Schedule:

May 3, 2024

Art Walk - 6 - 10 pm

Kick off the Decatur Arts Festival weekend with ArtWalk, a single-night, city-wide art experience. Enjoy music on the square while you stroll between ArtSpots, local businesses hosting free art receptions with light refreshments.

Children’s Book Festival

The Decatur Children’s Book Festival is happening alongside the Decatur Arts Festival! It will feature authors and illustrators of children’s picture books, middle-grade literature, and graphic novels — as well as a dedicated young adult stage.

Kick off the inaugural event with keynote speaker, Kate DiCamillo, on Friday night at 5pm. Then browse the vendor booths and author tables on Saturday and Sunday, and don’t miss the author talks held throughout the weekend.

Keynote: Kate DiCamillo - 5 PM

Decatur First Baptist Church, 308 Clairemont Ave.

With more than 25 novels published, stories translated into 41 languages, and 44 million books in print worldwide, DiCamillo is a renowned best-selling children’s fiction author. Her accolades include the Newbery Medal, the Newbery Honor, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, and the Theodor Geisel Award. Additionally, DiCamillo is a National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Emerita, appointed by the Library of Congress.

Music + Performances
Live music, dance, comedy, and theatrical performances take place throughout the weekend, joyfully celebrating Decatur’s immense local talent across four main venues

6 - 6:30 PM -Veronika Jackson
Veronika Jackson is the grassroots of American folk blue. She has been performing in the southeastern region for many years. She's folk blues with a piedmont picking style which accompanies…

Location: Decatur Recreation Center, Front Lawn
231 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

6:40 - 7:10 PM - Joseph E. Reed
Joseph E. Reed, “The One-Man Orchestra” specializes in creating exciting, multi-layered musical arrangements on the spot. Joseph combines violin, guitar and other sounds using the Boomerang looper pedal and an…

Location: Decatur Recreation Center, Front Lawn
231 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

7:20 - 8:10 PM - Alma Mexicana
Alma Mexicana meaning Mexican Soul, is a group that presents traditional Mexican dances. Based in Atlanta area, this group has been performing for more than a decade bringing to the…

Location: Decatur Recreation Center, Front Lawn
231 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

8:15 - 9 PM - Puzzletruck
Puzzletruck's allure lies in their alchemical fusion of narratives spun by JB (lyricist), Stephen's guitar/melodies, and Rick's seasoned bass, which debuted in 2018. Their alternative blend of progressive story rock,…

Location: Decatur Recreation Center, Front Lawn
231 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

May 4, 2024

Artists Market - 10 am - 6 pm

Explore the diverse work of 120 artists at the Artists Market; the juried, outdoor market showcases offerings from all over the Southeast including local creatives.

Kids’ Fest - 10 am - 2pm

No need for a babysitter; we have Kids’ Fest! Bring the kids with you and head to the Decatur Rec from 10 am-2 pm on Saturday. From arts and crafts to inflatables, you’ll find plenty of fun.

Children’s Book Festival

The Decatur Children’s Book Festival is happening alongside the Decatur Arts Festival! It will feature authors and illustrators of children’s picture books, middle-grade literature, and graphic novels — as well as a dedicated young adult stage.

Kick off the inaugural event with keynote speaker, Kate DiCamillo, on Friday night at 5pm. Then browse the vendor booths and author tables on Saturday and Sunday, and don’t miss the author talks held throughout the weekend.

Children’s Stage - 9:30 am – 6 pm
Decatur Recreation Center (Inside), 231 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

YA Stage - 9:30 am – 2pm
Sycamore Chapel, 318 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

Music + Performances
Live music, dance, comedy, and theatrical performances take place throughout the weekend, joyfully celebrating Decatur’s immense local talent across four main venues

11 AM - NOON - New Dance, Dance Workshop,
“Laboratorium Performance experiments, planned or not” with Priscilla Smith
Bang on a pot and roll on the floor. Free and open improvisation with an emphasis on listening--with ears, bodies, and movement, sound, music, words, visual art creation. The general…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, 2nd Floor
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

11 - 11:45 PM - Performing Arts Tent, Theater Workshop,
Théâtre du Rêve presents Pinot & Augustine by Happenstance Theater
HAPPENSTANCE THEATER is an award-winning, professional company committed to devising, producing and touring original, performer-created visual, poetic Theater. With the simplest means - movement, silence, theatrical clown, music, text, physical…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Front Steps
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

11:30 AM - 12:15 PM - Amanda Rountree & Friends
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Amanda Rountree & Friends bring some family-friendly improv comedy to the Arts Fest! It's improvised theatre fun that's as interactive as you want it to be. The cast of talented…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

NOON - 12:30 PM
Performing Arts Tent, Dance Performance,
Dawn Douglas & Mahealani’s Polynesian Entertainment
Mahealani's Polynesian Entertainment is an award-winning entertainment company sharing the culture of their ancestors from the Pacific Islands of Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, and Samoa through song and dance. Named…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Front Steps
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

12:30 - 1:30 PM - New Dance, Dance Workshop,
“Earth Reflections” with Majid Araim
This workshop in score building is based off of the microsounds comprising an environment. We will spend time listening to the sound environment of the space we occupy, and as…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, 2nd Floor
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

12:30 - 12:45 PM - Tiffany Burke
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Tiffany Anderson is a comedian, actor, improviser, and writer based in Atlanta, GA. She is originally from Decatur, GA. She performs improv with Red Pill Players and Other Side of…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

1 - 1:15 PM - Amanda Marks
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Debuting as the MC for the 2024 Decatur Arts Festival's LOL Tent: Not your typical anything, comedian Amanda Marks can turn the minuscule or mundane into a monumentally funny shtick.…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

1:30 - 2:15 PM - Jeannie Caryn
Performing Arts Tent, Acoustic Music, Live Music,
Jeannie Caryn lives in Marietta, Georgia, with her two college-aged children, and spends her spare time enjoying her seven animals, all now characters in her rhyming-verse, book series HTRP- The…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Performing Arts Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

1:30 - 2 PM - Dr. O (Anwar Osborne)
LOL Tent (Comedy),
The clinically hilarious Dr. O brings an exciting mix of family, doctor, and social commentary humor to the masses and leaves them with a diagnosis of laughter. He’s opened for…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

2:30 - 3 PM - Performing Arts Tent, Poetry,
Beacon Hill Middle School/Decatur High School Slam Poets
Local poets from Decatur High School and Beacon Hill Middle School take the stage to show-off their poetry chops with animated spoken-word riffing on contemporary issues. Spoken Word is a…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Performing Arts Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

2:30 - 2:45 PM - Ken Smallhorn
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Ken Smallhorn is a comedian, writer and MC. Originally from Illinois, he moved to Atlanta in 2021. You can catch him performing on all types of shows and stages around…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

3 - 3:45 PM
Performing Arts Tent, Puppet Performance,
Mr. Damon’s Shadow Puppet Theater presents: The Firebird and Vasilisa the Brave
Take a magical shadow puppet adventure! Ride on the back of a flying wolf in search of the dazzling Firebird. Quest through the forest with Vasilisa The Brave. This performance…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Inside (2nd Floor)
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

3 - 3:15 PM - Jason Zaremba
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Jason Zaremba is a comedian who got his start in North Carolina performing at venues Goodnights Comedy Club, The Idiot Box, and countless others. He has since moved to Atlanta…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

3:30 - 4:15 PM - Tosinger
Performing Arts Tent, Storytelling,
Originally from Nigeria, West Africa, Tosin Taiwo, aka Tosinger, is a seasoned singer, actress, and storyteller with over 15 years of performance experience. She is a vibrant contributor to the…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Performing Arts Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

3:30 - 3:45 PM - Hayley Ellman
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Hayley Ellman is a Jewish, Lesbian comedian out of Atlanta, GA. The Atlanta Journal Constitution once referred to her comedy as "cerebral and sardonic." She charms audiences with her balance…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

4 - 5 PM - New Dance Showcase
Dance Performance, New Dance,
Our Showcase Performance features the following new dances by these artists: Tangled Roots By The Dancing Flowers for Peace Nandito Na Ako, Nandito Na Tayo by Catching Mangoes Dance Stepping…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, 2nd Floor
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

4 - 4:30 PM - LOL Tent (Comedy)Whole World Improv Theater
(Mainstage Cast) Whole World Improv Theatre, Atlanta's Best since 1994, performs a hilarious set of improv comedy based entirely on audience suggestions. Catch the Teen Cast on Sunday at 4…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

May 5, 2024

Artists Market - 11 am – 5 pm

Explore the diverse work of 120 artists at the Artists Market; the juried, outdoor market showcases offerings from all over the Southeast including local creatives.

Children’s Book Festival

The Decatur Children’s Book Festival is happening alongside the Decatur Arts Festival! It will feature authors and illustrators of children’s picture books, middle-grade literature, and graphic novels — as well as a dedicated young adult stage.

Kick off the inaugural event with keynote speaker, Kate DiCamillo, on Friday night at 5pm. Then browse the vendor booths and author tables on Saturday and Sunday, and don’t miss the author talks held throughout the weekend.

Children’s Stage - 10 am - 5 pm
Decatur Recreation Center (Inside), 231 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

YA Stage - 9:30 10 am - 5 pm
Sycamore Chapel, 318 Sycamore St., Decatur, GA 30030

Music + Performances
Live music, dance, comedy, and theatrical performances take place throughout the weekend, joyfully celebrating Decatur’s immense local talent across four main venues

Noon - 12:45 PM - The Frank Hamilton School Players
Performing Arts Tent, Acoustic Music, Live Music,
The FHS Players is a group of friends and musicians from the Frank Hamilton School, comprised of a collection of instructors and students. Come join us for a selection of…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Performing Arts Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

1 - 1:15 PM - Mookie G. (Walter Gauthia)
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Mookie G is an Atlanta based standup comic. He began pursuing his comedy dream at the young age of 42. In the beginning, he traveled to and from metro Atlanta…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

1 - 1:45 PM - Essential Theatre
Performing Arts Tent, Theatre Games,
Join Essential Theatre artists as they lead our audiences in fun and interactive theatrical games for the whole family!

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Performing Arts Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

1:30 - 2 PM - Josh di Donato
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Josh di Donato is one of the unsung pioneers of the LA Alternative comedy movement. In the 1990’s, he produced a series of comedy shows which he brought to Largo,…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

2 - 3 PM - Bryce George
Performing Arts Tent, Acoustic Music, Live Music,
A 24 - year - old Appalachian Artist born and raised in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Bryce released his debut album “Horns and Halos” in May of 2023. Since his release, Bryce has traveled…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, Performing Arts Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

2 - 3 PM - “Community Garden” with The Dancing Flowers for Peace
New Dance, Dance Workshop,
The Dancing Flowers have been developing a practice of collaboration through movement improvisations since 2005. This workshop will be playful, focusing on how we sense and trust each other; how…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, 2nd Floor
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

2:30 - 2:45 PM - Daemin Lee
LOL Tent (Comedy),

Daemin Lee is an stand - up comic that hosts and produces several shows conventions all over Atlanta. An couple being MomoCon, Furry Weekend Atlanta, Anime Weekend Atlanta, and Dragon - Con. He works…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

3 - 3:15 PM - Storhm Artiste
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Storhm Artiste is an Atlanta - based Comedian, Writer, Host, Content Creator, etc. Storhm has created two scripts, written three books, ghostwritten material for celebrity comedians, and performed stand - up comedy for 7…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

3:30 - 3:45 PM - Alyx Libby
LOL Tent (Comedy),
Alyx Libby is an actor - turned - comic who currently resides in Atlanta and tours throughout the US. You’ve seen her onstage at The Laughing Skull Lounge, Sidesplitters Comedy Club and RoleCall Theatre,…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

4 - 4:30 PM - Whole World Improv Theater
LOL Tent (Comedy),
WHOLE WORLD'S IMPROVIUS PRIME (Teen Cast) Experience improv comedy performed by kids for kids of all ages. Are you ready to play? Catch the Mainstage Cast on Saturday at 4…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, LOL Tent
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

4 - 5 PM - New Dance Showcase
Dance Performance, New Dance,
Our Showcase Performance features the following new dances by these artists: Tangled Roots By The Dancing Flowers for Peace Nandito Na Ako, Nandito Na Tayo by Catching Mangoes Dance Stepping…

Location: Historic DeKalb Courthouse, 2nd Floor
101 E Court Square, Decatur, GA 30030

Date: May 3 - 5, 2024

Location:

Various Venue in Decatur, GA 30030

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