Cobb’s festivals and special events
EDITOR’S NOTE: A look at a
year’s worth of festivals and events
routinely held around Cobb County.
The list has been updated with
the latest available information in
light of the coronavirus pandemic.
FALL
Marietta Square Art Walk —
First Friday of April though first
Friday in November
Marietta Food Tour, Marietta
Square
Marietta Square Farmers Market
Marietta Square Artisan Market,
Mill Street — Second and
fourth Saturdays April through
November
“Woofstock” with Star 94,
Pet party at Village Green —
CANCELED FOR 2020
Chalktoberfest —
CANCELED FOR 2020
WINTER
American Heart Association
HeartWalk and 5K Run — Nov.
Turkey Chase 5K Fun Run and
2K Walk, Acworth — Nov. 21
Holiday in the Park, Six Flags,
Austell — Select days from Nov.
27-Dec. 27
Christmas Tree Lighting, Marietta
Square — Dec. 3
Holiday Carriage Rides, Marietta
Lights of Life, Life University —
Thanksgiving through New Year’s
Eve
The Georgia Ballet’s “The
Nutcracker” at Jennie T. Anderson
Theatre — December
The Marietta Pilgrimage, a tour
of six historic Marietta homes
decorated for the holidays —
Dec. 5 and 6
SPRING
Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt,
Tolleson Park Smyrna — March
Kite Building Day, Custer Park
Sports & Fitness Center — April
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Marietta Tree Keepers Planting
Event, Marietta City Cemetery
— April
Free Yoga in Glover Park —
first Tuesday of May through
September
Brown Bag Concerts, Glover
Park on Marietta Square — May
May-retta Daze Arts & Crafts
Festival, Marietta Square — May
Spring Jonquil Festival, Village
Green Smyrna — April
Psychic Fair, Marietta
Metaphysical Arts — May
2016 Arthur Bacon/City of
Smyrna Golf Championship,
Fox Creek Golf Club — May
Big Shanty Festival, Kennesaw
— June
SUMMER
Touchstones to the Past: City
Cemetery Tours, Marietta City
Cemetery — May
Movies By Moonlight,
Taylor-Brawner Park — family
friendly movies, starting atdark,
located at the park — June
Veterans Memorial 5K PreRace
Wine Tasting, Marietta Wine
Market — May
Glover Park Concert Series,
Marietta Square — May
Veterans Memorial 5K/1K,
Marietta Square — May
Marietta Square Artisan
Market, Mill Street — May
Atlanta Back 2 School Food
Festival, Jim Miller Park — July
Big Wheel Relay Race, Jim
R.Miller Park — July
Dream Dash 5K, Downtown
Kennesaw — June
Salute to America Concert &
Fireworks, Kennesaw — July
Cobb County Classic Rodeo,
Jim Miller Park — June
Art in the Park — Labor Day
weekend
FACTBOX
Cobb County Performance Venues
Bailey Performance Center
(Kennesaw State University)
1000 Chastain Road NW
Kennesaw, GA 30144
(770) 423-6000
Brawner Hall
3180 Atlanta Road
Smyrna, GA 30080
(678) 631-5545
Cobb Civic Center
548 South Marietta
Parkway SE
Marietta, GA 30060
(770) 528-8453
Jennie T. Anderson Theatre
548 South Marietta
Parkway SE
Marietta, GA 30060
(770) 528-8490
Cobb Energy Performing Arts
Centre
2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway
Atlanta, GA 30339
(770) 916-2800
Earl Smith Strand Theatre
117 North Park Square
Marietta, GA 30060
(770) 293-0080
(770) 293-0075 (Fax)
Georgia Metropolitan Dance
Theatre
49 West Park Square
Marietta, GA 30060
(678) 287-9020
Marietta Performing Arts
Center
1171 Whitlock Avenue NW
Marietta, GA 30064
(770) 429-2390
Mable House
Arts Complex
5239 Floyd Road SW
Mableton, GA 30126
(770) 819-3285
Mount Paran Christian
School’s Murray Arts Academy
2250 Stilesboro Road
Kennesaw, GA 30152
(770) 578-0182
Coca-Cola Roxy
800 Battery Avenue SE
Atlanta, GA 30339
(470) 351-3866
The Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre in the Mableton community.
- Shannon Ballew