152nd Birthday Celebration / Culture & Spirit Festival 2024

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152nd Birthday Celebration / Culture & Spirit Festival

Oct. 12, 2024 from 11:00 am until 10:00 pm

(access information sheets for locations for seating, parking, food & beverage, performances and fireworks viewing below )

    11:00 am - Culture & Spirit Festival / 4:30 pm - Letters to Cleo on the stage at the Community Center in Village Green Park / Main Stage on Atlanta Road Music Begins with The War And Treaty at 7:00 pm & The Roots take the stage at 8:30 pm / Fireworks at the end! (Look for links to info sheets below) for Culture & Spirit Festival performance times (see info below info sheet links).

    Performers for Oct 12 Atlanta Road Concert Image of band and other performance schedules

    TALBE RESERVATIONS ARE SOLD OUT

    It's free to attend and you can attend without a table reservation!

    There are a few rules about where you can place a chair etc. / Information is listed on the info/map sheets (see links below). There is also information about parking, food & beverage, performance locations/times and a diagram of everything together. (No tents or tables permitted. No golf carts. No staking out locations with tape/poles etc. Standing room only at stage – no chairs, coolers, strollers – for standing/viewing only in that area. No standing/sitting in walkways. No open flames. Dogs/pets not recommended as the combination of activities may be too stressful for animals which includes fireworks.)

    • Reserved Table area opens at 3:00 pm
    • Non-reserved, bring-your-own-chair seating behind tables begins at 3:00 pm
    • Standing Room area at Stage opens at 6:00 pm (no chairs, coolers, strollers etc. in this area)
    • Village Green Lawn area is open beginning at 11:00 am and remains open through fireworks - no staking out locations and leaving. Join us when you can and find a place to stay through the 4:30 pm stage performance until fireworks if not attending the Atlanta Road stage concerts. 
    • Info/map sheets links are available below - mobile friendly (pinch to expand or contract)
    • Culture & Spirit Festival performance times posted below Info/map sheets links
    • Children's entertainment (inflatables) takes place between 11:00 am and 5:00 pm on the Veterans Memorial lawn next to the downtown water feature and in the Village Pavilion parking lot (near the new Cookie/Ice Cream shop, Nothing Bundt Cakes and Bubble Tea). There will be a charge for an arm band for the inflatables.  

    There’s a festival starting at 11:00 am and it runs right through to the annual concert and fireworks. Soak up the “Culture & Spirit” of our Smyrna, GA at this fun-packed day full of food, drink, music, special street performances and more!

    Info Sheet Links 

    -for Culture & Spirit Festival performance times (see info below info sheet links)-

    Other/All Performances throughout the day (Culture & Spirit Festival followed by the Birthday Celebration Concert / Fireworks):

    By Time:

    • 11:00 am - The Kinnigans – Village Green Stage
    • 12:00 pm - Ballet MEXINCANO de Lupita Sosa at City Hall
    • 12:00 pm - Stilt Walker – moving about
    • 12:30 pm - Polynesian Entertainers at/in front of the Community Center
    • 12:45 pm - Sawgrass Blues Band – Village Green Stage
    • 1:15 pm - Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music at City Hall
    • 1:45 pm - Magic Eastern Ensemble at/in front of the Community Center
    • 1:45 pm - Martial Art Sword Dancer – moving about
    • 2:15 pm - Leah Belle Faser – Village Green Stage
    • 3:30 pm - Zulu Kingdom (presented by Soweto Street Beats) at City Hall
    • 3:45 pm - Calo Gitano Flamenco Dance Company at/in front of the Community Center
    • 4:30 pm - Letters to Cleo – Village Green Stage
    • 7:00 pm – The War and Treaty on the Atlanta Road Stage
    • 8:30 pm – The Roots on the Atlanta Road Stage

    By Location:

     Village Green Stage

    11:00 am - The Kinnigans

    12:45 pm - Sawgrass Blues Band

    2:15 pm - Leah Belle Faser

    4:30 pm - Letters to Cleo

    Community Center Stage (immediately in front of the Community Center)

    12:30 pm - Polynesian Entertainers

    1:45 pm - Magic Eastern Ensemble

    3:45 pm - Calo Gitano Flamenco Dance Company

    City Hall Stage

    12:00 pm - Ballet MEXINCANO de Lupita Sosa

    1:15 pm - Atlanta Steel Pan & Island Music

    3:30 pm - Zulu Kingdom (presented by Soweto Street Beats)

    Festival Buskers

    12:00 pm - Stilt Walker

    1:45 pm - Martial Art Sword Dancer

    Atlanta Road Stage

    7:00 pm - The War and Treaty

    8:30 pm - The Roots

     

    See you there!