Event Calendar

The purpose of Child Health Day is to help raise an awareness and a commitment to teaching children and parents the benefits of good health. This event is annually celebrated on the first Monday of October. The day was proclaimed in 1928 by Calvin Coolidge to increase awareness of health issues facing the children in the U.S. including health issues, healthy eating, fitness, child's development, immunizations, preventing injuries, and more.

Wire & Wood Alpharetta Songwriters Festival is a free, two-day event centered on songwriter performances at outdoor stages across Downtown Alpharetta. Friday’s performances are scheduled from 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM, with the festival continuing on Saturday, October 10. The festival schedule also lists one separately ticketed indoor Listening Room performance, while admission to the outdoor festival is free. Visit the official event website for the current schedule and admission information.

Symphony at Sunset: Halloween Spooktacular with the ASO is a Halloween-themed performance by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Ameris Bank Amphitheatre. Pre-show family activities begin when gates open at 4:30 PM, ahead of the 6:00 PM concert start. Tickets start at $18.30, listed as an all-in price. Visit the official event website for current ticket and event information.

Boo Bash is a City of Alpharetta event featuring free kids activities along with food, crafts, games, music, and the Scarecrow Competition awards announcement. The event’s free activities provide an afternoon program at The Grove behind the Alpharetta Community Center. Food and vendor purchases may carry separate charges. Review the official event page for current event details and the latest updates.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, ghost tours, bonfires, costume parties, visiting "haunted houses" and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century. Halloween is celebrated in several parts of the Western world, most commonly in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom and occasionally in parts of Australia and New Zealand.