Activities this weekend include East Cobb’s signature’s food festival, plenty of music and other outdoor activities as spring continues. From our calendar listings:
Rain is in the forecast Saturday for the Taste of East Cobb, but it’s slated to go on rain or shine from 11-5 at Johnson Ferry Baptist Church (955 Johnson Ferry Road).
It’s the 20th anniversary of the festival featuring local restaurants, businesses and other organizations, to benefit the Walton band programs. Jazz bands from several local schools will be playing, and there will be raffle prizes, giveaways, a kids zone and more.
Admission and parking are free; you pay for food tickets as you go, and as you like.
The Cobb Fire Station 12 Open House on Saturday will celebrate the new facility at 853 Chastain Corner from 11-1. You can tour the station, meet the firefighters and see how they operate. It’s free and open to the public.
East Cobb Park (3322 Roswell Road) will be busy all day and into the evening on Saturday, starting with the East Cobb Park Garden Club Work Day from 10-12. This month’s project is the assessing newly planted annuals for pests.
Meet up at the lower level gardens to the right of the concert stage, and if you’ve got gloves, tools and shovels, bring them with you. It’s also a kid-friendly event if you wish to bring along little ones.
At the same 10-12 time frame in another part of the park, the Cobb Water System and volunteers will be having a Sewell Mill Creek Waterway Cleanup.
All you have to do is show up in clothing that can get wet, including rubber boots or waders if you have them. All equipment for the cleanup will be provided.
Just before dark on Saturday is the first Music in the Park concert at night. It features the 10-piece high-energy band 120 East, which will sound off starting at 7 p.m.
The concert is free and you can bring food, blankets and chairs to enjoy.
It’s the first of a double-dip of concerts at the park. From 3-5 Sunday you can hear Rusted Melody, a Music in the Park regular, featuring folk and light pop sounds.
One more blast of music is coming your way as the weekend concludes, also on Sunday. The Atlanta-based chorale ensemble Coro Vocati will be performing from 3-5 at St. Catherine’s Episcopal Church (571 Holt Road).
The program is called “Dirt Roads and Footpaths,” based on a musical setting of the Dylan Thomas “Fern Hill” poem evoking “youth and memory, while other works illuminate the landscapes, challenges, and joys of the human journey.”
The concert is free and free-will donations are accepted; refreshments will be served.
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