History walks, outdoor festivals and musical events are planned throughout the next week at various locations in the Augusta area.

Historic Augusta’s Fourth Annual Walk with the Spirits provides a glimpse into Augusta’s historic past through the eyes of actors portraying famous Augustans buried here. The featured cemetery this year is the Summerville Cemetery.

“The purpose of ‘Walk with the Spirits’ is to increase awareness of Augusta’s past by connecting current residents and visitors with the people and places that still influence us by their contributions and cultural legacy,” according to Julia Jackson of Historic Augusta.

Some of those spotlighted spirits include Fielding Wallace, who was president of the United States Golf Association, Robert Forsyth Poe, a banker and cousin of poet, Edgar Allen Poe, and Mary Ganahl Stovall, whose husband, Pleasant Alexander Stovall, was a childhood friend of President Woodrow Wilson, a newspaper publisher and an ambassador to Switzerland. The tour will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. For more information, call (706) 724-0436.

Also this weekend, there are two outdoor festivals.

The 18th annual Hispanic Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Augusta Common on Broad Street. The event will feature Latin bands, arts and crafts as well as authentic food. The event offers free admission to active duty military.

On Saturday, the Columbus Day Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Columbia County Amphitheatre and Memorial Garden behind the library on Evans Town Center Boulevard in Evans. There will be entertainment, children’s games and activities, arts and crafts vendors and a model ship contest. For more information, call (706) 312-7192.

Looking ahead to next week, Karen Gordon returns with another jazz event in Columbia County with the fall edition of Colors of Jazz. Jazz artist Kemba Colfield will perform at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 14, at the Augusta Jewish Community Center off Fury’s Ferry Road.

“She’s a singer, musician and music teacher in Atlanta,” said Gordon. “She sounds a lot like Ella Fitzgerald.”

For more information, call (706) 228-3636 or purchase tickets online at www.columbiacountyjazz. com.