Wednesday, April 30 2003

This weekend marks the 10 year anniversary of our FAVORITE weekend music festival -- The Midtown Music Festival. The festival, in it's fourth year in *DOWNTOWN* ATLanta -- begins at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 2 and continues through Sunday, May 4. The best mode of transportation during this time will be MARTA...trust us, you will avoid a migraine headache by doing so. You should get off the train at either the Civic Center Station or the North Avenue Station and head East towards the entry gates.

Here are just a few of our picks:
FRIDAY, MAY 2
6:30 p.m. - Cracker, 96 Rock Stage
8:00 p.m. - Sheryl Crow, 96 Rock Stage
8:30 p.m. - Francine Reed, V-103 Stage
10:00 p.m. - Bob Dylan, 96 Rock Stage
10:15 p.m. - Live, 99X Stage
10:15 p.m. - LL Cool J, V-103 Stage
10:30 p.m. - B-52's, Z-93 Stage
SATURDAY, MAY 3
1:45 p.m. - Homeroom, 99X Stage
2:00 p.m. - Sixpence None the Richer, Fox 5 Stage
3:00 p.m. - Bachelor Red, 99X Stage
4:30 p.m. - Shaggy, V-103 Stage
7:00 p.m. - Buddy Guy, Fox 5 Stage
7:30 p.m. - Cowboy Mouth, 99X Stage
10:15 p.m. - Collective Soul, 96 Rock Stage
10:30 p.m. - Tony Bennett, Fox 5 Stage
SUNDAY, MAY 4
3:45 p.m. - Aimee Mann, Fox 5 Stage
4:00 p.m. - Drive By Truckers, 96 Rock Stage
4:30 p.m. - Jack Johnson, 99X Stage
5:30 p.m. - Susan Tedeschi, Fox 5 Stage
7:00 p.m. - Everclear, 96 Rock Stage
8:15 p.m. - India Arie, V-103 Stage
8:30 p.m. - Def Leppard, 96 Rock Stage

For the full line-up, check out the official website at www.musicmidtown.com

And don't forget that Monday is Cinco de Mayo! We will be celebrating along with our friends at the Theatrical Outfit for their 2003 premiere party. City Grill is also featuring a unique tequila dinner - check it out!

On Tuesday we welcome a new landmark to downtownATL as we light the "new" Coca-Cola sign. The sign has actually simply taken a 20 year hiatus. For nearly 50 years, the original Coca-Cola sign stood as an Atlanta landmark and a symbolic structure that represented Coca-Cola's long-time relationship with the City of Atlanta. Twenty-plus years later, the Company is lighting a similar structure located at the top of the Olympia Building at the corner of Edgewood Avenue and Peachtree Street

Have a wonderful week and have fun planning your weekend! There are other events going on this week...for more events please check out our website at www.downtownatl.com.

We hope to see y'all real soon downtownATL!

- The downtownATL.com Staff

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