Get your fill of culinary delights and libations at the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival and get illuminated at the "Brice Munro: Light in the Garden."
FAIRS, FESTIVALS, ETC.
MomoCon 2015. Animation, gaming and comic convention. May 28-31. Four-day pass $65; single day passes are $25-$40. Georgia World Congress Center, 285 Andrew Young International Boulevard, Atlanta. www.momocon.com.
Atlanta Food & Wine Festival. May 28-31. Day pass, $185; $700 connoisseur. Three-day pass, $575; 3-day connoissseur, $2,000. Tasting tents: $100. Dinners and events: $45-$300. Loews Atlanta Hotel, 1065 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 404-474-7330, atlfoodandwinefestival.com. Read about everything you need to know for the Atlanta Food & Wine Festival here.
Special Olympics Georgia 2015 State Summer Games. May 29-31. Opening ceremony 7:30 p.m. May 29 at McDonough Field. Free. At various venues on the campus of Emory University, Atlanta. www.specialolympicsga.org.
Georgia Craft Beer Fest. 1-6 p.m. May 30. $45; $75 VIP (noon entry for VIPs). Red Brick Brewing Company, 2319 Defoor Hills Road N.W., Atlanta. georgiacraftbeerfestival.com.
10th Annual Smyrna Wine Stroll. 2-5 p.m. May 30. $60. The Wine Cellars, 1295 W. Spring St., Suite 100, Smyrna. smyrnawinestroll.com.
The 20th Hambidge Auction and Performance Gala. Includes a silent auction of artworks by more than 175 established and emerging artists selected by Ben Goldman of Kibbee Gallery and Zuckerman Museum curator Teresa Bramlette Reeves. 7 p.m. May 30. $55; $50 in advance. VIP: $225, includes access to a private preview party featuring craft cocktails, food and an auction preview tour with Michael Rooks, High Museum curator of modern and contemporary art. The Goat Farm Arts Center, 1200 Foster St. N.W., Atlanta. www.hambidgeauction.org.
10th Annual Wing and Rock Fest. Noon May 30-31. Free. Woodstock City Park, 101 Arnold Mill Road, Woodstock. www.wingandrockfest.com.
Pints for Pups. A benefit for Atlanta Pet Rescue and Adoption. 1 p.m. May 31. $12. Meehan's Public House, 227 Sandy Springs Place, Sanyd Springs. www.atlantapetrescue.org.
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.
"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 through 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. See photos of "Light in the Garden" here and read more about the display here.
"The Goonies." 7:30 p.m. June 4. $12; $8-$10. Fox Theatre, 660 Peachtree St. N.E., Atlanta. 1-855-285-8499, www.foxtheatre.org.
