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Summer Nights at Patterson Farms
📍 Patterson Farms
Celebrate summer with an evening of community, nostalgia, and family fun at Patterson Farms’ Summer Nights Festival. Enjoy a classic car cruise-in, local vendors, children’s activities, live entertainment, and a movie under the stars, all while honoring our veterans with a special D-Day ceremony beginning at 4 PM. Bring your lawn chairs, gather your friends and family, and join us for a memorable summer night in the heart of Patterson Farms. Saturday, June 6th | 4 PM – Dark 📍 370 Kempton Lane, Dalton, GA 🎟️ Free & Open to the Public
The Music Man Jr.
📍 Artistic Civic Theatre
The Music Man Jr., presented by Artistic Civic Theatre's children's wing (ACT2) on The Mashburn Stage. Performance: 7:00 PM.
11th Hour Theatre presents Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie"
📍 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio
The 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio presents Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, one of the most enduring works of American theater. This intimate memory play follows the Wingfield family as they navigate dreams, disappointment, family obligation, and the fragile hope of escape. Poetic, emotional, and deeply human, The Glass Menagerie remains one of Williams’ most powerful and recognizable plays. The show opens Friday, the 29th, at 7:30 pm. With additional shows on May 30th, 31st, and June 5th, 6th, and 7th at 7:30 pm with 2:30 pm matinees on the 31st and 7th. Tickets are $16 for general admission and $14 for students and seniors. Doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.
The Music Man Jr.
📍 Artistic Civic Theatre
The Music Man Jr., presented by Artistic Civic Theatre's children's wing (ACT2) on The Mashburn Stage. Performance: 2:00 PM matinee.
11th Hour Theatre presents Tennessee Williams's "The Glass Menagerie"
📍 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio
The 11th Hour Theatre & Creative Studio presents Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, one of the most enduring works of American theater. This intimate memory play follows the Wingfield family as they navigate dreams, disappointment, family obligation, and the fragile hope of escape. Poetic, emotional, and deeply human, The Glass Menagerie remains one of Williams’ most powerful and recognizable plays. The show opens Friday, the 29th, at 7:30 pm. With additional shows on May 30th, 31st, and June 5th, 6th, and 7th at 7:30 pm with 2:30 pm matinees on the 31st and 7th. Tickets are $16 for general admission and $14 for students and seniors. Doors open 30 minutes before the show starts.
The Music Man Jr.
📍 Artistic Civic Theatre
The Music Man Jr., presented by Artistic Civic Theatre's children's wing (ACT2) on The Mashburn Stage. Performance: 7:00 PM.
The Music Man Jr.
📍 Artistic Civic Theatre
The Music Man Jr., presented by Artistic Civic Theatre's children's wing (ACT2) on The Mashburn Stage. Performance: 2:00 PM matinee & 7:00 PM.
The Music Man Jr.
📍 Artistic Civic Theatre
The Music Man Jr., presented by Artistic Civic Theatre's children's wing (ACT2) on The Mashburn Stage. Performance: 2:00 PM matinee.
Whitfield County America's 250th Celebration
📍 North Georgia Fair Grounds
Whitfield County is marking America’s 250th anniversary with a full lineup across the community. Join us Thursday, July 2nd, at the Dalton Fairgrounds (500 Legion Drive) from 3:00 pm to 10:00 pm for the celebration—FREE admission, made completely possible through community sponsors! This event will feature food trucks, family activities, live music, and a drone show finale. Additional events include the time capsule opening, Liberty Tree planting, a downtown parade, and more! We hope to see you there!
Celebrating America's 250th Parade
This parade will follow a condensed route along Hamilton Street, starting under the bridge and continuing to E. Morris Street. Bring your family, friends, and patriotic spirit for a fun-filled community celebration in the heart of downtown.
Wofford’s Blood: The Odyssey of a Cherokee Family
📍 Roberts Library
Presented by award-winning Georgia author Donna Coffey Little, “Wofford’s Blood: The Odyssey of a Cherokee Family” tell the true story behind her new book, which focuses on the life of James Daugherty Wofford- a mixed-race Cherokee boy who is caught up in the mounting tensions between Cherokee and Anglo-American worlds in early nineteenth-century north Georgia. Wofford must come to grips with where his loyalties lie and the challenges of growing up in a society where racial slavery and its cultural consequences have increasingly become an established part of everyday life. Dr. Donna Coffey Little is a Professor of English at Reinhardt University and founded Reinhardt’s Etowah Valley Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing. Her historical novel Wofford's Blood was published by Mercer University Press in 2024. It was named Book of the Year by the Southern Literary Review and Best Historical Novel of 2024 by the national Independent Press Association. Her other publications include the poetry chapbook Fire Street as well as creative nonfiction essays, poems and scholarly articles in StorySouth, Tiferet, Georgia Backroads, Calyx, The Atlanta Review, The Florida Review, Women’s Studies, Modern Fiction Studies, and Contemporary Women’s Writing. This event is free and open to the public.