Entertainment Districts

Acworth, Georgia

Downtown Acworth on Lake Acworth presents a historic Main Street of restaurants and bars serving Cobb County's lake community.

Albany, Georgia

Downtown Albany along the Flint River presents the Ray Charles Plaza and restaurants and bars serving southwest Georgia.

Alpharetta, Georgia

Avalon in Alpharetta is an upscale open-air mixed-use development with restaurants, bars, and an amphitheater serving Atlanta's affluent north metro suburbs.

Americus, Georgia

Downtown Americus presents restaurants and bars near Jimmy Carter's hometown of Plains in southwest Georgia.

Athens, Georgia

Downtown Athens presents one of the most legendary college-town music scenes in America, birthplace of R.E.M. and the B-52's, with bars and venues along Clayton and College streets.

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlantic Station in Midtown Atlanta is a mixed-use development built on a former steel mill site, presenting restaurants, bars, and a movie theater in one of the city's most walkable entertainment districts.

Atlanta, Georgia

The Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail is Atlanta's most transformative entertainment corridor — a 22-mile rail trail conversion connecting Inman Park, Ponce City Market, Old Fourth Ward, and Reynoldstown through neighborhoods that have undergone the most dramatic urban revitalization in the American South over the past decade. The trail's adjacent restaurants, rooftop bars, galleries, and entertainment venues collectively represent billions of dollars of investment and Atlanta's vision for a walkable, mixed-use entertainment future.

Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia

Buckhead is Atlanta's upscale entertainment and nightlife hub — a north Atlanta neighbourhood of luxury hotels, high-end restaurants, cocktail bars, and nightclubs anchoring Georgia's entertainment market. The area serves visiting gaming enthusiasts who make Atlanta their base for day trips to Cherokee, NC, or Gulfport/Biloxi, and attracts SEC sports tournament traffic and corporate entertainment business.

Buckhead, Atlanta 30305

Atlanta, Georgia

Buckhead Village is Atlanta's most upscale entertainment destination — a luxury retail and nightlife district featuring Chanel, Hermès, and Louis Vuitton alongside Atlanta's most exclusive nightclubs, restaurants, and rooftop bars. The Buckhead entertainment corridor's combination of luxury retail, high-end dining, and premium nightlife serves Atlanta's affluent professional class and the enormous convention visitor market from nearby luxury hotels.

Buckhead Ave, Atlanta, GA 30305

Atlanta, Georgia

East Atlanta Village presents dive bars, live music venues, and restaurants in one of Atlanta's most eclectic and independently owned nightlife neighborhoods.

Atlanta, Georgia

Krog Street Market in Inman Park presents a converted warehouse food hall and bar district along the Atlanta BeltLine's Eastside Trail.

99 Krog St NE 30307

Atlanta, Georgia

Little Five Points is Atlanta's most countercultural entertainment neighborhood — a crossroads of bohemian shops, music venues, bars, and tattoo parlors in the Inman Park area that serves as the creative soul of Atlanta's underground scene. Home to Variety Playhouse, the Porter Beer Bar (one of America's great craft beer bars), Criminal Records, and dozens of independent businesses, L5P preserves the alternative Atlanta identity that coexists with the city's corporate and convention entertainment infrastructure.

Moreland Ave & Euclid Ave, Atlanta 30307

Atlanta, Georgia

Little Five Points presents Atlanta's most bohemian entertainment neighborhood, with vintage shops, punk bars, and live music venues around a historic five-way intersection.

Atlanta, Georgia

The Midtown Mile along Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta is the city's premier urban entertainment corridor — a stretch of theaters (Fox Theatre, Alliance Theatre), concert venues (Tabernacle), restaurants, rooftop bars, and the world-class Woodruff Arts Center that collectively represent the highest concentration of cultural entertainment in the southeastern United States. Midtown's position between downtown's corporate core and Buckhead's luxury district makes it Atlanta's most creatively vibrant neighborhood.

Peachtree St, Midtown, Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, Georgia

Old Fourth Ward along the Atlanta BeltLine presents breweries and restaurants in the historic neighborhood that was home to Martin Luther King Jr., now one of the city's fastest-growing entertainment areas.

Atlanta, Georgia

Ponce City Market is Atlanta's most celebrated adaptive reuse project — the 1924 Sears Roebuck building transformed into a mixed-use entertainment complex with restaurants, cocktail bars, the rooftop amusement park, and connections to the BeltLine that has anchored Old Fourth Ward's emergence as Atlanta's most desirable neighborhood. The complex draws 8 million visitors annually, making it one of the most successful urban entertainment developments in American history.

675 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308

Atlanta, Georgia

Ponce City Market, a converted Sears distribution center along the Atlanta BeltLine, presents a rooftop amusement park, food hall, and bars in one of the city's most popular entertainment developments.

Atlanta, Georgia

Underground Atlanta presents restaurants and entertainment venues in a historic subterranean shopping district built beneath viaducts in downtown Atlanta.

Atlanta, Georgia

Virginia-Highland is Atlanta's most walkable and beloved bar neighborhood — a North Highland Avenue corridor of independent restaurants, cocktail bars, wine bars, and live music venues in a charming bungalow-lined street that represents the best of Atlanta's neighborhood commercial character. The area's concentration of the Righteous Room, George's Bar, and dozens of other beloved establishments makes Virginia-Highland the gathering point for Atlanta's professional and creative class who want nightlife that feels genuinely local.

North Highland Ave, Atlanta 30306

Atlanta, Georgia

Virginia-Highland presents tree-lined streets of bungalow-turned bars and restaurants, one of Atlanta's most walkable and historic intown neighborhoods.

Atlanta, Georgia

West Midtown presents Howell Mill Road's converted warehouse district of restaurants, breweries, and live music venues, one of Atlanta's fastest-transformed entertainment areas.

Augusta, Georgia

Downtown Augusta along the Savannah River presents restaurants and bars near the historic Riverwalk, home to the Masters Tournament golf tourism economy.

Barnesville, Georgia

Downtown Barnesville presents a historic square with restaurants and bars serving Lamar County in middle Georgia.

Blairsville, Georgia

Downtown Blairsville presents restaurants and shops serving Union County near Brasstown Bald, Georgia's highest peak.

Blue Ridge, Georgia

Downtown Blue Ridge presents a scenic railroad-town Main Street with restaurants and wine bars in the north Georgia mountains, a popular weekend cabin destination.

Brookhaven, Georgia

Brookhaven presents restaurants and bars along Dresden Drive serving one of Atlanta's newer intown suburban cities.

Brunswick, Georgia

Downtown Brunswick presents a historic waterfront with restaurants and bars serving the gateway community to Georgia's Golden Isles.

Calhoun, Georgia

Downtown Calhoun presents restaurants and bars serving Gordon County in northwest Georgia's carpet manufacturing region.

Canton, Georgia

Downtown Canton along the Etowah River presents a revitalized historic Main Street of restaurants and bars serving Cherokee County.

Carrollton, Georgia

Downtown Carrollton presents restaurants and bars serving the University of West Georgia campus community west of Atlanta.

Cartersville, Georgia

Downtown Cartersville presents restaurants and bars serving Bartow County near Lake Allatoona and Booth Western Art Museum in northwest Georgia.

Chamblee, Georgia

Chamblee presents an antique row and growing restaurant scene serving DeKalb County's northeast Atlanta suburbs.

Clarkston, Georgia

Clarkston, known as the 'Ellis Island of the South' for its refugee resettlement community, presents international restaurants serving one of the most diverse small cities in America.

Clayton, Georgia

Downtown Clayton presents restaurants and shops serving the Rabun County mountain region near Tallulah Gorge State Park.

Cleveland, Georgia

The area around Cleveland and Yonah Mountain presents wine tasting rooms and restaurants in Georgia's emerging Appalachian wine country.

College Park, Georgia

College Park Main Street presents restaurants and bars near the world's busiest airport, a historic town revitalizing near Hartsfield-Jackson.

Columbus, Georgia

Uptown Columbus's Broadway entertainment district has emerged as one of Georgia's most surprising urban revitalization stories — a formerly industrial riverfront district on the Chattahoochee River that has transformed into a destination for craft breweries, live music venues, the Chattahoochee RiverWalk, and whitewater rafting adjacent to downtown entertainment. Columbus's position as the gateway to Georgia's Mountain region and its proximity to Fort Benning military base creates a distinctive entertainment market that the Broadway corridor serves.

Broadway, Columbus, GA 31901

Columbus, Georgia

Downtown Columbus along the Chattahoochee River presents restaurants and bars near the world's longest urban whitewater rafting course, serving the Fort Moore military community.

Commerce, Georgia

Downtown Commerce presents restaurants and bars near the popular Tanger Outlets shopping destination in northeast Georgia.

Conyers, Georgia

Olde Town Conyers presents a historic railroad-district downtown with restaurants and bars serving Rockdale County east of Atlanta.

Covington, Georgia

Covington's historic downtown square, a frequent film and television production location, presents restaurants and bars serving Newton County east of Atlanta.

Cumberland, Georgia

The Battery Atlanta is the South's most ambitious sports-entertainment district — a 1.5-million-square-foot mixed-use development surrounding Truist Park (Atlanta Braves) in Cobb County. Conceived as a 365-day-a-year destination, it features Concert on the Cumberland amphitheatre, dozens of restaurants, bars, a hotel, and retail alongside the baseball stadium that creates one of the most vibrant sports-adjacent entertainment ecosystems in America.

800 Battery Ave SE 30339

Cumming, Georgia

Downtown Cumming presents restaurants and bars serving Forsyth County, one of metro Atlanta's fastest-growing counties near Lake Lanier.

Dahlonega, Georgia

Dahlonega's historic public square, site of America's first major gold rush in 1828, presents wine tasting rooms and restaurants at the gateway to north Georgia wine country.

Dalton, Georgia

Downtown Dalton, the 'Carpet Capital of the World,' presents restaurants and bars serving northwest Georgia near the Tennessee border.

Darien, Georgia

Darien on the Altamaha River presents a historic shrimping-village waterfront with restaurants on the Georgia coast.

Decatur, Georgia

Decatur Square is one of metro Atlanta's most beloved entertainment destinations — an independent city adjacent to Atlanta with a courthouse square lined with acclaimed restaurants, craft cocktail bars, and entertainment venues that has earned national recognition as one of America's best walkable downtowns. Decatur's progressive cultural identity and density of exceptional bars and restaurants make the square one of the most pleasant evening entertainment districts in the entire Southeast.

Decatur Square, Decatur, GA 30030

Decatur, Georgia

Downtown Decatur presents a walkable square of restaurants and bars serving one of Atlanta's most progressive intown suburbs east of the city.

Douglasville, Georgia

Downtown Douglasville presents restaurants and bars serving Douglas County west of Atlanta.

Dublin, Georgia

Downtown Dublin presents restaurants and bars serving Laurens County in east-central Georgia.

Duluth, Georgia

Downtown Duluth presents restaurants and bars serving Gwinnett County's Korean-American business corridor northeast of Atlanta.

East Point, Georgia

East Point presents a growing film-industry-adjacent restaurant and bar scene south of Atlanta near the airport.

Eatonton, Georgia

Downtown Eatonton presents restaurants and bars near Lake Oconee, a popular golf and lake resort destination in middle Georgia.

Ellijay, Georgia

Downtown Ellijay, the 'Apple Capital of Georgia,' presents restaurants and cideries serving the north Georgia mountain tourism corridor.

Fayetteville, Georgia

Downtown Fayetteville presents restaurants and bars serving Fayette County south of Atlanta.

Forest Park, Georgia

Forest Park presents restaurants and bars serving Clayton County south of Atlanta.

Forsyth, Georgia

Downtown Forsyth presents restaurants and bars serving Monroe County along the I-75 corridor in middle Georgia.

Gainesville, Georgia

Downtown Gainesville presents restaurants and bars near Lake Lanier, serving the 'Poultry Capital of the World' in north Georgia.

Gainesville, Georgia

Lake Lanier Islands presents waterpark bars and restaurants at Georgia's most popular lake resort destination north of Atlanta.

Greensboro, Georgia

Lake Oconee near Greensboro presents upscale restaurants and bars serving one of Georgia's premier golf and lake resort communities.

Griffin, Georgia

Downtown Griffin presents a historic courthouse square with restaurants and bars serving Spalding County south of Atlanta.

Hartwell, Georgia

Downtown Hartwell on Lake Hartwell presents restaurants and shops serving northeast Georgia's lake resort community near the South Carolina border.

Helen, Georgia

Helen, a Bavarian-themed alpine village in the north Georgia mountains, presents beer halls and restaurants along the Chattahoochee River, home to one of the largest Oktoberfest celebrations in the South.

Hiawassee, Georgia

Downtown Hiawassee on Lake Chatuge presents restaurants and shops serving the north Georgia mountains near the North Carolina border.

Hinesville, Georgia

Hinesville presents restaurants and bars serving the Fort Stewart military community in coastal Georgia.

Jekyll Island, Georgia

Jekyll Island presents restaurants and bars near the historic Jekyll Island Club, a former Gilded Age retreat now a Georgia state park and resort destination.

Johns Creek, Georgia

Johns Creek presents restaurants and bars serving one of metro Atlanta's most affluent and fast-growing northern suburbs.

Jonesboro, Georgia

Downtown Jonesboro, the setting that inspired Gone with the Wind, presents restaurants and bars serving Clayton County south of Atlanta.

Kennesaw, Georgia

Downtown Kennesaw presents restaurants and bars near Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, serving Cobb County's fast-growing northwest suburbs.

LaGrange, Georgia

Downtown LaGrange presents a historic courthouse square with restaurants and bars near West Point Lake in west Georgia.

Lawrenceville, Georgia

Lawrenceville Square presents a revitalized historic courthouse square with restaurants and bars, the county seat of fast-growing Gwinnett County.

Macon, Georgia

Downtown Macon presents the Allman Brothers Band Museum and a revitalizing historic district of restaurants and bars, the birthplace of Southern rock.

Madison, Georgia

Downtown Madison, spared from Sherman's March to the Sea, presents one of Georgia's best-preserved antebellum downtowns with restaurants and bars.

Marietta, Georgia

Marietta Square presents a historic town square with restaurants and bars serving Cobb County northwest of Atlanta.

McDonough, Georgia

Downtown McDonough presents a historic town square with restaurants and bars serving Henry County south of Atlanta.

Milledgeville, Georgia

Downtown Milledgeville, Georgia's antebellum state capital, presents restaurants and bars serving Georgia College's campus community in central Georgia.

Monroe, Georgia

Downtown Monroe presents a historic square with restaurants and bars serving Walton County east of Atlanta.

Morrow, Georgia

Morrow presents restaurants and bars near the Georgia Archives and Clayton State University south of Atlanta.

Moultrie, Georgia

Downtown Moultrie presents restaurants and bars serving Colquitt County in south Georgia's agricultural region.

Newnan, Georgia

Downtown Newnan presents a historic courthouse square with restaurants and bars serving Coweta County south of Atlanta.

Norcross, Georgia

Historic Norcross presents a preserved small-town square with restaurants and bars serving Gwinnett County's diverse northeast Atlanta suburbs.

Peachtree City, Georgia

Peachtree City presents restaurants and bars connected by golf-cart paths in one of metro Atlanta's most distinctively designed planned communities south of the city.

Peachtree Corners, Georgia

Town Center in Peachtree Corners presents restaurants and bars serving one of Gwinnett County's most technology-focused planned communities.

Perry, Georgia

Downtown Perry presents restaurants and bars near the Georgia National Fairgrounds in central Georgia.

Pooler, Georgia

Pooler near Savannah presents restaurants and bars serving one of coastal Georgia's fastest-growing suburbs near the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force.

Richmond Hill, Georgia

Richmond Hill south of Savannah presents restaurants and bars serving one of coastal Georgia's fastest-growing communities near Fort Stewart.

Rome, Georgia

Downtown Rome, built on seven hills at the confluence of three rivers, presents restaurants and bars serving northwest Georgia.

Roswell, Georgia

Canton Street in historic Roswell presents antebellum-era buildings converted into restaurants and bars, one of Atlanta's most charming northern suburb entertainment corridors.

Sandy Springs, Georgia

City Springs in Sandy Springs presents a new downtown development with a performing arts center, restaurants, and bars serving north Atlanta's largest suburb.

Savannah, Georgia

City Market in Savannah presents open-air pedestrian streets of galleries, restaurants, and live music bars in a historic market square dating to the 1700s.

Savannah, Georgia

Forsyth Park, Savannah's largest and most iconic square, anchors a surrounding entertainment district of restaurants and cafes near the city's fountain landmark.

Savannah, Georgia

River Street along the Savannah River presents cobblestone-paved bars and restaurants in restored 19th-century cotton warehouses, the heart of Savannah's tourism and nightlife district.

Savannah, Georgia

Savannah's Historic District presents 22 shaded squares surrounded by antebellum architecture, restaurants, and bars in one of the most beautiful preserved city centers in America.

Savannah, Georgia

Tybee Island presents beachfront bars and restaurants at Savannah's closest ocean beach, a popular day-trip destination on the Georgia coast.

Smyrna, Georgia

The Battery Atlanta surrounding Truist Park in Smyrna/Cumberland is a mixed-use entertainment district with restaurants and bars serving Atlanta Braves game-day crowds.

800 Battery Ave SE 30339

St. Marys, Georgia

St. Marys waterfront presents restaurants and bars serving the gateway community to Cumberland Island National Seashore on Georgia's southeastern coast.

St. Simons Island, Georgia

St. Simons Island Village near the historic lighthouse presents beachfront restaurants and bars, the entertainment hub of Georgia's Golden Isles.

Statesboro, Georgia

Downtown Statesboro presents a college-town bar and restaurant corridor serving Georgia Southern University's campus community.

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stone Mountain Village presents restaurants and shops near Stone Mountain Park, home to the world's largest exposed granite monadnock and a major Atlanta tourism attraction.

Suwanee, Georgia

Town Center Park in Suwanee presents restaurants and bars serving Gwinnett County's fast-growing northeastern suburbs.

Swainsboro, Georgia

Downtown Swainsboro presents restaurants and bars serving Emanuel County in east-central Georgia.

Thomasville, Georgia

Downtown Thomasville presents a beautifully preserved Victorian-era downtown with restaurants and bars, known as 'The City of Roses' in south Georgia.

Tifton, Georgia

Downtown Tifton presents restaurants and bars serving south Georgia along the I-75 corridor.

Toccoa, Georgia

Downtown Toccoa presents restaurants and bars near Toccoa Falls in the north Georgia foothills.

Tucker, Georgia

Downtown Tucker presents a revitalized Main Street of restaurants and bars serving DeKalb County's eastern suburbs.

Union City, Georgia

Union City presents restaurants and bars serving south Fulton County near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

Valdosta, Georgia

Downtown Valdosta presents restaurants and bars serving Valdosta State University's campus community in south Georgia.

Vidalia, Georgia

Downtown Vidalia presents restaurants and bars in the hometown of the famous Vidalia sweet onion in southeast Georgia.

Warner Robins, Georgia

Downtown Warner Robins presents restaurants and bars serving the Robins Air Force Base military community in central Georgia.

Waycross, Georgia

Downtown Waycross presents restaurants and bars serving the gateway community to the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia.

Winder, Georgia

Downtown Winder presents restaurants and bars serving Barrow County between Atlanta and Athens.

Woodstock, Georgia

Downtown Woodstock presents a revitalized Main Street of restaurants and bars serving Cherokee County north of Atlanta.

Young Harris, Georgia

Young Harris presents restaurants and shops serving the Young Harris College campus community in the north Georgia mountains.