Roswell arts, October 2026: the 30th RPS photography show, Strings on Fire Oct. 18, Tuned to Terror Oct. 29 and Art Around Sessions at Mimosa Hall.

Last checked Oct. 12, 2026. This page covers the next six weeks and is retitled each month. Every listing links to the venue’s or organizer’s listing on Roswell365, the City of Roswell’s events calendar, or to the organizer’s own site. For everything else on in town, see things to do this month.

Roswell’s arts calendar runs through three city venues: the Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest St., for concerts and touring shows; the Roswell Visual Arts Center, 10495 Woodstock Road, for exhibitions and classes; and the historic houses, where the Roswell Arts Fund’s Art Around Sessions fill the rooms at Mimosa Hall. The Cultural Arts Center box office is 770-594-6120.

Exhibitions now showing

  • 30th Annual RPS Open Juried Photography Exhibit, through Nov. 12, Roswell Visual Arts Center. Twenty images in each of four categories: architecture and travel, nature and landscape, people and animals, and still life and abstract. Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free. Roswell Photographic Society listing.
  • Naturally Artistic, through Nov. 30, Chattahoochee Nature Center, 9135 Willeo Road. Hands-on exhibits on how and why nature uses color. Included with admission ($20 adults, $14 children 3 to 12, members free). Nature center page.

Theater and dance

  • Saturday, Oct. 17, 7:30 p.m.: An Evening with Teddy Roosevelt, Mimosa Hall & Gardens, 127 Bulloch Ave. $25. A program from Roswell’s Historic House Museums; the 5 p.m. show is sold out, the city says. Listing.
  • Thursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.: Tuned to Terror, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. $17. Atlanta Radio Theatre Company performs three Halloween radio plays with a live sound-effects artist. Listing.
  • Friday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.: Bluebird Improv, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. From $39.25. Unscripted comedy. Listing.
  • Friday, Nov. 20, and Saturday, Nov. 21: Disney’s Newsies JR, Roswell Youth Theatre, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. 7 p.m. Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday. $20 reserved seats. Listing.
  • Canceled: the solo shows “Demerara Gold” (Oct. 24) and “Yellow Dress” (Oct. 25), the city’s listings say.

Concerts and classical

  • Saturday, Oct. 17, 6 p.m.: Legacy and Groove, a tribute to Earth, Wind & Fire, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. From $47.75. Listing.
  • Sunday, Oct. 18, 3 p.m.: Feel the Spirit, the Michael O’Neal Singers, Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Blvd. $25, students $10. Listing.
  • Sunday, Oct. 18, 3:30 p.m.: Atlanta Guitar Trio, Art Around Sessions, Mimosa Hall & Gardens. $38.31. Listing.
  • Sunday, Oct. 18, 4 p.m.: Strings on Fire, the Atlanta Balalaika Society Orchestra, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. $33.50, students $28.50, under 12 $17. Listing.
  • Friday, Oct. 23, 7 p.m.: American Patchwork Quartet, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. From $31. Guitarist Clay Ross’s band mixes American folk, jazz and country with West African and East Asian music. Listing.
  • Thursday, Oct. 29, 7 p.m.: Akpe Motion, Art Around Sessions, Mimosa Hall & Gardens. $36.61 with fees. Listing.
  • Sunday, Nov. 1, 4 p.m.: Travel Abroad with the Tritone Orchestras, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. From $17. Listing.
  • Saturday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m.: Moonlight Princesses, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. From $51.50. Listing.
  • Sunday, Nov. 8, 4 p.m.: Rhinestone Cowgirls: Legendary Ladies of Country Music, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. From $31. Listing.
  • Sunday, Nov. 15, 3:30 p.m.: Gabrielle Beteag, an interactive opera cabaret, Art Around Sessions with the Roswell Music Club, Mimosa Hall & Gardens. $41.28. Listing.
  • Sunday, Nov. 15, 4 p.m.: Sweet Baby James, a James Taylor tribute, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. $37.50 and $45. Listing.
  • Sunday, Nov. 22, 4 p.m.: A Little Peace of the Holidays, jazz singer Karla Harris with the Tritone Chamber Orchestra, Roswell Cultural Arts Center. From $39.75. Listing.

Classes and workshops

Roswell Creative Arts runs fall classes at the Roswell Visual Arts Center through Nov. 20, including all-levels watercolor on Tuesdays at 11 a.m., oil and acrylic painting on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m., sketchbook drawing and painting on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. and children’s clay and drawing classes after school. One-day workshops include fused glass on Oct. 17. Every class is listed on Roswell365’s Visual Arts Center page.

Regular events

  • Art Around Sessions, the Roswell Arts Fund’s concert series, mostly on Sunday afternoons and Thursday evenings at Mimosa Hall & Gardens. Roswell Arts Fund.
  • Open Studio: Glass Fusing, Thursdays and Fridays, 1 to 5 p.m., Roswell Visual Arts Center, from Oct. 15. Listing.

Send us your event

Galleries, theaters and ensembles can email hello@roswelljournal.com with the date, time, venue, price and a photo. Listings are free.

Frequently asked questions

What art exhibitions are on in Roswell now?

The 30th Annual Roswell Photographic Society Open Juried Exhibit is at the Roswell Visual Arts Center, 10495 Woodstock Road, through Nov. 12, Tuesday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., free. Naturally Artistic, an interactive exhibit on color in nature, runs at the Chattahoochee Nature Center through Nov. 30.

What is on at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center in October?

Legacy and Groove Oct. 17, Strings on Fire Oct. 18, the American Patchwork Quartet Oct. 23 and Tuned to Terror Oct. 29. Two shows, Demerara Gold on Oct. 24 and Yellow Dress on Oct. 25, are canceled.

How do I buy tickets for the Roswell Cultural Arts Center?

Through each show’s listing on Roswell365, or from the box office at 770-594-6120 or boxoffice@roswellgov.com. The center is at 950 Forrest St.

What are the Art Around Sessions?

Small concerts and shows from the Roswell Arts Fund, mostly at Mimosa Hall & Gardens, 127 Bulloch Ave. Coming up are the Atlanta Guitar Trio Oct. 18, Akpe Motion Oct. 29 and mezzo-soprano Gabrielle Beteag Nov. 15.