Bailey: Goat Days brings unique character to Millington fall calendar
Goats participate in pageant at Millington Goat Days Festival on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Ziggy Mack/Special to The Daily Memphian)
Unfortunately, personnel limitations prevent us from covering Millington as much as we would like. But when we get there, well things can get — shall we say — a bit unusual.
Last weekend, reporter Michael Waddell ventured to North Shelby County for the International Goat Days Festival, a fall staple of the Millington events calendar for more than three decades.
And as the lineup of fall festivals around Shelby County goes, Goat Days fits as one of — if not THE — most unique.
“Goat Days is a little weird, and people like that stuff,” Frankie Dakin, Millington’s city manager, said of the event.
That pretty much sums it up.
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Clay Bailey
Clay Bailey, a lifelong Memphian, has worked as a reporter in the city four decades. He concentrated on suburban coverage for the bulk of his career, except for a stint as sports editor of The Daily Memphian when it launched in September 2018. He now is suburban editor and also serves as a freelance sports writer for The Associated Press.
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