On May 6, 2018, some of Atlanta’s favorite chefs and restaurants will fill the picnic baskets for Wholesome Wave Georgia’s annual Picnic in the Park. Beer and wine, live music, dancing and lawn games will also be a part of the Sunday afternoon event, with the beautiful scenery of Atlanta’s Historic Fourth Ward Park as the backdrop. Guests will have the opportunity to bid on additional gourmet picnic baskets and win prizes provided by local chefs and restaurants. Tickets are $35 for a two-person picnic basket and $70 for a four-person basket. Beer and wine open bar tickets are an additional $5 each.

The seventh annual Sandy Springs Artsapalooza presented by The Atlanta Foundation For Public Spaces returns on Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22, 2018. Featuring more than 150 painters, photographers, sculptors, leather and metal craft persons, glass blowers, jewelers and more, the festival will transform the beautiful tree-lined streets of Sandy Springs into an expansive outdoor art gallery. Festival-goers have the opportunity to view artist demonstrations, participate in hands-on art activities and enjoy live acoustic performances. The award-winning, two-day festival will also have a children's area, gourmet food trucks with healthy alternatives and beverages. The festival is free to attend, open to all ages, and dogs are welcome.

The 33rd Annual Georgia Renaissance Festival announces weekly themes for the 2018 Festival located just minutes from Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport on I-85 at the Fairburn/Peachtree City exit. Open Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day, 10:30 am to 6 pm, April 14 – June 3, 2018. Featuring a new Renaissance adventure and/or special ticket promotion every weekend! (Subject to change.) In addition to the themed weekends, we have a Pub Crawl twice daily, starting a 12:30 pm and again at 2:15 pm, and NEW THIS YEAR we are hosting a Fairy Tea Party at 1 pm. Tickets for these events are can be purchased at the Information Booth, just inside the Front Gate.

TICKET GIVEAWAY ALERT! You heard us right! Get the perfect date night made right with two tickets to the Wasabassco Burlesque on Saturday, April 21st at 10! Go to our social media pages and like our page, this post, and tag your plus one! Easy, peasy. Our lucky winner will be announced on our social media pages on Tuesday, 4/17 around 9 pm. Good luck!

The ninth annual Atlanta BBQ Fest will be held on Saturday, May 5th and Sunday, May 6th behind Atlantic Station. There will be lots of BBQ to try, lots of beer & bourbon to drink, and lots of fun to have! There will be multiple sessions to take part in, so get in here and find out more.

The South's newest craft beer festival is coming to ATL on April 28th! Join us in the Virginia–Highlands from 1:00 to 6:00 pm to celebrate all the creative, unpredictable, hop heavy, and heady craft beers this side of the Mason-Dixie line. With the South emerging as the next craft beer frontier, the Great Southern Beer Fest combines craft beer, country rock, and Southern food with a dash of soul. The best of the best Southern breweries will be onsite pouring samples of their favorite craft brews.

On Friday, April 27, 2018, Yacht Rock Revue will once again give an electrifying performance of Prince's Purple Rain album at the Promenade at the Legacy Fountain in Piedmont Park. Presented by Park Tavern and benefiting the Piedmont Park Conservancy and the Green Market, the highly anticipated affair will also feature Yacht Rock Revue's popular renditions of 70s classics that fans have come to know and love. Hungry partygoers can nosh on classic favorites such as burgers, tacos, salads, sandwiches and fresh sushi rolls in addition to enjoying frosty brews, handcrafted cocktails and an extensive selection of wine. Doors open at 7 p.m. with live music beginning at 8 p.m. through 10:30 p.m. For ages 21 and up, General Admission tickets are available starting at $20 and VIP tickets, which guarantees a seat, are available for $45.

Springer Mountain Farms Southern Wing Showdown, the favorite summer festival celebrating unique takes on a Southern staple, will return for its third year on Sunday, August 5th. Produced by Taste of Atlanta, the event will feature creative talent from around 30 prominent Southeastern chefs, including chefs from Atlanta, Birmingham, Charleston, Charlotte, Chattanooga, Nashville, and Savannah. Each will serve their unique recipe in a competition for best wing. Local purveyor Springer Mountain Farms will provide all chicken, 100% natural and raised without antibiotics, steroids, growth stimulants or hormones. Angel Flight, a volunteer pilot organization located at Dekalb Peachtree airport and providing flight services to patients in need of medical-related care, will be a nonprofit beneficiary for this event and will host a silent auction on-site.

2018 AFFPS Festival Lineup: Eighth Annual Spring Festival on Ponce: 4/7 – 4/8 Seventh Annual Sandy Springs Artsapalooza: 4/21 – 4/22 Second Annual Duluth Spring Arts Festival: 4/28 – 4/29 Inaugural Roswell Spring Arts and Crafts Festival: 5/5 – 5/6 10th Annual Chastain Park Spring Arts & Crafts Festival: 5/12 – 5/13 Sixth Annual Old Fourth Ward Arts Festival: 5/26 – 5/27

The Atlanta Grilled Cheese Festival is BACK for 2018 and cheesier than ever! We're taking two days to celebrate #NationalGrilledCheeseDay this year with restaurants from all over Atlanta serving up bites of melty, cheesy goodness for your tasting pleasure. Try a couple, or try them all and cast your vote for your favorite to be crowned Best Grilled Cheese in Atlanta! Saturday, 4/14 is a 21 event only, but Sunday, 4/15 is all ages welcome and kids 12 and under are free with a ticked adult. In addition to a full day of delicious eats, we've got an awesome lineup of frosty brews, live local music, and all kinds of contests and activities to keep you entertained throughout the day. Tickets include admission to the festival and three quarter-sandwich grilled cheese samples. Additional samples will be available for purchase directly from participating restaurants for approximately $2-$3 each. Tickets are $30 and broken into 2-hour sessions by date.

It’s worth your while to travel just a few minutes OTP to try a new gem in Roswell, From the Earth Brewing Company. With a brewery-style bar and full restaurant, we were blown away by the quality of both the beer and the food. Beyond that, when you think brewery, you would think the food might be lacking, but it was spot on, right up there with the best restaurants around our foodie-rich town. Making you hungry? Let’s dive-on in!

Ramping up to release their biggest lineup to date, Imagine Music Festival, a 3-day camping electronic dance music festival in Atlanta, Georgia, has released the 2017 Official After-Movie for fans to re-live the aquatic fairytale. The 5th Anniversary of Imagine Festival will return to Atlanta Motor Speedway on September 21 through 23, 2018. One of the fastest growing festivals in the country, the 2017 festival hosted approximately 90,000 attendees over the weekend and anticipates even more guests in 2018. Located on 887 acres, with the infrastructure and amenities yet to be seen by a music and camping festival of its size in the U.S, Atlanta Motor Speedway is the ideal venue to support the rapidly growing event. “Watching the After-Movie and re-living last year has us even more excited for what’s to come in 2018,” says Iris Presents founders Glenn and Madeleine Goodhand. “If there is one word that can describe Imagine, it’s magic and with our fan’s help- we look forward to creating even more in 2018. "

From octopus to lamb pasta and arugula salad, brussels sprouts to wagyu flank steak, Allora is a diverse new Italian concept from our friends Concentrics Restaurants. The restaurant is nestled down in a cozy building on the corner of Atlantic Station and 17th. The décor was also cozy and warm with low lighting and a stunning wood bar, but of course, the star of the show was the food! Let’s take a walk through the menu together.

Keune Haircosmetics, a global hair care company with North American headquarters in Atlanta, launched its much-anticipated new hairstyling product line BLEND at an exclusive, invite-only event on January 22, 2017. Produced by Bill Kaelin Marketing and located at the striking Southern Exposure venue within King Plow Arts Center on Atlanta’s Westside, the event hosted over 250 hair stylists and tastemakers, and played off of a “blended” theme throughout, including a variety of unexpected artistic experiences, entertaining performances, and creative food and drink.