Art connoisseurs and crafty people from all around have made the Atlanta Dogwood Festival a tradition in the city for the past 70 years. The festival takes place in Piedmont Park every spring, and features a variety of art forms. While strolling through the festival, you'll see booth after booth of sculptures, paintings, pottery, jewelry, photography and plenty more - including food. Don't miss out on live music, good food, and plenty of opportunities to buy and create art.
Get your fill of nature and its greatest creatures at the Cochran Mill Nature Center. The center provides education on a variety of topics involving animals, their habitats, and our environment. Cochran Mill also aids with wildlife rehabilitation, taking in injured animals and nursing them back to health when possible, and permanently housing them when unable to return to the wild. If you're a true animal and nature lover looking for an experience with the wild outside of the zoo, you won't want to pass up a visit to this attraction.
For three levels of drinks and dancing, head out for a nightlife experience like none other at CosmoLava. The Midtown Atlanta club has five bars throughout three levels, and features DJs spinning house music, 80s hits, funk and hip-hop, and top 40 hits. As you're dancing the night away, take a break from the dance floor and head to the bar to try "Atlanta's Best Cosmopolitan."