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Hot Air Balloon Festival, Book Signing, Youth Track-or-Treat, Trick-or-Treating

Take a look at events happening in and around Kennesaw this weekend, Oct. 25-27.

Trish Foxwell Book Signing and Lecture

Author, journalist and travel writer Trish Foxwell will discuss and sign copies of her new release "A Visitor's Guide to the Literary South" at the Gone With the Wind Museum on Oct. 27 at 2 p.m.

"Guys and Dolls"

Atlanta Lyric Theatre will present the Broadway classic Guys and Dolls atThe Jennie T. Anderson Theatre at Cobb Civic Center, 548 S. Marietta Pkwy., Marietta, from Oct. 25 through Nov. 10.   

Bustling with gamblers, gangsters and sassy showgirls, Guys and Dolls celebrates Broadway’s golden era with a score by Frank Loesser, a book and lyrics by Joe Swerling and comedy legend Abe Burrows and Damon Runyon’s comic book world of 1940s Times Square New York City.

Kennesaw Owl O'Ween

Kennesaw State University’s Sports & Recreation Park will host “Owl-O-Ween,” a visually spectacular, family friendly Halloween event for all ages, featuring Atlanta’s first Hot Air Balloon Festival and costume party, Oct. 26.

The event will feature stilt walkers, sword swallowers, fire breathers, sideshow performers, art vendors, a whimsical forest children’s area, Radio Disney’s TRYathlon, local foods and harvest beers. 

YWCA's Youth Track-or-Treat

Benefiting the only Domestic Violence Shelter in Cobb County, the Youth Track-or-Treat takes place Sunday, Oct. 27, at Swift Cantrell Park in Kennesaw.

The event will also feature face painting and other family activities.
  • 1:45 p.m. Registration Begins
  • 2:15 p.m. Warm Up
  • 2:30 to 4 p.m. Races by Age Group

Suggested Distances:

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  • Age 4 to 6 – ¼ mile
  • Age 7 to 9 – ½ mile
  • Age 10 to 14 – 1 mile
  • Adult Skirt Sprint – ¼ mile

Register online at trackortreat.com.

Boo Bash & Trick-or-Treating at Town Center at Cobb

Kidgits Boo Bash at Town Center at Cobb is Saturday, Oct. 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. outside the Mall Entrance between Belk and JCPenney (weather permitting).

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Twentieth Century Fox is also celebrating the Blu-Ray and DVD release of The Croods, Monsters vs Aliens: Cloning Around, Dragons Riders of Berk Part 1 & 2 and Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

Boo Bash activities will include giveaways, a bounce house, crafts, games and more. Kidgits members can enjoy all the activities and giveaways at no cost. Non-members can join for only $5. 

There will also be mall-wide trick-or-treating from 6 to 8 p.m. Radio Disney will be in Center Court to host the costume parade and play Disney hits and other crowd activities. Halloween photos will also be available for purchase in Center Court. 

Cobb Diaper Day

The 5th Annual Cobb Diaper Day will take place on the Marietta Square at 5 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28. The collection drive will benefit a number of Cobb-based organizations that assist needy families, including MUST Ministries, The Center for Family Resources, Reconnecting Families, Christian Aid Mission Partnership and the YWCA of Northwest Georgia. 


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