June 1, 2

Single-day general admission: $25

Gates: 4 p.m. Friday; noon Saturday

Staged in Candler Park’s beloved 55-acre green space, the Candler Park Music and Food Festival provides a fix of live summertime tunes between goliath music festivals such as the Shaky twins and Music Midtown. This year, find culinary offerings from the likes of Sweet Auburn Barbecue and Bhojanic alongside performances by headliners Lettuce and Gov’t Mule.

Through June 3

Saturday and Sunday gates: 10:30 a.m.

General admission online: $19.95 adults; $9.95 kids ages six and up

If thundering hoofs, oversized turkey legs, merry carnival rides, royal feasts, bountiful mead, hearty ales, and omnipresent cosplay sound alluring, the Georgia Renaissance Festival would be most delighted to get medieval on thine ass. Until June 3, find the merriment within the gates of Newcastle in Fairburn, a 32-acre village that transports visitors to 16th-century England with 10 stages, more than 150 artisan shoppes, plus pubs and taverns.

May 31 - June 3

Various locations

Day passes from $160; tasting tents tix $100

Atlanta’s prominence as a southeastern foodie mecca is on full display throughout the city until June 3. Expect a wide array of programming, classes, gorge-a-thons, and ticketing levels (up to $1,800 for a Connoisseur Weekend) with no shortage of sophisticated fried chicken and biscuits.

June 8, 9

Free

Opens: 10 a.m.

Per longstanding tradition, Virginia-Highland will get its festival on in early June this year with the celebration of arts and music that is Summerfest. The 35th incarnation will see a 5K race, artists market, kidsfest zone, and musical offerings by the likes of funky, saucy Gurufish and others.

June 9

Noon to 8 p.m.

Advance tickets: $20 adult general admission; $15 seniors; $10 kids ages four and up

Now in its eighth year, Oakland Cemetery’s Tunes from the Tombs musical takeover will feature an all-local lineup June 9 highlighted by Southern rock vets Drivin’ N Cryin’. Expect three stages positioned throughout the famed graveyard and musicians busking throughout.

June 10

Free

4 to 8 p.m.

The year’s second incarnation of ever-popular Atlanta Streets Alive will return to the 3.6-mile Westside route that debuted last year, connecting downtown to Underwood Hills with street-closure hoopla.