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Oftentimes, you can't choose when you'll visit, but when you do have the option, why not let it coincide with a prominent event? Find out when the city is bursting with blooms, when holiday decorations are at their most enticing, or when a fabulously fun festival is being held. Discover, too, if there's a milestone that's being celebrated or if there's a small occasion that coincides with your own special interest. We'll spread the news and let you know when it's high time to visit the city.
Address: Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA 30340
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The annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival attracts visitors from all over the state and beyond with beauty and special events. Dogwood blooms herald the arrival of spring, which also means the weather is unusually beautiful at this time of year. A good mood spreads to everyone, and attractions include live music, an...
Address: 931 Monroe Dr NE, Landmark Midtown Art Cinema, Atlanta, GA 30308
The Atlanta Film Festival attracts a variety of people, and film aficionados take the celluloid celebration as seriously as any Cannes or Sundance event. Movies run the gamut from independent films and edgy, big studio experiments to amateur filmmakers' first efforts. Throughout the week-long festival, buffs can view...
Address: 2 Galleria Pkwy, Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA 30339
The Atlanta Home Show occurs twice a year, in the spring and fall, so there are plenty of chances for people to see the ever-changing world of products designed specifically for the home. Touted as the largest consumer home show in the Southeast, Atlanta's version attracts between 30,000 and 40,000 attendees and puts...
Chick-fil-A Bowl and Chick-fil-A Bowl Parade
Address: 1 Georgia Dome Dr NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
The Chick-fil-A Bowl game and parade are a centerpiece for collegiate football fans in Atlanta, even if a hometown team isn't participating. For some fans, the game is a last hurrah for the college football season. For businesses, the game represents a chance to woo visitors back to the Peach City. Events "kick off"...
Classic Chastain Summer Music Series
Address: 4469 Stella Dr, Chastain Park Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA 30350
Nothing says summer in Atlanta like this concert series. The intimate amphitheater is lined with outdoor tables and chairs, and all you have to do (depending on where you choose to sit) is show up with your tablecloth, cooler, and picnic basket to enjoy dinner and a show underneath the stars. If you get a location...
Address: 6905 Virlyn B. Smith Rd, Fairburn, GA 30213
Georgia Renaissance Festival celebrates not only the most weather-friendly months of the year but something unique for the region – 16th-century European culture. With more than 1000 authentically dressed characters roaming the grounds, the festival provides a lively atmosphere worthy of any dukedom. A permanent...
Inman Park Festival & Tour of Homes
Address: Lake Ave NE and Waddell St NE, Atlanta, GA 31107
It has witnessed Civil War skirmishes, extreme poverty, and the birthing struggles of Atlanta's public railways at its doorstep, yet Inman Park lives on, outshining all these events. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, the neighborhood spices things up with an annual festival, which lays claim...
Address: 285 Andrew Young International Blvd NW, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA 30313
Even before spring blows away the winter chill, flowers are in bloom in Atlanta. Much-anticipated every year since 1988, the Southeastern Flower Show features nearly 100 vendors who display both a variety of blooms and landscaping wonders intended to raise horticultural awareness. Attractions include Discovery,...
St. Patrick's Day Celebration & Parade
Address: 50 Upper Alabama St SW, Underground Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30303
Irish eyes are smiling, and Irish pride runs high during Atlanta's St. Patrick's Day Celebration. The event, one of the nation's oldest, enjoys its 158th year in 2008, offering a full weekend of revelry, family festivals, and live Irish music. The parade kicks off on Saturday near Underground Atlanta in Midtown, but...
Address: Peachtree St at Auburn Ave, Atlanta, GA 30303
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The Sweet Auburn neighborhood attracts visitors year-round with its shops, but this popular celebration makes a special trip to the area well worth the effort. An estimated half a million people enjoy attractions like a classic car and bike show, an arts and literature market, a family fun zone, and 10 stages that...
