Get pleasure from a day of free musical leisure on the annual Virginia Highland Porchfest. (Picture by Sarah Carpenter Design)
Every week, ArtsATL curates a choice of probably the most thrilling arts and tradition occasions occurring in Atlanta this weekend, highlighting 9 must-see experiences.
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Thursday
The orchestra welcomes Canadian piano virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin for a efficiency of Bartók’s Piano Concerto No. 3. Visitor conductor Marzena Diakun opens the live performance with Weinberg’s Rhapsody on Moldovan Themes and finishes the night with Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 1 (“Winter Daydreams”). Performances are at 8 p.m. on Could 15 and Could 17.
Friday
The Marietta Greek Competition celebrates Greek meals and tradition on the Holy Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church with conventional Greek dishes, dance and different cultural performances. They’ll additionally supply excursions of the church. It’s all occurring Could 16 by way of Could 18.
Emily Varga’ first solo present will open at The Finish Venture Area, with a reception from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Could 16. The work was impressed by the artist’s most up-to-date transfer. In a put up on Instagram, Vargas writes that the transfer gave her “a heightened appreciation for every thing that’s embodied inside locations the place a house is created.” The present continues by way of June 29.
Spalding Nix Fantastic Artwork options works by Atlanta artists Peter Essick, John Dean, Jennifer McKinnon and Mary Stuart Walker. Essick’s Work in Progress is an ongoing collection that captures Atlanta’s ever-changing panorama. Dean’s Cool Clear Hydrosphere is a photograph collection that depicts, in nonetheless life kind, the thriller of probably the most treasured and highly effective life pressure on the planet: water. McKinnon’s Natural Landscapes is a tribute to the institution of our nationwide parks system by way of digitally and bodily collaged pictures and supplies that draw consideration to our human affect on the atmosphere. Walker’s A Momentary Territory paperwork our dynamic sky whereas standing on the Jap Continental Divide. The present opens this weekend with receptions from 6 p.m. to eight p.m. on Could 16 and midday to 4 p.m. on Could 17.
Saturday
Head to Bessie Branham Park for this yearly fundraiser for the Kirkwood Neighbors Group. Many actions are free, together with the artist market and the musical leisure, however you’ll have to safe tickets for the Wing Fling and the tour of properties.
Native musicians take to the porches of the Virginia-Highland district all through the day, beginning at 11 a.m. on Could 17. You’ll additionally discover an artwork market, meals distributors and a kids’s actions space. After 6 p.m., there will probably be performances at a few of the native companies within the district. Verify the web site for a map and schedule.
Sunday
Frühlingsfest, which interprets to “spring competition,” is occurring Could 18 on the Westside Provisions District. Sponsored by the Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta German Cultural Heart, the fest will showcase 40 native artists and have a good time German tradition, language and native artists. You can even pattern genuine German delicacies and, in fact, beer.
Atlanta native and progressive guitar virtuoso Kaki King performs the Pink Clay Music Foundry in Duluth at 8 p.m. on Could 18. On this solo efficiency, she’ll be performing music from all phases of her profession and she guarantees a kid-friendly evening for all ages.
Simpson is again on the street, following a hiatus precipitated by a vocal twine damage in late 2021. On the time, he was touring following what he described because the final album beneath his personal identify. True to his phrase, his newest, Passage du Desir, was launched beneath the identify Johnny Blue Skies. However he’s nonetheless taking part in the music he launched earlier in his profession, mining a catalog that stretches again greater than a decade. He’ll be on the Ameris Financial institution Amphitheatre at 8 p.m. on Could 17.
Extra issues to do that weekend
Athens trio The Whigs will play at Terminal West at 8 p.m. on Could 16 … Yola will carry her Sovereign Soul Tour to Selection Playhouse at 8 p.m. on Could 16 … Impressed by I Love Lucy and The Actual Housewives of New Jersey, The Bridge Membership focuses on a day sport of playing cards involving 4 post-WWII girls as they search the reality a couple of nasty rumor involving their pal. See it at 8 p.m. Could 16 and Could 17 and three p.m. Could 18 on the Atlanta Theater on Arizona Avenue … Catch An Night of Jazz with Brian Culbertson and Marcus Anderson on the Mable Home Barnes Amphitheatre in Mableton at 7 p.m. Could 17. It’s certainly one of many jazz, R&B and funk exhibits on the schedule there this summer time and into fall. Upcoming performers embody Lalah Hathaway, Boney James, Will Downing, Jonathan Butler and Robert Glasper … Northeast Atlanta Ballet presents Emperor and the Nightingale, primarily based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, at 7:30 p.m. on Could 17 and a couple of p.m. Could 18 on the Fuel South Theater in Duluth … Bluegrass fusion outfit Tire Fireplace is up subsequent in the Weekend Wind Down Live performance Sequence on the City Inexperienced Amphitheater in Avondale Estates (64 N. Avondale Street). The present occurs from 6 p.m. to eight p.m. on Could 18, with extra to return on June 15, September 14, October 12 and November 9.
