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Arts & Events - Decatur GA The Arts are an integral part of life in Decatur with art galleries, live performance venues, festivals, outdoor concerts and special events promising something for everyone. Theater and dance companies offering performances and instruction are committed to presenting performing arts everyone can enjoy. Each May, 50,000 people are drawn to downtown for the Decatur Arts Festival, which was named one of the Southeastern Tourism Society’s Top 20 Events in the Southeast for the spring. This celebration of the arts includes the juried Artists Market, Children’s Festival, New Dance, Film Festival, Literary Arts, Performing Arts Stage, Concert on the Square, Garden Tour and the Fine Arts Exhibition. For festival-lovers, Decatur is your town! Each season brings a variety of festivals including: the Big Chill, Easter Egg Hunt, West Ponce Place Street Party, Barbeque and Blues Festival, Beach Party, Pied Piper Parade, Oakhurst Arts and Music Festival, Wine Tasting Festival, Holiday Tour of Homes, Decorate Decatur and the always-popular Beer Tasting Festival in the fall. And where else will you find the townspeople toasting marshmallows together around a giant bonfire while singing holiday carols? Come and join in the fun! In addition to the festivals & events in Decatur, nearby institutions offer a year-round calendar of cultural arts & events including the Agnes Scott College arts series, planetarium and fine arts gallery shows, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, the Fernbank Museum of Natural History, and the new Schwartz Performing Arts Center on the Emory University campus. The arts celebrated in Decatur all year long!