Festivalgoers hoist cold beers at SweetWater 420 Fest. (Courtesy of SweetWater Brewing Co.)
The SweetWater 420 Fest is moving to its fourth location in five years, finding a new home in 2026 at the Shirley Clarke Franklin Park on the Westside of Atlanta.
The 20-year-old festival, presented by popular SweetWater Brewing Co., headquartered in Atlanta, has been at the more industrial locale of Pullman Yards in Kirkwood for the past two years.
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SweetWater 420 Fest is changing locales for 2026. (Courtesy of SweetWater Brewing)
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Shirley Clarke Franklin Park will be the site of 2026’s music festival. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)
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The SweetWater 420 Fest drew its largest crowds when it was in Centennial Olympic Park. (Robb Cohen for the AJC)
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
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