Forsyth County Library's Free Touch-a-Truck Event Returns to Fowler Park in April

More than 1,500 people packed Fowler Park's parking lot for a recent edition of this event, and the Forsyth County Public Library is bringing the full lineup back on Friday, April 10.

The annual Touch-a-Truck runs from 1:15 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the park's Big Pavilion area, near the skate park entrance at 4110 Carolene Way in Cumming. Admission is free, no registration is required, and the event proceeds rain or shine.

Forsyth County Fire Department trucks headline the vehicle roster alongside Sheriff's Office cruisers, ambulances, military vehicles, school buses, dump trucks, excavators, and the FCPL's own Bookmobile. The agencies station their equipment at the event to give children a chance to climb into a fire cab or step inside an ambulance outside the context of an emergency. All vehicles will be staged near the playground area. After working through the lineup, families can stay for things-that-go themed crafts.

The event has built its crowd through consistency. The 4th annual Touch-a-Truck was held on a Friday, April 4, at Fowler Park under FCPL's sponsorship, and a subsequent edition on April 5 drew the 1,500-plus crowd that overflowed the lot. The April 10, 2026 date continues the library's early-April Friday tradition.

Fowler Park's 85 acres give the event room to absorb that volume. The complex, open daily from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., includes a skate park, an inclusive playground, a dog park, and a Big Creek Greenway trailhead, all within walking distance of the Big Pavilion staging area off Carolene Way.

The library's event is separate from the Forsyth County Chamber of Commerce's FOCOnnection: Touch-A-Truck, which layers business networking into the vehicle-exploration format. Both underscore how central the concept has become to Forsyth County's community calendar.

For more information, contact the Forsyth County Public Library at 770-781-9840, option 6, or email Ask_a_Librarian@ForsythPL.org.