Author: ericjlowry

We’ve been talking about Mayberry Comes to Scottsburg 2026 for a few months now. While an event like this is being planned, it may seem like nothing much is happening. Rest assured, nothing could be farther from the truth. The team organizing this festival has been hard at work planning the schedule, confirming venue availability, Read more

June 1, 1926 was a day that changed the world forever. Well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but, that day would in fact change my world. On that day in the small North Carolina town of Mt. Airy, Andy Samuel Griffith was born. It might not have been obvious on that day what Read more

Festival History Mayberry Comes to Scottsburg started out as a dream and became reality in June 2023. A hard-working team of volunteers with the support of the city of Scottsburg, Scott County government, the Scott County Visitors Commission and many other sponsors planned a community festival to celebrate The Andy Griffith Show. Thousands of people Read more