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Free Flicks for Kids

Head to Brown Park to watch The Croods on Aug. 10.

When Forsyth County resident Paul Murray had a hard time finding free activities to do with his wife and two daughters during summer vacation, he took matters into his own hands. Seven years ago, Murray founded Southern Outdoor Cinema, which travels throughout Forsyth, north Fulton and Cherokee counties to play family-friendly movies at Georgia Movies in the Park events.

“Great affordable family-friendly events are hard to find these days,” Murray said. “Southern Outdoor Cinema is changing that.”

Southern Outdoor Cinemas is partnering with Northside Hospital Forsyth and the city of Canton to show the movie The Croods on Aug. 10 at Brown Park. Guests can bring blankets and lawn chairs. Food is allowed, but alcohol is prohibited. Food vendors will be on-site selling movie snacks.

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The movie will begin at sundown, and face painting will be provided starting an hour before the movie.

“Come out with friends and family, lay out a blanket, share a picnic, sit back and watch your kids participate in pre-movie activities and listen to music playing in the background as the sun sets over the park,” Murray said. “Then enjoy an outstanding show under the stars as the smell of freshly popped popcorn wafts through the air.”

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The event is free. The movie Epic will be shown on Sept. 7. The film scheduled for Oct. 12 has not been announced.

Georgia Movies in the Park is the state’s longest-running festival and outdoor movie event and is known as “Atlanta’s most kid-friendly outdoor movie series.” It travels from city to city, showing movies in parks and downtown areas from May-December.

Other nearby locations where Georgia Movies in the Park will stop include Cumming, Alpharetta-Johns Creek, Woodstock and Dawsonville.

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