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Test your surfing skills aboard a real surfboard, without ever getting wet, at this year's Atlanta Boat Show. Photo courtesy of event
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1/7/26 - By Elsa Simcik

Looking for the best things to do in Atlanta this weekend? Here are some family-friendly events and activities to add to your list for this weekend! 

College football fans head to downtown Atlanta for Friday's FREE Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Fan Fest, filled with interactive attractions like punting, passing and kicking games, obstacle courses, and zip lining. Also downtown this weekend? The 2026 Atlanta Boat Show, featuring boats, of course, as well as a kids' zone with VR games, surfing simulator, and crafts. One of our favorite monthly FREE events happens this weekend in Buckhead: UPS Second Sunday at the High Museum of Art. This weekend event is a great activity featuring family-friendly programming and performances. Read on for even more fun things to do this weekend in Atlanta! 

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Midtown
Final weekend! Through January 11
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Kennesaw's Holiday Extravaganza

Kennesaw - FREE
Final weekend! Through January 11
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Winter Wonderland at Fernbank

Druid Hills
Final weekend! Through January 11
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2026 Atlanta Boat Show

Downtown
January 8 - 11
Ring in the New Year at the 2026 Discover Boating Atlanta Boat Show, in partnership with Progressive®, docking January 8–11, 2026, at the Georgia World Congress Center. READ MORE

Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Fan Fest

Downtown - FREE
Friday, January 9
The Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl is back, and with it comes tons of family-friendly events beyond the football game.  READ MORE

Carter's D.I.Y. Days

Buckhead & Alpharetta - FREE
Saturday, January 10
Calling all mini mastercrafters (ages 3+)  Carter's in Buckhead and Alpharetta offers a FREE hands-on DIY workshop in partnership with KiwiCo the 2nd Saturday of every month from 10am – 12pm. READ MORE

Family Night Hike at Chattahoochee Nature Center

Roswell
Saturday, January 10
On this nighttime hike at the Chattahoochee Nature Center, families can listen for the sounds of nature after dark.  READ MORE

The Magic Gateway Magic Show

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Saturday, January 10
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UPS Second Sunday at the High

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Sunday, January 11
On the second Sunday of each month, families head to the High Museum of Art for FREE admission for all visitors and special family-friendly programming. Kids art-making activities, performances, and the High’s permanent collection and special exhibitions.   READ MORE

Cirque du Soleil LUZIA

West Midtown
Through Sunday, January 25
LUZIA chronicles the encounters of a parachuted traveler with the culture, nature and mythology of a dreamlike land inhabited by a mystifying menagerie of characters.  READ MORE

The Rink at Park Tavern

Midtown
Through Monday, February 16
Park Tavern brings back its ice skating rink with its stunning backdrop featuring Piedmont Park and the Midtown skyline. Skaters (and spectators) enjoy the heated garden tent, an awesome sound system, and of course a huge rink!  READ MORE

The Ice Rink at Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill
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Elsa Simcik
Elsa Simcik has been freelance writing for 20-something years, covering a hodgepodge of fields--health & fitness, human interest stories, and even dating. After becoming a mom she segued into writing for local magazines and websites, focusing on parenting, fun things to do with kids, and travel. The travel part is fun, but not as glamorous as it sounds, because it's traveling with kids. Still, she'll take it.
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