Top 3
Top 3 Things to Do in Gwinnett County
Beyond the mall runs and chain patios — the three things I actually plan my weeks around. My tie-breakers: they had to be repeatable, they had to feel like Gwinnett, and they had to be worth dragging a visiting friend to.
Every "things to do in Gwinnett" list is the same recycled roundup, so I made mine simple: these are the three I keep coming back to, season after season. One is the best cheap summer night in the metro, one is the park every suburb wishes it had, and one is the closest thing Gwinnett has to an in-town night out.
Lawrenceville · Sports & Family
A Gwinnett Stripers Game at Coolray Field
Triple-A baseball, $9 lawn seats, Friday fireworks
The Atlanta Braves' Triple-A team plays all summer in Lawrenceville — lawn tickets from $9, Friday night fireworks, and future big-leaguers on the field. The best cheap night out in the county.
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Suwanee · Parks & Events
Suwanee Town Center Park
The Big Splash fountain, amphitheater concerts, and Suwanee Fest
Ten acres of town green with an interactive fountain, an amphitheater concert calendar, a farmers market, and the county's best fall festival — all free, all season long.
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Duluth · Food & Nightlife
Duluth Town Green & Parsons Alley
Food trucks, live music Fridays, and the county's best food crawl
Duluth's downtown green runs a packed free calendar — Fridays-N-Duluth food trucks, Rock the Block concerts, Thursday night events — with Parsons Alley's restaurants and bars wrapped right around it.
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