ArtSSpring 2010
Now through May 17, 2010
Location: Sandy Springs
Beginning April 17, join us for our Annual month-long city-wide celebration of the Arts in the City of Sandy Springs. Includes the finest art exhibits, concerts, theatre and dance performances. Events are subject to change. Please check our website www.visitsandysprings.org for events in conjunction with ArtSSpring.
Sandy Springs Farmers Market
Opens May 1, 2010
www.sandyspringsfarmersmarket.com
Location: Sandy Springs
Phone: 404-835-1473
Connect with local & regional farmers. Freshly picked fruit & vegetables, plants, flowers, local & seasonal jams, jellies, pesto, salsa, granola, baked goods, local dairy products, including specialty cheeses, milk and eggs. Organic meat vendors selling regionally raised grass-fed beef, pork & poultry. Open Saturdays 8:30 am - 12:30 pm in the parking lot of the former Target, on Sandy Springs Circle and Johnson Ferry Roads.
Lawrenceville Ghost Tours
Saturday, May 1 – Sunday, October 31
www.ScaryStroll.com
Location: Aurora Theater
128 Pike Street/ Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Phone: 678-226-6222
Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours highlights the most vivid stories of the strange and supernatural as a costumed guide will lead ghost tour groups on a 90-minute adventure through beautiful Downtown Lawrenceville. Your guide will take you into the old jail, show you where the corpses flew down Honest Alley and tell you other chilling tales will send a shiver down your spine. Lawrenceville, GA Ghost Tours does not rely on bloody effects or startling patrons like a haunted house, just great stories told by the best storytellers in the region making the tour very poplar with both children and adults.
Zac Brown Band "Breaking Southern Ground Tour"
May 7 and 8, 2010
www.awesomealpharetta.com
Location: Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
2200 Encore Parkway/ Alpharetta, GA
Phone: 404-733-5010
Ticket Price: $49.00, $39.00 & $29.00 Reserved; $25.00 Lawn
Zac Brown Band is an American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown, (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini (fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, vocals), Coy Bowles (guitar, organ), Chris Fryar (drums) and Clay Cook (guitar, organ, mandolin, steel guitar, vocals). The band has toured throughout the United States playing major festivals and tours with the likes on Kenny Chesney and others. |
Basic Wine 101 at Niko's Wine Corner
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Location: Niko’s Wine Corner
178 East Crogan Street/ Lawrenceville, GA 30046
Admission: $25
Niko's Wine Corner is offering their first wine class - Basic Wine 101 - on Tuesday, May 11th. With over 12 years in the wine industry, Sam Black of Libiamo Distributing Company will serve as wine professor for the evening. Class Begins at 6:30 and lasts until 8:30 pm. To register or for more information about the class call 770-962-0348 or email nikoswinecorner@att.net.
20th Annual Taste of Alpharetta
May 13, 2010 5-10 p.m.
www.alpharetta.ga.us
Location: Wills Park
Old Milton Parkway/ Alpharetta, GA
Phone: 678-297-6078
The largest “Taste of” event in the South celebrates its 20th year in 2010! Dine at over 60 restaurants in one unforgettable night that’s become an annual tradition for 50,000 families, foodies and festival-goers. Sample delicious appetizers, entrees and desserts, experience chef’s competition, cooking demonstrations and exhibits. Bring a blanket to competitions at the Culinary Arts & Music Stage. Play at the Fun Zone and party with metro radio stations. Free Admission, Parking & Free Shuttles. Participating restaurants will charge $1-3 per food sample.
3rd Annual Taste of the Grape
May 14th
The 3rd Annual Taste of the Grape presented by the Cultural Arts Council. The wine tasting is the kick-off to the Taste of Douglasville and will be held at the Douglas County Chamber of Commerce from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Tickets are limited so contact the CAC at 770-949-2787 or visit www.artsdouglas.org for more information.
Taste of Douglasville
May 15th
Mangia! Come out to the Taste of Douglasville presented by the Cultural Arts Council on May 15th and enjoy fare from Douglasville's local restaurants. Enjoy a day of entertainment, arts & crafts, Kids Korner, food, and fun in downtown Douglasville from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.! Call the CAC at 770-949-2787 or visit www.artsdouglas.org for more information.
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