In January and February, look for the city-wide celebration of visual arts with ATLart and enjoy an early spring at the Southeastern Flower Show held at the Cobb Galleria Centre.
In March, Atlanta celebrates Irish Heritage with Downtown Atlanta's St. Patrick's Day Parade and Festival, followed, in April, by the Atlanta Dogwood Festival staged at Piedmont Park with children's activities, an artist market, and more.
The Georgia Renaissance Festival allows people to experience merry olde England during the days of King Arthur.
Each May celebrates jazz in Atlanta, the Atlanta Jazz Festival is presented at the Woodruff Arts Center and other venues.
In June, visitors can experience the Atlanta Film Festival. The Georgia Shakespeare Festival presents plays from June through October at the Conant Performing Arts Center at Oglethorpe University.
The days around Independence Day (July 4) are filled with quite a few celebrations, but the most notable is the Peachtree Road Race, with 55,000 runners and many more spectators.
The National Black Arts Festival is held during the third week in July and is the world's largest cultural celebration of African-American art.
Dragon*Con, held for 4 days over Labor Day weekend, is a massive science-fiction and fantasy convention, although it's grown to be so multi-media and multi-genre that almost anyone can find a topic of interest here. Celebrity actors and writers come from across the world for Q&A panels. The convention is spread across 4 or 5 hotels downtown. Admission is pricey, starting at $40 for 2 days (the least interesting two days, we might add) up to $120 at the door for an all-weekend pass. Walking through the hotels is free, though (you just can't attend any panels or enter the dealers' rooms), and the Costume Parade is not to be missed, whether you're on the lookout for Klingons, Storm Troopers, or hobbits.
The Atlanta Pride Festival is an October three-day celebration held in Piedmont Park.
Atlanta Celebrates Photography promotes photography exhibitions and events citywide every October.
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