The organizers of the Sprayberry Craft Show are cancelling this year’s event due to the ongoing reconstruction project at Sprayberry High School.
The event that first began in the 1980s is typically held in November, just as the holiday shopping season gets underway.
It’s the primary fundraiser for the Sprayberry PTSA, and draws hundreds of vendors each year and thousands of shoppers.
But a social media posting over the weekend referenced the construction project, and said the show “is being postponed until renovations at Sprayberry High School are complete.”
That could be until 2028, but the message was uncertain about when the show would return. Last year it took place at Daniell Middle School, and preliminary plans were to have it there again this year.
But the social media posting said that “with the ongoing demolition, and the high Facility Use fees now charged by Cobb County School District to host at another location, we are unable to hold the show at this time.”
Organizers said vendors have been notified of the cancellation and are in the process of being reimbursed.
East Cobb News has left messages with the Sprayberry PTSA seeking more information.
The $71.9 million Sprayberry reconstruction project is in its second academic year, and is expected to be finished by the summer of 2026.
The new main classroom building is going up where the original building once stood, with portable classrooms filling the parking lot. Numerous events that take place at Sprayberry have been affected.
That has included the Southern Invitational, a high school marching band competition, which took place last weekend and has been relocated temporarily to Kell High School.
That event is organized by Sprayberry band boosters.
In their message for the craft show, the Sprayberry PTSA said that while “while we fought hard for many years to have a new school built, and while we are proud that this vision is finally coming to life, it also means we will be without a home for the craft show during construction.”
Holiday craft shows in the East Cobb area begin Nov. 8-9 with the Lassiter Craft Fair.
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