Single Day Events
May 4 Taste of Alpharetta
May 5 Sips Under the Sea
May 6 Family friendly Flick-Nic is outdoors in Candler Park.
May 6 Taste of East Point and the South Metro Area
May 6 Derby Day, which has a live broadcast of the Kentucky Derby, food, beverages, live music, an auction, and games at Chastain Horse Park.
May 6 Food That Rocks features samples from 20 local restaurants, a band, a DJ, and a tent with wine, beer, and cocktail tastes at Hammond Park
May 6 Gwinnett Beer Fest features 150 craft beers, live music, and food at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville.
May 13 Family Ties promises carnival-like activities and games that celebrate family structures of all types (create a family tree, design a family collage, or build a house) at the Center for Civil and Human Rights.
May 13 The Sweet Spot i
May 13 Jazz Age Jeopardy
May 13 Mableton Day
May 13 Through the Garden Gate
May 13 Pawfest
May 14 OpenTable lists restaurants that offer special brunch, lunch, and dinner menus on Mother’s Day.
May 14 Mother’s Day Brunch Buffet & Live Jazz
May 14 Mother’s Day Open House at historic Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall, and Smith Plantation in Roswell. Bring a canned food donation for admission.
May 14 La Raza Festival is a big Cinco de Mayo event with Latin recording artists, Mexican folk dancers, mariachi music, and food vendors at Gwinnett Place Mall.
May 20 East Atlanta Craft Beer Festival
May 20 Slingin’ Wings Festival
May 20 Taste of Town Brookhaven
May 21 Mommy and Me Princess Tea is a benefit with tea, lemonade, treats, and a stage show by Disney-dressed princesses at The Buckhead Theatre.
May 27 Brew at the Zoo
May 27 Atlanta Caribbean Carnival
May 29 The Smyrna Memorial Day Ceremony at 9 a.m. is at the 20th Century Veterans Memorial
Multiple Day Events
May 4-14 Southeastern Designer Showhouse & Gardens
May 5-7 Shaky Beats has 40 bands on three stages, bars, food trucks, and an art market in Centennial Olympic Park
May 5-7 Wholanta [formerly TimeGate] at Marriott Century Center
May 5-14 Spring Shorts is a series of nine one-act plays at OnStage Atlanta in Decatur.
May 5-21 The Comedy of Errors features slapstick comedy about mistaken identity at Shakespeare Tavern Playhouse.
May 5-27 Professional magician Peter Morrison performs classic magic and comedy at the Atlanta Magic Theater.
May 6-7 Chastain Park Arts Festival
May 6-7 Snellville Days features arts and crafts, food booths, and live entertainment at Briscoe Park.
May 6-7 Woofstock features dogs that dive and perform tricks, pet adoptions, food trucks, a beer garden, inflatables for kids, and live music in Suwanee
May 6-7 Cotton Pickin’ Fair in Gay.
May 6-June 4 Georgia Renaissance Festival,
May 11-13 Atlanta Improv Festival
May 12-13 Pick’n in Grant Park
May 12-13 Smoke on the Lake BBQ Festival
May 12-14 Shaky Knees Music Festival
May 12-14 Gem, Mineral, Jewelry, and Fossil Show is Mother’s Day weekend at Cobb Civic Center in Marietta.
May 13-14 Gardens for Connoisseurs Tour
May 13-14 Sweet Auburn Springfest
May 13-14 Atlanta Rose Show
May 13-14 Dunwoody Art Festival
May 13-14 Barefoot in the Park
May 13-14 Cherokee County Indian Festival
May 16-21 Finding Neverland is a magical story about how Peter Pan was created, at Fox Theatre.
May 19-21 Marietta Greek Festival
May 20-21 Grant Park Spring Tour of Homes.
May 20-21 Malcolm X Festival
May 20-21 Kirkwood Spring Fling & Tour of Homes
May 20-21 Gluten Free & Allergen Friendly Expo at Cobb Galleria Centre.
May 20-21 Dahlonega Arts & Wine Festival features artists’ booths, a wine garden, and live jazz in Dahlonega.
May 20-29 Yaarab Shrine Circus
May 25-28 MomoCon is an animation, anime, comic, and gaming convention at Georgia World Congress Center.
May 25-29 Atlanta Game Fest at Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center
May 25-June 11 The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shakespeare’s comedy about first love by Atlanta Shakespeare Company.
May 26-28 Atlanta Jazz Festival
May 26-29 Salute The Troops includes live music, a patriotic laser show, and fireworks at Stone Mountain Park.
May 26-29 Memorial Day Weekend Festivalat Callaway Gardens.
May 27-28 Decatur Arts Festival
May 27-29 Alpharetta Arts Streetfest
