Must-see entertainment in Atlanta

  • Mercedes-Benz Stadium

    Atlanta

    Atlanta's state-of-the-art, $1.6-billion multipurpose eight-petal retractable-roof stadium is home to the NFL's Atlanta Falcons (football) and the MLS'…

  • Clermont Lounge

    Atlanta

    The Clermont is a strip club, the oldest in Atlanta. But not just a strip club. It's a bedrock of the Atlanta scene that welcomes dancers of all ages,…

  • Blind Willie's

    Atlanta

    This divey Virginia-Highland blues bar behind a neon alligator is one of the nation's top spots for the world's best down-and-dirty blues. Taj Mahal,…

  • Variety Playhouse

    Atlanta

    A historic, smartly booked and well-run concert venue built in 1940 and fully renovated in 2015. It hosts a variety of touring artists and is one of the…

  • Woodruff Arts Center

    Atlanta

    This arts complex contains within its campus the High Museum, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Alliance Theatre.

  • Apache Café

    Atlanta

    An eclectic performance-art venue for hip-hop, spoken-word poetry and soul artists on the rise. It's a must-stop for those looking to dive into Atlanta's…

  • Terminal West

    Atlanta

    One of Atlanta's best live-music venues, this concert space is located inside a beautifully revamped 100-year-old iron and steel foundry on the Westside.

  • Goat Farm Arts Center

    Atlanta

    Embedded in a revamped 19th-century cotton-gin manufacturing factory that previously stood in ruin, Goat Farm Arts Center is the city's most cutting-edge…

  • Alliance Theatre

    Atlanta

    Internationally renowned theater inside the Woodruff Arts Center which produces a diverse bill of 10 or so annual productions, several of which later wind…

  • Dad's Garage

    Atlanta

    No, that's not a hipster worship hall. Dad's Garage, Atlanta's most award-winning and longest-standing improv group, took over this former church in the…

  • Tabernacle

    Atlanta

    Guns N' Roses, Bob Dylan, Adele and Kendrick Lamar have all played this storied downtown live-music venue dating to 1910. While it was formerly an…

  • Eddie's Attic

    Atlanta

    This is one of the best venues for live folk and acoustic music, renowned for breaking local artists on to the regional – and sometimes national – scene…

  • SunTrust Park

    Atlanta

    Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves moved into this new, 41,149-capacity stadium 10 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta in Cobb County beginning with…

  • Starlight Drive-In

    Atlanta

    Atlanta's only remaining drive-in theater shows double features on every screen. Drive up, tune in via your car radio and enjoy big-tickets movies like…

  • Venkman's

    Atlanta

    This newer entertainment supper club in the Old Fourth Ward hosts live music and is rather serious about food and drink (there's a to-die-for patty melt)…

  • Earl

    Atlanta

    It's grimy, it's grotty and it has a great lineup of live music most nights. We love any bar that occupies that perfect juncture between dive and live…

  • Rialto Center for the Arts

    Atlanta

    On the campus of Georgia State University, the historic Rialto has produced national and international jazz, world music, orchestra, dance and other…

  • Fox Theatre

    Atlanta

    A spectacular 1929 movie palace with fanciful Moorish and Egyptian designs. It hosts Broadway shows and concerts in an auditorium holding more than 4500…

  • Plaza Theatre

    Atlanta

    Atlanta's oldest continuously operating movie theater opened in 1939.

  • Midtown Art Cinema

    Atlanta

    One of Atlanta's artier theaters, showing independent as well as big-studio films.

  • Philips Arena

    Atlanta

    The home of the Atlanta's Hawks; hosts large-scale arena concerts as well.

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