Gird your loins, children. Mother Nature, Father Time and the power of spring’s queer heritage of renewal team up to keep your to-do list popping all season.
Here’s the skinny on cornerstone annual events like the HRC Gala and Peach Party, as well as our selections for spring’s best bets through the very last splash.
These are our best bets through Memorial Day, and be sure to check the Queer Agenda calendar each Thursday. That's where we break down the Best LGBTQ things to do in Atlanta for every single weekend.
APRIL
Friday, April 12
Sarah & the Safe Word
with Fable Cry, Soviet, Shiksa and Nobody’s Darlings
Star Bar, 8 p.m.
Play: Pajama Party
With For All Humans
Moxy Atlanta Midtown, 9 p.m.
Friday April 12 – Sunday April 14
Automoto
Car show on the Beltline
All weekend
Doggies on the Catwalk
Opening Reception & Gallery Exhibit, Friday
Runway Show Gala, Saturday
Atlanta Dogwood Festival
Piedmont Park
Saturday, April 13
Evensong & Eucahrist
Amplifying Queer Voices in Worship
ft. the music of Madonna
Neighborhood Church, 7:30 p.m.
The Room with DJ Aron
Heretic, 10 p.m.
Sunday, April 14
Daddies in Kilts
Woofs, 3 p.m.
Wednesday, April 17
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane
Plaza Theatre, 7 p.m.
Friday, April 19
TRANScending Barriers
2ndAnniversary
Midtown Bowl, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, April 19 – Saturday, April 20
Atlanta Bear Pride
Heretic, BJ Roosters, Manifest 4 U and Blake's, all weekend
Saturday, April 20 – Sunday April 21
Sandy Springs Artsapalooza
Atlanta Foundation of Public Spaces
6100 Lake Forrest Drive, Sandy Springs
Saturday, April 20
Outworlders Spring Picnic
McKoy Park, 11 a.m.
Sunday, April 21
Big Hare Games
Ten Atlanta, 2 p.m.
Armorettes Easter Drag Races (top photo)
Midtown Moon, 2 p.m.
Sugar with DJ Russ Rich
Loco Luna, 4 p.m.
Easter Service with DJ Vicki Powell
Sister Lousia’s Church, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 23
Dear Evan Hansen Opening Night
Fox Theatre
Friday, April 26 – Sunday, April 28
Inman Park Festival &
Tour of Homes
Saturday, April 27
The Odd Ball with Yvie Oddly
My Sister’s Room, 9 p.m.
Charis Books Grand Re-Opening
184 S. Candler St. Decatur, all day
Sunday, April 28
EAV Tea Dance
Includes Wussy Release & Artist Market
Banshee, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, April 30
Indigo Girls
El Refugio Benefit
Variety Playhouse, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 3 – Sunday, May 5
Gay Cinco de Mayo
Las Margaritas
Mama’s Cocina Latina
Ten Atlanta
Guac y Margys
Zocalo
Midtown Moon
Saturday, May 4
32ndHRC Atlanta Gala Dinner
Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 6 p.m.
Change of Seasons
with Joining Hearts
Heretic, 9 p.m.
Sunday, May 5
Gay Day at the Zoo
Zoo Atlanta, 12 noon
May 8
Judas Priest
ft. Rob Halford
Thursday, May 9
Desert Hearts Screening
Rush Center, 7 p.m.
Lizzo
Tabernacle, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 10 – Sunday, May 12
OutlantaCon
One Hartsfield Center Parkway, all weekend
Saturday, May 11
Trans Equity Symposium 2019
Center for Civil & Human Rights, 9 a.m.
Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar
Fox Theatre, 8 p.m.
Michelle Malone Birthday Bash
Eddie’s Attic, 7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
Miss Mid-Life Crisis
With the Armorettes
Heretic, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 15
Garrison Starr & Lolo
Eddie’s Attic, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 16
Ben Platt
Cobb Energy Centre, 8 p.m.
Friday, May 17
Amanda Palmer
of the Dresden Dolls, 8 p.m.
Cobb Energy Centre
Friday, May 17 – Sunday, May 19
Peach Party 2019
Heretic, BJ Roosters & Buckhead Theatre
AIDS Vaccine 200
Emory Vaccine Center
Saturday, May 18
Kirkwood Spring Fling
Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces
Bessie Branham Park
Friday, May 31
Betty Who
Variety Playhouse
Morningside Opening Night
By Topher Payne
OnStage Atlanta, through June 29
This feature originally ran in Q magazine. Read the digital edition here.
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