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City of Smyrna
Issue Sheet
File Number: ATH2025-046
A Max Bacon
City Hall
2800 King Street
Smyrna, GA 30080 
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Agenda Date: 3/17/2025
In Control: City Council File Type: Authorization
Agenda Section:
Consent Agenda
Department: Administration
Agenda Title:
Approval for Atkins Park through event coordination by Redbird Events to hold the 
23rd Annual Crawfish Boil in the Market Village taking place on Saturday, May 3, 
2025, from 11:00 AM to 11:00 PM (outdoor music ending at 10:00 PM), and Sunday, 
May 4, 2025, from 11:00 AM to 10:00 PM (outdoor music ending at 9:00 PM) and for 
delivery and set up will begin on Friday, May 2, 2025, and all event/festival items will 
moved off of the roadway by midnight on May 4, 2025, with equipment pickup on 
Monday, May 5, 2025 with approval to include associated street closures as noted in 
the attached background.  
Ward 3 Councilmember - Travis Lindley
ISSUE AND BACKGROUND:
Atkins Parks, assisted by Redbird Events, has successfully held this annual food and 
music celebration in spring for the range of two decades. The 2025 festival days cover 
Saturday, May 3, and Sunday, May 4, – with setup taking place on Friday, May 2 with 
plans for streets to open concluding event close and cleanup on Sunday, May 4. Red Bird 
Events is the event coordinator working on behalf of Atkins Park and is requesting 
approval for alcohol sales for Atkins Park in the event space, beyond their respective 
business.
Special Notation: The event must work in tandem with City of Smyrna staff working on 
and planning the Jonquil City Jog which takes place on Saturday, May 3 from approx. 7:30 
am until/before 11:00 am / including arranging for deliveries, staffing, performers and 
other Crawfish Boil-related activities/deliveries/arrivals to avoid the Atlanta Road 
entrance areas (and other areas otherwise managed/controlled by the City of Smyrna 
during the Jonquil City Jog activities) until after all runners participating in the Jonquil City 
Jog have moved through the area and cones are collected by Race Organizer and the 
roadway is opened by the Smyrna Police Department for approach to the Market Village 
Area from Atlanta Road. There exists the possibility that deliveries for the Crawfish Boil 
on Saturday morning must approach via Atlanta Road by way of Windy Hill Rd and enter 
the Market Village Pavilion parking area to access the festival area/Atkins Park