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SATURDAY
Festival: Johns Creek’s Arts on the Creek will have arts and crafts galore, but you’ll also get live entertainment, including music, dance and theatrical performances. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 4; 1-5 p.m. Sept. 5 at Perimeter Church.
Music: Switchfoot headlines the Celebrate Freedom Concert, sponsored by 104.7 the Fish, that also includes Big Daddy Weave and Point of Grace. 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Sept. 4 at Marietta’s Jim R. Miller Park. The concert is free, but tickets are required (available at Ingles and Outback Steakhouse); parking $5.
Festival, food art: Literacy Volunteers of Atlanta and the Art Institute of Atlanta invite enterprising chefs to unleash their imagination and culinary talents for the 7th annual Edible Book Festival, creating food with a literary theme. The creations will be on view 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Art Institute of Atlanta in Decatur.
Music: The striking beauty of Goapele is enhanced by the silky, smoky sultriness of her voice, which delivers a distinctive blend of R&B, jazz and hip-hop. She’ll perform at the Loft in Midtown on Sept. 4.
Festival: Art in the Park is Marietta’s yearly gathering of arts and crafts, which begins Sept. 4 and continues into Labor Day. At Marietta Square.
Festival, music: Stone Mountain Park’s Labor Day Celebration begins Sept. 4 and continues through Labor Day. One of the highlights is Saturday’s Last Blast of Summer Concert with Jerrod Niemann (just nominated earlier this week for the Country Music Association’s best new artist award) and country hitmakers Jaron and the Long Road to Love, led by local singer-songwriter Jaron Lowenstein. The concert begins at 5 p.m. with Eden’s Edge.
Music: Things will get loud at Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood as the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival rolls into today. The lineup includes Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, Halestorm, Hell Yeah, Airbourne, Hail the Villain and New Medicine. The musical assault begins at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 4.
History, museum: “With Malice Toward None: The Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Exhibition” has its opening day celebration 10:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead. The show continues through Nov. 6.
SUNDAY
Sports: The Emory Healthcare 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton will begin at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 5, but the festivities start much earlier. The gates open 2 p.m. and there’s a pre-race concert by Foreigner at 4:30 p.m. Tickets are $19-$135.
Festival: Things are sure to be tasty at the Atlanta Caribbean Jerk Festival, which gets going at noon Sept. 5 at Panthersville Stadium in Decatur. Tickets are $10; ages 12 and under free.
MONDAY
Festival, music: At WRFG’s 25th annual Labor Day Blues Barbecue, tasty ribs and tasty guitar licks come together to benefit the non-profit radio station. The fest’s musical headliner is former Atlanta resident Motor City Josh. 1 p.m. Sept. 6 at Park Tavern, on the edge of Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. Tickets are $15; $12 advance; ages 12 and under free.
Music: This edition of Joe Gransden’s Big Band Night, which takes place every first and third Monday of the month, is a little different. Trumpeter/vocalist Gransden will bring along beloved local musician Big Mike Geier as a special guest. At 8:30 p.m. Sept. 6 at Cafe 290 in Sandy Springs. Cover is $8.
For more music, check out our Live Music Picks in the Atlanta Music Scene blog. And, as always, this is just a small sampling of the Atlanta-area events happening this weekend. Feel free to add info in the comments below about any events we might have missed. |
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发表于 2010-9-4 06:40:57