The Exploration Expo in Piedmont Park is the finale to this year’s Science Festival

 

Come to Piedmont Park on Saturday, March 25, 2023, for the Exploration Expo!
This is a family event that marks the grand finale of the Atlanta Science Festival, a two-week celebration of science and technology.

The event is FREE and open to the public. It all happens from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine.

The event lets you join other curious kids and adults in witnessing the wonder of science at the Exploration Expo. There will be over 100 interactive science booths and plenty of live science demos.
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Interactive exhibits let kids experience the wonders of science.

 

In past years, the creative, interactive displays let kids touch a human brain, pet a python, squeeze into a mock MRI scanner, play robot soccer, make gummy worms, listen to their joints, look up their own nasal passages, excavate a fossil, spin the Wheel of Bugs, touch a jet engine, make a pollen map of Atlanta, and much more.

An array of live science shows will take place throughout the day, including a favorite event known as the Pink Ping-Pong Big Bang. (At noon, thousands of pink ping-pong balls will launch into the sky, serving as harbingers of the day’s science celebrations.)

Live science shows will captivate the crowd.

You can plan to spend the whole day exploring science at Piedmont Park — because there will be plenty of food and drink vendors onsite. Participating food trucks include:

  • Jim ’N Nick’s Bar-B-Q
  • Spice the Americas
  • Mixed Up
  • South of Philly
  • Repicci’s
  • Island Chef Café
  • Bhojanic
  • Cookie Truck
  • King of Pops

 

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Daffodil Days at Oakland Cemetery

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All Day | FREE | Brook Run Park (Dunwoody)

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All Day | FREE | Brook Run Park (Dunwoody)

Women's History Month murals on display at Brook Run Skate Park

All Day | FREE | Brook Run Park (Dunwoody)

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9:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Oakland Cemetery

FREE contemporary art exhibits

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

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7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Wild Heaven Beer (West End location)

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All Day | FREE | Brook Run Park (Dunwoody)

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9:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Oakland Cemetery

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12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

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All Day | FREE | Brook Run Park (Dunwoody)

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All Day | FREE | Brook Run Park (Dunwoody)

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12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

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9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Fernbank Science Center & Planetarium / Observatory

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FREE | Tellus Science Museum (Cartersville)

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8:00 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Town Center at Cobb (Kennesaw)

Spring Festival on Ponce

10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Olmsted Linear Park

Spring Festival on Ponce

11:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE

FREE contemporary art exhibits

12:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

Free admission for Bank of America cardholders at the Center for Civil & Human Rights

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Center for Civil and Human Rights

FREE: Drag Bingo at Politan Row food hall, in Colony Square

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Colony Square

Sunday FUNKday: live music, outdoors

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | The Works (westside Atlanta)

Monday, April 3, 2023

Spring Festival on Ponce

10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Olmsted Linear Park

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Spring Festival on Ponce

10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Olmsted Linear Park

FREE contemporary art exhibits

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

Dirty South TRIVIA night

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Wild Heaven Beer (West End location)

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Spring Festival on Ponce

10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Olmsted Linear Park

FREE contemporary art exhibits

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Spring Festival on Ponce

10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Olmsted Linear Park

FREE contemporary art exhibits

12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

Yappy Hour Pup Meetup

5:00 pm to 6:30 pm | FREE | The Works (westside Atlanta)

Weekly Group Run / Walk

6:30 pm | FREE | Gate City Brewing Company (Roswell)

Thirsty Thursday Trivia Night

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Best End Brewing

FREE Karaoke Night

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | The Works (westside Atlanta)

Public observatory viewing

9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Fernbank Science Center & Planetarium / Observatory

Friday, April 7, 2023

Spring Festival on Ponce

10:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Olmsted Linear Park

Tot Time and You

10:45 am to 11:15 am | FREE | Wills Park Recreation Center (Alpharetta)

FREE contemporary art exhibits

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | Atlanta Contemporary (west midtown)

Marietta Square First Friday Art Walk

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Marietta Square

First Friday concert series

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Norcross Cultural Arts and Community Center

Public observatory viewing

9:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Fernbank Science Center & Planetarium / Observatory

 

 

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