This week is the perfect week to get out and explore what downtown Atlanta has to offer.
Enjoy food from a local food truck or dine at a local restaurant as a part of Downtown Restaurant Week before heading to a concert or to watch a movie with loved ones.
Here are our top picks for things to do in Atlanta this week:
Food trucks
Looking to do something different for lunch this week? Grab a meal from a local food truck!
Up to five food trucks will be in Colony Square’s Plaza for “Food Truck Wednesday” from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. each week.
If Wednesdays don't work, or if you just really love food trucks, head to Midtown's Woodruff Arts Center where food trucks will gather every Friday from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Callaway Plaza on the corner of Peachtree & 15th.
Three to six food trucks will gather in this area each week until October.
Up to eight food trucks will also gather at the Broad Street Plaza of Five Points MARTA station from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Fridays. Special performances may also occur at this location each week.
More than 35 downtown restaurants will offer prix-fixe menus for $15, $25 and/or $35 starting July 23 through the end of the month. JP Atlanta, Legal Sea Foods, Fire of Brazil, No Mas! Cantina, McCormick & Schmidt's are among the list of participating restaurants this year.
Guns N' Roses will be joined by Ian Astbury and The Cult for the Atlanta stop during their current reunion tour. The tour has garnered critical praise from several publications ahead of the July 27 show at the Georgia Dome.
If You Go: 8:30 p.m. July 27. $59.50-$375. Georgia Dome, 1 Georgia Dome Drive, Atlanta. Gadome.com.
Pitbull and Prince Royce
There's a huge party scheduled to take place in Philips Arena. Pitbull and Prince Royce will put on a show at the venue on July 28. If you've ever seen a Pitbull performance, you know you probably won't sit down during this concert.
If You Go: 7 p.m. July 28. $25-$290. Philips Arena, 1 Philips Drive, Atlanta.Philipsarena.com.
“Rocky”
Watch as Rocky Balboa prepares to take on Apollo Creed in the 1976 classic film "Rocky" as a part of the Coca-Cola Summer Film Festival at the Fox Theatre.
Purchase tickets for the screening advance for $10 by visiting www.foxtheatre.org or calling 855-285-8499. Tickets are $12 on the day of the show.
