Single Day Events

Aug. 5 Jazz on the Lawn at Callanwolde.

Aug. 5 Chaka Khan, 10-time Grammy Award winner, perform at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.

Aug. 6 Pub Crawl on the BeltLine includes a free drink at multiple venues plus food discounts.

Aug. 6 Flashback Festival is billed as Atlanta’s biggest R&B concert and features legendary artists at Lakewood Amphitheatre.

Aug. 6 Old Soldiers Day Parade & Road Race includes a memorial service, a parade, kids’ activities, and a 5K/10K race to honor soldiers. Free.

Aug. 7 Water Day at Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell. Dress to get wet!

Aug. 11 Atlanta Falcons play the Washington Redskins in a pre-season game at the Georgia Dome.

Aug. 11 Eats & Beats gets you unlimited restaurant food, open bars, live entertainment, a wine wall, and a silent auction for charity at The Buckhead Theatre.

Aug. 12 Adults can wander Georgia Aquarium enjoying live music, cocktails, and appetizers at Sips Under the Sea.

Aug. 12 The Gipsy Kings play an irresistible blend of deep-heated flamenco, Catalan rumba, salsa, and pop in Chastain Park Amphitheatre.

Aug. 13 The Sweet Spot is a high-energy celebration of the sexy arts that includes spoken word, burlesque dance, body painting, comedy, fashion, and DJ music at 595 North Event Center for age 21+

Aug. 13 Decatur BBQ, Blues & Bluegrass Festival offers six hours of blues and bluegrass music, a kids’ area, beer, and barbecue at Harmony Park in Oakhurst.

Aug. 13 Bring snacks and a chair to watch the movie of the month at Movies Under the Stars in Riverdale.

Aug. 13 Area 13.1 Half Marathon & 5K has an out-of-this-world theme at Riverside Park in Roswell.

Aug. 14 The Big Fake Wedding Atlanta at Foxhall Resort and Sporting Club in Douglasville.

Aug. 19 Can Can Ball at Hyatt Regency Atlanta for charity.

Aug. 19 Atlanta Braves play the Washington Nationals, followed by fireworks at Turner Field.

Aug. 20 German Bierfest at Woodruff Park.

Aug. 20 Dinosaur Birthday Bash at the Fernbank Museum of Natural History. Costumes welcome.

Aug. 20 Rugged Maniac 5K Obstacle Race is a 3-mile race with 25 obstacles of walls, slides, fire, and mud, plus bands and beer at Georgia International Horse Park.

Aug. 21 Miss Mary’s Ice Cream Crankin’ on the square at 600 Atlanta Street in Roswell.

Aug. 23 Fifth Harmony performs with JoJo at Chastain Park Amphitheater.

Aug. 26 Big Bang Boom! gets kids and their parents up and moving to alt-rock, hip-hop, punk, and country at Roswell Cultural Arts Center.

Aug. 27 Atlanta Wine Party offers 50 wines to taste with live music and a DJ at Opera Nightclub.

Aug. 27 5K4Kids is a relaxed 5K and 1-mile event with a family fun zone that supports charity, at Piedmont Park.

Aug. 27 Walk, Wag, N’ Run is a morning walk or run that is either 5K or one mile long, for people and their dogs at Lenox Park in Brookhaven.

Aug. 27 Great Southern Food Truck Rally is a new event with 40 food-truck vendors selling samples and full meals, plus a Georgia Brew beer tasting in Kennesaw.

Aug. 27 Atlanta Model Train & Railroadiana Show at Infinite Energy Center in Duluth.

Aug. 28 Atlanta Dream play the Connecticut Sun in Philips Arena.

Aug. 28 Festival Peachtree Latino offers music, arts & crafts, vendors, ethnic foods, and a kids’ zone at Piedmont Park.

Aug. 28 Healthy Living Day.

Aug. 28 Bulgarian Festival Atlanta features authentic music, folk dancing, food, craft vendors, and kids’ activities at the pavilion in Pinckneyville Park, Norcross.

Multiple Day Events

Aug. 1-7 The Atlanta Open is a televised annual men’s tennis tournament held at Atlantic Station.

Aug. 3-7 Smart People examines the difficult issue of racism with barbed wit and a keen eye on human nature through the eyes of four Harvard graduates at Southwest Arts Center.

Aug. 5-6 Atlanta HealthCare & Music Festival has health & wellness vendors, cooking demos, workshops, and performance at Sheraton Gateway Hotel.

Aug. 5-13 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is about two con artists competing to con a beautiful heiress on the French Riviera, live at OnStage Atlanta in Decatur

Aug. 5 – Sept. 11 Company is a Tony Award winning musical by Stephen Sondheim about connections, commitments, and the meaning of love at Actor’s Express.

Aug. 6-7 Marietta International Film Festival will be screening 72 films at Earl Smith Strand Theatre.

Aug. 12-13 Atlanta Bar-B-Q Festival at Perimeter Mall.

Aug. 12-14 Charlotte’s Web is the award-winning story about Charlotte the spider who saves Wilbur the pig. See it live surrounded by real animals at The Inn at Serenbe.

Aug. 12-27 Matt and Luisa fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families in The Fantasticks, a funny and romantic musical at ACT3 Productions in Sandy Springs.

Aug. 13-14 Piedmont Park Arts Festival features 250 painters, photographers, sculptors, leather and metalworkers, glass blowers, and jewelers.

Aug. 19-21 Atlanta Tattoo Expo features exceptional tattoo artists, contests, exhibitions, and food vendors at Sheraton Atlanta Hotel.

Aug. 19-21 Atlanta Underground Film Festival (AUFF) [sound] shows films and videos that break conventional boundaries at Synchronicity Theatre and Eyedrum.

Aug. 19-Sept. 4 Shrek The Musical is about a princess, an ogre, and his donkey on an adventure at Cobb Civic Center in Marietta.

Aug. 26-27 Atlanta LGBT Film and Music Festival showcases art, music, and independent films of the LGBT creative culture and presents panel discussions.

Aug. 25-28 BronzeLens Film Festival offers 50 films by or about people of color, plus workshops and panel discussions at Atlanta Marriott Marquis.

Aug. 25-28 Free Entrance Days in the National Parks.

Aug. 26-28 Imagine Music Festival [sound] features multiple stages of dance music at Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Aug. 27-28 Grant Park Summer Shade Festival features two music stages, food vendors, an artist market, a 5K run, and a children’s fun center at Grant Park.

Aug. 27-28 Atlanta Trumpet Festival in the Schwartz Center at Emory University.