AJC Photos: TomorrowWorld Festival site preparations

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Building the TomorrowWorld Festival site

Local photos of the construction and preparation of the TomorrowWorld 2013 Festival site in Chattahoochee Hills, Ga

The main stage at the TomorrowWorld Festival site, which is 400 feet wide by 90 feet tall, begins to come together like a row of giant books dwarfing workers on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

The main stage at the TomorrowWorld Festival site, which is 400 feet wide by 90 feet tall, begins to come together like a row of giant books dwarfing workers on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

A tent stage and an open field stage, two of the eight stages being built, rise from the pasture lands at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Structures rise up from the main stage area at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Many of the construction workers live in a tent village at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Construction workers begin building a four lane pedestrian walkway across the top of a lake at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Construction workers build a pedestrian walkway across the top of a lake at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Construction workers build a pedestrian walkway across the top of a lake at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

One of eight stages, this one inside a tent, nears completion beside one of the many lakes at the 500 acre TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

One of the eight stages, this one a smaller one in a wooded area, is assembled by workers at the 500 acre TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

A small sign pointing the way for deliveries on Brown's Lake Road is the only clue a massive venue is going up nearby about a mile from the entrance to the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in a rural area of Fairburn.

Construction workers assemble a small section of the very end of the main stage, which is 400 feet wide and 90 feet tall at the center at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Landscaping around an elaborate horse barn gets some fine tuning at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

A colorful circus style tent goes up at the camping area for attendees at the main entrance for the TomorrowWorld Festival on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Construction workers use the height of a giant crane to oversee work near the main stage area of the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

The back of the main stage, which is 400 feet wide by 90 feet tall, has a design look all it's own at the TomorrowWorld Festival site on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Church member Thelma Harvey walks out of the historic iconic white frame Campbellton United Methodist Church, organized in 1830, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn. The church is nearby the site of the TomorrowWorld Festival.

Chruch members Auverne McGinnis (left), the unofficial church historian, and Thelma Harvey (right) talk about the early history of the Campbellton United Methodist Church and the upcoming nearby TomorrowWorld Festival on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

Auverne McGinnis, 86, unofficial church historian, covers a picnic table in front of the iconic white frame Campbellton United Methodist Church, organized in 1830, on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn. The TomorrowWorld Festival is being held nearby.

Dozens of slave graves from the 1800s, marked with small white crosses, are illuminated by shafts of sunlight breaking through the trees in the wooded section of the cemetery at the historic Campbellton United Methodist Church on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn. The church, which was organized in 1830, is nearby the TomorrowWorld Festival site.

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The main stage at the TomorrowWorld Festival site, which is 400 feet wide by 90 feet tall, begins to come together like a row of giant books dwarfing workers on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, in Fairburn.

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