Entertainment in Atlanta
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Centennial Olympic Park
The Centennial Olympic Park is a 21-acre legacy of the 1996 Olympic Games. Concerts and special events are held throughout the year. The fountain is a popular summertime spot for kids in bathing suits. This isn't the world's grandest or grassiest park, but there's plenty of room to toss a ball or have a picnic.
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Fado Irish Pub and Restaurant
In Buckhead, this is a comfortable Irish pub with a good selection of beers. There's a lunch, dinner and snack menu to weigh the Guinness down. Entertainment on offer includes regular live music performances, screenings of big football (round ball version) matches from Europe and, of course, Irish-American 'craic'.
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Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts
Atlanta has big-city nightlife, with lots of live music and cultural events. Check out the free Creative Loafing for weekly listings. Also check out Atlanta Coalition of Performing Arts, which has info and links about the city's music, film, dance and theater scene.
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Mary's
Head upstairs to the ratty couch if you want to sit and talk at Mary's, a scruffy-chic East Atlanta dive. But the action is downstairs, a narrow space with room for a bar and a campy karaoke night known, naturally, as Mary-oke.
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Halo
If you can find this sexy industrial lounge, which is tucked into the north side of the Biltmore building, you're cool enough to chill on the space-age furniture, and to drink at a glowing marble bar that resembles hot lava.
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Blind Willie's
To get a dose of serious blues, get yourself over to Blind Willie's. This is well-established blues bar presents a roster of local performers, as well as the occasional visiting big-name act to a crowd that laps it up.
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Fox Theatre
A spectacular 1929 movie palace with fanciful Moorish and Egyptian designs. It hosts Broadway shows, and concerts in an auditorium holding more than 4500 people.
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Glenn Hotel Rooftop Bar
If you're facing the reception desk, head through the unmarked door to the right and take the elevator to the roof. Then, feast your eyes on the skyline.
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Euclid Avenue Yacht Club
A divey bar ideal for grabbing a drink before a show at the nearby Variety Playhouse. Smokers and nonsmokers get separate rooms.
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Earl
The indie rocker's pub of choice - a smoky restaurant with surprisingly good food; it's also a bar and a busy live-music venue.
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Eddie's Attic
One of the city's best venues to hear live folk and acoustic music, in a nonsmoking atmosphere seven nights a week.
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Woodruff Arts Center
An arts campus hosting the High Museum, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre.
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Blake's
Right on Piedmont Park, Blake's bills itself as 'Atlanta's favorite gay bar since 1987.'
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Manuel's Tavern
A longtime political hangout that draws a good, conversational beer-drinking crowd.
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Variety Playhouse
A smartly booked and well-run concert venue for a variety of touring artists.
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Wetbar
In a vaguely industrial stretch of Midtown (near one of Atlanta's popular strip clubs) is Wetbar, a spot with a concrete bar and concrete floor that seem to match the neighborhood's urban grit. The tank-topped bartenders will take good care of you, and the sound system will rattle your teeth.
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