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Weekend Fun for Kids & Families (June 24-26)

Affordable weekend fun for families!

Browse the Saturday Morning Market at Chattahoochee Baptist Church from 8:30am-1:30pm. Enjoy coffee and a piece of freshly baked bread from The Harvest Bread Company while you shop. To find the list of vendors this week. click here! (375 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA 30067)

One man’s trash becomes other’s treasure at the Community Yard Sale at Harry Farmer’s Market Marietta Saturday from 9am-12pm. To learn more. click here! (70 Powers Ferry Rd., Marietta)

Build a “Waving Flag” for your July 4th celebration centerpiece at Lowe’s Build and Grow Clinics for kids Saturday 10am-12pm. Free and it’s best to pre-register online. click here!

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Teens & Tweens (ages 7+) can learn all about chess, improve their skills, and play a match or two during “Checkmate” at East Cobb Library from 11am-12am Saturday.  Please bring a chess set.  (4880 Lower Roswell Rd, Marietta) To learn more call the library at (770) 509-2730. Find more library fun for babies to teens. click here!

Come out to Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park for the 147th Anniversary of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain from 9am-4pm Saturday and Sunday. Infantry demonstrations, artillery demonstrations begin at 10am in the field in front of the Kennesaw Mountain visitor center at the junction of Stilesboro Road and Old US Highway 41. Free. Pack a picnic and make a day of it! For more info on the schedule. click here!

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Friday & Sunday there are FREE outdoor concerts! Make it a “cheap date” night or a family affair! Friday Glover Park Concert Series has “Yacht Rock” performing at 8pm. On your way there, pick up a “Grab n’ Go” Concert Cooler from Harry’s Market Marietta (70 Powers Ferry Rd., Marietta) full of your choice of Tapas for 24.99! Claim your spot with picnic blankets & chairs beginning at 4pm. Learn more. click here! Get in the 4th of July spirit with the Star Spangled Spectacular featuring Georgia Symphony Orchestra at Kennesaw State University’s Campus Green. They will be playing a mix of Broadway, Americana, and patriotic favorites, capped off with a roaring fireworks display! Guests are welcome to bring chairs, blankets and picnics (no tables please). Event presented by the KSU College of the Arts. To learn more. click here!

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