive education, located in the downtown Museum District
* [[Georgia Sports Hall of Fame]]
* The Little Richard House and Museum - a museum of Little Richard's history and artifacts
* [[Museum of Arts and Sciences (Macon)|Museum of Arts and Sciences]] and Planetarium
* [[Tubman Museum]] of African American Art, History, and Culture - the largest African American museum in the Southeast

====Community====
* [[City Hall (Macon, Georgia)|City Hall]], Georgia's capital for part of the Civil War
[[File:Macon Auditorium.JPG|thumb|right|[[Macon City Auditorium]] - featuring the world's largest true copper dome]]

* [[Douglass Theatre]], named for its founder Charles Henry Douglass. An entrepreneur from a prominent black family, he was an established theatre developer well versed in the vaudeville and entertainment business. The theatre has undergone modern renovations and hosts numerous theatrical events.
* The [[Grand Opera House (Macon, Georgia)|Grand Opera House]], where the Macon Symphony Orchestra performs
* [[Johnston-Felton-Hay House|Hay House]] - also known as the "Johnston-Felton-Hay House," it has  been referred to as the "Palace of the South"<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Hay House|url=http://www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites/hayhouse/history.php|publisher=The Georgia Trust|access-date=July 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716095413/http://www.georgiatrust.org/historic_sites/hayhouse/history.php|archive-date=July 16, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* [[Macon City Auditorium|City Auditorium]], the world's largest true copper dome<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rutlandguttersupply.com/blog/2010/09/08/RoofDomes.aspx |title=Rutland Architectural Blog - Roof Domes |publisher=Rutlandguttersupply.com |date=September 8, 2010 |access-date=2012-02-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913050514/http://www.rutlandguttersupply.com/blog/2010/09/08/RoofDomes.aspx |archive-date=September 13, 2010 }}</ref>
* [[Macon Coliseum]]
* Macon Little Theatre, established in 1934, is the area's oldest community theatre, producing seven plays/musicals per season
* [[Waddell Barnes Botanical Gardens]]
* Theatre Macon, in the old Ritz Theatre; they perform around nine shows a year