Do we have a weekend PACKED full of concerts, festivals and events or WHAT?! Some of our picks include the Atlanta Mess-Around Festival taking place at The Earl and 529, the Heritage Sandy Springs Beer Festival, the V-103 Gospelfest, the Buckhead Crawfish Fest and the David D’Or concert! These may be some of the weekend highlights but check out the full list below!
Friday, April 26– The Atlanta Mess-Around Festival ft. The Zeros, The Go w/ Natural Child Family Band @ The Earl
A weekend festival in Atlanta featuring many awesome bands playing at both the Earl & 529! Get a weekend pass or just go for a day! Check out our interview with Wax Idols & TV Ghost!
Friday, April 26– Heavy Mojo, BNMC & The Wheeler Boys @ Peachtree Tavern
Heavy Mojo is a six-piece genre-bending hip hop and rock outfit from Atlanta, Georgia. Their sound combines mainstream melodies (Maroon 5) with urban beats (The Roots) and classic guitar riffs (Led Zeppelin) that is fused together with 70’s soul (Sly and the Family Stone).
Friday, April 26– Isaac Bramblett Band ft. Sonny Ortiz @ Smith’s Olde Bar
The Isaac Bramblett Band is a Fusion of Southern Soul with a Roots-Rock Bass. Isaac is the son of Music legend Randall Bramblett and lead singer of Athens Band DEBRIS.
Friday, April 26– Los Vigilantes w/ JP5 @ 529 (Part of the Mess-Around Festival)
Kicking off the Atlanta Mess-Around Fest along with Turf War and Ghost Bikini!
Friday, April 26– StoneThrow w/ Downside @ Vinyl
STONETHROW is a modern rock band from Atlanta, GA defined by their seamless blend of edgy, hard hitting rock and radio-ready hooks.
Friday, April 26– The Kentucky Headhunters @ Mill Town Music Hall
Legendary performers The Kentucky Headhunters will be taking the Mill Town Music Hall stage on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. with all proceeds to benefit the Harold Shedd Music Mill Gallery.
Friday, April 26– The Queers / Dwarves w/ Flat Tires @ Starbar
The Queers are a pop punk band formed in late 1981 by Portsmouth, New Hampshire native Joe King along with Scott Gildersleeve, and Jack Hayes.
Friday, April 26– Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown @ Smith’s Olde Bar
Check out our interview with Tyler Bryant to learn more about this guitar prodigy and his band The Shakedown!
Friday, April 26– VH1’s 50 Greatest Songs of the Eighties @ The Loft
Songs For Kids Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 2007 with the mission to enrich the lives of children suffering from illness or hardship. We work year-round to bring music to children’s hospitals and special needs camps through live interactive concerts, hospital bedside performances and our Songs For Kids Records songwriting & recording program.
Friday, April 26– Young Dro w/ FKi @ The Basement at Graveyard Tavern
To make his dream a reality, he first hooked up with pioneering southern rapper Raheem the Dream in the late 90s, who at the time had Drama and D4L front man Fabo signed to his local label. By the end of 2002, Young Dro had the city ablaze with his independent hit single ‘Yes Sir’ and regional hit album ‘I Got That Dro.’
Friday, April 26– Yacht Rock Spring Spectacular @ Variety Playhouse
Favorite sons of the Variety Playhouse The Yacht Rock Revue return in April with their very popular tribute to amazing Irish band U2, along with a rendition of the soundtrack to the movie Anchorman.
Friday, April 26– Relient K w/ Hellogoodbye, William Beckett and Mike Mains & The Branches @ The Masquerade
The Los Angeles Times praised Relient K for “its smart blend of punk pop and power pop, weaving together influences as diverse as the Beach Boys, Blink-182 and Fountains of Wayne” while Spin noted: “Few bands play punk-influenced modern rock as proficiently.”
Saturday, April 27– Antje Duvekot @ Eddie’s Attic (7pm)
Blending uncommonly beautiful vocals with one of the sharpest poetic sensibilities in her field, Duve- kot has a remarkable ability to make us believe she is whispering secrets in our ear, and we know that she believes every word she sings. For years, her songs have been critically praised for their hard-won wisdom, dark-eyed realism, and street-smart romanticism.
Saturday, April 27- Buckhead Crawfish Fest @ Park Bench
It’s mudbug season down on the Bayou and what a better way to celebrate nature’s bounty than to have a feast! Washing dem mudbugs down with some cold brews and hot music! Join us at the famous Park Bench in Buckhead for Atlanta’s best Crawfish Festival! We’ll have dat Crawfish boil going starting at 1pm til we run out of dem tasty mudbugs! Check out our blog on the Buckhead Crawfish Fest!
Saturday, April 27– Cigar Store Indians @ Smith’s Olde Bar
For more information on this rockin’ band, check out our interview with Cigar Store Indians!
Saturday, April 27– Deadstring Brothers w/ Shonna Tucker & Eye Candy @ 529 (Part of Mess-Around Festival)
“The Deadstring Brothers do the early-70s Rolling Stones sound as well as anyone, including what’s left of the Glimmer Twins themselves. But they build an identity of their own with their stolen blueprints, turning in flinty, soulful performances that bring infectious vitality to bluesy rockers and boozy honky-tonk.”
Saturday, April 27– Dwight Twilley, Clone Defekts w/ The Parting Gifts @ The Earl (Part of Mess-Around Festival)
Part of the Atlanta Mess-Around Festival’s Saturday lineup! Also appearing: Mean Jeans, Ex-Cult and Apache Dropout!
Saturday, April 27- Heritage Sandy Springs’ 2013 Beerfest @ Heritage Green
The Heritage Sandy Springs Beer Fest is what a beer festival should be all about – sampling 70+ nanobrews, microbrews, domestics and imports, listening to live music on the lawn of Heritage Green, and hanging out with fellow beer aficionados all while benefiting a great cause. Get more information on the Heritage Sandy Springs Beer Fest!
Saturday, April 27– Joe Diffie @ Brewhouse Music & Grill
Diffie’s masterful voice dominates every selection, no matter how brilliant the players or powerful the harmony singers—and there’s no doubt that bluegrass is an indelible part of his musical make-up.
Saturday, April 27– Saturday Matinee w/ The Ettes @ 529
Also appearing as part of the Atlanta Mess-Around Festival! Playing with A Giant Dog, Hollywood, Cy Barkley and GHB!
Saturday, April 27– Kelly McFarling @ Eddie’s Attic (9:30pm)
Check out our interview with Kelly McFarling!
Saturday, April 27– The Best Brothers Band w/ Parker Smith & the Bandwidth, Cool June @ Peachtree Tavern
The Best Brothers journey began in the winter of 2009. After years of late night songwriting sessions, the BBB trio consisting of brothers John and Daniel and childhood friend Eric Sumner tried their hand in the Atlanta and growing Southeastern scene.
Saturday, April 27- V-103 Gospelfest starring Mary Mary @ Wolf Creek Amphitheater
The People’s Station V-103… News and Talk 1380 WAOK… and Dealmakers Inc…Are proud to present our Larry Tinsley’s 1st annual GospelFest…We are celebrating Larry Tinsley’s 25 years of service to the Atlanta community with a praise party and family day, Saturday, April 27th, at Wolf Creek Amphitheatre… featuring Mary Mary, William Murphy, Canton Jones, Akitunde The Mount Ephraim Young Adult Choir, The Changing A Generation Full Gospel Baptist Church Choir.
Saturday, April 27– VH1’s Greatest Songs of the Nineties @ The Loft
Songs For Kids Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 2007 with the mission to enrich the lives of children suffering from illness or hardship. We work year-round to bring music to children’s hospitals and special needs camps through live interactive concerts, hospital bedside performances and our Songs For Kids Records songwriting & recording program.
Saturday, April 27– Suicidal Tendencies, D.R.I. & Waking the Dead @ The Masquerade
Formed in Venice, CA, during the early ‘80s, the group’s leader from the beginning was outspoken vocalist Mike Muir. The outfit specialized in vicious hardcore early on—building a huge following among skateboarders, lending a major hand in the creation of skatepunk—before turning their focus eventually to thrash metal.
Saturday, April 27– Victor Wooten @ Variety Playhouse
Victor Wooten returns to the Variety for another of his outstanding shows! His unique combination of chops, showmanship and musicality make this a night to remember!
Sunday, April 28– ATL Symphony Musicians @ Eddie’s Attic
Performing are some of the 88 professional musicians who make up the internationally renowned, Grammy award-winning Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. They strive to provide our community with musical performances of the highest artistic caliber as they proudly serve as cultural ambassadors for Atlanta and the State of Georgia.
Sunday, April 28- David D’Or in Concert @ The Temple
David is a world-renowned singer, songwriter and composer with 10 Platinum records to date. With his unique voice, style and musicality, David manages to combine classical, world and ethnic music into a perfect harmony that enchants his audiences world-wide.
Sunday, April 28– Dick Dale w/ El Capitan & The Band with No Name @ The Earl
Dick Dale reigns across the decades as the undisputed king of the surf guitar. In Dale’s own words, “Real surfing music is instrumental, characterized by heavy staccato picking on a Fender Stratocaster guitar.”
