February 2024: Things to do in Atlanta & Beyond

Looking for things to do in Atlanta in March?

Valentine’s Day

• All Month: Festival of Camellias at Massee Lane Gardens, Fort Valley – visit this garden dedicated to the winter rose and enjoy the pink fountain to celebrate Valentine’s Day. Food trucks each Saturday – see the website for all programming
• All Month: Searching for Love Scavenger Hunt at Oakland Cemetery
• All Month: Make a heart paperweight at Decatur Glass Blowing – register online
• Friday, February 2: Salsa Social at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center – beginners are encouraged to come early for a free class
• Saturday, February 3: Free Admission at Massee Lane Gardens for the Festival of Camellias
• Sunday, February 4: Shop the HeART Market at the Spruill Center for the Arts, Dunwoody
• Thursday, February 8: Galentine’s Day at Avalon
• Friday, February 9: Fernbank After Dark: Love on the Brain at Fernbank Museum
• Saturday, February 10: Love Stories of Oakland Tour at Oakland Cemetery
• Saturday, February 10: Valentine’s Day Couples Hike at Panola Mountain State Park – call the park to register in advance
• Saturday, February 10: Turnstyle Arts Market Valentines Edition at Pullman Yards
• Saturday, February 10: Valentine’s Day Tea at the Northeast Georgia History Center, Gainesville – register in advance
• Wednesday, February 14: Sips Under the Sea – Valentine’s Day at the Georgia Aquarium
• Wednesday, February 14: Valentines in the Garden at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
• Wednesday, February 14: Love Stories of Oakland Tour at Oakland Cemetery

Lunar New Year

• Until February 12: Lunar New Year Nightly Lantern Show at Atlantic Station
• Saturday, February 3: Decatur Lunar New Year
• Friday, February 9: Pajama Concert: Chinese New Year Celebration at Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum
• Saturday, February 10: City of John’s Creek Lunar New Year Celebration
• Saturday, February 10: Lunar New Year Festival at Atlantic Station
• February 10 & 11: Usher in the Year of the Dragon at the Atlanta Lunar New Year Festival sponsored by the City of Chamblee
• February 10-11; 17-19; 24-25: Lunar New Year Festival at Stone Mountain Park – purchase tickets online for a discount

Black History Month Events

• All Month: MLK Jr. National Historical Park is free every day
• All Month: The King Center is free every day
• All Month: Roswell Roots is a month long celebration to highlight Black education, art, cultural and historic awareness in the City of Roswell – see the website for all events
  • Sunday, February 4: Storytelling Sunday at Mimosa Hall – free – see website for story times
  • Sunday, February 11: Exploring Black Experiences in Roswell Tours at Roswell’s Historic House Museums: Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall & Smith Plantation – free – see the website for times
  • Saturday, February 17: Folktales from Africa and the Gullah People with Josie Bailey – see the website for more information
  • Wednesday, February 21: Nancy Jackson: The Story of an Enslaved Woman Who Sued for Her Freedom at Mimosa Hall & Gardens – free – see the website for more information
• All Month: Black History Driving Tours in Canton and Woodstock with History Cherokee
• All Month: The Children’s Museum of Atlanta is highlighting African American leaders in science, art and innovation
• All Month: Visit the Apex Museum (African American Panoramic Experience) in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood, which is part of the US Civil Rights Trail
• All Month: Visit the Center for Civil and Human Rights for Black History Programming and Activations
• All Month: Free Tours of Oakland Cemetery’s Historic African American Burial Grounds – reserve in advance online
  • We Shall Overcome: African American Stories from the Civil War to Civil Rights tour at Oakland Cemetery
    • Saturday, February 3
    • Friday, February 9
    • Sunday, February 18
    • Tuesday, February 20
    • Saturday, February 24
    • Sunday, February 25
  • Black Magnolias: the history lives and labors of Atlanta’s African American women tour at Oakland Cemetery
    • Saturday, February 10
    • Saturday, February 17
• Thursday, February 9: Atlantic Station’s free Black History Month Movie Series: The Color of Friendship
• Saturday, February 10: In a Time of Slavery Tour at Jerrell Plantation State Historic Site, Juliette
• Tuesday, February 13: From Slavery to Colonizer to Free Person of Color: The Journey of Thomas Jefferson Waters of Gwinnett at the Northeast Georgia History Center, Gainesville – advanced registration appreciated
• Saturday, February 17: Pop-in for free admission & Family Fun at the Marietta History Museum. This month’s theme is Black History Crafts
• Saturday, February 17: In a Time of Slavery Tour at Jerrell Plantation State Historic Site, Juliette
• Saturday, February 17: History of the Triple Nickels 555th PIR – visit Roosevelt’s Little White House Historic Site to learn about the first all African American parachute infantry platoon
• Thursday, February 22: Atlantic Station’s free Black History Month Movie Series: Remember the Titans
• Saturday, February 24: In a Time of Slavery Tour at Jerrell Plantation State Historic Site, Juliette

Super Museum Sunday: February 11

• Roswell’s Historic House Museums: Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall & Smith Plantation, Roswell
  • Exploring Black Experiences in Roswell Tours at Roswell’s Historic House Museums: Barrington Hall, Bulloch Hall & Smith Plantation – free – see the website for times
• Etowah Indian Mounds State Historic Site, Cartersville
• Euharlee Welcome Center & History Museum, Euharlee
• History Cherokee, Canton
• Seven Springs Museum at the Bodiford House, Powder Springs
• Museum of History and Holocaust Education, Kennesaw
• William Root House Museum and Gardens, Marietta
• African American Heritage Museum and Research Center, Newnan
• Newnan Coweta Historical Society, Newnan
  • McRitchie-Hollis Museum
  • Historic Train Depot
• The Little Manse: Birthplace of Erskine Caldwell & Moreland Hometown Heritage Museum, Moreland
• Douglas County Museum of History & Art, Douglasville
• The James Longstreet Museum, Gainesville
• Northeast Georgia History Center, Gainesville
• Dahlonega Gold Museum, Dahlonega
• Roosevelt’s Little White House State Historic Site, Warm Springs
• Jarrell Plantation State Historic Site, Juliette
• Pickett’s Mill Battlefield State Historic Site, Dallas

February Events

• All Month: Festival of Camellias at Massee Lane Gardens, Fort Valley. Food trucks each Saturday – see the website for all programming
• All Month: Tutankhamun: His Tomb and His Treasures at the Exhibition Hub Atlanta Art Center
• All Month: Free Admission to the College Football Hall of Fame the first 250 college students (with valid student IDs) during the month of February
• Thursday, February 1: First Free Thursday at the Booth Western Art Museum
• February 2-4: Groundhog Day Jugglers Festival – free admission during the day to the public
• Saturday, February 3: Mead Road Mardi Gras in Decatur
• Saturday, February 3: Free Admission at Massee Lane Gardens for the Festival of Camellias
• Saturday, February 3: Free First Saturday at the Dunwoody Nature Center – register in advance
• Saturday, February 3: Teen Art Afternoon at the High Museum of Art – free for teens
• Saturday & Sunday, February 3 & 4: Bank of America’s Museums on Us
  • Atlanta History Center
  • Center for Civil and Human Rights
  • High Museum of Art
  • Tellus Science Museum
• Sunday, February 4: Sunday FUNday at Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum: Color Expedition. This is a free drop-in program for all families and includes admission to the galleries. First come, first serve
• Sunday, February 4: First Free Sunday at the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art
• Thursday, February 8:Thursday, February 8: Puppets and Pints at the Center for Puppetry Arts’ Worlds of Puppetry Museum
• Saturday, February 10: 75th Annual Camellia Show at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
• Saturday, February 10: Tree Tour: History and Change on the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail with Trees Atlanta
• Sunday, February 11: High Museum of Art UPS Second Sunday – free admission and family friendly programming – advanced registration is recommended
• Tuesday, February 13: Twilight Tour of Truist Park
• Tuesday, February 13: Mardi Gras at Avalon
• Saturday & Sunday, February 17-18: President’s Day Weekend with the Pullman Car at the Southeastern Railway Museum
• Saturday, February 17: Dino Day at Tellus Science Museum
• Saturday, February 17: Guided Tour of Rhodes Hall with the Georgia Trust – book your ticket in advance
• Saturday, February 17: Pop-in for free admission & Family Fun at the Marietta History Museum. This month’s theme is Black History Crafts
• Sunday, February 18: Tree Tour: Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum Westside Trail with Trees Atlanta
• Thursday, February 21: Access for All at the High Museum of Art – free admission – register in advance
• Saturday, February 24: Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival at Atlantic Station
• Saturday, February 24: Nature and Art Journaling at the Carter Center with Trees Atlanta
• Saturday, February 24: Guided Tour of Rhodes Hall with the Georgia Trust – book your ticket in advance
• February 23-25: Atlanta Botanical Flower Show: Primavera at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
• Saturday, February 24: Stay & Play Saturday at the Southern Museum
• Sunday, February 25: Tree Tour: Northside Atlanta BeltLine Arboretum with Trees Atlanta

Coming up in March

• Look for the Atlanta Preservation Center’s Phoenix Flies Tours

Are you planning to attend one of these events? Have you participated in the past? Do you have an event to recommend for the list? Let me know in the comments!

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