Smyrna's weekly outdoor routines are ending. The River Line Park splash pad closed for the year on September 9. Food Truck Tuesday at Taylor-Brawner Park ran its last night of the season on September 22. Smyrna Market, the Sunday market that fills West Spring Street and King Street by City Hall, has three Sundays left, and October 18 is the last one.
Downtown doesn't go quiet from here, but the schedule changes shape. From October through mid-December, the City of Smyrna's events land almost entirely on weekends. Regular weeknight programming now comes from StillFire Brewing, which opened its 25,000-square-foot taproom on Village Green in March. This is the first fall the building has been open, which makes it the first time downtown's weeknights have had a recurring schedule once the city's summer run ends.
The weekly habits that just ended
From spring through September, downtown and the parks ran on a weekly rhythm. Food Truck Tuesday brought trucks, sweets and music to Taylor-Brawner Park every week from May 5 through September 22. The new splash pad at River Line Park, 6043 Oakdale Road, opened its first public season May 2 and ran through September 9. Smyrna Market has run Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with more than 60 rotating vendors.
Each of those happened on the same day every week, so nobody had to check a calendar. The fall schedule works differently. Each event happens once, and you need to know the date.
The city's fall calendar lives on weekends
Here is the downtown schedule the City of Smyrna has posted for the rest of 2026, in order:
- Saturday, October 3: The city's 154th Birthday Celebration and Culture & Spirit Festival runs 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. It's free, with stages at Village Green Park and City Hall.
- Sundays, October 4, 11 and 18: The last three Smyrna Market mornings, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Friday, October 16: Smyrna's Spooky Festival in Market Village, 6 to 9 p.m. For the 6:30 pet parade, register at Lickers and Whines in Market Village and meet at City Hall at 6:15. Then a double feature begins at 7 in Village Green Park.
- Saturday, October 17: College Football Saturday at Village Green Park at 3 p.m., with a DJ, prizes and giveaways. That evening, the Blanket Concert Series brings Blair Crimmins & The Hookers to Reed House from 6:30 to 8:30.
- Saturday and Sunday, October 24 and 25: Crafts & Drafts fills City Hall, Market Village and Village Green Park, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The city lists 150 arts-and-crafts booths plus food, music and kids' activities.
- Saturday, November 7: College Football Saturday returns to Village Green Park.
- Wednesday, November 11: The Veterans Day Ceremony at the Twentieth Century Veterans Memorial, 2800 King Street SE, 10:45 to 11:50 a.m., organized by the Smyrna Veterans Committee.
- Tuesday, December 1: Home for the Holidays in Market Village, 5 to 9 p.m., with school choirs, Santa, the tree lighting and the Kris Kringle Market.
- Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6: The Smyrna Holiday Market at Brawner Hall and Reed House, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and starting at 11 a.m. Sunday. December 5 is also the last College Football Saturday on the city's schedule.
- Thursday, December 10: All I Want for Christmas is Spirits at the Community Center, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., with Atkins Park as a partner. It's for ages 21 and up.
- Saturday, December 12: The Blanket Concert Series closes the year at Village Green Park with Gwen Hughes & The Retro Kats, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
That's eight weekend dates out of eleven. The weekday entries are a Friday-night Halloween event, a Veterans Day morning ceremony, the December 1 tree lighting and one adults-only holiday evening. None of them repeat weekly the way Food Truck Tuesday did.
The calendar also has no Oktoberfest. The city's October through December month views don't list one, and Crafts & Drafts is the city's big fall festival. StillFire held its first Smyrna Oktoberfest on September 12 and 13, with German beer, stein-hoisting, a dress-up contest and live bands.
Weeknights moved to the taproom on Village Green
StillFire Brewing began in Suwanee in 2019. Its Smyrna location, at 2725 King St. SE, sits right on the downtown green. The building has a main-level taproom, the covered Jonquil Beer Garden with several patios, a balcony looking over the brewhouse, and the Bandit's Barrel Room for private events. On top is a 4,000-square-foot SkyDeck with fire pits, big TVs and a full bar. Four bars pour from 78 taps, including cocktails, wine, mocktails and house-made root beer. The brewery describes itself as family- and dog-friendly. Food comes from Beto's Tacos, which runs out of the building next door.
For this time of year, the schedule matters more than the size. StillFire's posted Smyrna calendar for October runs on fixed weeknights.
- Wednesdays, 7 to 9 p.m.: Team trivia with prizes on October 7, 14, 21 and 28.
- Thursdays, 7 to 9 p.m.: Soundcheck Music Bingo in the taproom on October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.
- Live music: Brandon Whitley on Friday, October 2, 6 to 9 p.m. Rich Gunderlock on Sunday, October 4, 2 to 5 p.m. Jake & the Naysayers on Friday, October 9, 7 to 10 p.m.
The taproom is open Monday through Wednesday from 3 to 10 p.m., Thursday from 3 to 11 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to midnight, and Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. At launch, StillFire said it was partnering with Rev Coffee to serve hot coffee and cold brew in the mornings, but it hasn't published hours for that service. As of today, StillFire's November events page has no listings, so the weekly lineup past October isn't confirmed yet.
Put the two schedules side by side and they barely overlap. The city takes the weekends and a few special evenings. The brewery takes Wednesday and Thursday nights. Before March, downtown had no regular weeknight event once the summer series ended.
The October 16 to 25 stretch
The two schedules come closest in the back half of October. Spooky Festival kicks it off Friday night, October 16. On Saturday, College Football Saturday starts at Village Green Park at 3 p.m., and the Blanket Concert at Reed House follows at 6:30. Sunday, October 18, is the last Smyrna Market of the year. The next weekend brings Crafts & Drafts, and StillFire's trivia and bingo nights fall on the Wednesday and Thursday between the two weekends. That makes ten days in a row with something on Village Green or within a block of it.
Parking will be the main headache on the festival days. StillFire points its guests to the Smyrna Community Center, the public lots off Powder Springs Street behind the building, and the parallel spots on and around Village Green Circle. On Crafts & Drafts weekend, festival crowds will be using those same spaces.
Beyond downtown
A few of this year's openings away from the green fill out the fall. Riverline Coffee, owned by Smyrna residents Nick and Erica Zinkie, opened at 2778 Cumberland Boulevard SE and held its grand opening on August 8. It serves East Pole beans and pastries from Bernhard's German Bakery. Dumpling Crown opened July 8 at 4924 S. Cobb Drive SE, serving handmade soup dumplings, dim sum and noodles. At The Battery, Hundredfold, the brasserie from chef Timothy Hollingsworth, is still listed as coming in fall 2026, with no opening date announced.
Back downtown, the season ends in December, mostly on weekends again. The tree lighting comes first on Tuesday, December 1. The Holiday Market at Brawner Hall and Reed House follows on December 5 and 6, and Gwen Hughes & The Retro Kats close the Blanket Concert Series on Village Green on December 12.
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