Atlanta Events

This jousting festival brings visitors back to the renaissance with games, rides, food and fun.

Jazz concerts celebrated throughout the month in various locations, embracing Atlanta's musical roots. Culminates with two-day Memorial Day Weekend celebration in Grant Park.

Enjoy a selection of top movies at various showtimes. Pre-show wine tastings.

Attend wine classes, cooking demonstrations and chow out to your heart's content on Atlanta delicacies from more than 70 of the city's best eateries at this two-day food fest.

The 3rd annual Atlanta Day of the Dead will take place Sunday, November 4th, 2012 at Atlantic Station. Atlanta Día de los Muertos highlights the long-established Mexican celebration that brings together family and friends to remember past friends and family members. Atlanta Day of the Dead is an interactive, educational and cultural celebration of Mexican culture and tradition. The event features live musical and cultural performances, traditional altars and interactive activities for children, sponsor displays with free product samples, arts and crafts, and authentic Mexican food.

Atlanta is the birthplace of Martin Luther King, leader of America's greatest nonviolent movement for justice, equality and peace.

Annual show presents landscape gardens, stunning floral horticultural exhibitions and programs for all ages.

A Thanksgiving institution, the oldest marathon in the southeast also follows the course of the 1996 Olympic Games marathon. A half marathon is run the same day.

The 2nd annual Salsa Festival Atlanta will take place Sunday April 1, 2012! Salsa Fest Atlanta is a day-long spring festival celebrating all things Caribbean, in particular…salsa music! Live salsa music by popular artists, dance exhibitions and competitions for all to participate in will take place throughout the day. Salsa Fest also features sponsor displays with free product samples, authentic Latin and international foods and Atlanta’s best salseros.

Celebrates the flowering of the dogwood trees with food, canine competition, community awareness and a crafts market.

Taking place along the neighbourhood's pretty tree-lined streets, the Inman Park Spring Festival is a popular event that attracts thousands of visitors from across the region. During this fun-packed weekend, visitors can expect an exciting and varied entertainments programme that includes an arts and crafts show, a street market and antiques fair, live music and a popular dance festival. The event takes place in the historic Inman Park which was Atlanta's first planned community and one of the nation's first garden suburbs. One of the highlights of the festival is the 'Tour of Homes' which enables visitors to take a closer look at the turn-of-the-century Victorian Painted Ladies and Craftsman bungalows that characterise this attractive neighbourhood.

Large parade with floats and marching bands precedes the football game that pits two highly-rated college football teams against each other.

The 6th annual Fiesta Atlanta will take place Sunday May 6th, 2012 at Centennial Olympic Park in the heart of Atlanta. Fiesta Atlanta is Atlanta’s premier Hispanic outdoor festival and the largest Cinco de Mayo celebration in the southeast. Fiesta Atlanta features a daylong celebration of Latino culture and heritage, featuring continuous live musical performances on two stages by international, national and local recording artists. Mariachi music, Mexican folk dancing, a 5K race, youth soccer clinics and sponsor displays with free product samples, arts and crafts and authentic international foods make Fiesta Atlanta a true multicultural celebration.