From popular Atlanta festivals, special events to big sports games, there's always something going on in Atlanta. In Greater Atlanta, annual sporting events range from Peach Bowl collegiate grid action to NASCAR racing at the Cracker Barrel 500, with Augusta’s Masters Golf Tournament in between. Also popular are the Atlanta Boat Show, Georgia Renaissance Festival, Atlanta Jazz Festival, Georgia Apple Festival and the Atlanta Dogwood Festival. Atlanta’s Martin Luther King Jr. national holiday has grown into an entire week of African American cultural, educational, and spiritual events.
Little 5 Points Halloween Festival and Parade
Little Five Points is arguably Atlanta’s quirkiest neighborhood, and there’s no better time to showcase its offbeat vibe than during its annual Halloween festival. The highlight is the parade, it becomes even more so. Festivities include tarot card readers, a classic horror movie screening, and the not-to-be-missed Halloween parade on Saturday. A spooktacular way to get into the spirit of Hallowee...
There’s no better way to share some holiday spirit(s) with friends than the Santa Pub Crawl, quite possibly the most outrageous spectacle to happen in Atlanta’s bar scene throughou...
Currently ranked fourth in the nation for charity wine festivals by Wine Spectator magazine, the Atlanta Wine Auction, a sellout every year, is a gem for oenophiles and a chance to...
Book lovers and literary types will delight in the Decatur Book Festival, the largest independent book festival in the country that takes place in Decatur over Labor Day weekend. H...
There’s no more refreshing start to spring in Atlanta than the Dogwood, one of the largest arts festivals in the Southeast. Held at Piedmont Park, the 73-year-old festival draws al...
Every Labor Day, downtown Atlanta turns to an otherworld of Storm Troopers, gamers and Matrix characters as Dragon Con, the nation’s largest sci-fi and pop culture convention, come...
Little Five Points is arguably Atlanta’s quirkiest neighborhood, and there’s no better time to showcase its offbeat vibe than during its annual Halloween festival. The highlight is...
The world’s largest 10k road race draws 40,000 competitors – including top elite runners from around the world – as well as sizeable crowds cheering them on. The race starts in Buc...
Every winter, the Cobb Galleria Centre, conveniently located at the intersection of interstates 75 and 85, comes abloom with the largest flower show in the Southeast. There are gue...
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