Arts & Events

Bruno Mars plays Music Midtown, a Star Wars symphony, and the mayoral candidates talk transportation.

As Hurricane Irma—one of the most powerful in history—barrels its way toward the Sunshine State, hundreds of thousands of Floridians are evacuating north, along with coastal Georgians and South Carolinans. Atlanta is putting on its best show of Southern hospitality with these discounts and deals:

This year's Dragon Con brought a whopping 80,000 people to downtown Atlanta, and as usual, the costumes were impressive, the skybridges were jam-packed, and the Peachtree Center food court was chaotic. Here are some of the trends we noticed this year.

With Dragon Con 2017 behind us, it’s time to look back the wonderfully creative, masterfully sewed, and outright hilarious cosplay. Among this year's costumes: Game of Thrones, Wonder Woman, Luke Cage, Star Wars, Doctor Strange, the Legend of Zelda, and more.

Beer at Oktoberfest, more beer at the Old Fourth Ward Fall Festival, and light up the night at the BeltLine Lantern Parade

After Saturday's annual Dragon Con parade, we talked with some of the convention's youngest costumed heroes, villains, and sidekicks.

In 2016 Monica Campana, the cofounder and executive director of Atlanta street art festival Living Walls, and Marian Liou, the founder of We Love BuHi, a social media love letter to Buford Highway, met while applying for fellowships at downtown’s Center for Civic Innovation. Soon after, they decided to partner and bring Living Walls to Buford Highway.

Bruno Mars, Future, Mumford & Sons, and Blink-182 at Music Midtown, Dragon Con, and the Decatur Book Festival.

Cosplay all day at Dragon Con, college football at Mercedes-Benz, and the largest independent book festival in the country

Ed Sheeran plays in Duluth, a dog-friendly brewery event, and Grant Park's annual festival.