Things to do in Alpharetta
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Things to do
Things to do in Alpharetta this month: October 2026
October in Alpharetta: Wire & Wood Oct. 9-10, the Turkish Food Festival, Restaurant Week, Boo Bash Oct. 17, the Scarecrow Harvest and Saturday markets.
Fourth of July
Alpharetta Fourth of July fireworks
Alpharetta fireworks are at Wills Park on July 4; the 2026 show began at 9:15 p.m. No 2027 details are posted yet. Questions: 678-297-6102.
Halloween
Trick-or-treat hours in Alpharetta 2026
Alpharetta has set no official trick-or-treat hours for Saturday, Oct. 31. Boo Bash is Oct. 17; nearby trunk-or-treats run Oct. 21-25.
Christmas
Alpharetta Christmas parade and tree lighting 2026
Alpharetta lights its 50-foot tree at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, at a 5-to-8 p.m. event downtown. No city parade is listed. Avalon lights Nov. 22.
Trails
Parks and trails in Alpharetta
Alpharetta's parks: Wills Park, the 12-mile Big Creek Greenway, Waggy World dog park and more, with addresses and hours. Parks office: 678-297-6100.
Fall festivals
Fall festivals and pumpkin patches near Alpharetta 2026
Alpharetta's Scarecrow Harvest runs Oct. 4 to Nov. 1, Wire & Wood is Oct. 9-10 and Boo Bash Oct. 17. Plus pumpkin patches and fall fests nearby.
Halloween
Halloween events in Alpharetta 2026
Halloween 2026 near Alpharetta: Boo Bash Oct. 17, Halloween Hikes Oct. 23-25, trick-or-treating at Avalon Oct. 24, adults-only parties Oct. 30 and more.
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving in Alpharetta 2026: turkey trots and trash pickup
The Gobble Wobble 5K starts at 8 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, at Halcyon. Trash pickup slides a day, and Fulton schools are off Nov. 23-27.
Christmas
Holiday lights and Christmas events in Alpharetta 2026
Santa at Avalon Nov. 23 to Dec. 24, Lanier Islands lights Nov. 20 to Jan. 3, Roswell and Cumming tree lightings, Breakfast with Santa and holiday markets.
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve in Alpharetta 2026: Noon Year's Eve and lights
Noon Year's Eve at The Hotel at Avalon 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 31, Lights on the Loop until 11 p.m., and trash pickup changes for New Year's Day.
Avalon
Avalon in Alpharetta: visitor's guide to parking, hours, food, events
Avalon visitor's guide: free parking decks, $12 valet, 9 p.m. closing (7 p.m. Sunday), restaurants, the dog park, kids' play area and free events.
Free
Free things to do in Alpharetta
Free in Alpharetta: the Big Creek Greenway, five city art galleries, the history museum at City Hall, Old Rucker Farm, library story time and Avalon's free events.
Restaurant Week
Alpharetta Restaurant Week: dates, restaurants and menu prices
Alpharetta Restaurant Week runs Oct. 10-17, 2026: 42 restaurants serving set menus from $12.99 to $75. Full list and menu prices.
Scarecrow Harvest
Alpharetta Scarecrow Harvest: dates, map, puzzle hunt and winners
Alpharetta's Scarecrow Harvest puts more than 150 scarecrows downtown Oct. 4 to Nov. 1, 2026. Free, with a puzzle hunt; winners named at Boo Bash Oct. 17.
Lights on the Loop
Lights on the Loop in Alpharetta: dates, hours, parking
Lights on the Loop lights a mile of the Alpha Loop nightly Dec. 4, 2026, to Jan. 4, 2027, 5:30 to 11 p.m. Free, with parking at 2500 Northwinds Parkway.
Taste of Alpharetta
Taste of Alpharetta: date, TasteBucks, parking and road closures
Taste of Alpharetta is the free spring food festival downtown. The 2026 edition was May 14 with 75 restaurants; the 2027 date is not yet announced.
Alpharetta Farmers Market
Alpharetta Farmers Market: 2026 dates, hours and parking
The Alpharetta Farmers Market is next open Saturday, Oct. 17, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Town Green. Free parking, leashed dogs welcome, last day Nov. 14.
Alpharetta Women's Half Marathon
Alpharetta Women's Half Marathon and 5K 2026: date, parking
The Alpharetta Women's Half Marathon and 5K is Sunday, Nov. 1, at 7 a.m. at Avalon. Entry is $90 for the half and $45 for the 5K, with no race-day sign-ups.
An Alpharetta Holiday
An Alpharetta Holiday 2026: Alpharetta Symphony concerts
An Alpharetta Holiday, the Alpharetta Symphony's holiday concert, is Saturday, Nov. 28, at 3 and 5:30 p.m. at Innovation Academy. Carols, film themes and more.
Paint the Town
Paint the Town Alpharetta 2026: plein air dates and events
Paint the Town, Arts Alpharetta's plein air painting competition, runs Tuesday, Oct. 20, to Saturday, Oct. 24, with a Quick Draw on the Town Green Oct. 23.
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Veterans Day
Veterans Day in Alpharetta 2026: ceremonies and closures
Veterans Day is Wednesday, Nov. 11. Johns Creek's ceremony is Saturday, Nov. 7; Alpharetta's 2026 veterans lunch is not posted yet. Trash pickup runs as usual.
Arts
Arts and exhibitions in Alpharetta: October 2026
Arts in Alpharetta, October 2026: Paint the Town Oct. 20-24, Arcadia's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike from Oct. 23 and the Alpharetta Symphony Oct. 30.
Things to do
Things to do in Alpharetta this weekend, Oct. 9 to 11
Wire & Wood's free songwriters festival takes over downtown Friday and Saturday, the Turkish Food Festival runs all weekend and the ASO plays Halloween Sunday.
Wire & Wood
Wire & Wood shuts Main Street, Milton Avenue next weekend
Downtown streets close from 6 a.m. Friday, Oct. 9, for the free Wire & Wood festival. The closures, where to park, the seven stages and when headliners play.