Calling all theater geeks, dance fanatics, musical maniacs, and art aficionados! Atlanta’s arts scene is top-notch and sure to impress even the most pretentious artist. Check out what’s going on in the city’s art world this season.
The World’s a Stage
Since its inception in 2016, LGBTQ+-owned Out Front Theatre Company has produced outstanding theatrical experiences that focus on the voices of the LGBTQ+ community. The theatre is the only one in Atlanta that caters specifically to queer audiences. To keep up with their current season, visit OutFrontTheatre.com.
The famous Fox Theatre has a slew of Broadway favorites in its 2025/26 season. Check out classics like “Hadestown,” “The Outsiders,” “The Sound of Music,” “Six The Musical,” “Beauty and the Beast,” and more. Learn more and buy tickets at FoxTheatre.org.
You may have heard of the Alliance Theatre because it boasts its very own Tony Award. For its 58th season, Alliance is back at the Woodruff Arts Center with a lineup of incredible performances. Keep up with their current season at AllianceTheatre.org.
Atlanta is also home to theaters that bring independent works into the spotlight. Horizon Theatre (HorizonTheatre.com) has 172 seats to watch its contemporary plays.
Actor’s Express grows talent through regular performances at the King Plow Arts Center. Their 2024/2025 season continues with “A Strange Loop” from July 24 to August 31 and “A Thin Place” from October 2 to 6. To keep up with their upcoming season and buy tickets, visit Actors-Express.com.
7 Stages Theatre (7Stages.org), located in Little 5 Points off Euclid Avenue, has brought works of political and social importance to the stage since 1979. They also host the Atlanta Fringe Festival, a week’s worth of live performances spanning genre and format, including comedy, drama, dance, circus, aerial, puppetry, poetry, and more.
Now’s the time to make plans to attend the spectacular shows scheduled for the City Springs
Performing Arts Center at City Springs! In their 2025/26 season, enjoy “The Producers: The Mel Brooks Musical,” “The Wizard of Oz,” the regional premiere of “Come From Away,” and “Mean Girls the Musical.” Learn more and buy tickets at CitySpringsTheatre.com.
Theatrical Outfit is an Atlanta-based theater company whose purpose is to provide their diverse audiences, actors, and artists with rich theater experience. Learn more and buy tickets at TheatricalOutfit.org.
Kenny Leon’s True Colors Theatre Company (TrueColorsTheatre.org) is a non-profit theater company co-founded by Tony-winning Broadway director Kenny Leon and Jane Bishop in 2002. The theatre company produces world-premiere plays by diverse playwrights with a commitment to preserving African American classics.
At the Aurora Theatre (AuroraTheatre.com) in Lawrenceville, expect “The Wiz,” “Christman Canteen 2025,” “The Play That Goes Wrong,” “Initiative” and “In the Heights” this season.
The Sound of Music
Voices of Note, the organization that includes both the Atlanta Women’s Chorus and the Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus, presents dynamic vocal performances that act as catalysts for social change. Keep up with their performances at VoicesOfNote.org. Atlanta is also lucky enough to have more than one LGBTQ+ chorus; OurSong (OurSongAtlanta.org) is another LGBTQ+ choral group that has been promoting acceptance, diversity, and social justice through music for more than 20 years.
The Atlanta Philharmonic Orchestra and Atlanta Freedom Bands. The APO (AtlantaPhilharmonic.org) is a volunteer symphony orchestra for the LGBTQ+ community dedicated to educating audiences on musical knowledge, providing high-quality programming to Atlanta, Georgia, and the broader Southeast, and affirming the power of the LGBTQ+ community. AFB (AtlantaFreedomBands.com) is a collective of ensemble bands providing positive LGBTQ+ representation in Atlanta through music.
Atlanta Ballet (AtlantaBallet.com) is one of the nation’s premier dance companies, and its 93-year history helped make it the State Ballet of Georgia. The dancers bring us a fabulous slate of performances this season, including their annual “The Nutcracker” performance during the winter holidays, as well as a lineup of amazing dance performances year-round.
The Atlanta Opera is another can’t-miss swarm of vocal talent, bringing performances like “La Traviata,” “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Turandot,” and “Twilight of the Gods” to audiences at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Marietta. Learn more and buy tickets at AtlantaOpera.org.
This season, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra is hosting a variety of events, including LGBTQ+ comedian Fortune Feimster on her Takin’ Care of Biscuits Tour, Andrea Bocelli in concert, “Lang Lang Performs Beethoven,” “Halloween at Hogwarts,” and more. Learn more and buy tickets at Aso.org.
Eye Spy
It’s hard to be in Atlanta without noticing all the visual art around — it’s in gift shops, it’s on murals, it’s on the walls of the famous Krog Street Tunnel. It’s also on display in more traditional museums and galleries, like the High Museum in Midtown. The High’s upcoming exhibits include “Kim Chong Hak, Painter of Seoraksan,” “Ezrom Legae: Beasts,” “Viktor&Rolf. Fashion Statements,” and more. Learn more and buy tickets at High.org.
Atlanta also boasts several other amazing art galleries, including the Museum of Contemporary Art (MocaGa.org), the Museum of Design Atlanta (MuseumOfDesign.org), The Bakery (TheBakeryAtlanta.com), The Supermarket (TheSupermarketAtl.com), Johnson Lowe Gallery (LoweGallery.com), Alan Avery Art Company (AlanAveryArtCompany.com), Tew Galleries (TewGalleries.com), and the rek Gallery (Rek.Gallery).
If paintings and pictures aren’t your thing, you can also check out SCAD FASH Museum of Fashion + Film (ScadFash.org) and the Center for Puppetry Arts (Puppet.org).
If seeing art isn’t enough for you, you can also make your own! Make a pit-stop at Decatur Glassblowing (DecaturGlassblowing.com), All Fired Up (AllFiredUpArt.com), Atlanta Clay Works (AtlClayWorks.org), Metal Arts Guild of Georgia (MetalArtsGuildGa.org) and MudFire (Mudfire.com) for some one-of-a-kind, handmade souvenirs from your trip to the big city.
