The tiny town of Portal in northwestern Bulloch County will be filled with visitors this weekend as the 31st Annual Catface Country Turpentine Festivals gets under way.For two days, people will enjoy live entertainment, kids’ attractions, arts and crafts, a parade, food, games and more.Portal Heritage Society members host the festival, which will include cornhole and horse shoe tournaments, according to www.portalheritagesociety.org.The parade through downtown Portal will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, with local dignitaries, beauty queens, antique tractors and more.Afterward, people will gravitate to the E.C. Carter Turpentine Still, where vendor booths, children’s activities and entertainment will be held.Saturday, a horse shoe tournament will be held, followed by a street dance. Sunday, a cornhole tournament will draw a crowd at 1 p.m.A variety of foods, including rosin potatoes, hamburgers, funnel cakes and pork skins will be available, and visitors will see pine tar cooked into turpentine. Turpentine will be sold as well.
Portal set for 2012 Turpentine festival
31st annual event this weekend