If you’re making plans for this weekend in metro Atlanta, you’ll have several festivals to choose from, including the Grant Park Summer Shade festival, and International and South-East-Asian festivals in Cobb County. Or cool off with your choice of over 100 flavors of homemade ice cream at the 19th Annual Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ in Roswell.
Check out the following 15 things to do in metro Atlanta this weekend:
Intown Atlanta
6 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27. $20 for Friday 8 p.m.-10 p.m. (no yoga), $119 for Saturday or Sunday and $199 for Saturday and Sunday. Friday at The Starling Atlanta Midtown, 188 14th St. NE, Atlanta. Saturday and Sunday at The Loudermilk Center, 40 Courtland St. NE, Atlanta.
Get moving for a weekend of yoga classes, workshops and festivities that features a diverse sampling of instructors.
Grant Park Conservancy Summer Shade Festival
10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27. Free admission. 759 Boulevard SE, Atlanta. 404-521-0938.
Enjoy a last hurrah of summer with regional and local artists, food vendors and music.
10 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. Spectator admission free, $10 per doggy costume pageant paw-ticipant by Aug. 24, $15 onsite. Broad Street NW, 84 Peachtree St., Atlanta. 678-614-0352.
Shop at dog-centric vendors and bring your pup to participate in a costume pageant with drool-worthy prizes like free passes to the upcoming Dragon Con.
Cobb
3 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. $45. The Battery Atlanta, 800 Battery Ave. SE, Atlanta. 404-965-2511.
Sample some of over 100 local beers and food from vendors while you enjoy live music, games and giveaways.
Cobb County International Festival
10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. Free admission. Jim R. Miller Park, 2245 Callaway Road SW, Marietta. 770-528-8811.
Embrace Cobb County’s cultural diversity with local and international music and art, dancing, food, crafts, jewelry, a kids’ corner and more.
Noon-5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27. Free. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta. 770-916-2852.
Celebrate Cobb Energy Centre’s 16th anniversary as it highlights performances by the Atlanta Ballet, The Atlanta Opera and the Arts Bridge Foundation and cooking demonstrations by its culinary team. If you pre-register and check in at the event, you’ll be eligible to win prizes including tickets to Centre events, tickets to a Braves game, stays at area hotels and more.
DeKalb
Stonecrest Fest Arabia Mountain Stroll and Concert
6 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Center, 3787 Klondike Road, Stonecrest. 770-484-3060.
Enjoy a short hike from the Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Center to the top of the mountain for live music by one man band Joseph E. Reed.
6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. 5K $25-30, 1-Mile Fun Run $20-$25. Murphey Candler Park, 1551 West Nancy Creek Dr. NE, Brookhaven.
Run by Murphey Candler Lake, through beautiful neighborhoods and back to Murphey Candler Park to benefit the Brookhaven Police Department’s Shop with a Badge Christmas program.
7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. Free. Downtown Decatur Square, 509 N. McDonough St., Decatur.
Bring a blanket to sit on and sing along to covers from local band Run Katie Run.
North Fulton
7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 and Saturday, Aug. 26. $160 and up. Ameris Bank Amphitheatre, 2200 Encore Parkway, Alpharetta. 404-733-5013.
Catch country music singer/songwriter and guitarist’s Chris Stapleton on stage in his All-American Road Show tour.
19th Annual Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’
2 p.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27. $7 general admission, $25 family of four. First Baptist Roswell Church, 710 Mimosa Blvd., Roswell.
Taste your choice of more than 100 flavors of homemade ice cream and let the kids enjoy activities and ice cream eating and stacking contests. Proceeds help support The Drake House’s mission of ending homelessness in the community.
7 p.m.-9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. Fetch Park, 11440 Maxwell Road, Alpharetta.
Bring your dog (but it’s not required) and listen to live music while you socialize.
Gwinnett
African American Culture and Arts Festival
2 p.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26. Free. Suwanee Town Center Park, 330 Town Center Ave., Suwanee. 347-623-3793.
Buy from local artists and vendors and bring a blanket or chair to enjoy live music, poetry and dance performances.
11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 26 and Sunday, Aug. 27. $5-$15. Gwinnett County Fairgrounds, 2405 Sugarloaf Parkway, Lawrenceville.
Come out to the South-East-Asian Festival for food and Asian culture festivities.
7 p.m.-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25. Free. Lawrenceville Lawn, 210 Luckie St., Lawrenceville. 678-407-6653.
Bring your dancing shoes to move and sing along to ABBAFab’s renditions of ABBA’s timeless hits.
