Just like Uncle Sam, we want YOU to have fun this Fourth of July week! Your Frugal FunMom has found some festive events to celebrate America’s birthday and other field trips to enrich your family’s summer.
SATURDAY, JUNE 30
Kennesaw State University’s 11th Annual Star-Spangled Spectacular. Kick off your Independence Day celebration at the Star-Spangled Spectacular! Featuring a patriotic concert with performances by the KSU Big Band and KSU Summer Orchestra followed by a spectacular fireworks finale. The Family Fun Festival features pre-concert activities including free games, face painting, and balloon artists for kids plus food vendors, exhibitors and vendors from the KSU community and beyond, and more.
Cost: Free
Time: Family Fun Festival 5pm; Concert and fireworks 8pm
Location: Fifth Third Bank Stadium at Kennesaw State University’s Sports + Entertainment Park, 3200 George Busbee Parkway NW, Kennesaw 30144
For more info: http://starspangled.kennesaw.edu/
SUNDAY, JULY 1
Splash into Fun! Escape the heat with a trip to East Roswell’s Spray Station! This premier sprayground offers lots of fun for kids and toddlers to splash around in for hours.
Cost: $2 per person
Time: 10am–7pm
Location: Spray Station at East Roswell Park, 9000 Fouts Road, Roswell 30075
For more info: http://www.roswellgov.com/government/departments/recreation-and-parks/parks-facilities/spraygrounds
MONDAY, JULY 2
An American Celebration Concert. An American Celebration concert featuring music by the Johnson Ferry Choir and Orchestra. An Ice Cream Social will follow the concert in the Fellowship Hall. Bring a carton of your favorite ice cream to the Fellowship Hall prior to the concert (not required) and return afterwards to enjoy!
Cost: Free
Time: 7pm
Location: The Sanctuary, Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, 955 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta 30068
For more info: http://www.johnsonferry.org/default.aspx?page=4066&occurrenceId=297471&profileId=13736
TUESDAY, JULY 3
Salute to America. The City of Kennesaw’s 2018 pre-Independence Day celebration of freedom, music and fireworks is one of the biggest and best in North Georgia! Salute to America eventgoers will be treated to two stages of live music, festive street entertainment, food vendors and plenty of activities for the kids.
Cost: Free admission
Time: 6-10pm. Fireworks begin at 9:30pm.
Location: Downtown Kennesaw and Depot Park, 2829 Cherokee St NW, Kennesaw 30144
For more info: http://www.kennesawjuly3.com/
WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
Celebrate July 4th on the Marietta Square with the City! Grab your American flag, put on your red, white and blue, and celebrate America’s independence with an Independence Day parade and celebration on the Square, free live concerts, arts and crafts show, food, carnival games and the City of Marietta fireworks finale
The Marietta Independence Day parade starts at 10am at Roswell Street Baptist Church and ends at North Marietta Parkway. It will be followed by concerts, museum tours, arts and crafts, carnival games, and a fireworks finale at dark in Glover Park/Marietta Square.
Cost: Free admission
Time: 10am-10pm. Fireworks at 9:30pm
Location: Glover Park, 50 N Park Square NE, Marietta 30060
For more info: http://www.mariettaga.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1783
Looking for more Fourth of July activities? Click here to see all the celebrations going on around town!
THURSDAY, JULY 5
Anne Frank in the World Exhibit. This 600 photograph exhibit tells the story of young Anne Frank, from her days of freedom in the 1930s to her hiding with her family in Amsterdam, to her 1945 death in the Bergen-Belson concentration camp. This powerful, moving exhibit provides visitors a chance to learn, explore, share and remember the history and lessons of the Holocaust and its continued relevance today.
Cost: Free
Time: 10am-4pm
Location: Anne Frank in the World Exhibit, Park Side Shopping Center, 5920 Roswell Road, Suite 209, Sandy Springs 30328
For more info: https://holocaust.georgia.gov/anne-frank-world-1929-1945
FRIDAY, JULY 6
Take a Hike at Sope Creek! Sope Creek Park offers over 3 miles of hiking, mountain biking and running trails. The Sope Creek Trail travels to the multi-story ruins of a paper mill, destroyed by Union troops during the Civil War. Beside the ruins, Sope Creek flows wide and shallow, coursing through angular shoals under a canopy of trees towards the wide Chattahoochee River just downstream.
Cost: $5 for a day long parking pass
Time: 9am–10pm
Location: Sope Creek, National Park Service, 3760 Paper Mill Rd SE, Marietta 30067
For more info: http://www.atlantatrails.com/hiking-trails/a-getaway-close-to-home-sope-creek/
