Cobb County is home to an exciting lineup of annual events, from lively festivals and seasonal celebrations to concerts, food fairs, and parades. In the section below, we highlight some of the most popular events happening throughout Cobb County. Please click a link below for more information about any of these popular events, or view events by city in the navigation above, and start planning your calendar of Cobb County fun.
Weekly Events
- Acworth Farmers Market – Acworth (April to October)
- Blackwell Farmers Market – East Cobb (April to August)
- Kennesaw Farmers Market – Kennesaw (May to August)
- Marietta Square Artisan Market – Marietta (Saturdays year-round)
- Marietta Square Farmers Market – Marietta (Saturdays year-round)
- Vinings Farmers Market – Vinings (Thursdays from late March through October)
Monthly Events
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw (first Sunday of each month)
- First Friday Concert Series – Kennesaw (May through October, no July concert)
- Greater Atlanta Coin Show – Marietta (first or second Sunday of each month)
- Hyde Farm Walking Tour – East Cobb (every 2nd Saturday of each month)
- Marietta Square Art Walk – Marietta (first Friday of each month)
January Events
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Christmas Tree Recycling – Cobb County
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration – Marietta
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service – Acworth
- Kennesaw Book, CD & DVD Swap – Kennesaw
- Trains, Trains, Trains – Kennesaw
February Events
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Cobb County School System Winter Break – Cobb County
- Cobb County Winter Break Camps – Cobb County
- Gem City Mid-Winter Break Camp – Marietta
- Dancing with the Stars of Marietta – Marietta
- Polar Plunge – Acworth
- Valentines Dance Party – Kennesaw
March Events
- All 4 Kids Children’s Consignment Sale – Marietta
- Avenue Shamrock – East Cobb
- Board Game Day – Marietta
- Born Again Blessings Spring Children’s Consignment Sale – Marietta / Kennesaw
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Classic Car Cruise – Acworth
- Cobb 4-H Plant Sale – Marietta
- Cobb County Library Spring Book Sale – Marietta
- Cobb Library Foundation’s Booked for the Evening Gala – Marietta
- Document Shredding Day – Marietta
- Georgia Food + Wine Festival – Marietta
- Horizon Ability Gala – Acworth
- Kennesaw Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Marietta the Gathering – Marietta
- Renaissance Faire – East Cobb
- Shamrock Shuffle 5k – Marietta
- Square Screenings – Marietta
- Summer Camp Expo – Kennesaw
- Touch-A-Truck – Kennesaw
Easter Events in March or April
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox, which can be any date between March 22nd and April 25th of each year.
- Art Hatch Spring Arts Festival – Kennesaw
- Beeping Easter Egg Hunt – Acworth
- Bunny Breakfast – Kennesaw
- Bunny Brunch – Marietta
- Easter Egg Hunt – Acworth
- Easter Egg Hunts – Cobb County
- Marietta Community Egg Hunt – Marietta
- Northeast Cobb Community Egg Hunt – East Cobb
April Events
- Acworth Art Fest – Acworth
- Art Hatch Spring Garden Festival – Kennesaw
- Big Shanty Festival – Kennesaw
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Cobb County Job Fair – Marietta
- Cobb County Pro Rodeo – Marietta
- Cobb County School System Spring Break – Cobb County
- Cobb County Senior Services Expo – Marietta
- First Friday Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Fit City 5k – Kennesaw
- Glover Park Concert Series – Marietta
- KCB Community Recycling Event – Cobb County (electronics and paper shredding)
- KCB Medication Disposal Day – Cobb County
- Kennesaw Grand Prix 5k Run – Kennesaw
- KSU Football Spring Game
- Live at Logan Farm Park – Acworth
- Marietta Gardeners Club Annual Plant Sale – Marietta
- Opening of Dallas Landing Park & Proctor Landing Park – Acworth
- Root House Plant Sale – Marietta
- Spring Arts Festival – Marietta
- Spring Jonquil Festival – Smyrna
- Square Screenings – Marietta
May Events
- Acworth Dragon Boat Festival – Acworth
- Backyard Campout – Kennesaw
- Brown Bag Concert Series – Marietta
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Cobb Department of Transportation Touch A Truck – Marietta
- First Friday Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Glover Park Concert Series – Marietta
- Kennesaw Concert Series – Kennesaw
- M2R TrailFest – Marietta
- Marietta Greek Festival – Marietta / East Cobb
- May-retta Daze Arts & Crafts Festival – Marietta
- Memorial Day Ceremony – Acworth
- Memorial Day Ceremony – Marietta
- Memorial Day Ceremony – Smyrna
- Outdoor Movie Series – Kennesaw
- Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival – Acworth
- Square Screenings – Marietta
- Taste of East Cobb – Marietta / East Cobb
- Taste of Mableton – Mableton
- Yaarab Shrine Circus – Marietta
June Events
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Classic Car Cruise – Acworth
- Concert on the Green, a Juneteenth Celebration – Acworth
- Dixie Highway Yard Sale – Acworth
- First Friday Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Georgia Celebrates Quilts – Marietta (Biennial on even years)
- Glover Park Concert Series – Marietta
- Juneteenth Celebration – Marietta
- Kennesaw Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Kennesaw Grand Prix 5k Run – Kennesaw
- Lights, Camera, Avenue! Outdoor Movies – East Cobb
- Outdoor Movie Series – Kennesaw
- Marietta Brazilian Festival – Marietta
- Summer Sun Run 5k – Kennesaw
July Events
- Back 2 School Jam – Kennesaw
- Big Rig Back-to-School Bash – Acworth
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Christmas in July – Marietta
- Cobb International Film Festival – Marietta
- Fourth of July Celebration – Acworth
- Fourth of July Parade, Festival, and Fireworks – Marietta Square
- Glover Park Concert Series – Marietta Square
- Kennesaw Salute To America – Kennesaw
- Lights, Camera, Avenue! Outdoor Movies – East Cobb
- Outdoor Movie Series – Kennesaw
- Railroad Rendezvous – Kennesaw
- Scene on the Green – East Cobb
August Events
- Acworth Book & Storytelling Festival – Acworth
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Classic Car Cruise – Acworth
- Cobb County International Festival – Marietta
- Cobb International Film Festival – Marietta
- First Friday Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Glover Park Concert Series – Marietta
- KSU Football Game – Kennesaw
- Marietta History Center Rummage and Book Sale – Marietta
- Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival – (moved to October for 2026) Kennesaw
- SafePath Hearing Children’s Voices Annual Gala – Marietta / Cobb County
- Scene on the Green – East Cobb
- Square Screenings – Marietta
August / September Events
- Art in the Park – Marietta Square
September Events
- Acworth Mimosa Festival – Acworth
- Big Game Day – Kennesaw
- Brown Bag Concert Series – Marietta
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Cobb 911 Kids Expo – Marietta
- Cobb EMC Annual Meeting – Marietta
- Cobb Foodie Week – Cobb County
- Cobb Library Foundation’s Marietta Ghost Tour – Marietta
- Coffee, Campfires, and Cryptids – Marietta
- Concert on the Green: Celebrating Hispanic Heritage – Acworth
- Cool Cars & Cops Car Show – Marietta
- East Cobber Parade & Festival – Marietta / East Cobb
- Field of Flags – Marietta / Kennesaw (next event in 2026)
- First Friday Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Glover Park Concert Series – Marietta
- Great Lake Allatoona Cleanup – Acworth
- Harvest Hustle 5k – Kennesaw
- Kennesaw Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Kennesaw Grand Prix 5k Run – Kennesaw
- KSU Football Games – Kennesaw
- Mother-Son Camp Out – Acworth
- North Georgia State Fair – Marietta
- Save Acworth History Foundation’s Annual Fundraiser Ball – Acworth
- Square Screenings – Marietta
- Taste of Kennesaw – (moved to November)
- Taste of Smyrna – Smyrna
- Touch-a-Truck at Switzer Library – Marietta
October Events
- Born Again Blessings Fall Children’s Consignment Sale – Marietta / Kennesaw
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Candy Crawl – Kennesaw
- Chalktoberfest – Marietta
- Cherokee Heights Arts Festival – Marietta (3rd Saturday in October)
- Cobb County Library Fall Book Sale – Marietta
- Cobb Diaper Day – Marietta
- Cobb PARKS Haunted House – Marietta
- Crafts & Drafts (replacing Fall Jonquil Festival) – Smyrna
- Ghost Tales from the Rails – Kennesaw
- Fall Festival of Fun – Marietta
- First Friday Concert Series – Kennesaw
- Halloween JamBOOree – Acworth
- HarvestFest – Marietta
- Kennesaw Grand Prix 5k Run – Kennesaw
- KSU Football Games – Kennesaw
- Life in the Cemetery – Kennesaw
- Make-A-Wish 5k – Marietta
- Nightmare on Main 5k – Kennesaw
- Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (moved to October starting in 2026. The 2025 event was in August) – Kennesaw
- Safe-O-Ween – Acworth
- Scarecrows on Main – Kennesaw
- Sprayberry Trunk or Treat – East Cobb
- Square Screenings – Marietta
- Taste of Acworth – Acworth
- Truck-a-Palooza – Kennesaw
- Victorian Funeral at Root House Museum – Marietta
- Ecofest: Vintage Market & Festival – Kennesaw
- We CARE Vet Fair – Marietta
November Events
- Acworth Beer & Wine Festival – Acworth
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Cobb County Gem & Mineral Club Annual Show – Marietta
- Gobble Jog 5k and 10k – Marietta
- Kennesaw Fall Crawl – Kennesaw
- KSU Football Games – Kennesaw
- Marietta Square Candlelight Shopping – Marietta
- Taste of Kennesaw – Kennesaw
- Tree Lighting at The Battery Atlanta – Marietta
- Turkey Chase 5k and 2k – Acworth
- Veterans Day Ceremony – Acworth
- Veterans Day in Kennesaw – Kennesaw
- Veterans Day Parade – Marietta
- Veterans Memorial 5k – Marietta
December Events
- A Day with Santa Parade and Festival – Kennesaw
- All Aboard for Holiday Fun – Kennesaw
- Apple Annie Arts & Crafts Show – East Cobb
- Breakfast with Santa – Kennesaw
- Breakfast with the Grinch – Acworth
- Caffeine and Octane – Kennesaw
- Christmas and Holiday Lights at Life University – Marietta
- Christmas at Piedmont Church Arts & Crafts Show – East Cobb
- Christmas in Acworth – Acworth
- Christmas Tree Recycling – Cobb County
- Cobb Christmas Stuff-A-Bus – Cobb County
- Dashing Through the Square 5k – Marietta
- Holiday Artisan Market – Marietta
- Holiday Extravaganza – Kennesaw
- Holiday Lights at East Cobb Park – East Cobb
- Glimmer & Glee: A Holly Days Flight – Kennesaw
- Light Up Main Parade – Acworth
- Lights, Camera, Avenue! Outdoor Movies – East Cobb
- Marietta Pilgrimage Christmas Home Tour – Marietta
- Marietta Square Christmas Tree Lighting – Marietta
- Marietta Square Merry Market – Marietta
- Marietta Pilgrimage Gala – Marietta
- Menorah Lighting at Avenue East Cobb – East Cobb
- Menorah Lighting at The Battery Atlanta – East Cobb
- Menorah Lighting Ceremony – Acworth
- Menorah Lighting Ceremony – Kennesaw
- Menorah Lighting on the Square – Marietta
- New Year’s Eve at The Battery Atlanta – East Cobb
- Photos with Santa at Town Center Mall – Kennesaw
- Santa in the Square – Marietta
- Santa’s Arrival – Acworth
- Sleighbells on the Square – Marietta
- World of Illumination – Marietta
- Wreaths Across America – Kennesaw
School Calendars
Cobb County School Calendars:
Marietta City School Calendars:
Canceled Events
- Fall-O-Ween Fest – Kennesaw (replaced by Candy Crawl after 2024 event)
- Sprayberry Trunk or Treat – Marietta / East Cobb (canceled after 2023 event)
- Kennesaw Beer and Wine Festival – Kennesaw (canceled after 2023 event)
- Cobb Tasting Festival – Marietta (no dates announced after 2023 event)
- Cobb County Easter Egg Hunt – Marietta (replaced by Spring Arts Festival after 2023)
- Family Fancy Pants Dance – Marietta (canceled after 2023 event)
- Family Dance Party – Acworth (canceled after 2022 event)
- Fall Jonquil Festival – Smyrna (changed to Crafts & Drafts in 2022)
- Cobb Classic Rodeo – Marietta (canceled in 2020)
- Owl-O-Ween – Kennesaw (canceled in 2020)
- Pro Wakeboard Tour – Acworth (last visited Acworth during the 2018 tour)
- Boxerstock – Marietta (canceled in 2017)
- Marietta Zombie Walk – Marietta (canceled in 2016)
- Whole Hawg Happenin’ BBQ & Music Fest – Marietta (canceled in 2015)
