May 4, 2007 Explore art in the city with Turner First Thursdays Art Walk. It is the perfect way to enjoy springtime. Stroll through galleries, artist work spaces and performing art venues on the first Thursday of every month. Highlights include the Balboa Jewelry trunk show in Paige Harvey’s studio and the Design at Play exhibit at MODA.
www.atlantadowntown.com/HavingFun_FirstThursdays.asp



May 4, 2007 SunTrust Lunch on Broad is back! Grab your friends and co-workers and head over for lunch every Friday May 4th through September 28th from noon – 1:30 p.m. (weather permitting). Pull up a seat and enjoy music by local artists performing jazz, reggae, blues and more. Bring your own lunch or grab a bite to eat at one of Downtown’s delicious eateries. www.atlantadowntown.com/HavingFun_LunchBroad.asp



May 6, 2007 Atlanta’s largest Hispanic outdoor family festival, Fiesta Atlanta will take place, at Centennial Olympic Park. Over 25,000 people are expected to attend the first of what will become Atlanta's annual signature Hispanic event. Fiesta Atlanta will take place on Cinco de Mayo weekend and will be a day long celebration of Latino culture, music, and food.
www.fiestaatlanta.com/about.html



May 11 & 12, 2007 Southern Comfort is bringing back the SoCo Music Experience this summer with performances by Wolf Mother and Cypress Hill. The SoCo Music Experience is an outdoor concert event that kicks off in Downtown Atlanta in Centennial Olympic Park with top national and local music acts, good food, great friends and much more. The SoCo Music Experience is free, but you must be 21 or older to get in, so don't forget your ids.
www.southerncomfort.com/scmxatl/about.aspx



May 19, 2007 Trader Vic’s celebrates 31 years of exotic dining, Polynesian cuisine and island-inspired cocktails with its first festival-style anniversary party, Lavapalooza 2007. Guests will enjoy a full day and night of luau-style food options, Trader Vic’s signature Mai Tais, a variety of native-island activities and live entertainment by the Tongo Hiti band, with Monkey Zuma and Dames A’Flame.
www.tradervicsatlanta.com



May 19, 2007 The Rialto Center for the Arts presents a Downtown Jazz and Street Party benefiting the Rialto Jazz-for-Kids school initiative and honoring ACVB's JoAnn Haden-Miller with the 2007 Rialto Pioneer Award. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band will perform A Salute to New Orleans. The band has traveled worldwide on a mission to propagate the art of New Orleans Jazz. This year marks the 45th Anniversary of Preservation Hall and its re-opening in New Orleans. www.rialtocenter.org/calendar/anniversary.html



May 19 & 20, 2007 The Atlanta Downtown Festival and Tour will feature 13 lofts, condos and other unique living spaces on a tour ranging from the South Central Business District and Fairlie Poplar through the Centennial Park area to Ralph McGill. The festival will include live entertainment on two stages beginning at noon each day, an artist market with more than 100 booths, a beer garden and other activities designed to showcase the vibrancy of Downtown living.
www.atlantadna.org



May 1-31, 2007 The 30th Atlanta Jazz Festival is a 31-day schedule of events featuring internationally renowned jazz artists. The Festival is a program of and is produced by the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs. Downtown Atlanta venues include SunTrust Lunch on Broad, Wednesdays in Woodruff, the Georgia Aquarium, Dailey's, City Grill, the Rialto Center for the Arts.

www.atlantafestivals.com



Please join us as we continue our 2007 programming in Woodruff Park with Wednesdays in Woodruff, a weekly lunchtime concert series and the Woodruff Park Reading Room.The open-air reading room in the northern portion is stocked with a selection of books, periodicals and newspapers. www.woodruffpark.com



Atlanta needs your help! Atlanta is rallying to bring a WNBA team to our great city. This would make Atlanta the only city in the Southeast with the elite distinction of having a WNBA franchise. But there is only one way to make Atlanta's WNBA dreams a reality -- Show the league how much Atlanta wants a team. Show your support for Atlanta's future WNBA team by signing this petition. www.ipetitions.com/petition/wnbaatl