A week of events leading up to the Major League Soccer All-Star Game kicks off on Saturday, July 28, with the MLS BeltLine Block Party at Historic Fourth Ward Skatepark.

The free, day-long runs from noon to 10 p.m. with food, music, pop-up stores, and prize giveaways.

There will also be a celebrity soccer match when Team Waka Flocka will take on Team DJ Kash on the soccer mini-pitch, joined by friends, soccer legends, and other Atlanta personalities.

At 7 p.m., there will be a viewing party for the match between Montreal Impact an Atlanta United.

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Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.