Dancers perform ethnic dances at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Dancers perform ethnic dances at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.

In pictures: Arts in the Heart Sept. 20

Despite it being a scorcher Saturday, crowds flocked to Arts in the Heart of Augusta to watch performers, sample food from around the world and buy goods created by artisans.

The festivities begin at 11 a.m. Sunday.

The Augusta Jr. Players perform at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Artist A.C. Daniel paints during the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Festival goers dance to the beat of the band TreSounds at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News
Christina Shorter performs at the Jazz Stage at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
A dancer performs at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Festival goers had plenty of international foods to choose from at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Vietnamese food was available in the global village at Arts in the Heart of Augusta Sept. 20, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News
A child plays a drum at the Chinese food booth at the global village at Arts in the Heart of Augusta Sept. 20, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News
Singers of all ages show off their skills at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Once again thousands attend the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.
Children from the Jessye Norman School of the Arts perform a routine to the music of Michael Jackson at Arts in the Heart of Augusta Sept. 20, 2025. Charmain Z. Brackett/Augusta Good News
Local artist billy s was just one of many to display his art at the Arts in the Heart Festival in Augusta, Ga. on Sept. 20, 2025. Mike Adams/Augusta Good News.

Mike Adams is a veteran photographer who has won multiple South Carolina and Georgia Press Association Awards in his career including eight in 2024 for Augusta Good News. During his career, he’s photographed for several news outlets including The Augusta Chronicle and the Aiken Standard.

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