Take to the skies with Franklin’s annual Come Fly A Kite festival at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at the Macon County Recreation Park.

The Macon County arts council will provide materials for participants to build and decorate a kite. Older children will be shown how to construct an old-fashion “sticks and string” kite, with younger participants making an easy-to-build mini-kite. Prizes will be awarded for the most artistic kites made on site. Participants also may bring a homemade or store-bought kite to fly.

The festival will feature trick kite demonstration and other high-in-the-sky surprises.

Attendance and participation is free; children under age 10 must be with an adult. In case of bad weather, the festival will be canceled.

For more information contact the Macon Arts Council at 828.524.7683 or arts4all@dnet.net.