"Closure of Elm Street, Market Street, and the Mill Street Public Parking Lot on Saturday, October 24, 2026 from noon to 11:30pm." That line comes from the agenda for the Woodstock City Council's July 27 meeting. Danica Clark, on behalf of Reformation Brewery, asked for the closure so the brewery could hold Cadence Fair.
The agenda also lists exact limits. Elm Street closes between Wall Street and Market Street, Market Street closes between Oak Street and Mill Street, and the Mill Street lot entrances will be blocked. Those few blocks are worth knowing this fall. A large share of downtown Woodstock's October and early November calendar happens on them, and they're also where the long-delayed trail link to Cobb County is meant to start.
The Blocks in Question
The Event Green is at 113 Elm St. Art on the Green, the free Woodstock Arts festival with art and food vendors, music and children's activities, ends there today, October 4. One block away, the Farm. Fresh. Market sets up every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to noon at Market Street and Reformation Brewery's Backyard. It runs through December 19.
Behind the brewery is Woodstock Arts, which is where the Noonday Creek Trail starts. From there the trail runs south along Noonday Creek toward Highway 92. The city lists two ways onto the existing trail, from Market Street downtown or from the dog park.
So the Saturday market, the Event Green festivals, the Woodstock Arts campus and a trailhead all sit within a few short blocks. Cadence Fair will close most of that area for an afternoon and evening.
Six Weeks, Sorted by Where They Happen
Here is the calendar from this weekend through mid-November, with the location each source gives.
| Date | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Saturdays through Dec. 19, 8:30 a.m. to noon | Farm. Fresh. Market | Market Street and Reformation's Backyard |
| All of October | Scarecrow Invasion | Throughout downtown |
| Sept. 18 to Nov. 8 | Between the Knots: Exploration of Textiles | Reeves House, 734 Reeves St. |
| Oct. 9 to 25 | Come From Away | Woodstock Arts Theatre, 8534 Main St. |
| Oct. 16, 6 p.m. | The Curated Dinner | Reeves House |
| Oct. 24, noon to 11:30 p.m. | Cadence Fair | Elm Street, Market Street, Mill Street lot |
| Oct. 30, 4 to 7 p.m. | Ghouls Night Out | Downtown |
| Oct. 31, 4 to 8 p.m. | Halloween Skelebration | Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater |
| Nov. 7 to 8 | Día de los Muertos Festival | Event Green, 113 Elm St. |
The Scarecrow Invasion is spread across downtown, and Visit Woodstock's page includes a location map and a scavenger hunt. Registration for this year is already full, so the scarecrows on display are the final lineup.
October 24 is the busiest day on the calendar. The farmers market ends at noon, and the Cadence Fair closure starts at noon. That Saturday also falls in the last weekend of Come From Away at Woodstock Arts Theatre on Main Street, which closes October 25. With the Mill Street lot shut, the six-level Woodstock City Center deck is the main parking backup. It has more than 630 free spaces and has been open since December 2024.
The Events That Happen Elsewhere
Two parts of the calendar happen away from the Elm and Market blocks, and both are smaller, ticketed or seasonal.
Reeves House at 734 Reeves St. is hosting Between the Knots, a free textile exhibition that runs through November 8. It's also the site of The Curated Dinner on October 16 at 6 p.m. Tickets are $50, and chef Andres Carrillo of Cocina Pachuco is cooking. The dinner is a single seated evening with a price, which sets it apart from the free, walk-up events at the Event Green.
Halloween is split across two places. Ghouls Night Out, the downtown trick-or-treat, is Friday, October 30, from 4 to 7 p.m. The next afternoon, the city's free Halloween Skelebration runs from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Northside Hospital-Cherokee Amphitheater. That gives families two evenings in a row, in two different spots, with nearly the same start time.
Then the calendar returns to Elm Street. On November 7 and 8, the Día de los Muertos Festival fills the Event Green with mariachi, salsa, lotería, art and food vendors, and an ofrenda. It's free, like Art on the Green, and both are run by Woodstock Arts.
Main Street Has Three Newer Places to Eat
Three spots opened downtown this spring and summer, close enough to the festival blocks to fit into an event day.
- Pop Chicks Bakery, 117 Mill St., Suite 100, opened March 20.
- Rreal Tacos, 8558 Main St., was set to open the Monday after the Cherokee Tribune's April 4 report, which was April 6. Its online listing at that address currently shows reservations for October.
- Catalina Cucina, an Italian kitchen and bar at 8320 Main St., held its grand-opening ribbon cutting on June 18. The announcement mentioned fresh pasta, cocktails and an upper-deck patio.
Rreal Tacos and Woodstock Arts Theatre are both on Main Street, at 8558 and 8534. Pop Chicks sits on Mill Street, the same street whose public lot closes for Cadence Fair.
The Trail Link Is Still Under Construction
For now, the Noonday Creek Trail runs from behind Reformation south to the Woodstock Dog Park at the Towne Lake Pass Bridge. The extension adds about 1.5 miles. It continues south from the current trail and ends at Cobb County's Noonday Park on Shallowford Road. When the city described the project in 2024, it said the extension would link a trailhead near Reformation Brewery and the Elm Street Green to Noonday Park. That trailhead is on the same blocks as the fall events.
The finish date has moved more than once:
- In August 2024, the city said the extension would be done around the same time the following year.
- In June 2025, WSB-TV reported that weather delays had pushed completion to spring 2026.
- On March 9, 2026, an update based on city material said work was still underway. It described the site as an active construction zone and asked the public to stay off until an official opening.
- A tourism release dated March 25, 2026, gave Fall 2026 as the expected completion for Woodstock's section into Cobb County.
No opening announcement has turned up since. Fall 2026 is the latest target, so check the city's Greenprints trail page before walking past the dog park. In the long run, officials hope to connect the Noonday Creek Trail to Cobb's entrance to the 61.5-mile Silver Comet Trail. If that connection is built, the trailhead near Reformation would link downtown Woodstock to a much larger regional trail network.
Other Projects With Later Dates
Some other projects have dates beyond this season. Little River Park is under construction, with completion estimated for Spring 2027. The city's June 2026 update covered pile work for a boardwalk bridge, and its July/August update reported trail-connection work and leveling of the dog park area. The park's plans include a 1.75-mile trail corridor. The Rubes Creek Trail link from Arnold Mill Road toward Highway 92 and Springfield Park is waiting on a FEMA "No Rise" review. In its May 2026 update, the city said it hopes to start construction in spring 2027. The planned City Center hotel would be six stories with 130 rooms. The city's 2026 timeline describes continued progress and hotel planning but gives no opening date.
For the next six weeks, the dates to remember are October 24, when Elm Street and Market Street close from noon to 11:30 p.m., and November 7 and 8, when the Día de los Muertos Festival is on the Event Green at 113 Elm St.
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