Single Day Events
Oct. 2 Atlanta Challenge is a Sunday event of teams running around the city to solve clues and win prizes. It ends at a restaurant with awards and a costume contest.
Oct. 2 Sweet Auburn Music Fest
Oct. 2 Sunday in the Park is a Victorian street festival that offers food trucks, live music, a Victorian costume contest, artists’ market, history demonstrations, and tours at the historic Oakland Cemetery.
Oct. 2 Fall Fest has live bands, 150 art booths, gourmet food trucks, a kids’ area, 5K, 1K, and Sunday home tour.
Oct. 2 Maker Faire in downtown Decatur.
Oct. 2 Anime Weekend Atlanta
Oct. 2 LakeFest offers local music, arts and crafts, a sand sculpting contest, food vendors, a closing parade of boats, and a sandy beach in friendly Pine Lake.
Oct. 2 Atlanta AAUW Bookfair is a used-book sale at Perimeter Mall, which is free except the first evening.
Oct. 2 Norcross Art Splash features entertainers, food vendors, and 140 artists selling folk art, ceramics, paintings, photography, sculpture, and jewelry.
Oct. 2 North Georgia State Fair
Oct. 8 Great Atlanta Beer Fest
Oct. 8 Atlanta Mac and Cheese Festival
Oct. 8 Sippin’ Safari – Wine tasting at the ZOO
Oct. 8 Destination East Point features live entertainment, acrobats, artists, and food vendors in downtown East Point.
Oct. 8 Brookhaven Chili Cook Off.
Oct. 8 Atlanta Parent’s Family Festival
Oct. 8 Marietta Craft Beer Festival,
Oct. 8 Fall Farm Day
Oct. 8 Lilburn Daze has 200 arts and crafts vendors, food booths, and a kids’ zone at Lilburn City Park
Oct. 10 Kids 18 months to 5: Wear costumes, join a parade, make crafts, and trick or treat when Magic Monday: Historic Halloween comes to Atlanta History Center.
Oct. 13 Irish vocal quintet Celtic Thunder
Oct. 14 Clips Beer & Film Tour at Fourth Ward Skatepark Field
Oct. 15 Run Like Hell is a 5K at historic Oakland Cemetery.
Oct. 15 Little 5 Points Halloween Festival and Parade.
Oct. 15 Decatur Craft Beer Festival
Oct. 15 Oktoberfest Atlanta features German beer, food, live music, and games at Heritage Sandy Springs.
Oct. 16 Bosley’s Birthday Bash
Oct. 21 Sips Under the Sea
Oct. 22 Atlanta World Kite Festival and Expo at Piedmont Park.
Oct. 22 Sample whiskies and spirits at Whiskies of the World
Oct. 22 UC Music & Arts Fest features vendors and live music at 5047 Union Street in Union City.
Oct. 22 Grayson Blues & Brews
Oct. 22 Alive! Festival features natural products, art, health & wellness vendors, live music, food trucks, and a kids’ area at a park in Suwanee.
Oct. 23 Atlanta Streets Alive
Oct. 23 Atlanta 10 Miler & 5K that begin at Atlantic Station.
Oct. 23 Eat, drink, and hear live music to help the homeless at Cheers for Change at Monday Night Brewing.
Oct. 28 Halloween Night on Callanwolde Mountain
Oct. 28 Martinis & IMAX Fright Night for adults at Fernbank Museum of Natural History.
Oct. 28 Sip of the South is a barbecue with open bar and dancing to music at historic Bulloch Hall in Roswell.
Oct. 29 Nightmare on Peachtree Street promises five top Atlanta DJs, multiple rooms of music, and a costume contest at 200 Peachtree Street.
Oct. 29 Boos and Brews is a Halloween party with beer, live music, and a costume contest at The Masquerade.
Oct. 29 Nightmare on 13th Street promises four dance floors with three DJs, drink specials, food trucks, and $1000 in costume prizes at CosmoLava.
Oct. 29 Saints & Sinners Ball features live bands and themed drink specials outside Park Tavern
Oct. 29 Fernbank BOO-seum Trick-or-Treat features treats for kids in costume, games, entertainment, and music at Fernbank Museum of Natural History.
Oct. 29 A Social Mess Halloween Party for age 21+ at Buckhead Theater.
Oct. 29 Halloween Spooktacular includes an all-ages costume contest, hayrides, games, a spooky fun house, a 5K in costume, and food vendors at Keswick Park.
Oct. 29 Monster Bash [sound] has live music and DJs, bars, and a costume contest at Eclipse di Luna in Dunwoody.
Oct. 29 Veggie Connection Event features vendors, speakers, cooking demos, and food samples in Smyrna.
Oct. 29 Wings Over North Georgia has aerobatic performers, the Thunderbird squadron, aircraft on display, and a BBQ in Rome.
Oct. 30 Haints and Saints Halloween Parade, followed by a musical jam in Decatur.
Oct. 30 Day of the Dead is an outdoor festival with Mexican food, entertainment, storytelling, altars honoring the departed, and free entry to Atlanta History Center.
Multiple Day Events
Oct. 2-9 November is a darkly humorous satire of our presidential election process, written by a Pulitzer Prize winner, at OnStage Atlanta.
Oct. 2-9 Georgia State Fair offers rides, shows, music, and vendors at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton.
Oct. 2-23 1776 is an irreverent (but family friendly) comedy about the founding fathers who drafted the Declaration of Independence and gave birth to a new nation, at The Legacy Theatre in Tyrone.
Oct. 2-30 Pumpkin Festival features a costume party, family shows, storytelling, kids’ activities, and a pie-eating contest at Stone Mountain Park. Open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Oct. 2-31 The Pumpkin Class at Decatur Glassblowing includes safety instructions, a demonstration, and assistance making a pumpkin ornament to take home after it cools for 24 hours.
Oct. 2-31 Fright Fest at Six Flags over Georgia
Oct. 2-31 Zombies riot at Nightmare’s Gate in Douglasville.
Oct. 2-31 Fear the Woods includes a haunted house, a haunted trail, and haunted combat at Yule Forest on Hwy 155.
Oct. 2-31 13 Stories Haunted House
Oct. 2-Nov. 5 Netherworld thrills and terrifies with stunt actors in intense makeup, movie-quality special effects, and detailed sets at a large house in Norcross.
Oct. 3-9 Inman Park Restaurant Week
Oct. 5-16 Thurgood tells the powerful story of America’s first African-American supreme court justice at Theatrical Outfit.
Oct. 5-Nov.6 The Sleepy Hollow Experience
Oct. 6-15 Atlanta Black Theatre Festival
Oct. 6-16 The Georgia National Fair
Oct 6-31 Camp Blood offers four haunts, including a zombie paintball shoot. Open Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays
Oct. 7-15 Georgia Mountain Fall Festival
Oct. 7-31 Gates of Misery is filled with torture, torment, zombies, and cannibals.
Oct. 8-9 Atlanta Hip Hop Day Festival
Oct. 8-9 Atlanta Pride Festival
Oct. 8-9 Chalktoberfest in Marietta.
Oct. 8-9 Peter Pan by The Georgia Ballet
Oct. 8-9 Koi and Goldfish Show at Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Lawrenceville.
Oct. 8-9 Georgia Apple Festival in Ellijay
Oct. 13-15 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performs works by Adams, Gershwin, and Copland at Atlanta Symphony Hall.
Oct. 13-15 Atlanta Horror Film Festival at the Plaza Theatre.
Oct. 13-21 Elevate Atlanta offers music & dance performances, public art installations, gallery exhibits, and street art in downtown Atlanta involving 100 artists.
Oct. 14-16 Stone Mountain Highland Games at Stone Mountain Park.
Oct. 14-29 Dracula: The Awakening in Lawrenceville.
Oct. 14-30 A Tour of Southern Ghosts at Stone Mountain Park.
Oct. 15-16 Fall Festival on Ponce
Oct. 15-16 Brookhaven Arts Festival
Oct. 15-16 Johns Creek Arts Festival
Oct. 21-22 Owl-O-Ween
Oct. 21-23 Taste of Atlanta
Oct. 21-23 The Country Living Fair
Oct. 21-22, 28-29 Halloween Hikes at Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell.
Oct. 21-30 hour Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween Tours to hear stories about the Oakland Cemetery’s famous residents told by actors in costume and see candlelit mausoleums.
Oct. 21-Nov. 6 Hell’s Gates is an outdoor trail that leads you through nine shocking scenes with live actors and special effects in Dawsonville.
Oct. 22-23 Dance Theatre of Harlem puts soul-infused poetry in motion at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
Oct. 22-23 Fall Jonquil Festival has 175 handmade arts & crafts booths, acoustic music, festival food, puppet shows, and children’s activities at the Village Green in Smyrna.
Oct. 22-23 Boo at the Zoo is a Halloween festival with costume contests, treats, magical paths, decorations, music, and kid crafts at Zoo Atlanta.
Oct. 27-30 Atlanta Game Fest
