Things to do in June in Atlanta, including indoor activities that let you beat the heat!
Welcome to June! It’s time for summer concerts, movies on the lawn, Juneteenth celebrations, and summer vacation activities. Are you looking for things to do this June around metro Atlanta? This is your monthly guide to FREE & CHEAP FUN in the month of June.
Below, you’ll find an overview of June events, plus activities that are free, cheap, or discounted. Sometimes we throw in a splurge alert item that we think is especially notable.
Please remember to verify every event before you head out! That’s why we provide so many links. We try to keep up with weather cancellations, but we don’t catch every one.
June in Atlanta: top things to do this month
REMINDER:
Before making plans for a restaurant, special exhibit, concert, trampoline, or spa treatment, make sure to check Groupon for a deal! You can often save 50% or more.
Below these spotlight events, you’ll find a rolling day-to-day calendar listing of June events.
♦ Free museum days in June
• The Georgia Aquarium offers you FREE admission on your birthday — so all of you JUNE babies are in luck!
Details on the Aquarium offer
• The High Museum Art hosts its Second Sundays FREE day on June 8, 2025.
Details on Second Sundays at the High
• The High Museum also hosts its FREE Access For All program, which is a Juneteenth celebration, on Thursday, June 19, 2025 — you need to register in advance for this one.
• The Museums On Us program offers FREE admission to Bank of America cardholders at two metro-area museums on June 1st and 2nd. This includes the High Museum and Atlanta History Center.
Details on Museums On Us
• The College Football Hall of Fame is offering FREE admission to dads on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 15th. Details here
• The Atlanta History Center will host a FREE admission day for everyone on Sunday, June 15th, in honor of Juneteenth. There’s a party on the lawn, special programming, and open galleries.
More info
• The Marietta History Center hosts its FREE monthly Family Fun Day on Saturday, June 21, 2025.
• The Blue Star Museums Program offers FREE admission at 14 metro ATL museums for active military families. Nationwide, over 2,000 museums participate. The offer continues through Labor Day!
• The William Root House Museum in Roswell offers FREE admission for Juneteenth, on Thursday, June 19, 2025.
♦ Free craft and DIY workshops in June
Take advantage of one of these FREE crafting events — just click through for details and to register.
In most cases, supplies are provided.
• Home Depot Kids Workshop — make a Baseball Game on Saturday, June 7th
• Lowe’s Kid Workshop — make a doorknocker on Saturday, June 21st
♦ See Young John Lewis, a NEW hip hop musical
Theatrical Outfit presents Young John Lewis, live on stage from June 4th to 29th, 2025. This is a world premiere hip hop musical, never before seen on stage — what a great opportunity for Atlanta audiences!
The show examines the ten crucial years in the early life of the congressman, and his journey from student activist to major leader in the Civil Rights movement – all by the time he was 28.
This innovative journey dares to ask how we grow into the courage of our convictions and offers a fresh perspective on one of the most dynamic periods in American history.
This is AFFORDABLE professional theater, with seats starting at just $15!
More info on the show + ticket discounts
♦ Enjoy FREE outdoor summer concerts June
The summer concert series are in full swing in June, with something going on every weekend. These events cover the extended metro area, including the suburbs.
Browse our special calendar for FREE outdoor summer concerts
♦ Take in a movie under the stars in June
There are FREE outdoor movies all month long, all over the extended metro area! You’ll find them at parks, shopping malls, town centers, and more. Some of them even include FREE popcorn!
Most of these series focus on movies that are rated G or PG, although you might occasionally find a PG-13 thrown in, so parental discretion is advised.
Browse our special calendar for FREE outdoor movies on the lawn
♦ Get a freebie on National Doughnut Day
Friday, June 6th, 2025
Check out all the doughnut shops giving away freebies on this special food holiday! All the major chains participate.
Find free doughnuts for National Donut Day
♦ Cool off at a splash pad or sprayground
The splash pads and spraygrounds in Atlanta are a fun way for kids to cool off and play in the water, without going to a pool. No matter where you live in metro Atlanta, there is most likely a park with a water feature near you — and most of them are FREE.
The splash pad season starts in early May and goes through September at most locations. We’ve put together a handy list of splash pads, spraygrounds, and interactive fountains. The list is organized by county.
Find a splash pad or sprayground near you
♦ Teens work out for FREE at Planet Fitness
Thanks to a special offer from Planet Fitness, teens age 14 to 19 can work out for free all summer long, at any of the gym’s locations — there are about 40 of them in the extended metro Atlanta area.
Get more info on the Planet Fitness Summer Pass
♦ Register for the Kids Bowl FREE program
Kids Bowl Free is a family-friendly program that allows kids to bowl at no cost, all summer long. This is a great indoor option for days that are rainy or extra hot and humid.
Once your children are registered with the program, they can bowl two games a day for FREE, all summer long.
More info here
♦ Have a close-up butterfly encounter
You can get up close to hundreds of flying butterflies at local nature centers and gardens. If you’re lucky, you may have a butterfly land on your hand or arm.
Each summer, there are opportunities to enter a butterfly house, also known as a butterfly conservatory or lepidopterarium. (These are different from outdoor butterfly gardens.) They are special facilities designed for breeding and displaying butterflies, often with an emphasis on education.
More info and find a butterfly house
♦ Enjoy a $1 to $3 family film at a theater chain
This summer, taking the kids to the movies doesn’t have to be an expensive outing.
Four national theater chains with an Atlanta presence are offering cheap summer movies for families on a budget. They include AMC, Regal, Cinemark, and Marcus Theatres.
The family-friendly films are offered one to five times a week, usually in the morning or early afternoon. Prices range from $1 to $3, and are the same for kids and adults.
Details for each summer film series
♦ Head to these festivals in June
For festival details, just click thru the links.
Or, you can also browse our complete 2025 Guide to Summer Festivals in Atlanta.
♦ Save the date for Atlanta Streets Alive
Sunday, June 22, 2025
FREE
During Streets Alive, for four glorious hours, three miles of Peachtree Street is closed to cars — and open for people to stroll, roll, bike, and play!
The Streets Alive route stretches from downtown to midtown, right through the heart of the city. Peachtree Street will be closed from Mitchell Street, downtown, to 15th Street in midtown.
More info on Streets Alive
♦ Celebrate Juneteenth
Celebrate Juneteenth in Atlanta with free concerts, festivals, tours, art, and parades!
The federal holiday falls on Tuesday, June 19th in 2025 — but there are special events on weekends before and after that date.
Find a Juneteenth celebration
♦ Do something LUCKY on Friday the 13th
Don’t let a fear of bad luck keep you at home on Friday, June 13, 2025!
The date’s reputation for unlucky incidents has also evolved into a belief that supernatural events are more likely to happen on this day.
Yet according to Wikipedia, some cultures regard the day as very lucky indeed, and people have even won millions of dollars in lotteries entered on this day.
With this in mind, we’ve put together a list of 13 “lucky” things to do this Friday the 13th.
Find your luck on Friday the 13th
♦ Stone Mountain Park: June deals & discounts
For a limited time, a Groupon deal lets you purchase the Attractions Pass for HALF PRICE — that’s just $19.99.
PLUS, you can save 25% on a ticket to the NEW Zip Line Adventure Course — that’s just $29.99, for a savings of $10 when you buy through Groupon.
We don’t know how long this deal will last, but we hope it will extend all month long!
♦ Alice’s Wonderland Returns at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
This temporary exhibit features 38 larger-than-life sculptures in seven installations inspired by Lewis Carroll’s timeless tales, plus Shaggy Dog and the now-iconic Earth Goddess, two pieces in the Garden’s permanent collection.
More info
♦ Cheer on the Gwinnett Stripers at Coolray Field
It’s baseball season! If you’ve never been to minor league game, make time this spring to visit Coolray Field and cheer on the Gwinnett Stripers, the triple-A affiliate team to our Atlanta Braves.
A Stripers game is an affordable outing for families, and a perfect cheap date — with tickets starting at just $9 and special promotion days that bring added value. Everything about the experience is less expensive than a Braves game at Truist Field. Plus, you’re sitting much closer to the action.
More info
♦ Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience
This immersive exhibit lets you step into a Van Gogh painting as you explore his life and work through 360-degree digital projections and a virtual reality excursion through the French countryside. It’s running all month long — so you can treat your mom for Mother’s Day!
More info and tickets
♦ Titanic: An Immersive Voyage
This NEW immersive exhibit just landed at the Exhibition Hub Art Center, on Buford Highway at I-285. It allows you to virtually hop aboard the Titanic and walk through life-sized recreations of parts of the infamous ship.
You can also:
- Discover an impressive collection of artifacts related to the Titanic’s short life
- Relive the ship’s final dramatic moments from a lifeboat in an immersive room
- Dive into the depths of the ocean aboard a virtual submersible and discover the RMS Titanic’s wreck site
- Learn about the story of the Titanic—from its creation to the crash and aftermath
♦ Summer walks and easy hikes
It’s getting hotter and more humid — so head out early to one of these shady trails.
• Cobb County Trail of the Month program will meet at Silver Comet Trail (Concord Rd trailhead, Smyrna), on June 28 2025. Register in advance.
• Group walks at Mason Mill Park are lead by a guide, starting at 10 a.m. on the third Wednesday of each month — which is June 18, 2025. No reservation needed!
• Here’s a short list of some of our favorite shady walks to do on your own:
- Stroll around the lake and thru the woods at Murphey-Candler Park
- Visit old homestead ruins on the nature trail at Mary Scott Nature Park
- Walk the paved trail at the Peachtree Creek Greenway
♦ Shop at summer farmers markets
There are dozens of farmers markets in metro Atlanta. You can find one every day of the week, and nearly every week of the year. Who doesn’t love to browse the stalls while munching on a freshly baked pastry?
Bonus: Some Atlanta-area farmers markets participate in the Georgia Fresh for Less program, which matches SNAP/EBT benefits, dollar for dollar — or, in some cases, doubles the benefit.
Find a farmers market
♦ Escape the heat with these indoor Candlelight Concerts
Candlelight concerts bring the magic of a live, multi-sensory musical experience to awe-inspiring locations around metro Atlanta. These are live performances in intimate venues, lit by flickering candles. The concerts range from iconic classical music to tributes to pop artists like Adele and Queen.
More info and tickets
The day-by-day June calendar:
This is a rolling list, starting with today’s date and covering the next 15 days.
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