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Five Things To Do Today

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City Springs Theatre Company presents Mean Girls

05/02/2026 2:00 PM
Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

CRITIC'S PICK:
Fri., May 1 - Sun., May 17
Mean Girls, Byers Theatre - Those who were charmed by...

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Chris Smither

05/02/2026 6:00 PM
Eddie's Attic

CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat., May 2
Chris Smither, Eddie's Attic - Folk/bluesman Smither, now 81, has...

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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives at Variety Playhouse

05/02/2026 8:00 PM
Variety Playhouse

CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat., May 2
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, Variety Playhouse - Iconic...

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City Springs Theatre Company presents Mean Girls

05/02/2026 8:00 PM
Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

CRITIC'S PICK:
Fri., May 1 - Sun., May 17
Mean Girls, Byers Theatre - Those who were charmed by...

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John Nemeth at Blind Willie's

05/02/2026 9:00 PM
Blind Willie's

CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat., May 2
John Nemeth, Blind Willie's - A multiple nominee for various Blues...

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Theatrical Outfit presents The Price

05/02/2026 7:30 PM
Theatrical Outfit

CRITIC’S PICK:
Wed., Apr. 8 - Sun., May 3

The Price by Arthur Miller, Theatrical Outfit — Arthur...

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Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives at Variety Playhouse

05/02/2026 8:00 PM
Variety Playhouse

CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat., May 2
Marty Stuart and the Fabulous Superlatives, Variety Playhouse - Iconic...

—more info
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City Springs Theatre Company presents Mean Girls

05/02/2026 8:00 PM
Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

CRITIC'S PICK:
Fri., May 1 - Sun., May 17
Mean Girls, Byers Theatre - Those who were charmed by...

—more info
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John Nemeth at Blind Willie's

05/02/2026 9:00 PM
Blind Willie's

CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat., May 2
John Nemeth, Blind Willie's - A multiple nominee for various Blues...

—more info
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City Springs Theatre Company presents Mean Girls

05/03/2026 2:00 PM
Byers Theatre at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center

CRITIC'S PICK:
Fri., May 1 - Sun., May 17
Mean Girls, Byers Theatre - Those who were charmed by...

—more info
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Theatrical Outfit presents The Price

05/03/2026 2:30 PM
Theatrical Outfit

CRITIC’S PICK:
Wed., Apr. 8 - Sun., May 3

The Price by Arthur Miller, Theatrical Outfit — Arthur...

—more info
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The Wallflowers

05/04/2026 8:00 PM
Buckhead Theatre

CRITIC'S PICK:
Mon. May 4
The Wallflowers, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Buckhead Theater - Jacob Dylan used...

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Eagles at Truist Park

05/05/2026 7:00 PM
Truist Park

CRITIC'S PICK:
Tues. May 5
Eagles, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Truist Park - OK, so a baseball stadium...

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Herbie Hancock

05/05/2026 8:00 PM
Atlanta Symphony Hall

CRITIC'S PICK:
Tues., May 5
Herbie Hancock, Atlanta Symphony Hall - Now 85, legendary keyboardist...

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Atlanta Concerts and Live Music

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Wes Bayliss

05/23/2026 8:00 PM
Eddie Owen presents: Red Clay Music Foundry

CRITIC'S PICK:
Sat. May 23
Wes Bayliss, Eddie Owen Presents at Red Clay - Country rockers The...

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Atlanta Festivals

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Sweet Auburn Springfest

05/08/2026 8:00 PM
Known widely as the Sweet Auburn Festival, Sweet Auburn Springfest is one of the Southeast’s largest free multicultural outdoor festivals, bringing mu...
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Atlanta Jazz Festival

05/22/2026 8:00 PM
Atlanta Jazz Festival returns to Piedmont Park May 23-25, 2026 with three days of free live music during Memorial Day weekend.
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Virginia-Highland Summerfest

06/05/2026 8:00 PM
Virginia-Highland Summerfest brings a juried art market, live music, family activities, and one of Atlanta’s best-known neighborhood festival weekends...
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Atlanta Food and Drink Events

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Japan's Children's Day Festival

05/03/2026 11:00 AM
Thrasher Park
Join us for Japan's Children's Day Festival, a vibrant family celebration of Japanese culture hosted by International Charter Academy of Georgia in ho...
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Pollination Celebration

05/03/2026 12:00 PM
Pine Lake Beach House
Join the City of Pine Lake in celebrating Earth Day at the 2026 Pollination Celebration!  Live music, an artists' market, plant sale and seed swap, ed...
—more info
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Vegan Soul Sunday - Hydration & Fresh Food

05/03/2026 12:00 PM
New Life Presbyterian Church
Join us on May 3rd, 12pm–4pm, at 6600 Old National Highway, Atlanta, GA

Vegan Soul Sundays are back at New Life Presbyterian Church!

Join us for a v...
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Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Top Dawg Tavern

05/05/2026 11:00 AM
Top Dawg Tavern - Bethlehem
Join us on Tuesday, May 5th to celebrate Cinco de Mayo at Top Dawg Tavern! We will have delicious lunch specials from 11am-4pm, $5 El Jimador Margarit...
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Cinco de Mayo Rooftop Fiesta at St. Julep

05/05/2026 6:00 PM
St. Julep
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style at St. Julep, the rooftop bar above the Sylvan Hotel in Buckhead. Join us on Tuesday, May 5 for an elevated night of ...
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Pre Mother's Day Market @ Stillfire Suwanee

05/08/2026 6:00 PM
StillFire Brewing
Pre Mother’s Day Market @ Stillfire Suwanee

Who’s ready for a fun Friday night market at @stillfirebrewingsuwanee 2 days before Mother’s Day?! 

T...
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Mother's Day Market @ Stillfire Smyrna

05/08/2026 6:00 PM
StillFire Brewing
Mother’s Day Fun Markets @ Stillfire Smyrna

Get ready for an all weekend long Mother’s Day bash going down at @stillfirebrewingsmyrna 

Join us in ...
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May Flowers Market: Handmade Goods and Local Crafts at Harmony Park

05/09/2026 11:00 AM
Harmony Park
Come shop local with us at Harmony Park! Featuring local makers with handmade goods, arts, crafts, vintage finds, home decor, self care treats and mor...
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Wine & Art Crawl Market in Avondale Estates

05/09/2026 12:00 PM
Downtown Avondale Estates
Wine & Art Crawl Market in Avondale Estates

Who’s ready for 1 BIG party in the heart of @avondaleestates at multiple locations?! 

Join us Saturday...
—more info

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Nellie Mae Row

Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe

Friday September 3, 2021 12:00 AM EDT 09/03/2021 12:00 AM
High Museum of Art Cost: $16.50 General Admission, Members 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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Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe (Sept. 3, 2021-Jan. 9, 2022) — For the last 15 years of her life, self-taught artist Nellie Mae Rowe (1900-1982) lived on a busy thoroughfare just outside of Atlanta and welcomed visitors to her “Playhouse,” which she decorated with found-object instal... [click here for more]
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Celebrate Two Holidays This Labor Day Weekend at Firepit Pizza Tavern

Friday September 3, 2021 12:00 AM EDT 09/03/2021 12:00 AM
Firepit Pizza Tavern 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.
Food and Drink
Celebrate two holidays over the weekend at Firepit Pizza Tavern. Not only will there be Labor Day festivities and specials, but the local haunt is celebrating National Cheese Pizza Day on Sunday, September 5th. Guests can indulge in the best pizza Grant Park has to offer with $5 cheese pizzas serve... [click here for more]
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Zuckerman Museum of Art: The Labor of Remembrance

Friday September 3, 2021 10:00 AM EDT 09/03/2021 10:00 AM
Zuckerman Museum of Art 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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The Labor of Remembrance: Print and Textile Works by Louise Bourgeois (Aug. 28-Dec. 11) — Louise Bourgeois calls upon both subtle and obvious metaphors associated with textiles within her work: the spider, the needle, clothing, and flax. The careful presentation of a select grouping of her works in ... [click here for more]
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Zuckerman Museum of Art: This Mortal Coil

Friday September 3, 2021 10:00 AM EDT 09/03/2021 10:00 AM
Zuckerman Museum of Art 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::Visual Arts
This Mortal Coil (Aug. 28-Dec. 11) — A collection of works by 17 prominent contemporary artists presents a strikingly raw visual dialogue at the surface of our emotional armature, which most individuals work diligently to prevent illuminating. This Mortal Coil and The Labor of Remembrance are inte... [click here for more]
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Zuckerman Museum of Art: Project Wall West, Jamele Wright, Sr.

Friday September 3, 2021 10:00 AM EDT 09/03/2021 10:00 AM
Zuckerman Museum of Art 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::Visual Arts
ZMA Project Wall West: Jamele Wright, Sr. (Aug. 28-July 30, 2022) — Combining found materials, Dutch Wax cloth, and Georgia red clay, Atlanta artist Jamele Wright Sr. creates abstract works that explore the Black American vernacular experience. Beginning August 28, a newly commissioned textile work ... [click here for more]
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Zuckerman Museum of Art: ZMA Project Wall East - Kayte Terry

Friday September 3, 2021 10:00 AM EDT 09/03/2021 10:00 AM
Zuckerman Museum of Art 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::Visual Arts
ZMA Project Wall East: Kayte Terry (Aug. 28-July 30, 2022) — A newly commissioned work by Philadelphia artist Kayte Terry, known for examining the literal and figurative boundaries of the body through photography, video, collage, installation, and object-making. [click here for more]
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POEM 88: Kimberly Binns - HomeFront

Friday September 3, 2021 11:00 AM EDT 09/03/2021 11:00 AM
""""{Poem 88}"""" Cost: Free. By appointment only 404-735-1000.
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::Visual Arts
Kimberly Binns: HomeFront (Aug. 21-Sep. 11) — In this exhibition, Kimberly Binns presents a variety of vignettes incorporating personal photographs, abstract drawings, paintings and custom furniture to explore the meaning of sanctity of the home for African-Americans, what the idea meant to her in t... [click here for more]
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Dragon Con 2021 - Friday

Friday September 3, 2021 12:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 12:00 PM
Downtown Atlanta Cost: $115-$3500
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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It's only the biggest, nerdiest, and most exciting weekend of the year. No big deal. Right? [click here for more]
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MOCA: Remembering Larry Jens Anderson (1947-2021)

Friday September 3, 2021 12:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 12:00 PM
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Cost: $5. Members 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::Visual Arts
MOCA: Larry Jens Anderson was an artist, educator, and activist, as well as founding member and curator of the TABOO artist collective, known for its edgy shows and happenings at the height of the AIDS epidemic. Recurring themes in Larry’s work include gender, sexual identity, human rights, politics... [click here for more]
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MOCA: Erin Jane Nelson - One Entanglement, Under Clouds

Friday September 3, 2021 12:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 12:00 PM
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Cost: $5. Members 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::Visual Arts
Erin Jane Nelson: One Entanglement, Under Clouds (Aug. 7-Oct. 2) — Mixed media artist and 2020-21 WAP recipient Erin Jane Nelson explores the entanglement of systems — social, political, ecological — in this solo exhibition, which features three frogs modeled on the pagan Triple Goddess. MOCA GA’s... [click here for more]
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MOCA: Katherine Mitchell - Hearing the Trees, Chapter III

Friday September 3, 2021 12:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 12:00 PM
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia Cost: $5. Members 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::Visual Arts
Katherine Mitchell: Hearing the Trees, Chapter III (Aug. 7-Oct. 2) — 2020-21 WAP fellow Katherine Mitchell’s solo exhibition includes a series of paintings/drawings on paper, which seeks in part to reconcile the artist’s concerns in visual art and the environment. MOCA GA’s Working Artist Project ... [click here for more]
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Ferst Center: Traveling While Black

Friday September 3, 2021 12:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 12:00 PM
Ferst Center For The Arts Cost: $6 - Free to GA Tech students thru Sept 5
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.
Traveling While Black (Aug. 13-Nov. 12, no showings on Mondays or Tuesdays, screenings every hour on...
$6 - Free to GA Tech students thru Sept 5 [click here for more]
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Lauri Stallings: The Hudgens Prize retrospective

Friday September 3, 2021 01:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 1:00 PM
The Goat Farm Arts Center 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.
A work as part of the Hudgens Prize Retrospective, The Hudgens Center, Duluth, Georgia (Aug. 21-Oct....
Free [click here for more]
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gloATL's March on Variations” in Palmetto, Georgia

Friday September 3, 2021 01:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 1:00 PM
Palmetto City Hall 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.
“March on Variations!” in Palmetto, Georgia (Fridays through Dec. 31, 1-4 p.m.) — March on Variation...
Free [click here for more]
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Our Bar ATL Pop-Up & Go at Our Bar ATL

Friday September 3, 2021 02:00 PM EDT 09/03/2021 2:00 PM
Our Bar ATL Cost: $20--$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.
Food and Drink
Daily Kitchen Pop-Up at Our Bar ATL!

Ft. @ChefElliottFarmer

Doors open at 2PM. Pop-Up closes at 7PM or when it sells out!

Text 678-929-8380 to place your orders for DINE-IN or TAKE-OUT. 339 Edgewood Ave SE

[click here for more]
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