[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
Our top arts and culture picks in chronological order
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” accent_color=”#54aa73″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”1 Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.friendsofthelibrarymacon.com%2F|||”][vc_column_text]April 5-7
Round Building, Carolyn Crayton Park
Thousands of like-new and used books can be purchased for as little as one dollar. All proceeds support local public libraries.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”2 Soprano Lenora Green” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lenoragreensoprano.com%2F|||”][vc_column_text]April 11 at 7 p.m.
Pierce Chapel, Wesleyan College
Macon Concert Association presents acclaimed Macon native, Dr. Leona Green-Turner, soprano.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”3 5th Annual Little Richard Festival” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2F5th-annual-little-richard-festival-tickets-799931515697|||”][vc_column_text]April 12-14
Join The Little Richard House in celebrating the life and legacy of Macon’s own Little Richard with a youth talent showcase, music, food, and Sunday Gospel Explosion[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”4 Magnolia Soap Box Derby” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmagnoliaderby.com%2F|||”][vc_column_text]April 13
Washington Park at Magnolia Street
Spectators flock to the park while dozens of teams compete in a STEM-oriented annual tradition with custom-built soapbox cars. Free family fun includes DJs, StreetLine drum corps, Art in the Park, and more
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”5 Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmcduffie.mercer.edu%2Fsymphony|||”][vc_column_text]April 15 at 7:30 p.m.
The season concludes with the Mercer University Concerto Competition winner and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, conducted by Jeffrey Turner.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”6 Storytellers Macon: Live at Wesleyan College Leadership Lab” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fstorytellersmacon.org%2F|||”][vc_column_text]April 18 at 5:30 p.m.
522 Cherry St.
In partnership with Wesleyan College, Storytellers Macon presents“Charting the Course: Leadership in Everyday Life: Tales of Triumph and Transformation.”[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”7 Pan African Festival of Georgia” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Ftubmanmuseum.com%2Fpan-african-festival%2F|||”][vc_column_text]April 27-28
Celebrating African influences from around the world for the 28th year, the festival features food from around the world, and local and regional artists will showcase unique goods for purchase.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”8 Purple Madness Prince Tribute” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fvisitmacon.org%2Fevents%2Fpurple-madness-prince-tribute-at-the-garden%2F|||”][vc_column_text]April 27 at 8 p.m.
Prince tribute artist Bobby Miller brings an electrifying and high-energy performance, recreating the sights and sounds of The High Priest of Pop.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”9 Beach Bash with Macon Pops” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmaconpops.com%2Fconcerts-events%2F|||”][vc_column_text]May 25 at 6 p.m.
Museum of Arts and Sciences Amphitheater
A tropical outdoor symphony invites you to welcome the summer on Memorial Day weekend.[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”10 Hairspray” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thegrandmacon.com%2Fall-events%2Fhairspray%2F|||”][vc_column_text]May 29-30 at 7:30 p.m.
Grand Opera House
Broadway’s Tony Award-winning musical comedy phenomenon is back on tour and will stop at the Grand Opera House for two nights only.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”17271″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center”][vc_separator style=”double”][vc_column_text]TOP IMAGE: Pan African Festival 2018. Photo by Matt Odom.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]