Weekend-Guide on WACN 21 News

Sunday planner: Odyssey IMAX all-nighters, Manuel’s 70th, and free metro picks

Sun, 09 Aug 2026 01:20:00 -0400

METRO ATLANTA — If your Sunday plan is still blank, the city and suburbs are not short on options.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is packing the only 70mm IMAX screen in Georgia — Regal Mall of Georgia in Buford — hard enough that the theater has run 24-hour operations Thursday through Monday since the film’s late-July U.S. release. FOX 5 Atlanta’s Aug. 7–9 things-to-do list, meanwhile, flags anniversary parties, free concerts, and family festivals still live across the weekend.

Weekend guide: Tech First Saturday, Sonic Expo, Glow Nights

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:25:00 -0400

ATLANTA — The first August weekend after many metro districts return to school still has a packed free-and-ticketed menu if you plan around afternoon storms.

AJC Access Atlanta’s Mary Caldwell published a 15-item weekend guide highlighting fan conventions, a Georgia Tech football primer, aquarium nightlife, and neighborhood freebies. Below is a WACN 21 cut of the highest-signal stops with the published windows and price notes from that roundup.

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First Saturday on the Flats — Georgia Tech

Saturday, Aug. 8, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., free at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field. Access Atlanta flags tailgate games, interactive field experiences, a DJ, and autographs with coach Brent Key and players — the traditional public on-ramp to Yellow Jacket football season.

Saturday in the metro: Red Bull Showrun, back-to-school bashes, and park festivals

Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:15:00 -0400

ATLANTA — Saturday is one of the densest free-and-cheap days of the late-summer calendar, mixing a high-profile street motorsports show, a wave of back-to-school giveaways, park festivals, and night baseball — all under a National Weather Service forecast that favors showers.

FOX 5 Atlanta’s weekend roundup for July 31–Aug. 2, published earlier this week and still the clearest single checklist for Saturday, is the backbone of the itinerary below. Pair it with the city’s already-issued Summerhill permits and the NWS Saturday storm package before you lock in outdoor plans.