The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fairs, festivals, etc.
Georgia Renaissance Festival. 10:30 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day. Through June 3. $19-$22; $8-$10 ages 6-12; age 5 and younger free. 6905 Virlyn B. Smith Road, Fairburn. garenfest.com. Inman Park Festival. Tour of Homes: noon-6 p.m. April 29. Festival: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. April 29. Free admission for festival. Tour of Homes, $20-$25. Various locations. inmanparkfestival.org. Smyrna Spring Jonquil Festival. Featuring about 175 arts and crafts booths, lots of grub and an entertainment stage, this festival has something for the entire family. Noon-5 p.m. April 29. Free. Village Green, 2800 King St., Smyrna. smyrnacity.com. Duluth Spring Arts Festival. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. April 29. Duluth Town Green, 3167 Main St., Duluth. www.duluthartsfestival.com.
Taste of Alpharetta. This annual festival features appetizers, entrees and desserts from more than 60 restaurants, as well as culinary demonstrations, activities and entertainment. 5-10 p.m. May 3. Free entrance; food tickets 50 cents. Historic downtown Alpharetta. www.alpharetta.ga.us.
Gwinnett Beer Fest. Get unlimited samples of more than 150 American craft beers, a tasting cup, live music and games. 1-5 p.m. May 5. $40-$110. Coolray Field, 2500 Buford Drive, Lawrenceville. gwinnettbeerfest.com.
La Fête du Rosé. Wear pink and white to this inaugural event, which offers up bottles of rosé as well as picnic baskets curated by chef and singer Kelis. Noon8 p.m. May 5. $65-$250. Historic Fourth Ward Park, 680 Dallas St. N.E., Atlanta. www.lafetedurose.com. No Water No Beer Festival. Designed to show the importance of water, No Water No Beer offers beer samples, food and music. 6:30-9:30 p.m. May 5. $20. SweetWater Brewing Co., 195 Ottley Drive N.E., Atlanta. www.gawwa. org/beer-festival. Taste of East Cobb. Get a taste of east Cobb County’s restaurants while enjoying live music and other entertainment. 11 a.m. May 5. Free entrance; food tickets $1 (“bites” range from one to five tickets). Johnson Ferry Baptist Church, 955 Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta. tasteofeastcobb.com.
Snellville Days Festival. Celebrating its 45th anniversary. May 5-6. Free. Briscoe Park, 2500 Sawyer Parkway, Snellville. snellvilledays.org.
Performing arts
“Dr. Seuss’s Cat in the Hat.” The beloved children’s classic comes to life at the Center for Puppetry Arts. Through May 13. $25. 1404 Spring St. NW, Atlanta. www.puppet.org. “El Gran Día de la Madre (The Great
Mother’s Day).” The generations, all keepers of dark secrets, have a great Mother’s Day reckoning in a family mausoleum in this comedy from Chile. In Spanish with English supertitles. Through April 29. $20-$30. Teatro Aurora, 197 W. Crogan St., Lawrenceville. 678-226-6222, www.auroratheatre. com. “Ripe Frenzy.” Winner of the 2016 NNPN Smith Prize for Political Theatre, this play tells the story of a mass shooting in a small American town. Through May 6. $23-$41. Synchronicity Theatre, 1545 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. synchrotheatre.com. “Always, Patsy Cline.” Through April 29. $43-$58. Atlanta Lyric Theatre at Jennie T. Anderson Theatre (at the Cobb Civic Center), 548 S. Marietta Parkway, Marietta. 404-377-9948, atlantalyrictheatre.com. “Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again.” British playwright Alice Birch’s meditation on how language molds our experience of sex and gender. Through May 13. $15-$22. 7 Stages, 1105 Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta. www.7stages.org. Laughing Skull Comedy Festival. Through April 29. $15-$28. Laughing Skull Lounge, Smith’s Olde Bar, Red Light Cafe, Village Theatre, Relapse Theatre, and City Winery. laughingskullcomedyfestival.com. Atlanta Opera: “Carmen.” May 1, 4 and 6. $50-$151. Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway. www.cobbenergycentre.com. Get Over It! with Iyanla Vanzant. 7:30 p.m. May 1. $39.75-$59.75. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 1-855-285-8499, www.foxtheatre.org.
“Sordid Lives.” Del Shores’ campy comedy is being performed by an all African-American cast for the first time. May 3-20. $15-$25. Out Front Theatre Company, 999 Brady Ave. Atlanta. outfronttheatre.com.
Music
The Devon Allman Project featuring Duane Betts. 7 p.m. April 29. $27.50. The Masquerade, 75 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive S.W., Atlanta. www.masqueradeatlanta.com.
Atif Aslam & Neha Kakkar. 7 p.m. April 29. $68.60-$183.35. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 1-855285-8499, www.foxtheatre.org.
The Residents. 8 p.m. April 29. $31$36. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.variety-playhouse. com. Chris Tomlin with Kim Walker Smith, Matt Maher, Christine D’Clario, Tauren Well, Pat Barrett. 7 p.m. April 29. $15-$249. Infinite Energy Arena, 6400 Sugarloaf Parkway, Duluth. 770-6262464, infiniteenergycenter.com.
The Used. 7 p.m. April 29. $29.50-$35. Buckhead Theatre, 3110 Roswell Road, Atlanta. www.thebuckheadtheatreatl. com. Beck. 8 p.m. April 30-May 1. $89.50$102. Tabernacle, 152 Luckie St., Atlanta. 404-659-9022, www.tabernacleatl.com. Built to Spill and the Afghan Whigs with Ed Harcourt. 8 p.m. April 30. $31$36. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.variety-playhouse. com. Virginia Schenck. 8 p.m. April 30. $20-$24. City Winery, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.citywinery. com/atlanta.
Rick Astley. 8 p.m. May 1. $39. Center Stage, 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta. www.centerstage-atlanta.com.
Billy Idol. 8 p.m. May 1. $39.50-$52.50. Coca-Cola Roxy, 800 Battery Ave., Atlanta. 1-800-745-3000, www.cocacolaroxy.com. Echosmith. 8 p.m. May 1. $25-$80. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.variety-playhouse.com.
Stone Sour. 7:30 p.m. May 1. $100$350. Buckhead Theatre, 3110 Roswell Road, Atlanta. www.thebuckheadtheatreatl.com.
Sango with Kaelin Ellis. 8 p.m. May 2. $21-$26. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.varietyplayhouse.com.
Suzanne Vega. 8 p.m. May 2. $36-$46. City Winery, 675 Ponce de Leon Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.citywinery.com/ atlanta.
Yanni. 7:30 p.m. May 2. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 1-855285-8499, www.foxtheatre.org.
The Whigs. 9 p.m. May 3. $16-$19. Terminal West, 887 W. Marietta St. NW, Atlanta. 404-876-5566, terminalwestatl.com. Jimmy Eat World. Midnight. May 4. $28-$30. Center Stage, 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta. www.centerstage-atlanta.com.
Parquet Courts. 11 p.m. May 4. $23$26. Terminal West, 887 W. Marietta St. NW, Atlanta. 404-876-5566, terminalwestatl.com. Peter Case, Shawn Mullins, John Driscoll Hopkins and Levi Lowrey. 8 p.m. May 4. $25-$32. Eddie Owen Presents at Red Clay Music Foundry, 3116 Main St., Duluth. 404-478-2749, www. eddieowenpresents.com. The Bonaventure Quartet. 7 p.m. May 4. $15. Eddie’s Attic, 515-B N. McDonough St., Decatur. 1-877-725-8849, www.eddiesattic.com.
The War of Drugs. 11:59 p.m. May 4. $57-$61. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.variety-playhouse.com. Joe Bonamassa. 8 p.m. May 4-5. $79-$179. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta. 1-855-285-8499, www. foxtheatre.org.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. 11:45 p.m. May 5. $25-$27. Terminal West, 887 W. Marietta St. NW, Atlanta. 404-8765566, terminalwestatl.com.
Chicano Batman. 11:45 p.m. May 5. $17-$20. The Loft, 1374 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta. www.centerstage-atlanta.com.
Fleet Foxes. 11:59 p.m. May 5. $67-$72. Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. N.E., Atlanta. www.variety-playhouse.com.
Tanya Tucker. 7:30 p.m. May 5. $53$58. Mill Town Music Hall, 1031 Alabama Ave., Bremen. 770-537-6455, www. milltownmusichall.com.
Young Dolph. 8 p.m. May 5. $27.50. Tabernacle, 152 Luckie St., Atlanta. 404659-9022, www.tabernacleatl.com. Atlanta Master Chorale: “Music and the Civil War.” 8 p.m. May 5. $25-$30. Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, 1700 N. Decatur Road, Atlanta. arts. emory.edu.
Visual arts
Frank Sharp: Australia and New Zealand. Photos from the other side of the world. Through May 25. Suwanee Public Library, 361 Main St., Suwanee. www.gwinnettpl.org. “Ebola: People + Public Health +
Political Will.” Through June 15. 9 a.m.5 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursdays; closed weekends and federal holidays. Free. David J. Sencer CDC Museum, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta. 404-639-0830, www.cdc.gov/museum.