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Wild Chicken Festival, Fitzgerald Wild Chicken 100 &
Chasing Jefferson Davis Marathon
Fitzgerald, Georgia – a unique and charming town with quirky wild chickens in the streets,
adventurous people, and a history like no other. Visit anytime or during one of our many events.
Strut like a chicken while participating in the chicken crowing contest at the Wild Chicken
Festival on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Choose between your bicycle or your running shoes
Saturday, April 12, 2025. The Wild
Chicken 100 is a bicycle gravel
ride event that begins at 9am from
the historic AB&A Railroad Depot.
There will be multiple bike route
options including a paved option;
however, the main focuses are the
gravel/dirt/clay road options. Early
on the morning of May 10, 1865,
Confederate President Jefferson
Davis was captured at his camp
outside Irwinville. Davis had spent
the evening in Abbeville, a dis-
tance of almost exactly 26.2 miles
from where he was captured. To commemorate this historic event, the communities along the
route host the Annual Chasing Jefferson Davis Marathon. The marathon is
USATF Certified (GA15012WC) and multiple runners have used it as a Boston
Marathon Qualifier.
Enjoy the picturesque downtown, scenic back roads and bucolic landscape.
Fitzgerald is Small Town U.S.A. at its best! Wild Chickens shouldn’t keep
you away! www.fitzgeraldga.org

Wild Chickens shouldn’t keep you away!

Upcoming events:
The Wild Chicken Festival
March 15
The Wild Chicken 100
April 12
Chasing Jefferson Davis
Marathon April 12

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www.fitzgeraldga.org.fitzgeraldga.org
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