About the scene
The A.
Atlanta's reputation as a hip-hop capital is well-earned, but the city's live music ecosystem stretches far beyond that — every neighborhood maintains its own scene with the venues to match. Little Five Points and East Atlanta Village are where the indie, punk, and funk lifeblood is, with rooms like Variety Playhouse, The EARL, and the Star Bar booking everything from singer-songwriter rounds to noise sets to soul revues to garage rock.
West Midtown's Terminal West handles touring indie, alt, and dance. The Tabernacle keeps mid-major touring acts in a converted church downtown. The Masquerade — split into Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory rooms — is the city's everyone-passes-through stop for metal, electronic, and emo. Aisle 5, Smith's Olde Bar, and Eddie's Attic round out the small and medium club tier, and State Farm Arena plus Mercedes-Benz Stadium handle the arena tier when the acts are big enough.
Atlanta's musical identity is fundamentally Southern — funk and gospel underpin most of the local artist scenes, even when the surface genre is indie or punk — and the city is a major waypoint for touring acts between the Southeast and Northeast circuits. Friday and Saturday nights have unusually deep show menus; weeknight shows tend to be where the smaller local bills and tribute acts land. The Atlanta feed on Rager covers all of it.
This week in Atlanta
Upcoming shows
Tonight
Alex Isley - When The City Sleeps
The Tabernacle · Centennial Park
Concrete Boys
Center Stage · Midtown
David Ryan Harris
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Kenny Banks Jr. & East Atlanta Village
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
SOBATL Presents Sister Sleep, Kyle Lewis is A Boring Name, Soul Meets Body, K3YP4RTY
Smith's Olde Bar · Midtown
Teen Suicide
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Tomorrow
Buffalo Nichols
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
DEATH ANGEL - ACT III Tour
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Derrick Stroup
Center Stage · Midtown
Jackson Slater and the Revelators
Smith's Olde Bar · Midtown
James Blake - Trying Times Tour
The Tabernacle · Centennial Park
Racing Mount Pleasant - MOVED TO TERMINAL WEST
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
The Bean Tones
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Thursday
Derrick Stroup
Center Stage · Midtown
J & The Causeways
Vinyl · Atlanta, GA
Sync Enterprises Presents Sync or Swym Showcase with Kaddy Kobain, JC Nocapacity, Spazekoupe
Smith's Olde Bar · Midtown
The Band Solstice w/ The John Wood Band
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
The Rare Occasions
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Friday
Angie Aparo
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Cosmic Charlie Band
Georgia Theatre · Athens, GA
In The End - The Linkin Park Experience
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Insane Clown Posse
The Eastern · Reynoldstown
Jackson County Line
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Sisto & 7L
Vinyl · Atlanta, GA
SOBATL Presents TYL3R DAVIS with $YN, Charles Infamous, Truent, and Junior Charles
Smith's Olde Bar · Midtown
Trousdale - Growing Pains (Deluxe) Tour
Terminal West · King Plow Arts Center
Wage War - It Calls Me By Name Tour
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Your Neighbors
Vinyl · Atlanta, GA
Saturday
Andrés
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN: More Songs To Learn & Sing
The Tabernacle · Centennial Park
Electric Feels | 18+
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Griffin House
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Kevin Scott's Resonant Paths
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Matt Sassari (Rooftop Party)
Vinyl · Atlanta, GA
Nice Dream
Vinyl · Atlanta, GA
Nite
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Noodah05
Center Stage · Midtown
Punch Brothers
The Eastern · Reynoldstown
Queran
Smith's Olde Bar · Midtown
The Mountain Goats
40 Watt Club · Athens, GA
Tokyo Machine
Vinyl · Atlanta, GA
Sunday
"Weird Al" Yankovic w/ Puddles Pity Party
Ameris Bank Amphitheatre · Alpharetta
AC Slater, InntRaw, RaeCola
Vinyl · Atlanta, GA
Babyfxce E
The Masquerade · Underground Atlanta
Buckethead
Variety Playhouse · Little Five Points
Joey Pecoraro
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Susto Stringband
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Monday
Em Beihold
Terminal West · King Plow Arts Center
Paul Cauthen w/ special guest Uncle B
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
Tue, Jun 2
Flawed Mangoes: The Killswitch Memories Tour
Aisle 5 · Little Five Points
Paul Cauthen w/ special guest Uncle B
Eddie's Attic · Decatur
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