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Midtown's Art & Music Calendar

The best cultural events happening in Midtown this week.

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 1st through Sunday August 7th. Enjoy!

 

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Fox Theatre: ‘Come Fly Away.’ Admission: $30 - $70. Show: Tuesday – Saturday: 8pm (additional 2pm show Saturday). Sunday: 130pm & 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).

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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).

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.

 

Monday August 1st:

Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘Miller Lite Concert Series’ featuring Shea’s Gin, The Chelsea Daggers, & Riley Biederer. Admission: $5. Doors: 7pm.

Northside Tavern: The Northside Tavern Monday Night Blues Jam. Show: 10pm.

Apache Café: Bohemian Circus. Admission: Free till 9pm, $5 after. Doors: 7pm. 18+

 

Tuesday August 2nd:

Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘Miller Light Concert Series’ featuring Crystal Stafford, American Anodyne, & The Jarheads. Admission: $5. Doors: 7pm.

Northside Tavern: Nathan Nelson & BonJu. Show: 10pm.

Apache Café: Translation featuring R. City aka Rock City. Admission: $10. Doors: 9pm. Show: 930pm. 18+

Kat's Cafe: Stand Up Comedy presented by Atlanta House of Comedy. Admission: Free! Show: 830pm.

 

Wednesday August 3rd:

The Loft: Tinie Tempah. Admission: $10. Doors: 7pm. Show: 9pm. Must be a member of Gilt City to buy tickets/attend this show.

Vinyl: Redlight King. Admission: $9.91 adv., $10 day of show. Doors: 8pm. Show: 9pm. 18+

Smith’s Olde Bar: Bad Bromance with See Camden. Admission: $10 adv., $12 day of show. Doors: 8pm.

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.

Kat's Cafe: Poetry Night open mic. Admission: Free! Hours: 7pm - 11pm.

Quad @ Spring4th Complex: FunkStep Wednesdays. No Cover. Hours: 9pm – 3am. Open bar until 11pm (21+). 18+

 

Thursday August 4th:

Atlantic Station: ‘Movies in the Park:’ Toy Story 3. 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: Handel’s Water Music performed by members of Dahlia Quartet. Admission: $10, $8 seniors & military, & $5 students. Free for members. Hours: 6pm – 8pm.

Smith’s Olde Bar: Tyler Bryant with The Last Straw. Admission: $10 adv., $12 day of show. Doors: 8pm.

Smith’s Olde Bar: Hannah Aldridge, Conor Rand, Burlap Macks, Alex Commin, & Todd Prusin. Admission: $7. Doors: 7pm.

Vinyl: Graham Knox with Wil May & Marian Mereba. Admission: $6 adv., $10 day of show. Doors: 8pm. Show: 9pm. 18+

Northside Tavern: The Breeze Kings. Show: 8pm.

Apache Café: Go Go Nights featuring The XO Band & DJ Green Lantern. Admission: $10. Doors: 9pm. 18+

Red Light Café: ‘Bluegrass Thursday:’ Judge Talford Band. Admission: $7. Jam Session: 7pm. Show: 9pm.

Kat’s Café: Thursday Night Jam Session. Show: 9pm

Quad @ Spring4th Complex: Ibiza Nights. No cover. Hours: 10pm – 3am.

 

Friday August 5th:

Park Tavern: ‘Summer Sunsets in the Park’ with Yacht Rock Revue & Main Street Exiles (Rolling Stones cover band). Admission: $10 adv., $15 day of show. Show: 8pm.

Smith’s Olde Bar: Sixthman Summer Roadtrip with Bronze Radio Return, Tim Brantley, & Chuck Cannon. Admission: $10 adv., $15 day of. Doors: 6pm.

Smith’s Olde Bar: Analouge Transit, The O-Line, & Jessie Davis. Admission: $8. Doors: 7pm.

Vinyl: Revival – An Allman Brothers Experience. Admission: $10 adv., $12 day of show. Doors: 8pm. Show: 9pm. 18+

Northside Tavern: Zydefunk. Admission: $10. Show: 10pm.

Apache Café: Cecil Thorton & Transparent live in concert. Admission: $10. Doors: 8pm. Show: 9pm. 18+

Red Light Café: Laura Cantrell. Admission: $10/$12. Show: 8pm.

Quad @Spring4th Complex: MELT: Noisia, Starkey & Noah D. Hours: 9pm – 4am. 18+

 

Saturday August 6th:

Piedmont Park: Piedmont Park Green Market. Hours: 9am – 1pm. Enter at the 12th Street entrance for the park.

High Museum of Art: Radicliffe Bailey Film Series: Strange Fruit. Admission: $7, $6 students, seniors, & members. Show: 8pm.

Beep Beep Gallery: "Me/We" A Collaborative Group Show opening reception. Hours: 7pm - 10pm.

Beep Beep Gallery: Beep Beep Gallery’s 5 Year Anniversary with music by Carnivores, Kid Pyramid, & El Fossil. Special Guests: DJ Gnosis & DJ Dookie Platters. Admission: $7. (Held at Highland Inn Ballroom)

The Loft: Nic Cowan CD Release Show with The Best Brothers. Admission: $12 adv., $15 day of show. Doors: 730pm. Show: 830pm.

Vinyl: Gasoline Brothers with Lo Country and AM Gold. Admission: $10. Doors: 8pm. Show: 9pm. 18+

Smith’s Olde Bar: Lindsay Rakers Band with The Deadfields & Tyler Boone Band. Admission: $10 adv., $12 day of show. Doors: 8pm.

Smith’s Olde Bar: The Head with The Pedal Stills. Admission: $5. Doors: 8pm.

Northside Tavern: Felix & The Cats Annual Reunion. Admission: $10. Show: 10pm.

Red Light Café: Lazarnye Smichky. Admission: $10. Show: 7pm.

Apache Café: Are You the Next 1?. Admission: $10 adv., $15 at the door. Show: 9pm. 18+

 

Sunday August 7th:

Park Tavern: ‘Unplugged in the Park:’ Carbon Leaf with Matthew Mayfield and Delta Rae. Admission: Free! Show: 7pm. 21+

Smith’s Olde Bar: ‘Miller Light Concert Series’ featuring Angie Goodale Band, The Human Condition, & Ruby Kendrick. Admission: $5. Doors: 7pm.

Smith’s Olde Bar: Russ-T Cobb with Johnny Andrews. Admission: Free! 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.

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