Johns Creek International Festival On April 21

JOHNS CREEK, GA — Organizers are hard at working making sure Saturday's inaugural Johns Creek International Festival goes off without any hiccups.

The first-ever event will be held on April 21 on the athletic fields across from Atlanta Athletic Club at 1930 Bobby Jones Drive. This celebration of diversity will bring a wide variety of food, drinks, performance art and vendors representing cultures from around the world to the city.

Saturday's event will coincide with the grand opening of the pedestrian tunnel mural along Medlock Bridge Road/Ga. 141. A ribbon cutting for the mural will be held at 10 a.m. April 21.

The festival is an idea created by the Johns Creek Cultural Diversity Task Force, which met between November 2016 and May 2017 to identify ways to embrace and highlight the cultural and ethnic diversity of Johns Creek. It envisioned the festival as a way to increase the awareness of and to celebrate different cultures and traditions found in Johns Creek and the metro area.

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The Johns Creek International Festival will serve as a fun, inclusive way to draw the community together, and provide a unique opportunity for residents and the broader community to learn about and experience different cultures through the sharing of food, art and more. At the event, you can expect to experience restaurants and food trucks, vendors, international beer and wine garden, live music and dance performances and kids' activities.

Johns Creek has an international population of about 25 percent, with residents hailing primarily from India, China, and South Korea. According to the financial advisory website WalletHub.com, Johns Creek is listed as the ninth most diverse small city in the United States for 2017.

Festival hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Attendees will be able to park on-site at the festival. You can enter the festival at the traffic light/intersection of Medlock Bridge Road and the Atlanta Athletic Club. The entrance to the fields is directly across from the Atlanta Athletic Club. Handicap parking will also be available.

For more information about the Johns Creek International Festival and details about vendors, visit the event's website.

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