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153rd Birthday Celebration / Culture & Spirit Festival
Oct. 4, 2025 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 - Spin Doctors on the stage at the Community Center in Village Green Park / Main Stage on Atlanta Road Music Begins with Kool & The Gang at 7:00 pm & Fitz And The Tantrums 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).
TABLE 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 6:00 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)-
- Info/Map for the whole day - where/when to find everything
- Info/Map sheet for parking
- Info/Map for Food & Beverage
- Info/Map for All Performance Locations
- Info/Map for Fireworks Viewing Locations
- One page with all maps
Other/All Performances throughout the day (Culture & Spirit Festival followed by the Birthday Celebration Concert / Fireworks):
By Location/Time:
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Village Green Stage:
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11:00 am - The Muckers
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12:45 pm - Cigar Store Indians
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2:15 pm - Pushing Daisies
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4:30 pm - Spin Doctors
Community Center Stage:
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12:30 pm - Dr. Congcong Bi
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1:45 pm - Magic Eastern Ensemble
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3:45 pm - Naach Dance Academy
City Hall Stage:
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12:00 pm - Ballet MEXICANO
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1:15 pm - Los Amigos
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3:30 pm - Lion Dance – Chen Hong School of Kung Fu
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4:00 pm - Manga African Dance
Festival Busker:
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12:00 pm-4:00pm Carrie McQueen, Stilt Walker
Atlanta Road Stage - The Birthday Celebration will follow featuring:
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7:00 pm - Kool & the Gang
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8:30 pm - Fitz and the Tantrums
This is a FREE event. Maps of all features/performance locations and instructions for view the concerts and the fireworks will be posted to our socials and our website early in the week.
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See you there!