🌱 Patch AM: When and where Alpharetta’s Moonlight Market lights up Friday nights

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In today's newsletter:

• When and where Alpharetta's Moonlight Market lights up Friday nights
• How Kroger's new expansion follows that Alpharetta Douglas Road store closure

Also on today's calendar: 5th Annual Pickleball For Charity and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do evil hens lay? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Turning sunny and very warm, with a high of 94 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 96, low: 71.
• Friday: An afternoon t-storm; humid, with a high of 89 and low of 71 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Alpharetta Moonlight Market returns on Friday, Aug. 28th with vendors, live music, kids zone, and more (atlantaonthecheap.com) — Downtown Alpharetta residents can enjoy the free Moonlight Market on select Friday evenings through late September, with vendors, live music, and a kids zone on the Town Green. You can stroll North Broad and Market streets with open-container drinks, browse 50+ local makers, and find easy free parking in the city garage across from the Alpharetta Library.
   

• Kroger opens new Marketplace locations in metro Atlanta (fox5atlanta.com) — Alpharetta shoppers may remember Kroger's Douglas Road store, which closed in 2025 as part of a broader metro Atlanta downsizing. Now the chain is pivoting to growth, opening several new Marketplace locations around the region and planning additional stores, though none have been announced for Alpharetta yet.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Alpharetta

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday September 12
• 5th Annual Pickleball For Charity →
  1180 Bridgemill Ave, Canton
  8:00 am
Sunday September 13
• Hometown Heroes w/ Live Music, Top Restaurants, Auction →
  1570 Holcomb Bridge Rd, Roswell
  4:00 pm

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Other local events

Wednesday August 19
• 9th Volleyball vs. Newton/St. Pius
  Chattahoochee High School (5230 Taylor Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022)
  5:00 pm
• Varsity Softball vs. Galloway
  Chattahoochee High School (5230 Taylor Rd, Johns Creek, GA 30022)
  5:30 pm
Thursday August 20
• Benziger Wine Dinner →
  5670 Atlanta Hwy, Alpharetta
  6:00 pm
Friday August 21
• Singer and Actress Faina Khibkin →
  The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Pkwy, Alpharetta
  7:30 pm
Saturday August 22
• Alpharetta Bubbles & Bites Brunch Crawl →
  Downtown Alpharetta GA, 1 S Main St, Alpharetta
  12:00 pm
• Dog Days at the Farm: End of Summer Event →
  12900 Freemanville Rd, Milton
  2:00 pm
• Saturday, August 22nd: Saxophonist Mike Burton →
  The Velvet Note, 4075 Old Milton Pkwy, Alpharetta
  7:30 pm
Sunday August 23
• Community Sessions Artist in the Round Concert →
  Unitarian Universalist Metro Atlanta North, 11420 Crabapple Rd, Roswell
  4:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Alpharetta Food Truck Alley →
  Alpharetta Food Truck Alley, Alpharetta
  5:00 pm
• 🌸🌿 Inner Engineering In-Person program in Tucker GA, from August 27th to 30th 2026 🥁 →
  Gujarati Samaj of Atlanta, 5331 Royal Woods Pkwy, Tucker
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Graze Craze Opens Charcuterie Shop in Alpharetta —S. Frankel Read on Patch

• This past weekend I was picking up some items at Costco, off of Windward.
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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Deviled eggs (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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