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Atlanta’s film and anime festival scene continues to grow alongside the city’s thriving entertainment industry. From independent film premieres and documentary showcases to animation expos and cosplay celebrations, there’s an event for every screen enthusiast. Use our Atlanta Film Festivals Calendar to explore upcoming screenings, anime conventions, and multimedia events throughout the year.

Featured Annual Film & Anime Festivals

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19th Annual Buried Alive Film Festival

11/05/2026 12:00 AM
BAFF 2025 will take place at the Plaza Theatre on November 5 - 8, 2026
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2026 African Film Festival Atlanta

03/26/2026 12:00 AM
March 26th - 30th
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Georgia Latino International Film Festival 2025

10/02/2025 12:00 AM
October 2 - 5, 2025
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Alliance Theatre presents Fires, Ohio

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
Alliance Theatre Cost: $31.23+
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
Fires, Ohio (World Premiere, Winner of the Alliance/Kendeda National Graduate Playwriting Competition)

February 25 – March 27, 2026

By Beth Hyland

Best enjoyed by audiences 16+

As a climate crisis threatens a small Ohio college town, the mopey grown children and second wife of a sort-of-me... [click here for more]
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Georgia Ensemble Theatre presents Forbidden Broadway: Greatest Hits

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
Act3 Productions Cost: $49
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
This fast-paced production features hysterical parodies of over 20 musicals, including Les Misérables, Wicked, Annie, Chicago, The Phantom of the Opera, and Rent, among others. With cleverly rewritten lyrics set to familiar tunes, the show pokes fun at the quirks and clichés of everybody's favorite ... [click here for more]
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Atlanta Shakespeare Company presents Much Ado About Nothing

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse Cost: $35-$49
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
Featuring: Atlanta Shakespeare Company
No description provided [click here for more]
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Arcadia Theatre presents Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Nile

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
Arcadia Theatre Cost: $21.00-$25.00
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
A glamorous honeymoon voyage down the Nile turns deadly as secrets unravel in this classic Agatha Christie mystery. [click here for more]
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Lionheart Theatre presents Dearly Beloved

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
Lionheart Theatre Company Cost: $18.00-$20.00
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
Hilarity, Texas style! An over-the-top wedding, three feuding sisters and a church full of small-town eccentrics. What could possibly go wrong? In this fast-paced, laugh-a-minute comedy, the Futrelle sisters of Fayro, Texas – Frankie, Twink and their estranged sister, Honey Raye – are thrown togethe... [click here for more]
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Woodstock Arts Theatre presents Seared

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
Woodstock Arts Theatre Cost: $21–$25
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
DISCOVER…THE FIRE!

Harry – a culinary genius with a flare for the dramatic – receives a positive review...

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The Darden Purcell Quartet featuring Shawn Purcell

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
The Velvet Note Cost: Tickets $42.00
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Live-Music
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SHOWTIMES: 7:30PM AND 9:30PM. The Darden Purcell Quartet blends polished jazz vocals, rich harmonic interplay, and dynamic small-group instrumentation to craft an intimate yet expressive soundscape. With jazz educato... [click here for more]
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PRISONTOWN: Written and Performed by Lee Osario

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:30 PM
Emory University Cost: Free
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater, Free Events
PRISONTOWN: Written and Performed by Lee Osario

Saturday, March 21st | Schwartz Theater Lab  Free and open to the public, registration required

Presented by the Emory Center for Ethics and Ethics & the Arts, and in partnership with the Spanish and Portuguese Dept, Theater and Dance Dept, and Theat... [click here for more]
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Atlanta Documentary Film Festival 2026: "Blood & Guts" (Day 3)

Saturday March 21, 2026 07:45 PM EDT 03/21/2026 7:45 PM
Synchronicity Theatre Cost: Festival: $15 - $50
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
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This year’s program includes powerful investigative films, personal stories, and documentaries that are funny, surprising, and deeply human. Some films will challenge you. Others may make you laugh or see something in a new way. That range of tone is part of what makes documentary filmmaking so exci... [click here for more]
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Newnan Theatre Company presents: Hollywood Arms

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Newnan Theatre Company Cost: $28
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
Hollywood Arms

by Carrie Hamilton and Carol Burnett

March 5-8, 12-15, and 19-22, 2026

Based on Carol Burnett's memoir, One More Time, this play is set in California in 1941 and 1951. It is the funny but moving story of three generations of women living on welfare in a one room apartment, one b... [click here for more]
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OnSatage Atlanta presents Last of the Red Hot Lovers

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
OnStage Atlanta Cost: $13.00 - $25.00
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
A timeless mid-life crisis comedy where sexual escapades and romance go very wrong. Meet Barney Cashman, a congenial middle-aged married man living in the age of the sexual revolution. Overworked and overweight, Barney wants to join the excitement before it's too late and arranges three seductions u... [click here for more]
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Out Front Theatre presents Which Way to the Stage

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Out Front Theatre Company Cost: Prices: $25 / $30 / $35
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
Which Way to the Stage

March 12 - 28, 2026

Prices: $25 / $30 / $35

GEORGIA PREMIERE!

By Ana Nogueira

The years is 2015 and Jeff and Judy are right where they’re supposed to be: waiting outside the stage door of the Broadway musical If/Then hoping to m... [click here for more]
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Sing With The Band Karaoke Night Benefiting Def

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Eddie's Attic Cost: From $32.26
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Live-Music
Sing with the Band Karaoke Night benefiting DEF live at Eddie's Attic! Join the Decatur Education Foundation for a one-of-a-kind community fundraiser at Eddie’s Attic. This high-energy “Sing with the Band” night features live karaoke with Decatur’s own Polly Holliday as the backing band. Audience ... [click here for more]
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Steep Canyon Rangers

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Eddie Owen presents: Red Clay Music Foundry Cost: $40
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
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CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat., March 21
Steep Canyon Rangers, Eddie Owen Presents at Red Clay - This...

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Hawks vs Warriors

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
State Farm Arena Cost: $60–$250
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Sports::Basketball
See the Atlanta Hawks live as we host the Golden State Warriors at State Farm Arena on March 21, 2026, at 8:00 PM. 

Doors & Entry 7:00 PM for the General Public 6:45 PM for Season Ticket Members

Game Day Experiences

Enhance your visit by purchasing game day experiences like early entry, pre-game... [click here for more]
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Flyingfish

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
The Masquerade Cost: check site
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Concerts
No description provided [click here for more]
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Steep Canyon Rangers

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Eddie Owen presents: Red Clay Music Foundry Cost: $40
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music
Heralds of the Carolina sound for more than two decades, Steep Canyon Rangersfind themselves in a unique seat at the table for their new release, Morning Shift, released September 8, 2023. On this record, the GRAMMY-winners tell stories that both honor their roots, and expand upon the living art of ... [click here for more]
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Keller & the Keels at FTE Brewing

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
From the Earth Brewing Company Cost: $35
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Live-Music
Celebrating the 20th Anniversary of their first album together, Grass!

Musical Mad Scientist, Keller Williams, returns to FTE's Back Porch with his Appalachian Psychedelic Bluegrass project, Keller & the Keels.

Joining him are award-winning flat picker Larry Keel and his rock solid, in the pocke... [click here for more]
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The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Center For Puppetry Arts Cost: 20.00 for non-members
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater, Community::Family
Puppet Shows | Ages 13+

Tales of Terror and Tragedy

Adapted by Bobby Box in collaboration with Jon Ludwig

Step into a haunting world of Edgar Allan Poe where timeless stories of suspense, mystery, and dark beauty come to life.

Run dates: March 17–April 4, 2026

[click here for more]
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All Star Improv

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Dad's Garage Theatre Cost: $38-$48
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Nightlife::Comedy, Arts::Theater
It’s a star-studded night of hilarity and improv comedy—our theatre is the dark canvas of the night sky, the Dad’s Garage ensemble are the stars, and you, dear patrons, are our universe! All Star Improv is a phenomenal showcase of our most skilled improvisers performing at their best to bring you an... [click here for more]
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Mike Gordon

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Variety Playhouse Cost: $47-$213
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.

CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat., March 21
Mike Gordon, Variety Playhouse - Not content as bassist in one of...

[click here for more]
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Live Loud And Local 2

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
529 Bar Cost: $20Adv/ $25 DOs
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Live-Music
No description provided [click here for more]
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Dance Canvas' "Introducing the Next Generation..."

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University Cost: $37-$44
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Dance
Featuring: Dance Canvas Inc
Dance Canvas ' acclaimed performance series returns to the Rialto stage for two nights of exhilarating choreography, featuring over 40 professional dancers from across the country. Dance Canvas' 2026 choreographers will be premiering seven dynamic new works that explore the theme of "storytelling t... [click here for more]
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GPG Beatles Tribute: "Let It Be Jude"

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre Cost: $41.20 - $86
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Music::Concerts
LET IT BE JUDE: One Night of The Beatles This thing is not a costume party. There are no wigs, no accents, and no polite nods to nostalgia. Let It Be Jude is a full throttle, musician driven run straight through the bloodstream of The Beatles, played loud, played right, and played like it still ma... [click here for more]
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Dog Mom - Horizon Theatre Company

Saturday March 21, 2026 08:00 PM EDT 03/21/2026 8:00 PM
Horizon Theatre Company Cost: $40–$45
Disclaimer: All prices are current as of the posting date and are subject to change. Please check the venue or ticket sales site for the current pricing.
Arts::Theater
A tail-wagging comedy! Just when Liz thinks her life can’t get any more chaotic, the universe hands her the one thing she definitely doesn’t want – an adorable, unshakeable, absolutely-determined-to-love-her dog! This heartwarming comedy about an unlikely friendship between a reluctant human and her... [click here for more]

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