Rice Fest

About the Event

The City of Riceboro celebrates its annual rice festival with a schedule of events the second week in November. Nearly 5,000 people gather in the city to enjoy events that showcase the food, music, art, and history of the Gullah/Geechee people whose ancestors once worked on rice plantations in Liberty County. Other activities include exhibits, a youth essay contest, and a rice cook-off competition. The first RiceFest was held in downtown Riceboro in 2007 to commemorate the legacy of the Gullah Geechee people who have influenced the eastern coast of the United States from North Carolina to northern Florida through music, language, and food.

Each year the RiceFest has grown to offer form education, entertainment and empowerment for all who come. The RiceFest schedule of events now includes a youth essay contest, Riceboro GospelFest, Riceboro Homecoming Dance, RiceFest Parade, Rice Cook Off, and Festival Day. RiceFest Committee Members include community volunteers from the Riceboro community and the greater Liberty County area. Volunteer backgrounds include current professionals, retirees, veterans, City of Riceboro staff, and festival partner representatives.

Schedule of Events:

Homecoming Friday Dinner and Dance

Feel the Music

Hosted By Barbara Carlyle

Hosted by Dean Roberts

Guest Poet: Georgia Me

Comedian: Sweetbaby "Kita" Comer

$40 in Advance Including Dinner

$45 at the Door

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