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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

OCTOBER 10, 2026

Fall Festival on Ponce at Olmsted Linear Park (Day 1)

Fall Festival on Ponce returns Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11 for a free weekend of art, food and family-friendly fun.

Guests can shop ...

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Ormewood Park Makers Festival

10/10/2026 11:00 AM

Ormewood Church

The Ormewood Park Makers Festival is a family-friendly street festival celebrating creativity, community, and the people who love to make things. Held...

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Atlanta Pride 2026 - Annual Dyke March (Day 1)

10/10/2026 5:00 PM

Charles Allen Gate of Piedmont Park

This is all about empowering the women of Atlanta and beyond, bringing together women, femmes, and allies to create an awesome, inclusive community. I...

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Gov't Mule AND ZIGGY Marley

10/10/2026 6:30 PM

Coca-Cola Roxy

CRITIC’S PICK
Sat., Oct. 10
Gov’t Mule, Ziggy Marley, Coca-Cola Roxy — The Mule keeps kicking as...

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Az Chike at The Masquerade

10/10/2026 7:00 PM

The Masquerade

Critic’s Pick
Sat. Oct. 10

AZ Chike, Masquerade — Many rap fans first heard rising South...

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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

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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