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Things To Do Around North Atlanta | August 29th-31st

August 29, 2025 by Gail & Claire McCown

🇺🇸 Labor Day Weekend is Here – and It’s a Good One! 🎆🐎

From rodeo thrills to festival fun, to live music, cookouts, and even fireworks, this weekend is packed with everything we love about late summer in Georgia. And the best part? The weather couldn’t be better—sunny days, crisp evenings… dare we say it, you might even want to bring a light sweater! (Yes, in Georgia!)

So dust off those cowboy boots, round up your crew, and get ready to ring in the fall season with a weekend to remember. Scroll down for your full guide to all the fun—we’ll see you out there!

Here is our list of event highlights, but be sure to click below for your full guide to all the fun!  ☀️

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29TH

SPECIAL EVENTS
  • Grand Opening of Activate Atlanta – Play for FREE All Weekend | 9 am – 11 pm | Alpharetta
  • Watercolor with Sunny at Made Mercantile | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Labor Day Weekend at Halcyon Forsyth | 5 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Splash Night at The Bowl at Sugar Hill | 6 – 9 pm | Sugar Hill
  • Back to School Special – PYP $15 OFF at Board & Brush | 6 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • IPRA World Championship Rodeo at Cumming Fairgrounds | 8 – 10 pm | Cumming
  • Movies Alfresco at Cumming City Center | 8 – 10 pm | Cumming

RECURRING EVENTS & ACITIVITIES

  • Butterfly Encounter at Chattahoochee Nature Center | 9 am – 4:30 pm | Roswell
  • Paint Your Own Canvas at Painting With a Twist | 12 pm, 4 pm, & 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Fins Up Water Park at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 11 am – 7 pm | Buford
  • Gameday at Avalon: Tennis: U.S Open | 12 – 2 pm | Alpharetta
  • Food Truck Friday at NoFo Brew Co | 4 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Barbecue & Blues at Painted Horse Winery | 5 – 8 pm | Milton
  • Sunset Supper at Fainting Goat Vineyards | 5:30 – 6:30 pm | Jasper
  • Date Night Canoe Trip at CNC | 6 – 9 pm | Roswell

LIVE MUSIC & SHOWS

  • Live Music at Stoney J’s Winery | 5 – 7 pm | Cumming
  • Live Music at Painted Horse Winery | 5 – 8 pm | Milton
  • Sunset Sessions at The Collection Forsyth | 5:30 – 8:30 pm | Cumming
  • Friday Night Live Music at Fainting Goats Winery | 5:30 – 8:30 pm | Jasper
  • The Playlist at Avalon Nights Live | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Rock the Block: Live & Loud Fridays at Duluth Town Green | 6 – 8 pm | Duluth
  • Groovin’ on the Green at Halcyon Forsyth | 6 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Duluth Live at Parsons Alley | 6 – 9 pm | Duluth
  • Live Show at MadLife Stage & Studios | 6:30 pm and 9:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Live Music at The Mill on Etowah feat. Russ Still | 7 – 9 pm | Canton
  • Michael Blaustein at Helium Comedy Club | 7 & 9:15 pm | Alpharetta
  • Tatiana Frank at Helium Comedy Club | 7:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Live Music at Rootstock’s Listening Room | 7:30 – 10 pm | Woodstock
  • MaMuse at The Red Clay | 8 pm | Duluth
  • Comedy on the Square | 8 – 9:30 pm | Marietta
  • Live Music at Roaring Social | 8 pm – 12 am | Alpharetta
  • Slippery When Wet Bon Jovi Tribute at The Well | 10 pm | Cumming

SATURDAY, AUGUST 30TH

SPECIAL EVENTS
  • Carnivorous Plant Sale at CNC | 9 am – 1 pm | Roswell
  • Sunflower Festival at Warbington Farms | 9 am – 3 pm | Cumming
  • Grand Opening of Activate Atlanta – Play for FREE All Weekend | 9 am – 11 pm | Alpharetta
  • Caffeine and Chrome – Gateway Classic Cars of Atlanta | 10 am – 1 pm | Cumming
  • 39th Annual Marietta Fine Arts Festival | 10 am – 5 pm | Marietta
  • Big Screen by The Green at Chiringa | 12, 3:30, & 7:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Labor Day Cookout at Lanier Islands | 12 – 5 pm | Buford
  • Taste of Soul Atlanta 2025 | 12 – 9 pm | Atlanta
  • Festival of the Painted Rock at CNC | 11:30 am – 11 pm | Roswell
  • Summerween Pick Your Project Workshop at Board & Brush | 3 – 6 pm | Alpharetta
  • Labor Day Weekend at Halcyon Forsyth | 5 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Paper Trails: Scrapbooking for Adults with Unpunchd at Made Mercantile | 2 -4 pm | Woodstock
  • Summer Downtown Acworth Classic Car Cruise | 2 – 7 pm | Acworth
  • Viva Las Duluth | 6 – 10 pm | Duluth
  • Labor Day Fireworks at Lanier Islands | 7 – 9 pm | Buford
  • IPRA World Championship Rodeo at Cumming Fairgrounds | 8 – 10 pm | Cumming

RECURRING EVENTS & ACITIVITIES

  • High-Energy Cardio in the Park | 9 – 10 am | Ball Ground
  • Yoga at The Bowl at Sugar Hill | 9 – 10 am | Sugar Hill
  • Butterfly Encounter at Chattahoochee Nature Center | 9 am – 4:30 pm | Roswell
  • Lovin’ Local Pop-Up Market in Downtown Ball Ground | 10 am – 1 pm | Ball Ground
  • Fins Up Water Park at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 11 am – 7 pm | Buford
  • Gameday at Avalon: College Football | 12 – 3:30 pm & 3:30 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Food Trucks at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Paint Your Own Canvas at Painting With a Twist | 11 am, 3 pm, 6:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Terroir-ific Tasting at Sip Happens | 3 – 4 pm | Suwanee
  • Saturday Wine Tasting at Fermented | 3pm, 5pm, & 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Margarita Cruise at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 6 – 9 pm | Buford

LIVE MUSIC & SHOWS

  • Live Music at Stoney J’s Winery | 3 – 6 pm | Cumming
  • Live Music at Painted Horse Winery | 4 – 8 pm | Milton
  • Sunset Sessions at The Collection Forsyth | 5:30 – 8:30 pm | Cumming
  • Groovin’ on the Green at Halcyon Forsyth | 6 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Duluth Live at Parsons Alley | 6 – 9 pm | Duluth
  • Live Show at MadLife Stage & Studios | 6:30 pm & 9:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Sugar Hill Live On Stage: Fuel | 7 pm | Sugar Hill
  • Tatiana Frank at Helium Comedy Club | 7:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • In the Round: Jennifer Lynn Simpson, Wyatt Espalin, Bradley Cole Smith at The Red Clay | 8 pm | Duluth
  • Comedy on the Square | 8 – 9:30 pm | Marietta
  • Jackson Chase at The Lou Sobh Amphitheater | 8 – 10 pm | Cumming
  • Just Roxie at Matildas Under the Pines | 8 – 10 pm | Milton
  • Live Music at Roaring Social | 8 – 11:59 pm | Alpharetta
  • Michael Blaustein at Helium Comedy Club | 9:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Nick and The Knacks at The Well | 10 pm | Cumming

FARMERS MARKETS

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

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31ST

SPECIAL EVENTS 
  • Grand Opening of Activate Atlanta – Play for FREE All Weekend | 9 am – 11 pm | Alpharetta
  • Taste of Soul Atlanta 2025 | 12 – 9 pm | Atlanta
  • Labor Day Pig Out at Avalon | 5 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Labor Day Luau at Game Changer at Lanier Islands | 5 – 8 pm | Buford
  • Labor Day Weekend at Halcyon Forsyth | 5 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Die Laughing Comedy Show at Roaring Social | 7 – 9:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • IPRA World Championship Rodeo at Cumming Fairgrounds | 7 – 10 pm | Cumming

RECURRING EVENTS & ACITIVITIES

  • Shops of Dunwoody Farmers Market | 9 am – 1 pm | Dunwoody
  • Brunch Cruise at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 9 am – 1:30 pm | Buford
  • Fins Up Water Park at Margaritaville at Lanier Islands | 11 am – 7 pm | Buford
  • Butterfly Encounter at Chattahoochee Nature Center | 9 am – 4:30 pm | Roswell
  • Food Trucks at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 7 pm | Cumming
  • Sunday Poker at The Well at Homestead | 2 – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Gameday at Avalon: Tennis: U.S Open | 12 – 2 pm & 4 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Paint Your Own Canvas at Painting With a Twist | 3 pm & 6 pm | Alpharetta
  • River Canoe Trips at Chattahoochee Nature Center | 6 – 9 pm | Roswell
  • Team Trivia at Rosati’s Pizza Sports Pub | 6:30 – 8:30 pm | Cumming

LIVE MUSIC & SHOWS

  • Jazz Live Music and Brunch at Rootstock | 11:30 am – 2:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Live Music at Stoney J’s Winery | 1 – 4 pm | Cumming
  • Live Show at MadLife Stage & Studios | 2 pm & 5 pm | Woodstock
  • Live Music at Painted Horse Winery | 2 – 5 pm | Milton
  • Sunset Sessions at The Collection Forsyth | 2 – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Bluesman Albert White with Lady “D”, and featuring Special Guest Carlin “CNote” Smith at The Velvet Note | 6:30 – 10 pm | Alpharetta
  • Michael Blaustein at Helium Comedy Club | 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Fire Lake: A Tribute to Bob Seger at The Red Clay | 7:30 pm | Duluth

SAVE THE DATE | PLAN AHEAD

  • Screen on the Green: The Parent Trap | Sep 5th, 7 pm | Canton
  • Milton Touch-a-Truck | Sep 6th, 10 am – 1 pm | Milton
  • Art on Main in Downtown Ball Ground | Sep 6-7th, 12 – 7 pm | Ball Ground
  • Fall Market by Makers + Markets ATL at Lanier Tech | Sep 7th, 10 am – 4 pm | Cumming
  • Makers Market at The Mill on Etowah | Sep 13th, 11 am – 3 pm | Canton
  • Bloom North Kick-Off Gathering | Sep 13th, 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Gwinnett Balloon Glow & Laser Show | Oct 3rd-4th | Lawrenceville
  • Jazzercise Cumming at Cumming City Center | Every Friday, 8:30 – 9:30 am | Cumming
  • Home by Dark Concert Series | Alpharetta
  • Punchline Comedy Night | First Monday Night of each Month | Alpharetta
  • Gamedays at Avalon | Alpharetta
  • Sunday Concert Series at Newtown Park | Johns Creek
  • Painted Horse Winery Events | Milton
  • Made Mercantile Classes & Workshops | Woodstock
  • Ameris Bank Amphitheatre Concerts | Alpharetta
  • Candlelight Concerts in Atlanta Tickets | Atlanta
  • Velvet Note Live Shows | Alpharetta

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Gail and Claire are a true team, working together, using a concierge approach, with exceptional local market knowledge, and cutting edge technology and social marketing skills. They are accessible and empathetic to their clients’ needs, always looking for new ways to serve and learn. They have personally lived in four north Atlanta suburbs: Roswell, Brookhaven, Vinings, and now Cumming. They love all aspects of real estate, but especially enjoy their equestrian clients.

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