ROSWELL
Yesterday and Today: Interactive Beatles Experience
Do you want to know a secret? Here’s a show where you get to pick the play list. The performance starts with the audience filling out cards about their favorite Beatles songs, then features the band playing them. The show can last up to three hours as Billy McGuigan and his brothers belt out the requests. Though they don’t sport shaggy wigs or Liverpudlian accents like the Fab Four, their sound will send you back to the ’60s and have you humming Beatles tunes eight days a week.
8 p.m. April 15; 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. April 16; 2:30 p.m. April 17. $30-$40. The show also runs April 21-24. Georgia Ensemble Theatre, 950 Forrest St., Roswell. 770-641-1260, get.org.
KENNESAW
Big Shanty Festival
Downtown Kennesaw is kickin’ this weekend with this annual festival. Revelers will find more than 250 booths filled with arts and crafts, entertainment and food. The fun starts with a parade at 9:30 a.m. April 16, featuring floats, marching bands and local sports associations. Once in full swing, attendees will enjoy live music from two sound stages, local eats and treasures from on-site vendors. Combine the past and present by popping into the nearby Southern Museum of Civil War and Locomotive History to learn more about the area’s past.
10 a.m.-6 p.m. April 16; noon-5 p.m. April 17. Free. 2829 Cherokee St., Kennesaw. 770-423-1330, kennesaw.com.
MORNINGSIDE
Race and block party
“Dude, it’s only a mile!” That’s the motto of the sixth annual Morningside Mile race. Watch the runners sprint their way down North Highland, then take part in the block party at Morningside Village. Doc Chey’s will provide food as attendees enjoy live music, family fun and festivities hosted by Morningside and Virginia-Highland’s resident firefighters and shop owners. All proceeds from the event will go to support renovations at Fire Station 19 in Virginia-Highland.
Noon-2 p.m. April 17. Morningside Village, 1424 N. Highland Ave., Atlanta. 404-888-0777, morningsidemile.com.
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