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Five things to do in metro Atlanta July 23-26: Atlanta Ice Cream Festival, Back-to-School Cobb, Daniel Caesar at State Farm Arena

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:45:00 -0400

Atlanta’s late-July calendar is stacked with ways to get out and about this weekend, from the Atlanta Ice Cream & Wellness Festival in Piedmont Park and Back-to-School Cobb at The Battery Atlanta to a Daniel Caesar concert at State Farm Arena and a Daniel Tiger Kids Club Day at Truist Park before the Braves-Padres series finale.

1. Atlanta Ice Cream & Wellness Festival — Saturday, July 25, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Atlanta Ice Cream & Wellness Festival returns to Piedmont Park on Saturday with a full slate of local creamery booths, family yoga sessions, a wellness village, and live DJ sets. Entry to the festival grounds is free, with tasting packages available for purchase on-site. The festival is pet-friendly and runs rain or shine.

Five things to do in metro Atlanta July 22-26: BronzeLens opens, Daniel Tiger visits Truist Park, Zoo Atlanta hosts Kids Night Out

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 05:45:00 -0400

Looking for something to do between the heat wave and the weekend? Here are five midweek events worth checking out across metro Atlanta:

BronzeLens Film Festival opens Wednesday

The BronzeLens Film Festival of Atlanta, a festival dedicated to films by and about people of color, opens Wednesday, July 22 with a slate that runs through Sunday at the Rialto Center for the Arts at Georgia State University downtown. The opening night film is followed by a Q&A and reception. BronzeLens, founded in 2008, has grown into one of the Southeast’s largest Black film festivals, with more than 80 films programmed across the five days, including narrative features, documentaries, shorts, and a student track.