A sign pointing to the Athens Water Festival sits at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Calvin Dodd, an event attendee, runs in a water relay race at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The water relay race was organized by ACC Water Conservation. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Event attendees run through the splash zone at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The water trucks and splash zone was provided by ACC Public Works & Public Utilities. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Piper Brindley, an event attendee, shoots water at blue solo cups at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The H20 Trivia table was organized by The Latinx Families Project. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Keith Karnok, an Athens magician and ventriloquist, performs ventriloquy to event attendees at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks
Keith, the Magic Man, introduces himself to event attendees at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. Keith performed both magic tricks and ventriloquy to event attendees. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Keith Karnok, an Athens magician and ventriloquist, performs a magic trick at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
An event volunteer puts syrup on their shaved ice cup at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The day's high was 89 degrees, and the event featured a water cooler station and various tents to cover tables and events. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Event attendees run through the splash zone at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The water trucks and splash zone was provided by ACC Public Works & Public Utilities. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Event attendees blow bubbles at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
Deborah Bowman, also known as Bubble Bo, creates bubbles at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. Bo's table featured various bubble wands for event attendees to create different bubble shapes. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks)
Armando Gomez, a student volunteer at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia, puts a pipe cleaner bumblebee on an event attendee at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
An event attendee colors a sheet of paper at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. The Art Truck, brought in by Brella Studio, is a mobile truck that lets attendees color inside and outside the truck. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
An event attendee takes a photo of the Athens-Clarke County mascot Lily Anne Phibian at Sandy Creek Park during Athens Water Festival 2023 in Athens, Georgia on Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (Photo/Jaxon Meeks; @jaxon_meeks)
