Spend time with your furry friends at Atlanta Dog Jog and Playhouse Pawty, and get artsy at the Marietta Square Art Walk and Fire in the 4th Festival.
You'll find our annual guide to spring festivals here.
Georgia Renaissance Festival. Through June 7. $22; $10 ages 6-12; $20 ages 60 and older; free ages 5 and younger. 6905 Virlyn B. Smith Road, Fairburn. garenfest.com.
Atlanta Symphony Decorators' Show House & Gardens. Through May 10. $30. Chateau Soleil, 4701 Northside Drive N.W., Atlanta. decoratorsshowhouse.org.
Marietta Square Art Walk. 5-9 p.m. May 1. Free. Historic Marietta Square, Marietta. www.artwalkmarietta.com.
Atlanta Dog Jog. 8 a.m. May 2. Brook Run Park, 4770 N. Peachtree Road, Atlanta. www.atlantadogjog.org.
Trailfest 2015. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. May. 2. Free Resurgens Orthopaedics Community Stage, 111 Elm Street, Woodstock. www.greenprintsalliance.org/trailfest.
The Drake Walk. 9 a.m. May. 2. Individual registration $15; family $30; group of 10 or more $10 each. Roswell United Methodist Church, 814 Mimosa Boulevard, Roswell. www.thedrakewalk.org.
Playhouse Pawty with a Pawpose Festival. The second annual event is a benefit for Friends of DeKalb Animals and Stubby's Heroes 10 a.m. May. 2. Pet's Playhouse on Ponce, 2959 E. Ponce de Leon Ave., Decatur. petsplayhouse.com/events.
Flowery Branch Spring Festival. 10 a.m. May. 2. Old Train Depot, 5302 Railroad Ave., Flowery Branch. 678-825-4228, www.troop228.info.
Swing into Spring Festival. 11 a.m. May. 2. Starr Park, 803 Forest Parkway, Forest Park. 404-363-2908, www.forestparkga.org.
Fire in the 4th Festival. 2-10 p.m. May 2. Free. Old Fourth Ward, Edgewood and Auburn avenues, Atlanta. www.fireinthe4th.com.
Snellville Days Festival. May. 2-3. Free. Briscoe Park, 2770 Lenora Church Road, Snellville. www.snellvilledays.com.
May-retta Daze Arts & Crafts Festival. May 2-3. Free. Historic Marietta Square, Marietta. 770-794-5601, www.marietta.com/may-retta-daze.
"Bruce Munro: Light in the Garden." A British artist famed for using light as an artistic medium, Munro will create six site-specific installations around the Atlanta Botanical Garden and its conservatories, some set to music. It will be a nighttime experience, running May 2-Oct. 3. $22.95, $15.95 ages 3-12 on Fridays-Saturdays; $19.95, $13.95 children on Wednesdays-Thursdays and Sundays. 1345 Piedmont Ave. N.E., Atlanta. 404-876-5859, atlantabotanicalgarden.org.
11th Annual Alive Expo. May 2-3. $10 at the door; $5 in advance online, VIP tickets with gift bags will be available. Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Boulevard, Atlanta. www.AliveExpo.com.
Atlanta Tri-PATH-lon. 7:30 a.m. May 3. A 400-yeard pool swim, 15-mile bike ride and 5K run. Chastain Park, 235 Wieuca Road NW, Atlanta. www.tripathlonatlanta.com. Read more about the TriPATHlon here.
Serenbe May Day Festival. Noon-4 p.m. May 3. $5; family pass $20. Serenbe Community, 9110 Selborne Lane, Palmetto. www.serenbecommunity.com.
Wigwam Wellness Fest. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 3. Day passes are $84 and give accesss to four one-hour experiences during the day and covers entrance into the Chattahoochee Nature Center. 9135 Willeo Road, Roswell. wigwamfest.com.
Fiesta Atlanta. Music, food, Mexican folk dancing, youth soccer clinics, 5K road race. Noon-7 p.m. May 3. Free. Centennial Olympic Park, 265 Park Ave. W. N.W., Atlanta. fiestaatlanta.com.
