Hey guys! Happy Friday It’s World Puppetry Day today! The Center for Puppetry Arts (1404 Spring St) has stuff going on all day to celebrate, including (I think) $5 admission.

There’s a handful of food events going on today, Inman Park Restaurant Week continues, there are 13 total restaurants to check out with fixed-price meals ranging from $15-$35.

Then, at 6:30 tonight Noni’s Bar & Deli (357 Edgewood Ave) is doing dinner and a show for $25, and it’s all to support O4W. The description of that dinner is making my mouth water.

Finally, tonight is the grand opening of Sweet Auburn BBQ’s first full-service location (656 N. Highland Ave NE), after two years as a food truck! Stop by at 10pm for complimentary appetizers and a cash bar.

I’m working on a guide to eating cheaply around Atlanta, I’ve got a lot done so far but please send in your favorite cheap eats around town!

For weekend-long events, if you’re in Macon or want to head down there, this weekend is the 32nd Cherry Blossom Festival! There are lots of events happening and I’m not going to go into them all since it’s so far away, but the link has the full details!

Also The Nook (1144 Piedmont Ave) is celebrating its 5th birthday all weekend long, all kinds of crazy stuff going on there including vodka fishbowls and on Sunday $2 mimosas. Check out the link for full details

Also, I don’t know how I missed this, but it’s Furry Weekend Atlanta at the Westin downtown. I can only assume there’s going to be a lot of nerd sex going on in that hotel, I’m a little disturbed by how much detail they go into about the specific details of the shower facilities…

The Michael C. Carlos Museum (571 S. Kilgo Circle) is performing Beethoven’s 5th Symphony for free at 12 noon. I heard that Beethoven might actually be in attendance, so bring something to get signed!

Tonight is Friday Night Jazz at the High Museum of Art (1280 Peachtree St), and it’s also the start of half-price admission Fridays, which brings the cost down to about $10 or so! Remember that the High always has free admission forFulton County citizens on the first Saturday of the month!

At 7:30 tonight Hawktoberfest is going on in the Philips Arena, $20 to get in and drink a load of beer, and the most popular beer gets a tap in the new restaurant for all the upcoming games! In bizarre news that nobody cares about, Philips Arena To Become First Venue In Atlanta With Corona Light On Tap. I guess they just got their water rates lowered?

If you didn’t get your fill of weirdness at Pizza Underground the other day, The Mammal Gallery (91 Broad Street SW) is doing something that, to be completely honest, I have no idea about whatsoever. It’s called Sapere Aude <dare to know>, and the description states that you should “ Bring an object to sacrifice as your initiation.” $5, 8pm, I’m sure it will be cool, but what on earth is it?! If you make it down to this, please let me know what goes on!

The WonderRoot is hosting WonderComedy tonight at 8:30. $5 cover, and its byob! A lot of Star Bar regulars are performing at this, it’s going to be hilarious.

The Beep Beep Gallery (696 Charles Allen Drive) is doing the 35th installment of Invent Room Pop tonight, where six local musicians form impromptu duos and trios and play music together. 10pm, no cover.

Quite a few shows going on tonight (image):

Friday Band Venue Details Comments Har Mar Superstar The Earl $10 These guys are not Japanther, who were supposed to be playing here today :( They are some pretty good neo-soul, but it’s no Japanther. Heavy Chevy 529 10pm, Donations Benefit for Bus Crates, who was recently injured in a car accident. Microwave The Drunken Unicorn 9pm, $8 $6 admission for over 21. Post-hardcore from Kennesaw, it’s much more laid back than the usual Drunken Unicorn acts. Tyler the Creator The Tabernacle 9pm, Sold Out I don’t even know what to say, I can’t decide if this guy is a weird genius or a master troll. The Ocean The Masquerade (Hell) 7pm. $13 Prog metal, but this guy’s voice is not for everyone… Dave Hause The Masquerade (Purgatory) 8pm, $10 Singer-songwriter crying into an acoustic guitar, this guy’s name is wasted on this kind of music. Southern Soul Assembly Center Stage Theater 9pm, Sold out An artist collective, lots of different soul singers joining together. Flagship The Vinyl 8pm, $12 Indie rock that reminds me of Airborne Toxic Event. Dumpstaphunk Terminal West 9pm, $15, 18+ New Orleans funk music, not as good as P-Funk (but who is) but in the same ballpark for sure. I wish this was at an outside venue instead.

There’s also all the usual Friday Stuff, plus all the ongoing events, and check out the week’s concert listings if you like to plan ahead!

I’d like to see Dumpstaphunk play, I’ve been listening to them all morning, but Invent Room Pop sounds fun too, I didn’t make it last month so I’m planning on rectifying that this time around. I’m thoroughly intrigued by the Mammal Gallery event tonight too. As always, let me know what you get up to and what turns out to be fun!

Speaking of things I’d like to see, Redditor /u/CheesePuff555 is trying to find some people with turtles or tortoises that can race each other, so if anybody reading this is a turtle owner and interested in making that happen, please get in touch! I have to see this before I die.

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A few things for tomorrow: