Upcoming Events
From intimate gallery openings to city-wide festivals, there's always something creative happening in Atlanta.
Openings This Week
Fresh exhibitions launching now
illumine 2026 - Immersive Art at Oakland Cemetery
Ten Atlanta artists transform the 175-year-old cemetery with light-centered installations. Featuring Fabian Williams, Christina Kwan, VAYNE, and more. Co-curated with Cat Eye Creative.
Smoke - Large-Scale Live Performance
Part experimental opera, part live transmission - this immersive work features over a dozen multidisciplinary artists from across Atlanta's creative ecosystems.
A Live Response to Unbound Narratives
Spelman College Department of Dance Performance presents a live response to the Unbound Narratives: Embodied Language exhibition.
Artist Welcome Reception - Olmsted Plein Air
Welcome reception for participating artists in the Olmsted Plein Air painting event, with works on display throughout the gallery.
Villa Albertine Panel: Tracing the Soul's Geography
French residents Alexis Peskine and Armelle Tulunda join Atlanta artist Shanequa Gay and Senegalese artist T.I.E for a conversation on memory, resistance, and the Afro-Diasporic image.
Limitless - InCommunity Art Exhibition
21 curated pieces by artists from InCommunity's Art & Food program in Marietta and Unlimited Possibilities Center in Roswell. Free and open to public.
Spotlight Exhibitions
Must-see shows currently on view
Rejoice, Resist, Rest: Images of Black Liberation
Images from the Johnson Publishing Company Archives exploring Black liberation through photography and visual culture.
Georgia Women to Watch 2026: A Book Arts Revolution
Celebrating women artists pushing boundaries in book arts and paper. Part of the national Women to Watch series.
Pollinator Art Space: Unlike A Virgin
Group exhibition highlighting artists who repurpose found or discarded elements, exploring consumption and the limits of recycling.
Old Gods - Emma Callicutt
Ethereal translucent beings embrace, merge, and transform in this collection exploring primordial forces of creation through a modern visionary lens.
Brittany Adeline King: Dokafleh
Solo exhibition by Atlanta-based artist Brittany Adeline King exploring cultural identity and memory.
Jean Shon: Bleed
Mixed media works by Jean Shon examining the permeable boundaries between self and environment.
Repossessions
Exhibition at the Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation and the Arts exploring themes of ownership, heritage, and reclamation.
Planet Ice
Immersive exhibition exploring Earth's frozen landscapes and the science of ice in our changing climate.
Festivals
Big events and celebrations
Georgia Renaissance Festival
Step back in time at this beloved annual festival featuring artisan crafts, performances, jousting, and interactive entertainment across 32 acres.
Indie Craft Experience
Indoor market spotlighting exceptional artists, makers, and vintage sellers with a strong emphasis on the Southeast. Explores the space between contemporary craft and fine art.
Flight of Butterflies
Experience the magic of hundreds of live butterflies in this immersive exhibition celebrating nature's most beautiful pollinators.
Raise the Roof! Fiddler Jazz Sessions
The Joe Alterman Quartet performs jazz interpretations alongside cultural programming at this unique museum setting.
Food & Street Art Tour on the Atlanta Beltline
Guided walking tours combining Atlanta's vibrant street art scene with local food and beverage tastings along the BeltLine.
IGNITE: spark2 Launch
Ensemble vim launches spark2, the second cycle of their interarts initiative pairing composers with Atlanta-based dance and movement groups.
Weird Stuff
Unconventional and experimental events
illumine 2026 - Art After Dark
Walk among light installations, projections, and immersive art pieces in a 175-year-old cemetery. Featuring work by VAYNE, Eddie Farr, and the MAP Rover projection truck.
Smoke - Experimental Opera
Part experimental opera, part live transmission. A site-responsive performance featuring over a dozen multidisciplinary artists in an immersive experience.
EYEDRUM Gallery - Ongoing Experimentation
Atlanta's legendary experimental art space hosting rotating exhibitions, noise performances, and boundary-pushing multimedia installations.
Serial Killer Tour in Atlanta
An immersive theatrical experience exploring Atlanta's dark history through the atmospheric backdrop of Pullman Yards.
Meatyard at illumine - Posthumous Installation
First-ever posthumous illumine installation featuring work by pioneering photographer Ralph Eugene Meatyard, presented in partnership with the High Museum.
SUNN O))) Live
Legendary drone metal duo Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson return with their first album of new material since 2019, pushing boundaries of heavy music.
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