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Swing Through Historic Roswell for Alive After 5 Tonight

The May Alive After 5 event takes place along Canton Street tonight.

Get ready for another round of Alive After 5 tonight, Thursday, May 17, in historic Roswell.

If you've never been to the event, here's what you can expect:

  • Outdoor vendors
  • Balloons
  • Live bands
  • Free trolley - Follow signs to designated parking locations throughout the historic district, where a trolley will pick you up and drop you off at different locations along Canton Street. 
  • Retailers, restaurants and art galleries - Many historict district merchants stay stay open late.

The event, in its seventh year, draws crowds to Roswell’s Canton Street and runs every third Thursday through October. Tonight’s event is from 5 p.m. until 9 pm.

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Various business and community organizations will also be distributing information and hosting giveaways. The Jazz Jones Legacy will be performing at Plum Tree Village, which will also feature an inflatable jumpy house, ice cream and pizza. The Men in Blues Band will be performing at Roswell Park, in between Canton, Magnolia and Alpharetta streets.

If you park at and take the trolley to one of several locations along Canton Street, you can enter to win a $50 gift certificate at this month.

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