Atlanta Science Festival starts next weekend
The 2026 Atlanta Science Festival starts this Saturday, March 7, and continues until March 21. As always, the festival will offer dozens of events in various venues in different scientific disciplines.
The festival will kick off on Saturday, March 7 with Celebrate STEAM at Georgia Tech, a collection of demonstrations, speakers, and food trucks on the Georgia Tech campus. This drop-in event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This year’s slate of activities include geology, toads, brain science, fire ecology, native wildflowers, amphibians, hydroponics, pollinators, and ice cream — and that’s just in the first two days! The sheer number of activities can be overwhelming to browse through, but thankfully the festival website allows you to search for events by date, topic, audience (age group), or area of town (by ZIP code). You can also search by price if you want to see only free events.
As usual, the festival will culminate in the Exploration Expo, a free event with 100 informative and interactive booths, Saturday, March 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Piedmont Park.
Some of the planned events require advance registration and have a limited number of spaces, but many are open to anyone who drops in.
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