﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce Events Newswire</title><link>http://www.focochamber.org</link><description>News related to Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce</description><copyright>(c) 2026, Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce All Rights Reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Lanier Islands: Celebrate 250! Meeting Promotion  7/21/2026  - 12/31/2026 </title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25795" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9311</link><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:34:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Professional Skills Workshop - Session Three 11/5/2026 10:00 AM - 11/5/2026 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25926" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9292</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 20:37:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fall Craft Bazaar 11/7/2026 9:00 AM - 11/7/2026 3:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-Serif;font-size:medium;color:#000;line-height:1.5;word-break:normal;overflow-wrap:break-word;background:white;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:13.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;proxima-nova&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You are invited to a festive day of fun, food, and unique shopping at our 32nd Annual Fall Craft Bazaar and Silent Auction on Saturday, November 7th,&amp;nbsp; from 9 am to 3 pm. Located at First Baptist Church Cumming, 1597 Sawnee Drive, Cumming, GA 30040. Enjoy a delicious breakfast and lunch, stop by our bake sale for sweet treats, and browse a wonderful selection of handmade items-perfect for your home or for holiday gifts! Over 70 vendors offering handcrafted goods, artisan crafts, home décor and seasonal treasures all INDOORS! There's something for everyone! Come and be part of the holiday fun!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9363</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:22:16 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2nd Annual Bourbon and Blues Festival 11/7/2026 4:00 PM - 11/7/2026 7:00 PM</title><description>&lt;h1&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/thewellga/2nd-annual-bourbon-and-blues-festival" /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#2980b9;"&gt;&lt;span class="marker"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color:#ffffff;"&gt;EVENT DETAILS&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sip, Savor &amp;amp; Soak Up the Blues!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;Join us for the &lt;strong&gt;2nd Annual Cumming Bourbon and Blues Festival&lt;/strong&gt; - at the&amp;nbsp;beautiful &lt;strong&gt;Lou Sobh Amphiheater in the Cumming City Center&lt;/strong&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;Enjoy an afternoon of premium bourbon, wine, beer, live music, and artisan shopping -- all while supporting a great cause.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;21+ Event :&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;Tickets are required to participate in tastings. No ticket is needed if you are attending without tasting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;VIP Perk:&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp; All VIP ticket holders receive a sourvenir tasting glass.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:16px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sip For A Cause:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Your participation helps support&lt;strong&gt; Launch Ability&lt;/strong&gt;, a nonprofit dedicated to helping individuals with disabilities work more independently by providing job coaching and employment support. Learn more at Launchability.net.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Hosted by The Cumming City Center &amp;amp; The Well&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rain or shine!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:14px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/thewellga/2nd-annual-bourbon-and-blues-festival&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9345</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 16:41:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>3rd Annual Veterans Golf Classic 11/9/2026 8:00 AM - 11/9/2026 4:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25750" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9299</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Polo Charity Classic benefitting Bald Ridge Lodge 11/9/2026 8:30 AM - 11/9/2026 4:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25865" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9323</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 19:00:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Power Networking Lunch 11/17/2026 11:30 AM - 11/17/2026 1:00 PM</title><description>&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25487" style="height: 380px; width: 380px;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:24px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Join the Chamber&amp;#39;s Power Networking Lunch on Tuesday&amp;#39;s!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;November 17th&amp;nbsp; @ 11:30 am&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:36px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Annual Thanksgiving PNL&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 28px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cherry Street Brewing Coop and Rick Tanner&amp;#39;s Grille and Bar&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;font color="#003366"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 28px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5810 Bond Street, Suite E-2&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:28px;"&gt;Cumming, GA&amp;nbsp; 30040&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align:center"&gt;&lt;a href="https://web.focochamber.org/atlas/events-v4/register/9305"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:26px;"&gt;Click Here to Register&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;If you have any issues registering please email Beth Harris @&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003366;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:22px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;bharris@focochamber.org&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9305</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:47:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2026 Georgia Festival of Trees 11/21/2026  - 11/29/2026 </title><description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;The Georgia Festival of Trees is an annual family Christmas event in metro Atlanta filled with decorated Christmas trees, holiday displays, children&amp;rsquo;s activities, live entertainment, Santa visits, cookie decorating, holiday shopping and festive experiences for all ages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;Held at the Gas South Convention Center in Duluth, Georgia, the Festival brings families, friends and the community together to celebrate the Christmas season while supporting a greater cause.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Aptos&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Whether you&amp;rsquo;re looking for Christmas things to do with kids, an indoor holiday activity, a place to take Santa photos, or simply a way to get into the Christmas spirit, the Georgia Festival of Trees offers a full day of holiday fun under one roof.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9335</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 16:46:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>2026 Georgia Festival of Trees 11/21/2026  - 11/29/2026 </title><description>&lt;p style="margin-bottom:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;The Georgia Festival of Trees is an annual family Christmas event in metro Atlanta filled with decorated Christmas trees, holiday displays, children&amp;rsquo;s activities, live entertainment, Santa visits, cookie decorating, holiday shopping and festive experiences for all ages.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="margin-bottom:11px"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif"&gt;Held at the Gas South Convention Center in Duluth, Georgia, the Festival brings families, friends and the community together to celebrate the Christmas season while supporting a greater cause.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height:115%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Aptos&amp;quot;,sans-serif"&gt;Whether you&amp;rsquo;re looking for Christmas things to do with kids, an indoor holiday activity, a place to take Santa photos, or simply a way to get into the Christmas spirit, the Georgia Festival of Trees offers a full day of holiday fun under one roof.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9346</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 08:52:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gobble Wobble 5K 11/26/2026 8:00 AM - 11/26/2026 12:00 Noon</title><description>&lt;p style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, Sans-Serif;font-size:medium;color:#000;line-height:1.5;word-break:normal;overflow-wrap:break-word;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://web.focochamber.org/External/WCPages/WCWebContent/webcontentpage.aspx?ContentId=25969"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>https://web.focochamber.org/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9358</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:35:29 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>