Alive in Roswell festival hits record number of attendees despite pandemic
Before the pandemic, the festival was seeing crowds averaging 5,000 people. Thursday, it saw more than 7,000. Author: Paola Suro (WXIA) Updated: 11:40 PM EDT July 15, 2021
ROSWELL, Ga. Alive in Roswell is back and breaking records! It s the first night in two years that the festival takes over the city s Canton Street, East Alley and historic Town Square.
This free, monthly festival, which shuts those areas down for people (and dogs) to walk safely, wasn t possible last year because of COVID-19. Now that it s back, the city said it is seeing record numbers.