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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 29, 2026

FREE Atlanta Home & Remodeling Show October 2027

Step into the Home Show for hands-on demonstrations, expert advice, and exclusive offers to elevate your home. Free Admission for all!

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Lucy Darling: Halloween Spooktacular

10/29/2026 7:30 PM

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Presented at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Thursday, Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. | Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Award-winning performer Carisa Hen...

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Michael Jackson’s Thriller Live – A Halloween Special

10/29/2026 8:00 PM

City Winery Atlanta

City Winery Atlanta and PureSoul presents Michael Jackson’s Thriller Live – A Halloween Special live on October 29th at 8pm.

Celebrate Halloween wit...

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Amy AGain Black Banner Final Vertical (1200 X 1200 Px)

Amy Again: Celebrating 20 Years of Back To Black

10/29/2026 8:00 PM

Smith's Olde Bar

What do you MEAN it's been 20 years since Amy Winehouse dropped Back To Black?

Run it back to 2006 because Ella Beth is taking you through the entir...

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Ethan Regan - Young Regan Tour at Terminal West

10/29/2026 8:00 PM

Terminal West

CRITIC’S PICK
Thurs., Oct. 29
Ethen Regan, Lily Kershaw, Terminal West — Regan is often described...

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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

Piedmont Park

Piedmont Park is a beloved urban oasis in the heart of Atlanta’s Midtown, spanning over 200 acres of open fields, wooded areas, walking and biking tra...

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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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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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