The Cultural Arts Alliance at Johns Creek

The Cultural Arts Alliance at Johns Creek was developed as a non-profit partnership of arts and cultural organizations, individual artists, and other entities with a mission to promote the visual, performing, and cultural arts in order to enhance the quality of life within the greater Johns Creek area.

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Arts & Culture Happenings
September thru October

City of Johns Creek

Performing Arts Center Bond Referendum Community Meeting
Johns Creek City Hall
Thu, Aug 21   6:00pm
Thu, Sep 18   6:00pm
Thu, Oct 16   6:00pm

3 community forums at City Hall to hear about the up to $40M of general obligation bonds to construct a Performing Arts Center in Johns Creek. 2 other community forums will be held at Park Place in Newtown Park. This bond referendum will be part of the regularly scheduled Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election.
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Chopin Society

MARTÍN GARCÍA GARCÍA PIANO RECITAL
Hill Auditorium at the Woodruff Arts Center
Sun, Sep 21 5:00pm

The Chopin Society presents a recital of Chopin music. García García has received major global honors, including first prize at the 2021 Cleveland International Piano Competition and third place at the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw Poland. He released his debut album “Chopin and His Master” in 2022. The Chopin Society is a local arts organization in Johns Creek.
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City of Johns Creek

Performing Arts Center Bond Referendum Community Meeting
Park Place Newtown Park
Wed, Sep 03 6:00pm
Wed, Oct 01 6:00pm

2 community forums at Park Place in Newtown Park to hear about the up to $40M of general obligation bonds to construct a Performing Arts Center in Johns Creek. 3 other community forums will be held at Johns Creek City Hall. This bond referendum will be part of the regularly scheduled Nov. 4, 2025 municipal election.
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Johns Creek Symphony

Pops Without Borders
Mark Burkhalter Amphitheater, Newtown Park
Sat, Oct 04 6:00pm

Music knows no boundaries, and neither does this exciting performance by the Johns Creek Symphony of global chart-toppers reimagined for orchestra. Featuring Mikaela Ayira, NBC’s The Voice standout and Chattahoochee High School graduate, this high-energy celebration crosses cultures and continents, with popular selections like Imagine by John Lennon, Georgia On My Mind by Hoagy Charmichael, APT by Rose, First Love by Utad
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City of Johns Creek

Diwali Market
Johns Creek City Hall
Sat, Oct 11 2:00pm-7:00pm

Come together as a community to celebrate Diwali, the festival of lights, presented by Macy’s Technology! This year's Diwali event will feature a large market with a variety of food and retail vendors. Entertainment will occur throughout the event. The entire community is invited to this family-friendly event.
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Autrey Mill Nature Preserve

Spooky Mill
Autrey Mill Nature Preserve
Sat, Oct 18 2:00pm-9:00pm

Join us for a hauntingly fun day at Spooky Mill, Autrey Mill’s beloved family-friendly Halloween tradition! Explore our beautiful nature preserve while enjoying carnival games, seasonal crafts, a haunted hike and exhibits, concessions, and more. Costumes are encouraged for all ages, and there are plenty of not-so-spooky surprises around every corner. Perfect for families with young children (between 2pm-4pm) and all ages
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A conceptual rendering of a Performing Arts Center in Johns Creek

A Performing Arts Center in Johns Creek

A Bond Referendum will be on the November 4, 2025 ballot

The residents of Johns Creek will be voting on a bond referendum asking voters to decide if the City should issue up to $40M of general obligation bonds towards the construction of a Performing Arts Center in Johns Creek.

This method of funding large civic projects with a long lifetime of benefit to residents was approved by voters in 2016 to improve parks and build new ones, including Cauley Creek Park.

FAQs and Informational Community Meetings

The City has posted a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) page on their website with information about the referendum and will be holding multiple informational community meetings:

Thursday, Aug. 21, 6 p.m. at City Hall, 11360 Lakefield Drive
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 6 p.m. at Park Place (inside Newtown Park), 3125 Old Alabama Road
Thursday, Sept. 18, 6 p.m. at City Hall, 11360 Lakefield Drive
Wednesday, Oct. 1, 6 p.m. at Park Place (inside Newtown Park), 3125 Old Alabama Road
Thursday, Oct. 16, 6 p.m. at City Hall, 11360 Lakefield Drive

View the City's referendum FAQs at
https://johnscreekga.gov/performing-arts-center-bond-referendum/

Creatively Preserving Historic Rogers Bridge

"Playful Passages" (at Morton Park) and "Reflections" (at Newtown Park) by artists Julia Hill and Chelsea Darling

Six public art sculptures have now been created utilizing steel salvaged from the historic Rogers Bridge which crossed the Chattahoochee River where the new pedestrian bridge stands today in Cauley Creek Park. These public art pieces are great examples of how local history can be creatively preserved.

Clockwise from upper left: "The Bridge" by artist Ilan Averbuch (Cauley Creek Park), "The Shape of Time and Water" by Phil Proctor (Rogers Park, Duluth side of the new Rogers Bridge), "Ferns" by Julia Hill and Chelsea Darling (near Creekside Park), "Lyrical Loops" by Julia Hill and Chelsea Darling (Bell-Boles Park), Dismantled steel from the historic Rogers Bridge.

Take a look at other public art around Johns Creek in "Finding Public Art in Johns Creek, GA" [pdf]