Summer Concert Series (most if not all are FREE)

There are a lot of these going on around Ga. this summer but I am just adding a few for now and will add more as time premits. My children really enjoy going to these. There music genres vary and the atmosphere has always been very light. Many of them offer vendors and fun things for the littles to do either before or during the concert. Its a great place to bring a blanket and bring a picnic or grab some goodies to eat there and sit and enjoy the music. We have not had problems with overcrowding, which is quite good because my youngest always wants to have me get up and dance with her. At the end of the night we all leave very happy and the children easy to get to sleep.

I have not yet taken the children to all of the ones I will be listing so if you take your family and want to let me know how it went I would love to hear from you. Or if I have missed your favorite please list it the comment section and I will try to make sure it gets on the list.

 Woodstock Concert in the Park 

 The Park at City Center Downtown Woodstock 101 Arnold Mill Road Woodstock, GA 30188

Concerts begin at 7:30 PM, free of charge, no tickets are required.

From I-575, take Exit 8 for Towne Lake Parkway/Arnold Mill Road. If you are coming from the south on I-575 North, turn right off the ramp toward downtown Woodstock. If you are coming from the north on I-575 South, turn left toward downtown Woodstock. 

Community parking is available at the Woodstock Methodist Church, Woodstock Community Church, and Appalachian Technical Community College. As you approach downtown Woodstock, you will intersect Main Street and the City Park will be on your left. 

July 13

Ed Roland
& The Sweet Tea Project(Lead singer-Collective Soul)
Rock Americana

August 10

The Dazz Band
80’s R & B / Funk

September 14

The Marshall Tucker Band
Southern Rock

ALL SHOWS IN THRASHER PARK  AMPHITHEATRE

7:30p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Free to the public - bring refreshments (to-go picnics available in downtown eateries!), a blanket and your dancing shoes!

2013 Summer Concert Series 
The concerts are also collection sites for the "CAN" Do food drive, a county-wide effort to fill the shelves of local food pantries. Donations of canned food and non-perishable items can be dropped off in bins during each concert - everything will be collected and taken to the Norcross Co-op Ministries, our local charity dedicated to helping needy families in our community.

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For questions or more information, contact Mary Beth Bender at (678) 421-4000 or mbender@norcrossga.net. 

All shows 7:30pm - 9:30pm in Thrasher Park, 93 Park Drive, Norcross

JUNE 21   

Continental Dance Orchestra

1940's big band, bebop & swing

JULY 5    

The Stranger "Face to Face"     

             Awesome Billy Joel & Elton John Tributes Band                

JULY 19    

Natalie Stovall

Livewire country rock sets her fiddle on fire!

AUGUST 2    

A-Town A-List  

  50 years of pop music with a very current edge    

AUGUST 16   

Bobby and the Aristocats

    9-piece party band sizzles MoTown to Disco

AUGUST 30   

A1A  

                        Calling all Parrot Heads to party!                               

Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center

678-421-2000

Brer Rabbit & Friends Event at The Wren's Nest

The Wren's Nest, home to Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus, and Brer Rabbit will be doing  the Wren's Nest Fest.

Storytelling by all four of the Wren’s Nest Ramblers,

 Moon bounce house

 A clown, 

 Appearances from Captain Planet, Mr. Greg’s Reptile Roadshow,

 Face painting

 Hot dogs

 & more.

• On Friday, June 14, 2013, 
• From 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
• Admission is $6 for adults 
•                      $4 for kids age 12 & under.
• The Wren’s Nest is located at 1050 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd, SW, Atlanta.

Normal Hours and pricing are:

10:00am - 2:30pm Tuesday through Saturday, 

Storytelling every Saturday at 1pm. 

Closed Sunday and Monday. 

Admission

• Walk-In Tours
• $5 for children
• $7 for seniors and students
• $8 for adults

• Group Tours with Storytelling
• $6 for children
• $8 for seniors and students
• $9 for adults
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FREE Bowling

Thanks to Kids Bowl Free and AMF Summer Unplugged you can take your kids bowling everyday this summer. Kids Bowl Free is not just for Ga. it is nation wide so let your friends and family know about it. We went a couple times last year and really had alot of fun. You can also check out the information on family passes or passes for the adults to join in the fun too. Times of lane availibility does vary between bowling center as welll as wether or not the shoe rental is free so please take the time to check the information next to the center near you when you sign up.

Free Skating Passes Every Week

Thanks to Kids Skate Free you can take your children skating every week for free this summer.

Choose the location in your area and sign up and recieve the passes in you email every week.
We signed up last Summer and have recieved passes every week since then hopefully you will also get yar round passes as well.

Make sure you check what days and times you center honors the passes. Most are very lenient.

• A fun way to increase muscular strength and cardiorespiratory endurance.
• A way to burn anywhere from 330 to 600 calories per hour!
• A Great for improving balance and flexibility.
• A fantastic source of aerobic exercise.
• A key to weight control.
• Easy to learn.
• A great tension reliever and enthusiasm builder.
• An excellent way to help maintain good health.

Regal Summer Movie Express is Back

Regal Entertainment Group will host the Summer Movie Express on Tuesdays & Wednesdays at 10am for nine weeks.

Admission is $1 and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the Will Rogers Institute.

The start date for the North Georgia area will bo on June 4th. Check out the titles and week listings below.

Also check out Regal Crown Club for ways to earn rewards just for going to the movies. Use your credits to earn FREE popcorn, soft drinks, movies and more. 

Week	Title	Rating	Start Time
1	The Three Stooges	PG	10am
1	Ice Age: Continental Drift	PG	10am
2	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	PG	10am
2	Parental Guidance	PG	10am
3	Mr. Poppers' Penguins	PG	10am
3	Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	G	10am
4	Monte Carlo	PG	10am
4	Rio	G	10am
5	Coraline	PG	10am
5	ParaNorman	PG	10am
6	Dr. Seuss' The Lorax	PG	10am
6	Big Miracle	PG	10am
7	Yogi Bear	PG	10am
7	Journey 2: The Mysterious Island	PG	10am
8	Racing Stripes	PG	10am
8	Happy Feet Too	PG	10am
9	African Cats	G	10am
9	Chimpanzee	G	10am

Georgia Aquarium Summer Savings

 A few ways to get in free or cheap to the Georgia Aquarium this summer

• Imagination Nights at the Georgia Aquarium: 
• $19.95  ticket.
• 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. on Mondays-Saturdays through August 17, 2013.
•  Blackout dates: July 4 & 16 and August 3, 6 & 14.
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• Georgia Aquarium’s World Oceans Day Scavenger Hunt & Workshop 
• Regular price but a lot to do so really worth it.
•  June 8, 2013. From 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.,
•  Scavenger Hunt with Buddy the Dinosaur, 
• Flower planting, 
• Kids’ workshop (build a sailboat or a picture frame), activities, hands-on demonstrations, & more.
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•  Free Total Ticket to the Georgia Aquarium on your birthday.
• Bring in your ID or a copy of your birth certificate and geta FREE total ticket
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• Gas South also has an offer to save you a bit
• save a bit on Non-Seasonal & Seasonal Georgia Aquarium tickets + annual pass purchases, .

• You also save big if you plan on visiting multiple Atlanta attractions,get an Atlanta CityPASS to save almost 50% on admission to five Atlanta-area attractions. 
• Valid for nine days
• Choose from
• The Georgia Aquarium ticket including Deepo Pass with Expedited Entry, Deepo’s 4-D theater, and the Dolphin Tales show (based on availability). 
• The World of Coca-Cola ticket includes admission, the 4-D theatre, and a free keepsake bottle. 
•  Inside CNN Studio Tour,
•  Fernbank includes IMAX
•  High Museum of Art
• Zoo Atlanta includes All-Rides Wristband 
• Atlanta History Center.
•  It’s valid for nine days, 

Trunk or Treats Around Woodstock/N. Cobb

Halloween Is Here!!!!!

There are a lot of place doing Truck or Treat this year. Many of them offering games and fun as well as candy. This is a fun safe way to take your littles out Trick or Treating if you can't get out on Halloween or if you just want to get a few more wears out of those precious costumes.

Acworth: Annual Halloween Carnival                                                                                      

•  Games and activities: they canps. win candy and prizes
•  Custume contest that is broken up into different age groups

Parking is limited. Shuttles run from Roberts School and the corner of Cherokee Street and Northside Drive. 

Place: Logan Farm Park, Acworth GA
Date: October 27, 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 4pm-8pm
Cost: FREE to go but small charge for games and activities

Kennesaw: Trunk or Treat @ Kennesaw United Methodist

•  Enjoy inflatable bounces, 
• Balloon artist,
•  Games,
•  Contests for all ages
•  and more! 
• Hot dogs, popcorn, chips and drinks are provided.                          

This is a FREE event, but a donation of a non-perishable food item for MUST and a bag of candy is suggested. 

For more information, call 770-428-1543

Place: Kennesaw United Methodist, 1801 Ben King Rd. Kennesaw, GA
Date: October 27, 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 4pm-5:30pm
Cost: FREE with donation non perishable food item

Kennesaw: Kidgits Boo Bash @ Town Center at Cobb

 Town Center at Cobb is inviting all little ghouls, goblins and boo’tiful princesses to come have a spooktacular good time at the Kidgits Halloween event. It’s sure to be a howlin’ good time!

• A variety of different activities. 
• Free Trick-or-Treat Bag compliments of The Hub
• FREE KRE-O Bumblebee Transformer (limit one per family, while supplies last).
• Radio Disney will be hosting a  costume contest.

Place: Town Center at Cobb, 400 Barrett Pkwy, Kennesaw, GA
Date: October 27, 2012 (Saturday)
Time: 6pm-8pm
Cost: FREE for Kidgit Club member, $5 to become a member

Kennesaw: Trunk or Treat @ Kennesaw First Baptist Church

A night of special “trunks” full of candy and other treats. Fun for preschoolers and chilcren through 5th grade. Costumes are welcome, but we encourage friendly themes.

Place: Kennesaw First Baptist Church, 2958 North Main Street, Kennesaw, Georgia
Date: October 31, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 5:30pm-6:30pm
Cost:  FREE

Marietta: Fall Festival of Fun

Cobb County Parks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Department, and Cobb County Public Safety, Safe Kids Cobb County and Cobb County 4-H are hosting the 13th Annual Fall Festival of Fun at the Cobb County Safety Village . Parking, entrance to the park, games, candy and contests are free (there is a fee for concessions and inflatable rides).

Come wearing your Halloween costume and be sure to bring a bag to carry all of your candy!

• Arts and crafts,
• Games 
• Inflatable rides 
• Police and Fire activitie
• Costume and coloring contests 
• Photo booth
• Other surprises...

Place: 1220 Al Bishop Dr SW, Marietta, GA 30008 (Cobb Safety Village)
Date: October 31, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 4pm-7pm
Cost:FREE for most activies but fee for concessions and inflatable rides

Woodstock/Towne Lake Fall Festival @ Towne Village

Saturday, Oct 27, 2012 9:00a to 2:00p

Towne Village Shopping Center

• Woodstock, GA
• Crafts
• Food
• Games 
• Costume Contest
• Taekwondo Demonstrations 
• Silent Auctionto raise funds for Breast Cancer! 
• Prizes and More! 

Place: 1025 Rose Creek Drive, Woodstock, GA,30189

Date: October 27, 2012

Time: 9am - 2pm

Cost: Free

Woodstock: KidFest 2012

KidsFest is a free event designed to give children the opportunity to trick-or-treat in a safe environment.  Halloween trick or treat activities for our younger ghouls and goblins..

• Moonwalks,
• DJ, 
• Games, including the ever popular stringed apple and pumpkin bowling, 
• Face painting, 
• Costume Contest
• Candy give-away, all in the safety of The Park at City Center (formerly Downtown City Park).

Place: The Park at City Center (Downtown City Park), Woodstock, GA
Date: October 31, 2012 (Wednesday)
Time: 3pm-7pm
Cost: FREE