Welcome to this week’s Midtown Arts & Music Calendar. Below, we’ve listed all of the cool arts and music happenings going on in Midtown for the week of Monday, August 15, through Sunday, August 21. Enjoy!
All Week:
- Fox Theatre: Guys and Dolls. Admission: $30 - $70. Show: Tuesday thru Saturday: 8pm (additional show Saturday at 2pm). Sunday: 1:30pm & 7pm.
- High Museum of Art: John Marin’s Watercolors: A Medium for Modernism. Tuesdays-Saturdays: 10am-5pm (Wednesdays until 8pm). Sundays: Noon-5pm. Ticket prices: Adults: $18, Seniors & Students: $15, Children ages 6-17: $11 (5 & under are free).
- High Museum of Art: Modern By Design. Hours: Closed Mondays. Tuesdays-Saturdays: 10am-5pm (Wednesdays until 8pm). Sundays: Noon-5pm. Ticket prices: Adults: $18, Seniors & Students: $15, Children ages 6-17: $11 (5 & under are free). Ends August 21!
- High Museum of Art: The Resonant Image: Photographs by Chip Simone. Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays: 10am-5pm (Wednesdays until 8pm). Sundays: Noon-5pm. Ticket prices: Adults: $18, Seniors & Students: $15, Children ages 6-17: $11 (5 & under are free).
- High Museum of Art: Radcliffe Bailey: Memory as Medicine. Hours: Tuesdays-Saturdays: 10am-5pm (Wednesdays until 8pm). Sundays: Noon-5pm. Ticket prices: Adults: $18, Seniors & Students: $15, Children ages 6-17: $11 (5 & under are free).
- Museum of Design Atlanta: WaterDream: The Art of Bathroom Design. Admission: Adult: $10, Student: $5, Seniors & Military: $5, Children: $5. Hours: Tuesdays thru Saturdays: 10am – 5pm (Open till 8pm on Thursday). Sundays: 12pm-5pm. Closed Mondays.
- Beep Beep Gallery: "Me/We" A Collaborative Group Show. Hours: Wednesday 12pm - 6pm, Thursday 1pm - 6pm, Friday 12pm - 6pm, Saturdays 12pm - 6pm.
Monday, August 15:
- Northside Tavern: The Northside Tavern Monday Night Blues Jam. Show: 10pm.
- Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘Miller Lite Concert Series’ featuring Fake High Fives, Penrose, & Eric From Philly. Admission: $5. Doors: 7pm.
- Smith’s Olde Bar: Faithless Town and Lilly & The Tigers. Admission: $3. Doors: 8pm.
- Apache Café: Bohemian Circus. Admission: Free till 9pm, $5 after. Doors: 7pm. 18+
Tuesday, August 16:
- Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘Miller Lite Concert Series’ featuring Midnight Chainsaw, That’s What She Said, & Southern Mischief. Admission: $5. Doors: 7pm.
- Northside Tavern: Nathan Nelson & BonJu. Show: 10pm.
- Apache Café: We Mighty! Jam Sessions. Admission: $7. Doors: 9pm. Show: 10pm. 18+
Wednesday, August 17:
- Smith’s Olde Bar: Billy Joe Shaver with Corbette Jackson. Admission: $20 adv. Doors: 7pm.
- Northside Tavern: Danny “Mudcat” Dudeck. Show: 10pm.
- Red Light Café: Wednesday Open Mic. Admission: $3. Sing up: 7pm. Show: 8pm.
- Apache Café: Al Smith’s Midtown Atlanta Jam Session. Admission: $6 21+, $10 18+. Doors: 8pm. Vocalist sing-up: 930pm.
- Quad @Spring4th Complex: FunkStep Wednesdays. No Cover. Hours: 9pm – 3am. Open bar until 11pm (21+). 18+
Thursday, August 18:
- Atlantic Station: ‘Movies in the Park:’ The Social Network. Admission: Free. Show: Starts at sunset.
- Atlanta Botanical Garden: ‘Cocktails in the Garden.’ Admission: Guests: $18.95, Members: Free. Time: 6pm thru 10pm.
- Museum of Design Atlanta: Drink in Design: Carapace Storytelling Group. Admission: $10, $8 seniors & military, & $5 students. Free for members. Hours: 6pm – 8pm.
- Vinyl: Leagues with Joshua Fletcher and The Six Shot Romance. Admission: $8 adv., $10 day of shot. Doors: 730pm. Show: 830pm. 18+
- Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘Harlem Boobtrotters’ Susan G Komen Fundraiser featuring Jessica Dunnagan, The Truth, & The Broadcast. Admission: $10 adv., $12 day of show. Doors: 7pm.
- Smith’s Olde Bar: Eller / Rabbit! Admission: $8. Doors: 7pm.
- Northside Tavern: The Breeze Kings. Show: 8pm.
- Apache Café: Showtime! Admission: $7 til 10pm, $10 after. Doors: 9pm.
- Red Light Café: ‘Bluegrass Thursday:’ “Country Fried” Bluegrass and Karaoke with Red Light All Stars Band. Admission: $10. Jam Session: 7pm. Show: 9pm.
- Kat’s Café: Thursday Night Jam Session. Show: 9pm
Friday, August 19:
- High Museum of Art: Friday Jazz with Audrey Shakir. Admission: $18. Show: 5pm - 10pm.
- Park Tavern: Heavy Mojo Album Release Party with Trances Arc & Stokeswood. Admission: 7pm. Show: 630pm.
- Vinyl: Soulphonics & Ruby Velle with The Heap. Admission: $12. Doors: 8pm. Show: 9pm. 18+
- Smith’s Olde Bar: The Last Waltz Ensemble presents “Blue Waltz” for the Sean Costello Memorial Fund. Admission: $20 adv., $25 day of. Doors: 8pm.
- Smith’s Olde Bar: Nathan Beaver, Joanna Duff, & Jon Jones. Admission: $8. Doors: 7pm.
- Northside Tavern: Stoney Brooks. Admission: $10. Show: 10pm.
- Apache Café: Casme Rocks! Admission: $10 adv., $12 day of show. Doors: 9pm. Show: 10pm.
- Red Light Café: Octave and Louder than Dirt. Admission: $7. Show: 830pm.
- Quad @Spring4th Complex: DubSTOMP: Back to School Party. Hours: 10pm – 5am. 18+
Saturday, August 20:
- Piedmont Park: 1st Annual Piedmont Park Arts Festival. Admission: Free! Opens: 10am.
- Piedmont Park: Piedmont Park Green Market. Hours: 9am – 1pm. Enter at the 12th Street entrance for the park.
- Vinyl: Appetite for Destruction (Guns N Roses cover band). Admission: $10 adv., $12 day of show. Doors: 8pm. Show: 9pm. 18+
- Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘A Benefit for Baby Paul’ featuring Six Shot Revival, Matthew Eldridge, Southern Gothic Revival, & Jonathan Edwards. Admission: $10. Doors: 7pm.
- Smith’s Olde Bar: Russ-T Cobb with James Hall. Admission: Free! Doors: 7pm.
- Northside Tavern: Danny ‘Mudcat’ Dudeck. Admission: $10. Show: 10pm.
- Red Light Café: Chloe Sanguinuise, Sue G. Wilkinson, Kim Scott, & Renaissance Soul. Admission: $7. Show: 6pm.
- Apache Café: KontraBand Muzik presents ATL MuzikMashup Tres! Admission: $7. Doors: 9pm. Show: 10pm. 18+
- Quad @Spring4th Complex: Super Hero Extravaganza. Hours: 10pm until ‘late.’ 18+
Sunday, August 21:
- Piedmont Park: 1st Annual Piedmont Park Arts Festival. Admission: Free! Opens: 11am.
- Park Tavern: ‘Unplugged in the Park:’ The Michelle Malone Banned with TBA. Admission: Free! Show: 7pm. 21+
- Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘Miller Light Concert Series’ featuring Jahman Brahman, Dallas Moore, & The Mumbles. Admission: $5. Doors: 7pm.
- Northside Tavern: Uncle Sugar. Show: 9pm.
- Red Light Café: AFTON Show. Admission: $9 adv., $12 day of show. Show: 630pm.
- Apache Café: ‘Word is Born! Spoken Word Open Mic.’ Admission: $7 21+, $12 18+. Doors: 7pm. Show: 830pm.