Weekend events: Atlanta Streets Alive and ice cream festival

Go explore Atlanta with these weekend events:

🔥 The Green at Phipps Plaza shows the Olympics Opening Ceremony, which starts at 1:30pm, on the big screen. (Friday)

🪩 Legendary dance music DJ and producer Paul Van Dyk will bring his VENTURE X live event to District Atlanta. (Friday)

🎸 The 2024 Sad Summer Festival continues its tour at Coca-Cola Roxy. (Friday)

👴 Attention, Gen X: New Kids on the Block, Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff will take the stage at Ameris Bank Amphitheater. (Friday)

🍦 The 14th annual — and free! — Atlanta Ice Cream Festival serves up cones at Piedmont Park. (Saturday)

🎤 Hip-hop star Missy Elliott brings her Out of this World tour featuring Ciara, Timbaland and Busta Rhymes to State Farm Arena. (Saturday and Sunday)

🚴 The next installment of Atlanta Streets Alive takes over Peachtree Street from Mitchell to 15th streets. (Sunday)

🎭 "The Wash," a play centered around the 1881 Atlanta washerwomen strike, wraps up its premiere run at Academy Theatre in Hapeville. (Through Sunday)