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Looking for music festivals happening right now? Browse upcoming Atlanta music festivals including hip-hop, jazz, indie, rock, EDM, and cultural music events happening this week and beyond.

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SweetWater 420 Fest

The SweetWater 420 Fest will be held on April 17 - 18, 2026 at Centennial Park, downtown Atlanta..
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Atlanta Jazz Festival

You can't go wrong with free jazz music. The Atlanta Jazz Festival is a month-long celebration ending Memorial Day weekend, May 23-25, 2026, with performances i...
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GSU|PC Student Recital

Thursday April 9, 2026 11:30 AM EDT 04/09/2026 11:30 AM
Georgia State 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.
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Selected Music Pathway students present a varied program of works for voice and instruments.

Additional Information Who is this event open to? Students Faculty/Staff Public Is there an admission fee?  If so, how much? If not, type N/A. N/A Is this event supported by Student Activity Fees?

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The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

Thursday April 9, 2026 11:45 AM EDT 04/09/2026 11:45 AM
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 4+

A Stinky, Hilarious Folktale Adventure

Based on the book by Jon Scieszka & illustrated by Lane Smith Adapted by Jason Hines

Join us for the world premiere of the Center’s adaptation of this bestselling fan favorite!

Run dates: April 7–May 17, 2026

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Panel on Neurodiversity

Thursday April 9, 2026 01:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 1:00 PM
Agnes Scott College 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.
Community::Lectures, Free Events
Buttrick Hall, Classroom G-25

141 East College Avenue, Decatur, GA 30030

This event will feature expert panelists who have vast experience working with individuals who identify as neurodivergent. Q & A opportunity available.  

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Drop-In Garden Tours

Thursday April 9, 2026 01:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 1:30 PM
Atlanta Botanical Garden Cost: Free with Garden admission
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.
Enjoy a one-hour guided tour of the Garden with one of our docents, free with Garden admission.

Schedule: Tuesday – Friday Location: Meet inside the Hardin Visitor Center. Time: Feb. 17 – May 29, 1:30 p.m. | June 2 – Aug. 28, 10:30 a.m. | Sept. 1 – Dec. 18, 1:30 p.m.

Please note: Tours begin earlier... [click here for more]
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Palestine '36

Thursday April 9, 2026 02:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 2:30 PM
Tara Theatre Cost: $13.50
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.
Arts::Film

CRITIC'S PICK: Palestine 36, The Tara Atlanta — Palestinian writer and director
Annemarie...

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Peppa Pig: My First Concert

Thursday April 9, 2026 04:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 4:00 PM
Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center Cost: $39.55+
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, Community::Family
Peppa's first concert is a classical music journey! Peppa Pig, along with Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig, George and new baby sister Evie, are coming to Sandy Springs for a fun, interactive introduction to a live orchestra for ages 18 months and older. Two shows! 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. [click here for more]
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Tulips at Twilight

Thursday April 9, 2026 05:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 5:00 PM
Atlanta Botanical Garden Cost: Free with Garden Admission
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.
Experience the once-in-a-lifetime flowering of Atlanta SUPER Blooms! presented by Delta Air Lines and celebrate the Garden’s 50th anniversary with our new after-hours event this spring! Thursdays, March 12 – April 9, from 5 – 8 p.m., purchase specialty cocktails, enjoy live music and more while expl... [click here for more]
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Free VIP Film Screening: PBS's Your Fantastic Mind

Thursday April 9, 2026 05:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 5:00 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::Film, Free Events
Join us for a free VIP screening of an episode of the Emmy Award–winning PBS series "Your Fantastic Mind", exploring the emerging connection between diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring leading experts from Emory’s Global Diabetes Research ... [click here for more]
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Tech Talks Business Featuring Hossein Fateh, Founder and CEO of Cloud HQ, Cloud Capital, and Dalian Development

Thursday April 9, 2026 05:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 5:30 PM
LeCraw Auditorium Scheller College of Business 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.
Community, Free Events
Join Scheller College of Business Dean Anuj Mehrotra for a talk with Hossein Fateh, founder and CEO of Cloud HQ, Cloud Capital, and Dalian Development. In this session, Hossein Fateh will share insights on the future of digital infrastructure, the evolution of data centers as a critical global asset... [click here for more]
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Georgia250 Author Talk: Paul Pressly, author of "A Southern Underground Railroad: Black Georgians and the Promise of Spanish Florida and Indian Country"

Thursday April 9, 2026 06:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 6:00 PM
Hay House Cost: $10 (members); $15 (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::Books, Community::Lectures
To commemorate America’s 250th anniversary, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is launching Georgia250: Celebrating America’s Last Colony, a yearlong program designed to showcase historic buildings and sites associated with Georgia’s colonial and Revolutionary War past through a series of v... [click here for more]
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Free Cardio Dance

Thursday April 9, 2026 06:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 6:00 PM
North Avenue MARTA Station Plaza 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.
Community::Classes and Demos, Community::Health and Fitness, Free Events
Cardio Dance returns to Midtown! Join us for a fun, beginner-friendly outdoor workout packed with great music, movement, and community vibes Led by Dawn Peck, an AFAA-certified instructor known for her uplifting and inclusive classes, each session blends Zumba, Hip-Hop, Afrobeats, Reggae, Reggaeto... [click here for more]
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RARE Steak Championship 2026

Thursday April 9, 2026 06:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 6:00 PM
Pullman Yards Cost: $177.85-$233
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.
Food and Drink, Food and Drink::Dining/Tasting Events
The iconic RARE Steak Championship is making its Atlanta debut on April 9, turning Pullman Yards into a high-voltage culinary arena where more than 25 of the city’s top restaurants will compete for red meat supremacy. Participating restaurants include Tio Lucho’s, Kevin Rathbun Steak and Canoe. A... [click here for more]
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UpTempo Teen Night + ASO Concert

Thursday April 9, 2026 06:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 6:30 PM
Atlanta Symphony Hall Cost: $10
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.
Community, Community::Family, Music, Music::Concerts
About Musicologist Dr. Marie Sumner Lott will lead an exploration of Handel's Messiah, offering historical context, interpretive insights, and listening strategies to enrich students' understanding of this iconic work. The session will be hosted by Monique Osorio, Teaching Artist with the ASO Educ... [click here for more]
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Respect Con: Cultivating a Culture of Respect with Amanda Nguyen

Thursday April 9, 2026 06:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 6:30 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.
Community::Lectures, Free Events
Join us on April 9th in welcoming Amanda Nguyen, nobel-peace prize nominee and best-selling author interviewed by Tyralynne Frazier, PhD, MPH lead Research Scientist with the SEE Learning Program. In 2014, after experiencing sexual harm as an undergraduate student, Nguyen founded her non-profit or... [click here for more]
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Patrick Radden Keefe in conversation with Virginia Prescott - London Falling

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 PM
Glenn Memorial Auditorium Cost: $42.44 ($39.00 + $3.44 fee) Tickets include a signed copy of “London Falling."
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.

Thu., Apr. 9
CRITIC’S PICK:

London Falling author Patrick Radden Keefe, Glenn Memorial...

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Tigers Jaw

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 PM
The Masquerade Cost: $36.15
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
Despite our deepest desires, time only continues to move forward, slowly and incessantly. We attempt to understand the present through our conceptions of the past, and we hope to use that understanding to guide the future. These simple chronological divisions offer us a simple way to organize our li... [click here for more]
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Antje Duvekot & David Berkeley

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 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
Antje Duvekot & David Berkeley live at Eddie's Attic!

Antje Duvekot

Antje Duvekot is an award-winning singer-songwriter known for crafting intricate, closely observed songs delivered with a whispery, sensual voice (The Boston Globe). A winner of the Gran...

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Drag Dizney on Broadway

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 PM
City Winery Atlanta Cost: from $30.00
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.
Nightlife::Drag & Drag Burlesque
City Winery Atlanta, WUSSY, and Drag Dizney on Broadway live on April 9th at 7pm, part of a four show series! See all shows here.

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✨ DRAG DIZNEY ON BROADWAY ✨ Get ready to wish upon a wig and belt it out like a Broadway Baby! 🌈🎭 DRAG DIZNEY ON BROADWAY is a glitter-soaked, high... [click here for more]
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Peppa Pig: My First Concert

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 PM
Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center Cost: $39.55+
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, Community::Family
Peppa's first concert is a classical music journey! Peppa Pig, along with Mummy Pig, Daddy Pig, George and new baby sister Evie, are coming to Sandy Springs for a fun, interactive introduction to a live orchestra for ages 18 months and older. Two shows! 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. [click here for more]
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Eliot Bronson: Live

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 PM
The Roswell River Landing Cost: Price: $33.06
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
Over the course of six albums, indie folksinger Eliot Bronson has created his own brand of American roots music. He’s an award winner. A road warrior with audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. An internationally-renowned songwriter with a voice that swoons and sweeps, making fans out of everyone ... [click here for more]
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Ethics at the Movies: NATCHEZ

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 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::Film, Free Events
FREE Screening at Emory University — NATCHEZ

Thursday, April 9, 2026 7:00 PM EDT Rita Anne Rollins Building, Room 102

In partnership with the Center for Ethics in the Arts at Emory University, the Atlanta Film Society presents a free screening of NATCHEZ and a Q&A with Suzannah Herbert, P... [click here for more]
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Paint & Pint @ Social Fox Brewing

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:00 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:00 PM
Social Fox Brewing Cost: $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.
Arts, Community, Food and Drink, Holidays and Special Events, Nightlife
Paint & Pint Class @ Social Fox

Join us Thursday, April 9th, to paint your very own bourbon & cigar painting! IYKYK 

TICKETS ARE REQUIRED & INCLUDE (1) drink of choice  ALL painting supplies (1) 8”x10” canvas Loads of fun

20 Skin Alley St Norcross, GA  30071 7pm-9pm

You can purchase tickets ... [click here for more]
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Actor's Express presents: Venus (Opening Night)

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:30 PM
Actor's Express Theatre Company Cost: $25.75
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
Venus

By Steve Yockey

directed by melissa foulger

april 9 – may 3, 2026 BUY TICKETS SUBSCRIBE TO SEASON 38 WHO SAYS ROMANCE IS DEAD? WELL… SYNOPSIS

Breakups are never fun. It’s easy to romanticize all of the good times: star-gazing, waxing poetic about literature, that instant spark the firs... [click here for more]
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Broadway in Atlanta presents The Sound of Music

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:30 PM
Fox Theatre Cost: On Sale 12/12
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
For 65 years, THE SOUND OF MUSIC has been one of our “favorite things.” With its timeless story and irresistibly charming score, this Rodgers & Hammerstein classic isn’t just meant to be enjoyed - it’s meant to be shared. Now, a critically acclaimed North American tour brings the cherished musical t... [click here for more]
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Black Label Society

Thursday April 9, 2026 07:30 PM EDT 04/09/2026 7:30 PM
Tabernacle Cost: $68–$80
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
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