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Things To Do Around North Atlanta | August 16th-18th

August 15, 2024 by Gail & Claire McCown Leave a Comment

Happy WEEKEND! Looks like it’s going to be a beautiful one at that! So start planning your weekend in the sun with the ultimate guide to everything happening north of Atlanta! From live music to BBQ, to artisan markets to wedding expos… there’s something for everyone! But there’s plenty more where those came from, so keep scrolling to be sure you don’t miss any fun things happening around North Atlanta!

Here’s a sneak peek at what’s on the docket:

🎶 On the Green Alpharetta Concert Series | Fri, 7 – 10 pm | Alpharetta

📿 Makers Market – A Creative Experience at The Shoppes at The Mill on Etowah | Sat, 10 am – 4 pm | Canton

🍂 Cumming City Center Fall Market | 10 am – 5 pm | Cumming

🔥 Black Market BBQ Food Truck at NoFo Brew Co | Sat, 12 – 9 pm | Cumming

🥂 Wine Tasting – Mimosa Flights at Sip Happens | Sat, 1 – 4 pm | Suwanee

👰‍♀️ Atlanta Wedding Extravaganza at The Hotel at Avalon & Alpharetta Conference Center | Sun, 1 – 5 pm | Alpharetta

🪴 Suwanee Plant Sale and Swap at Monkey Wrench Brewing Company | Sun, 1 – 5 pm | Suwanee

Have a wonderful weekend! Hope to see you out and about!

FRIDAY, AUGUST 16TH

SPECIAL EVENTS

  • Gallery Exhibit: Layers at Alpharetta Arts Center | 8:30 am – 4:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Friday Watercolor with Friends at Made Mercantile | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Seranova Sculpt & Beauty Grand Opening | 1 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Meatballerz at NoFo Brew Co | 4 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Milton’s 18th Anniversary Celebration at Milton’s | 5 – 10 pm | Milton
  • Hotel Honolulu Hazy IPA Release – Hawaiian Shirt Party at Slow Pour Brewing Company | 5 pm | Lawrenceville
  • Wine & Chocolate Pairing at The Painted Horse Winery | 6 pm | Milton
  • Date Night on the River at Chattahoochee Nature Center | 6 – 9 pm | Roswell
  • De-Stress from the Mess Paint Party at Tranquility Fine Arts | 6 – 7:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Sushi & Sake with Chef Sunisa at Leaning Ladder | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Cosmic Love at Painting With a Twist | 7 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Unleashed & Unplugged at Fetch Park | 7 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Dial M for Murder at Woodstock Arts | 7:30 – 10 pm | Woodstock
  • The Hoedown at The Metropolitan Club | 7:30 – 11:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Braves vs. Angels Watch Party at The Daily Draft | 9:35 pm | Woodstock

LIVE MUSIC

  • Alana Bricely at Stoney J’s Winery | 5 – 7:30 pm | Cumming
  • Joshua Hamilton at Roaring Social | 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Groovin’ on the Green at Halcyon Forsyth | 6 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Avalon Nights Live at Avalon | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Hunter Blalock at Reformation Brewery | 6 – 9 pm | Woodstock
  • Duluth Live in Downtown Duluth | 6 – 9 pm | Duluth
  • Max Eve at NoFo Brew Co | 7 – 10 pm | Cumming
  • Acoustical Left at Hall & Hound Brewing Company | 7 – 10 pm | Cumming
  • On the Green Alpharetta Concert Series | 7 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
  • Carpool – #1 Cars Tribute Band at MadLife Stage | 7 pm | Woodstock
  • The William Green Trio at The Velvet Note | 7:30 & 9:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Ethan Senger Live Music Session at Rootstock | 7:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Eddie Owen Presents The Spirit of Rush (Rush Tribute Band) | 8 pm | Duluth
  • Better Than the Beatles at Roaring Social | 8 – 11:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • A1A at Lou Sobh Amphitheater | 8 – 10 pm | Cumming
  • Back N Black AC/DC Tribute at Rosati’s Pizza Sports Pub | 9 pm | Cumming
  • Stairway to Zeppelin – A Tribute to Led Zeppelin at MadLife Stage | 10 pm | Woodstock
  • Audio Vault in The Well | 10:30 pm | Cumming
FARMERS MARKETS
  • Acworth Farmers Market | 8 am – 12 pm | Acworth

SATURDAY, AUGUST 17TH

SPECIAL EVENTS
  • Sweat It Out Saturday – Yoga in the Park in Downtown Ball Ground | 8 – 9 am | Ball Ground
  • Cheryl & Co. Horse Shows Inc. at Wills Park Equestrian Center | 8 am – 5 pm | Alpharetta
  • Creek Clean Up at Autrey Mill Nature Preserve | 9 am | Johns Creek
  • Lift Yoga at Brooke Street Park | 9 – 10 am | Alpharetta
  • The Hamilton Hotel Alpharetta’s Yappy Hour | 9 – 11 am | Alpharetta
  • Spartan Training at Cumming City Center | 9 – 10 am | Cumming
  • Yoga with Tommasina at Reformation Brewery | 9:30 – 10:30 am | Woodstock
  • Atlanta Piano Fortissimo Open House (Pre-K and Kindergarten) | 10 am – 12 pm | Cumming
  • Makers Market – A Creative Experience at The Shoppes at The Mill on Etowah | 10 am – 4 pm | Canton
  • Pop-In for Family Fun at Marietta Museum of History | 10 am – 4 pm | Marietta
  • Cumming City Center Fall Market | 10 am – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Piedmont Park Arts Festival 2024 | 10 am – 5 pm | Atlanta
  • Creative Corner: Pickled People at Reeves House at Woodstock Arts | 10:30 – 11:30 am | Woodstock
  • Pretty in Paris at Painting With a Twist | 11 am – 1 pm | Alpharetta
  • Black Market BBQ Food Truck at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Rea Frey in Conversation with Kimberly Belle, In Every Life at FoxTale Book Shoppe | 1 pm | Woodstock
  • Wine Tasting – Mimosa Flights at Sip Happens | 1 – 4 pm | Suwanee
  • Boozy Brunch Crawl: Alpharetta | 1 – 5 pm | Alpharetta
  • Rumi Poetry Workshop with Asheq Art at Made Mercantile | 1:30 – 3:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Pasta Making with Chef Shahida at Leaning Ladder | 2 – 4:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Hi, Barbie! Girls’ Day Out at Sweet & Sassy | 2:30 – 4 pm | Cumming
  • Autumn Walk at the Park at Painting With a Twist | 3 – 5 pm | Alpharetta
  • Milton’s 18th Anniversary Celebration at Milton’s | 5 – 10 pm | Milton
  • Saturday Wine Tasting at Fermented | 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Monthly Spotlight Showcase at The Scene Art Gallery | 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • River Canoe Trips at Chattahoochee Nature Center | 6 – 9 pm | Roswell
  • Cultural Kaleidoscope: Diverse Perspectives in Art at The Scene Art Gallery | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Starry Haystack Rock at Painting With a Twist | 7 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Karaoke Night at Indio Brewing | 7 pm | Sugar Hill
  • Little Wing Experience (Hendrix/SRV) at Slow Pour Brewing | 7 pm | Lawrenceville
  • Dial M for Murder at Woodstock Arts | 7:30 – 10 pm | Woodstock
  • Braves vs. Angels Watch Party at The Daily Draft | 9:35 pm | Woodstock
  • UFC 305 Watch Party at The Daily Draft | 10 pm | Woodstock

LIVE MUSIC

  • Hunter Flanagan at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 1:30 – 5:30 pm | Jasper
  • Jake Douglas at Stoney J’s Winery | 3 – 6 pm | Cumming
  • Joshua Hamilton at Roaring Social | 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Alpharetta Music Match featuring Brian Wiltsey at surcheros | 5 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Margarita Lake Excursions at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 6 – 9 pm | Buford
  • LiveLOUD Concert on The Green featuring MixTape at Crabapple Market | 6 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
  • Groovin’ on the Green at Halcyon Forsyth | 6 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Unplugged Session featuring Will Burke in Downtown Ball Ground | 6 – 8 pm | Ball Ground
  • Duluth Live in Downtown Duluth | 6 – 9 pm | Duluth
  • Train & REO Speedwagon- Summer Road Trip 2024 at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre | 6:30 – 11:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Boogie F. Groove Trio at NoFo Brew Co | 7 – 10 pm | Cumming
  • New Sensation – The INXS Tribute at MadLife Stage | 7 pm | Woodstock
  • Live Music at Jekyll Brewing | 7 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
  • Lantern Series Concert – Royal Wood at Woodstock Arts | 7:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Mitchell Phillips Live Music Session at Rootstock | 7:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Dejablue Grass Band at Matilda’s | 8 – 10 pm | Milton
  • Radio 80’s at The Lous Sobh Amphitheater | 8 pm | Cumming
  • Eddie Owen Presents Third Stream Big Band: The Music of Motown | 8 pm | Duluth
  • I.O.Z Productions presents Groover Sipe & The Great Mystery at From the Earth Brewing Company | 8 pm | Roswell
  • The Regulators at Roaring Social | 8 – 11:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Excitable – A Tribute to Def Leppard at Rosati’s Pizza Sports Pub | 9 pm | Cumming
  • Honky Tonk Saturday Night – Dance to the Music of The Honky Tonkers at MadLife Stage | 10 pm | Woodstock
  • The Jesse Albright Band at The Well | 10:30 pm | Cumming

FARMERS MARKETS

  • Cumming Farmers Market at Cumming City Center | 6:30 – 11 am | Cumming
  • Jasper Farmers Market | 7:30 am – 12 pm | Jasper
  • Roswell Farmers and Artisan Market | 8 am – 12 | Roswell
  • Downtown Alpharetta Farmers Market | 8:30 am – 12 pm | Alpharetta
  • Peachtree Road Farmers Market | 8:30 am – 12 pm | Atlanta
  • Farm. Fresh. Market | 8:30 am – 12 pm | Woodstock
  • Suwanee Farmers Market at Town Center Park | 9 – 11 am | Suwanee
  • 2024 DHA Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Dunwoody
  • Sandy Springs Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Sandy Springs
  • Brookhaven Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Brookhaven
  • Marietta Square Farmers Market | 9 am – 12 pm | Marietta
  • Canton Farmers Market | 9 am – 12:30 pm | Canton

SUNDAY, AUGUST 18TH

SPECIAL EVENTS
  • Yoga & Brunch at Milton’s | 10 am | Milton
  • BFT & Cumming City Center: Sunday Shred (Free Workout) at Cumming City Center | 10 – 11 am | Cumming
  • Brunch Lake Excursions at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 11 am – 1 pm | Buford
  • Sunday Brunch at Hall & Hound Brewing Company | 11 am – 3 pm | Cumming
  • Milton’s 18th Anniversary Celebration at Milton’s | 11 am – 3 pm | Milton
  • Piedmont Park Arts Festival 2024 | 11 am – 5 pm | Atlanta
  • Choate BBQ Food Truck at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 7 pm | Cumming
  • Paint Your Pet at Painting With a Twist | 1 – 4 pm | Alpharetta
  • Atlanta Wedding Extravaganza at The Hotel at Avalon & Alpharetta Conference Center | 1 – 5 pm | Alpharetta
  • Suwanee Plant Sale and Swap at Monkey Wrench Brewing Company | 1 – 5 pm | Suwanee
  • Sunday Watercolor with Sunny at Made Mercantile | 1:30 – 3:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Hi, Barbie! Girls’ Day Out at Sweet & Sassy | 2 – 3:30 pm | Cumming
  • Sunday Stitch Session at Reeves House at Woodstock Arts | 2 – 4:30 pm | Woodstock
  • 5th Street Poker at The Well | 2 pm | Cumming
  • Dial M for Murder at Woodstock Arts | 2:30 – 5 pm | Woodstock
  • Silent Book Club Meeting at Hall & Hound Brewing Company | 3 pm | Cumming
  • Braves vs. Angels Watch Party at The Daily Draft | 4:05 pm | Woodstock
  • Van Gogh’s A-Sailing at Painting With a Twist | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • River Canoe Trips at Chattahoochee Nature Center | 6 – 9 pm | Roswell
  • Karin Slaughter Book Launch with Mary Kay Andrews at Woodstock Arts | 6:30 pm | Woodstock

LIVE MUSIC

  • Jazzy Brunch Featuring Elaina Trent at Rootstock | 11:30 am | Woodstock
  • Live Music Sundays at Truck & Tap Woodstock | 1 – 8 pm | Woodstock
  • Maxwell Taylor at Stoney J’s Winery | 1 – 4 pm | Cumming
  • Randy Dobson at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 1:30 pm | Jasper
  • Duluth Live in Downtown Duluth | 2 – 5 pm | Duluth
  • Madison Kay Live at Cumming City Center | 3 pm | Cumming
  • Big Band Jazz – The Music from the Television Themes of Our Lives at MadLife Stage | 4 pm | Woodstock 
  • Jazz Guitarist Blake Aaron at The Velvet Note | 7 & 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Eddie Owen Presents Songwriters in the Round: Emily Kate Boyd, Julene McGaw, Blanks | 8 pm | Duluth

FARMERS MARKETS

  • Slow Pour Farmers Market | 2 – 5 pm (most Sundays) | Lawrenceville
  • Duluth Farmers Market | 2 – 6 pm (every 2nd and 4th Sunday of every month) | Duluth

SAVE THE DATE | PLAN AHEAD

  • Jazzercise at Cumming City Center | Friday Mornings | Cumming
  • Punchline Comedy Night | First Monday Night of the Month | Alpharetta
  • Gamedays at Avalon | Multiple Dates | Alpharetta
  • Painted Horse Winery Events | Milton
  • Made Mercantile Classes & Workshops | Woodstock
  • Summer Concerts at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre | Alpharetta
  • Candlelight Concerts in Atlanta Tickets 2024 | Atlanta
  • Velvet Note Live Shows | Alpharetta

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