Fight Epilepsy. Be Fierce.

Fight Epilepsy. Be Fierce.

Chelsy wearing a flower crown, standing next to a gray cat with green eyes, with colorful text promoting epilepsy awareness and fighting epilepsy, and the phrase 'Be Fierce. Fight Epilepsy' in large pink and purple script.
Logo for benefiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta with two children holding hands inside a green circle.

Every movement has a beginning. Ours started in 2024 with music, cold beer, and a whole lot of love for a girl who deserved to be celebrated loudly. The first Chelsyfest was our way of saying her name, honoring her memory, and refusing to let epilepsy have the last word. You showed up for her — and we'll never forget it.

There was no better place to celebrate Chelsy than Terrapin Beer Co., a beloved Athens spot where she worked, played, laughed, and built a community who loved her and that will never forget her.

INAUGURAL CHELSYFEST

July 16, 2022

Logo for Terrapin Beer Co. in Athens, Georgia, featuring a green turtle with a shell resembling hop cones, surrounded by a compass design.
Three young women wearing flower crowns and purple shirts smiling at a rainbow-themed event outdoors.
Group of six smiling women standing together at a festival or outdoor event, with floral decorations in the background.
Two women smiling and holding glasses of beer at an outdoor event, one wearing a large sun hat and fairy wings
Close-up of pink koozies with white lettering that reads 'Chelsyfest' on a dark background.
Scene from a fair with people playing ring toss and other games on a grassy field, with a blue sky overhead.
Outdoor market stall with lime green and white striped canopy, selling bottles of alcohol and various items, with a person and bubbles floating in the air on a sunny day.
A large banner displayed on a fence for the Inaugural Chelsyfest 2022 event, featuring colorful text, a photo of a smiling young woman with a flower crown, and a background of musical notes and stars.
Two smiling women sitting at a table, wearing purple shirts and rainbow-themed headbands, with rainbow and clouds decorations, in a colorful indoor setting.
Two men playing acoustic guitars on an outdoor stage under a tent during daytime. The man on the left has gray hair, a beard, and is wearing a red shirt and black shorts. The man on the right has a beard, sunglasses, a cap, and a gray shirt. They are performing with microphones in front of them, set up with sound equipment around the stage. The background shows trees and people sitting at tables.
Two smiling people, a man and a woman, standing closely together outdoors, with a banner in the background celebrating an anniversary. The woman wears a pink flower crown and a purple shirt, and the man wears a baseball cap and a white T-shirt with a graphic of a person's face.
A man participating in a carnival game where he throws balls into a container with a chain-link fence. The scene is outdoors on a grassy field, with a colorful tent nearby and other people visible in the background.
A colorful outdoor festival scene with a large sign for the Epilepsy Foundation Georgia, surrounded by various purple ribbon and flower decorations. There are booths, tables, and people walking around in a sunny setting with trees and a building in the background.
A person with glasses and a black T-shirt pouring beer from a tap into a glass at a bar. The bar has multiple taps and a menu board with illuminated text in the background. The person is holding the glass under the tap, and the beer has a frothy head. There are other beer glasses and bottles visible on the bar counter.
Outdoor sign advertising a business called 'Terrapin' that sells beer, co., located in Athens, Georgia. The sign features a caricature of a green lizard and three metallic, industrial-style lamps above it.
A decorative table display with a black letter board that reads 'BE RECKLESSLY OPTIMISTIC'. To the left, there are purple, pink, and rainbow-colored ribbons and a blurred rainbow pinwheel. A whiteboard with handwritten notes is partially visible behind the letter board. The table surface is purple.

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