"Ten years ago, there was nothing here," Mayor Tommy Allegood told Atlanta News First this summer, in a story about the entrance to Logan Farm Park. "It was a big swamp."
He was talking about the spot where the city had just moved a house built around 1851. His point applies to the whole park, though. Look at Acworth's calendar from now through mid-November and most of the dates are in the same place. The farmers market, the book festival, the Halloween party, the classic car cruise and the city's fall open house are all at Logan Farm Park or the community center next to it. Main Street gets one big Saturday, and the park's calendar makes room for it.
The park that took over the calendar
The city's own description explains why the events ended up here. Logan Farm Park covers 120 acres, with connecting nature trails, a lighted one-third-mile track, a fishing pond, a rental pavilion, restrooms, a community field, a large destination playground and two smaller playgrounds. The Acworth Community Center is also here, and it's home to Tanyard Creek Overlook. The park is open from 6 a.m. to midnight. The trails aren't lit, so they're open sunrise to sunset.
That mix of open field, shelter, restrooms and indoor space fits nearly any event, and the event pages show it. The Acworth Book Festival used to be held every August at Roberts School. This year it's at Tanyard Creek Overlook in Logan Farm Park, 4361 Cherokee St. Even the Fall Downtown Classic Car Cruise, with "downtown" in its name, is at Logan Farm Park, from 2 to 7 p.m. on Oct. 31. Spectators get in free, and drivers who show a car are asked for $5.
The Historic Downtown Acworth Farmers Market has been here all season. It runs at 4405 Cherokee St. on Friday mornings through Oct. 30 and Saturday mornings through Nov. 14, from 8 a.m. to noon. The Acworth Downtown Development Authority sponsors it. Vendors bring Georgia-grown vegetables, eggs, cheese, bedding plants, bread, pies, cakes, honey and jams.
Saturday, Oct. 10, is the park's busiest day
The book festival's move to the park lined it up with the market and a garden event on the same morning. Here's the day in order:
- 8 a.m. to noon: The Saturday farmers market at Logan Farm Park.
- 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: The Acworth Book & Storytelling Festival at Tanyard Creek Overlook. It's free, with authors, book signings, vendors, live storytelling and quilt displays.
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.: The Acworth Community Garden's 6th annual Fall Plant Swap. The plants are free, so you don't need anything to trade. You'll find seeds, seedlings, cuttings, divisions and transplants for indoors and out. There's also face painting, a kids' craft table, "Plant Doctors" Lowell and Mark answering plant questions, and music by The Acworth Trainwreck.
One note on the plant swap. It isn't in the park. The city's event listing puts it at the Acworth Community Garden, 4757 School Street, so plan a short trip over from the market.
Put those three together and you can fill a morning with produce and bread, spend the middle of the day at the book festival, and pick up a free cutting around lunchtime. The organizers are different, and the market and festival share a single park.
Oct. 17 is the day the park steps aside
The city's market schedule lists three Saturdays with no market: July 25, Oct. 17 and Nov. 7.
Oct. 17 is also Taste of Acworth. The free festival takes over Main Street from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., with more than 150 booths, two stages and food samples from $1 to $10.
The city doesn't say why it skips the market that day. Either way, the result is that the fall's biggest Main Street event doesn't compete with a full market a few blocks away. If your Saturday routine starts at the market, Oct. 17 starts on Main Street instead. Bring small bills for the samples. The Friday market still runs that week, so Oct. 16 is the day to stock up on eggs and bread.
The rest of the fall, mostly in one place
After Taste weekend, things move back to Cherokee Street:
- Saturday, Oct. 24, 3 to 7 p.m.: Halloween JamBOOree at Logan Farm Park. Visit Acworth's listing gives the hours. The city's page puts it on the field in front of the park playground, with a costume contest at 5 p.m. and sign-ups starting at 4:30.
- Tuesday, Oct. 27, 6:30 to 8 p.m.: The city's Fall Community Update and Open House at the Acworth Community Center. Mayor Allegood and city staff will talk about current and upcoming projects and take questions.
- Friday, Oct. 30: The last Friday farmers market of 2026.
- Saturday, Oct. 31, 2 to 7 p.m.: The Fall Downtown Classic Car Cruise at Logan Farm Park. It wraps up in time for trick-or-treating.
- Saturday, Nov. 14: The last Saturday market of the season.
The playground matters here. JamBOOree is on the field right in front of it, so families can split up between the costume contest and the play structures and still see each other. That's one reason this park works for a crowd with young kids in a way a street closure can't.
A coffee shop at the front door, and it isn't open yet
The biggest change at the park is a building moving in. The McCray House was built around 1851 and was one of the few buildings to survive the advance of Gen. William T. Sherman's troops. It originally stood at 4700 Allatoona Gateway. This year the city moved it to 4415 Cherokee St., at the entrance to Logan Farm Park. "It used to be about a thousand feet from here," Allegood said.
The move cost about $1.2 million. The money came from the city's budget for historic buildings, including SPLOST funds. The house will become the fourth location of Bizarre Coffee, a local chain known for setting up in historic buildings. Sabrina Kaylor owns the chain, and the new shop will run under a 10-year lease with five-year renewal options. The original flooring and some exterior walls are being kept during renovation. "If we are going to position ourselves as part of the journey, the point is to honor the past," Kaylor said.
The July report gave Oct. 1 as the opening date. As of this weekend, Bizarre Coffee's Acworth page still says "COMING SOON." It says the team is hard at work on the Downtown Acworth shop and lists no hours. Check the company's channels before you plan a pre-market coffee there. The location matters more than the date, though. Once it opens, the park's front entrance will have a place to sit down, at the same address where the market, the playground and the overlook already are.
What the city may build next
The Oct. 27 open house comes one week before a ballot question tied to the park. The city's SPLOST page says a renewal referendum is proposed for Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. The current program runs through Dec. 31, 2027. One proposed project is a $1 million Phase 2 renovation of the Logan Multi-Use Trail. The city says the trail is nearly 25 years old and needs to be fully replaced.
That project is on a list of proposals. It isn't under construction and has no start date. If you walk or run the Logan trail every week, the community update at the Acworth Community Center is the place to ask city staff how the work would be scheduled.
Living near Logan Farm Park now means having most of the city's fall calendar close by. If you're wondering how that walk to the market, the overlook and the future coffee shop affects what your home is worth, Hollingsworth & Company can look at the numbers with you. Get your instant home valuation.
