Comments on: Decatur Book Festival Draws Record 90,000 Over Labor Day Weekend

By: G Buck

G Buck — Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:05:19 +0000

There was much less debauchery than I expected from a literary crowd. And much less cosplay. No one wanted to dress like Jonathan Franzen or Gabriel Garcia Marquez? Maybe next year…

By: brianc

brianc — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:30:39 +0000

You’re 5000 candles in the wind.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:22:27 +0000

Up in horsey heaven, here’s the thing
You trade your legs for angels wings
And once we’ve all said good-bye
You take a running leap and you learn to fly

By: s

Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:17:28 +0000

We would need Lil’ Sebastian for that.

By: brianc

brianc — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:31:01 +0000

I’m sure everyone remembers school carnivals. Maybe something like that, but a bit more grown-up. There could be bobbing for organic, locally grown apples. And a Non-GMO corn maze. Maybe a bonfire on the square fueled by all the preemptively felled trees.

By: Decatur Metro

Decatur Metro — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:18:03 +0000

Harvest festival is another one that’s been thrown around in the past. I think that could be a killer festival around these parts. Just need the people power to move it forward.

By: brianc

brianc — Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:16:30 +0000

Don’t get me wrong: I wouldn’t mind if it were in October or November (though there aren’t really any Monday holidays in those months), but I wish we had more outdoor activities then. The days are shorter, but the weather, imo, is vastly superior to summer. What about a Halloween-related festival?