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Visitor's Guide

Visitor Information
Events and Festivals at Piedmont Park
Best Tourist Spots
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Visitor Information
Events and Festivals at Piedmont Park
Five Things to Do Today
Tourist/Visitor Lists
Tourist Spots

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

MARCH 9, 2026

2026 SWAC Basketball Tournament – March 9-14, 2026

March 9 @ 11:00 am - March 14 @ 5:00 pm

The Gateway Center Arena is hosting SWAC Basketball Tourn...

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“The Constitution and the Federalist Papers”

03/09/2026 3:00 PM

Atlanta History Center

Please note that the series package includes all 7 lectures taking place every Monday from January 26 to March 9, 2026. Tickets for single lectures wi...

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PHOENIX FLIES 2026 | Your Old House goes Back to the Future

03/09/2026 6:00 PM

Atlanta Preservation Center Inc

PHOENIX FLIES 2026 | Your Old House goes Back to the FutureByThe Atlanta Preservation Center FollowAtlanta Preservation CenterAtlanta, GAMonday, Mar 9...

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The Nude Party

03/09/2026 8:00 PM

The Masquerade

CRITIC'S PICK:
Mon., March 9
The Nude Party, The Masquerade - Few would have put bets on this...

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Midnight Release Party for Mistakes Were Made by Lucy Score

03/09/2026 10:30 PM

Eagle Eye Book Shop

Come celebrate Lucy Score's newest book and get a signed copy! purchase of MISTAKES WERE MADE from us is required to attend.

We'll have activities,...

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Tourist/Visitor Lists

Best Tourist Spots

03/26/2021 10:31 AM

Our list of the best tourist spots in Atlanta. For locals and out of towners.

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10 history lessons you'll find in Atlanta

12/26/2020 4:00 AM

Educational landmarks from the museum to the grave

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Atlanta's surviving hip-hop haunts

10/21/2019 3:08 PM

Explore these rap-related cultural landmarks in Atlanta

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Tourist Spots

MODA (Museum of Design Atlanta)

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Atlanta History Center

Founded in 1926, the center includes the Atlanta History Museum featuring signature and traveling exhibitions, the Smith Family Farm, the 1928 Swan Ho...

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Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum

Presidential Library system and museum with special exhibitions and a permanent collection that features photographs and historic memorabilia from the...

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Atlanta Botanical Garden

Atlanta's most fragrant attraction blooms with more than 3,000 ornamental plants spread over 30 acres adjacent to Piedmont Park, including a rare 15-a...

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Delta Flight Museum

Housed in Delta's two 1940s aircraft hangers. Includes Ship 41, the first Douglas DC-3 to carry Delta passengers in 1940; the Spirit of Delta, Delta's...

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