Visitor’s Guide
Creative Loafing is an intensely local guide. We’ve been publishing a newspaper in the area since 1972 and just about all of the culture has been reported in the newspaper or on this website. Looking for things to do in the area? We can direct you.
Here’s our suggestion. Work off this page - start with the 5 Things to Do list below which are our recommendations for today’s events - one of these might catch your fancy. We’ve got a full City Guide of suggestions for locals if you want to go native. We have also included a list of tourist-oriented suggestions below as well as our favorite local attractions. If you are looking for events at the neighborhood level, take a look at our What’s Going On to get the best local information available.
Five Things to Do Today
Illustrious!
Ft DJ NecroManny
with the talents of Teq Nik, Dotte Com, Rhea Sunshine, Transformere, Lin...
New York Times Games ‘Puzzle Mania’ Drop
Atlanta Contemporary Fall Exhibits (Sundays)
Science Gallery Atlanta’s Resilient Earth
Twas the Night Before by Cirque du Soleil
Tourist/Visitor Lists
Best Tourist Spots
10 history lessons you’ll find in Atlanta
Atlanta’s surviving hip-hop haunts
Tourist Spots
Atlanta History Center
Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum
Atlanta Botanical Garden
Delta Flight Museum
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Georgia Aquarium
SkyView Atlanta
Stone Mountain Park
Waffle House Museum
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Piedmont Park
Things to Do in the Area - A Guide for Tourists and Visitors