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Things To Do Around North Atlanta | October 3rd – 5th

October 3, 2025 by Gail & Claire McCown

🍂 Crisp Air, Cold Brews & Fall Fun Everywhere! 🎡🎶🍺

There’s nothing quite like that first real crisp fall air, and it’s arriving just in time for a weekend packed with all the autumn staples! From Oktoberfests and county fairs, to live music, laser shows, and more, it’s the perfect time to grab a sweater, round up your crew, and dive into the season.

And if house hunting is on your radar, be sure to swing by our Open House in Johns Creek—who knows, THE house might be waiting for you this weekend! 🏡

Check out our full weekend guide below! We hope to see you out and about! 🙋‍♀️  

*Scroll down for Saturday Farmers Markets

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3RD

SPECIAL EVENTS
  • Lakewood 400 Antiques Market | 9 am – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Watercolor Class with Sunny at Made Mercantile | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Cumming Country Fair & Festival | 4 pm – midnight | Cumming
  • Gwinnett Balloon Glow & Laser Show | 5 – 11 pm | Lawrenceville
  • Fireside Flights at Fainting Goats Winery | 6 – 9 pm | Jasper
  • Peaberry Film Festival in Downtown Canton | 6 – 9:30 pm | Canton
  • Movies by Moonlight at Heritage Amphitheatre Lawn | 7 pm | Sandy Springs

RECURRING EVENTS & ACITIVITIES

  • Acworth Farmers Market | 8 am – 12 pm | Acworth
  • Cappai Designs Pop-Up at Avalon | 10 am – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Paint Your Own Canvas at Painting With a Twist | 4 pm & 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Food Truck Friday at NoFo Brew Co | 4 – 9 pm | Cumming

LIVE MUSIC & SHOWS

  • Live Music at Painted Horse Winery | 5 – 8 pm | Milton
  • Live Music at Stoney J’s Winery | 5 – 7 pm | Cumming
  • Sunset Sessions at The Collection Forsyth | 5:30 – 8:30 pm | Cumming
  • Avalon Nights Live | 6 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Friday Night Live Music at Fainting Goats Winery | 6 – 9 pm | Jasper
  • Groovin’ on the Green at Halcyon Forsyth | 6 – 9 pm | Alpharetta
  • Duluth Live at Parsons Alley | 6 – 9 pm | Duluth
  • Primäl Crüe – The Motley Crue Experience at the Lou Sobh Amphitheater| 7 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Live Show at MadLife Stage & Studios | 7 pm and 9:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Colum Tyrrell at Helium Comedy Club | 7:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Rick Glassman at Helium Comedy Club | 7:30 & 9:15 pm | Alpharetta
  • David Lee Jones Remembers Phyllis Hyman at Velvet Note (Ticketed) | 7:30 – 11 pm | Alpharetta
  • Stand Up Comedy at the Clay | 8 pm | Duluth
  • Comedy on the Square | 8 – 9:30 pm | Marietta
  • Live Music at Roaring Social | 8 pm – 12 am | Alpharetta
  • Sunset Strip at The Well | 9:30 pm | Cumming

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH

SPECIAL EVENTS
  • Lakewood 400 Antiques Market | 9 am – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Coffee and Candles with Jackabee Candle Company at Made Mercantile | 10 am | Woodstock
  • Crabapple Fest 2025 | 10 am – 5 pm | Milton
  • Cumming Country Fair & Festival | 10 am – midnight | Cumming
  • EGGtoberfest 2025 at Coolray Field | 11 am – 3 pm | Suwanee
  • Peaberry Film Festival in Downtown Canton | 11 am – 7:30 pm | Canton
  • Korean Festival 2025 at Sugarloaf Mills Mall | 11 am – 8 pm | Lawrenceville
  • Oktoberfest at StillFire Brewing | 12 – 7 pm | Suwanee
  • Ball Ground Rocks in Downtown Ball Ground | 12 – 8 pm | Ball Ground
  • Annual African American Culture & Arts Festival 2025 | 12 – 8 pm | Suwanee
  • Gail & Claire’s Open House at 7685 Settles Walk Ln ($935K) | 12 – 4 pm | Suwanee/Johns Creek
  • Gameday at Avalon: UGA v. Kentucky | 12- 3:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • Fall Farm Tour with Farmer Jeffrey at Painted Horse Winery | 1 pm | Milton
  • Johns Creek Presbyterian Church Fall Festival | 2 pm | Johns Creek
  • Gwinnett Balloon Glow & Laser Show | 5 – 11 pm | Lawrenceville
  • Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra at Newtown Park | 6 – 10 pm | Johns Creek
  • Brandon Lake – King of Hearts Tour at Gas South District | 7 pm | Duluth
  • Micro Wrestling Moves to Crooked Culture Brewing | 7 – 9 pm | Cumming

RECURRING EVENTS & ACITIVITIES

  • Cappai Designs Pop-Up at Avalon | 10 am – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Family Canoe Day at CNC | 10:30 am – 12 pm | Roswell
  • Food Trucks at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Paint Your Own Canvas at Painting With a Twist | 12 pm, 3 pm, 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Wine Tasting at Sip Happens | 3 – 4 pm | Suwanee
  • Saturday Wine Tasting at Fermented | 3, 5, & 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • S’mores Social at Lanier Islands Resort | 5 – 7 pm | Buford
  • River Canoe Trips at CNC | 5 – 8 pm | Roswell

LIVE MUSIC & SHOWS

  • Live Music at Painted Horse Winery | 12 – 8 pm | Milton
  • Live Music at Stoney J’s Winery | 4 – 7 pm | Cumming
  • 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 pm | Woodstock
  • Talk Dirty – Tribute to Poison at The Lou Sobh Amphitheater | 7 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Illegal Smile (Songs of John Prine) at Matildas Under the Pines | 7 – 9 pm | Milton
  • Colum Tyrrell at Helium Comedy Club | 7:30 & 10 pm | Alpharetta
  • Irene Tu at Helium Comedy Club | 7 & 9:30 pm | Alpharetta
  • The Afro-Caribbean Jazz Collective at Velvet Note (Ticketed) | 7:30 – 11 pm | Alpharetta
  • Bob Malone at the Clay | 8 pm | Duluth
  • Comedy on the Square | 8 – 9:30 pm | Marietta
  • Live Music at Roaring Social | 8 pm – 12 am | Alpharetta
  • Nu Wave Neon Party at The Well | 9:30 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 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 | Select Days, 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

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5TH

SPECIAL EVENTS 
  • Lakewood 400 Antiques Market | 9 am – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Peaberry Film Festival in Downtown Canton | 10 am – 4:30 pm | Canton
  • Watercolor Class with Sunny at Made Mercantile | 11:30 am – 1:30 pm | Woodstock
  • Korean Festival 2025 at Sugarloaf Mills Mall | 11 am – 8 pm | Lawrenceville
  • Oktoberfest at StillFire Brewing | 12 – 7 pm | Suwanee
  • Cumming Country Fair & Festival | 12:30 – 9 pm | Cumming
  • Gameday at Avalon: Cowboys v. Jets | 1 pm | Alpharetta
  • Sandy Springs Wine Festival | 2 – 5 pm | Sandy Springs
  • Duluth Farmers & Artisan Market | 2 – 5 pm | Duluth
  • Slow Pour Sunday Market | 2- 5 pm | Lawrenceville
  • Beginner’s Felting Class: 3D Felted Pumpkins at Made Mercantile | 3 pm | Woodstock
  • Savor The Boulevard at Avalon | 5 – 8 pm | Alpharetta
  • Brandon Lake – King of Hearts Tour at Gas South District | 7 pm | Duluth

RECURRING EVENTS & ACITIVITIES

  • Shops of Dunwoody Farmers Market | 9 am – 1 pm | Dunwoody
  • Food Trucks at NoFo Brew Co | 12 – 7 pm | Cumming
  • Cappai Designs Pop-Up at Avalon | 12 – 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Paint Your Own Canvas at Painting With a Twist | 3 pm & 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • River Canoe Trips at CNC | 5 – 8 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
  • Fall Sunday Music Series at Halcyon | 1 – 4 pm | Alpharetta
  • Live Music at Stoney J’s Winery | 2 – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Live Show at MadLife Stage & Studios | 2 & 6 pm | Woodstock
  • Live Music at Painted Horse Winery | 2 – 5 pm | Milton
  • Sunset Sessions at The Collection Forsyth | 2 – 5 pm | Cumming
  • Aaron Weber at Helium Comedy Club | 7 pm | Alpharetta
  • Frankie’s Blues Mission at Velvet Note (Ticketed) | 7 – 9:30 pm | Alpharetta

SAVE THE DATE | PLAN AHEAD

  • Wine & Dine Under The Vines – Pinot & Pork at Painted Horse Winery | Oct 7th, 6:30 pm | Milton
  • Rotary Rodeo of Dawson County | Oct 10th, 5 pm | Dawsonville
  • Paint Your Pet Workshop with The City of Duluth | Oct 10th, 7 – 9 pm | Duluth
  • CARS for CAUSES Annual Car Show | Oct 11th, 10 am – 2 pm | Duluth
  • Suwanee Taste of BBQ & Music Festival | Oct 11th, 10 am – 6 pm | Suwanee
  • Slide into Sundays at Cumming City Center | Oct 12th, 12 – 8 pm | Cumming
  • Home by Dark Concert Series | Alpharetta
  • Jazzercise Cumming at Cumming City Center | Fridays, 8:30 – 9:30 am | Cumming
  • Punchline Comedy Night | First Monday Night of each Month | Alpharetta
  • Gameday at Avalon | Alpharetta
  • 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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