What’s Going On in Atlanta

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Wednesday May 13, 2020 04:05 PM EDT
Browse what’s going on in Decatur with our comprehensive calendar of events. Find things to do by neighborhood, what’s going on today, tomorrow & this weekend. | more...

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Tuesday January 1, 2019 06:18 PM EST
Browse what’s going on in East Atlanta with our comprehensive calendar of events. Find things to do by neighborhood, what’s going on today, tomorrow & this weekend. | more...

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Sunday October 13, 2019 04:14 PM EDT
Browse what’s going on in Old Fourth Ward (O4W) with our comprehensive calendar of events. Find things to do by neighborhood, what’s going on today, tomorrow & this weekend. | more...

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Sunday February 28, 2021 03:31 PM EST
Browse what’s going on in Edgewood Ave/Sweet Auburn with our comprehensive calendar of events. Find things to do by neighborhood, what’s going on today, tomorrow & this weekend. | more...

ATL Sports

The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League East division. The Braves were founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871, as the Boston Red Stockings. | more...

Atlanta United is the sports team for locals. Winner of the Best of Atlanta as Atlanta’s Best Sports team, it has become the darling of Atlanta. Regularly drawing 50,000+ fans to games. | more...

Big ATL Venues

A premier venue for Broadway shows, Atlanta Ballet performances, concerts, opera, corporate meetings, and other events — including some shows you’d normally expect to find in town. | more...

Located at the heart of the Georgia Tech campus, the Ferst Center is a state-of-the-art facility that hosts a diverse range of musical and cultural programs throughout the year. | more...

In the late ’70s, Atlanta almost allowed a telephone company to demolish one of the city’s architectural gems. Everybody thinks Gone with the Wind premiered here, but that happened at the Loew’s Grand down the street, which did get torn down. A 60-minute guided tour is available. The Fox Theatre hos... | more...

One of the country’s largest convention facilities, it hosts such gatherings as the Flower Show, the Boat Show, the Home Show, and the real hot ticket, the International Poultry Exposition. | more...

Lakewood Amphitheatre is Atlanta’s preferred venue for spending an evening under the stars, taking in a massive outdoor concert. Opened in 1989, less than four miles south of Downtown, the 75-acre venue holds as many as 19,000 concertgoers on its expansive lawn and within the pavilion. Everyone from... | more...

Official home of the Atlanta Falcons and the Atlanta United FC, Mercedes-Benz Stadium serves as an icon that elevates and enhances the downtown landscape of Atlanta. Every feature at Mercedes-Benz Stadium has been designed with the fan in mind. | more...

Hawks basketball and arena-filling stars like the Boss, Britney, and Jay Z under one roof. | more...

Any journey into Atlanta art should begin — but certainly not end — at the Woodruff Arts Center. Look to the Woodruff’s High Museum for blockbuster traveling exhibitions, look to the two stages of the Tony-brandishing Alliance Theatre for everything from flashy musicals to pared-down drama, and look... | more...

College Campuses

Small women’s college on a beautiful campus on the south side of the tracks from Decatur. Ranked one of the top 10 liberal arts colleges in the South by U.S. News & World Report. Among the public sites: the Bradley Observatory and the Dalton Gallery (see galleries). | more...

The former stomping ground of Civil Rights activist and minister Ralph Abernathy, Clark Atlanta is the oldest graduate institution to serve a predominantly African-American student body. | more...

Spread across more than 600 acres, Emory is among the nation’s top 25 universities, according to U.S. News and World Report. | more...

Once a commuter school with little character, Georgia State has become a more complete university with new dorms and a strong commitment to enhancing its Downtown Atlanta campus. Among the most notable activities of public interest are performances at the Rialto Center (see music venues), WRAS (88.5... | more...

The historically African-American college was an educational home to Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and now houses some of the icon’s unpublished letters. | more...

Spelman’s primarily female student body follows in the impressive footsteps of such esteemed alums as Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Color Purple Alice Walker. | more...


ATL Attractions

Headquarters of Atlanta Beltline, a 22-mile loop of trails, greenspace, and parks that circles the city. | more...

Founded in 1926, the center includes the Atlanta History Museum featuring signature and traveling exhibitions, the Smith Family Farm, the 1928 Swan House mansion, research archives/special libraries, and 22 acres of gardens. | more...

Gridiron devotees can explore the new Downtown hall’s exhibits filled with historic memorabilia, learn about their alma mater’s football legacy, and throw the pigskin on an indoor football field at the College Football Hall of Fame. The three-story museum, which has relocated from South Bend, Ind., ... | more...

Discover a world of WOW at Atlanta’s science and nature experience. Travel around the world and back in time as you discover live animals, amazing places, ancient fossils, prehistoric cultures and new science discoveries. Throughout the year, new exhibits, movies and experiences offer more to explor... | more...

A classroom museum and outdoor learning lab owned by the DeKalb County School System. The science center houses an Apollo spacecraft, botanical gardens and — most notably — a planetarium. Prices and hours vary. | more...

The nation’s largest aquarium has more aquatic life than any other aquarium, with specimens from more than 500 species, including whale sharks, the largest fish in the sea. Visitors can go to the “touch tank” for the chance to interact with sea stars and anemones. “Behind the Scenes” tours are avail... | more...

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

The 200-plus-acre park with tennis, walking trails, and a pond has been Atlanta’s place to go on a Sunday afternoon since it was first purchased by the city in 1904. Piedmont Park added 13 acres in 2013 and unveiled a collection of new entrances. The add-on near the intersection of Piedmont Road and... | more...

The world’s largest mass of exposed granite is the centerpiece of this park, which features golf courses, hiking trails, camping, swimming, dining, and attractions including the Geyser Towers, Summit Skyride, and much more. The park also hosts a spectacular 3-D laser light show nightly during the su... | more...

The zoo houses more than 1,400 animals, including elephants, Sumatran tigers, black rhinos, zebras, and Chantek, the first orangutan to use sign language. And did we mention pandas? | more...


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