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Roswell Roots Festival

Roswell, GA · Arts & Culture

When

January 18 – February 28, 2027

Where

Roswell · GA

Cost

Not confirmed

Status

Confirmed from the organizer's published schedule

A month-long community festival honoring Black history and cultural heritage through storytelling, performances, conversations and programs in five categories: art, education, culture, performance and history. Held in Roswell and run by the City of Roswell with Roswell Cultural Arts and community partners. It has been celebrated for more than 25 years.

The history within reach

• Alpharetta Arts Streetfest5.0 mi

  A free juried outdoor fine arts festival at the Grove at Wills Park in downtown Alpharetta, held each Memorial Day weekend with artist booths, live music, and family activities.

• Atlanta Country Club hosts the first Tournament Players Championship7.0 mi

  The club was founded in 1964 in the Chattahoochee Plantation stretch of East Cobb and opened its Willard Byrd course two years later.

• Atlanta Chili Cook Off7.1 mi

  The Atlanta Chili Cook Off is a community chili cook-off and tasting festival at Dunwoody's Brook Run Park, with more than 50 amateur, restaurant, and caterer entries competing each November..

• The Marietta Paper Mill ruins on Sope Creek7.3 mi

  A water powered rag mill started turning linen and cotton scrap into paper here in 1855, including cartridge paper for Confederate ammunition, which is why rumour called it the Confederate Mint.

• Six Flags White Water opens on Cobb Parkway10 mi

  White Water Atlanta opened in 1984 on 69 acres just north of the Big Chicken, one of the first big water parks in the Southeast.