Hey guys! It’s the last day of February! Does anything special happen today? Participation ribbons for everybody who made it through. Thankfully there’s a load of awesome events happening today, so we’ll see the month out with a bang.

I set up a Facebook page last night, so if that’s more convenient for you, like it! Everything will get posted there just like the Twitter/Rss/Email!

Don’t forget it’s #FAFATL (Free Art Friday Atlanta), so get out there and see what cool artwork all our amazing local artists have dropped today! If you find anything, email or tweet me a picture and I’ll see if I can show some of them on here over the weekend!

I can’t believe I forgot to put the Atlanta Beltline Tours on the regular events list! Starts at the Inman Park/Reynoldstown Marta (1055 DeKalb Ave), 9:15-12:30 every Friday and Saturday, it’s free, and it’s great to support the Beltline. The tour guides you through pretty much every neighborhood that will be on the Beltline upon completion.

At 2pm there’s a new (to me, at least) farmer’s market opening, the Wheat Street Market (75 Hilliard Street), they have “local fruits, homemade breads, health products, delicious prepared foods, organic dog biscuits, and more.”

The Atlanta Fair is back at Turner Field (655 Central Ave SW)!! It opens at 5pm today, and tickets are $5, it’s pretty much everything you’d expect from a fairground, hastily assembled rides, funnel cakes, all that stuff. It’s open until April 6th.

Since there are so many things to do tonight, why not start off with some exercise, Critical Mass is doing their monthly mass bike ride through the city. The route starts at Woodruff Park and goes for about 10-15 miles, ending somewhere different every time. A great way to work off all that that beer you’re probably going to end up drinking tonight!

The end of the month means it’s time to fire up those torrents and use up all your Comcast bandwidth before the end of the day! Don’t let a single byte of your corporation-allotted 300gb go to waste!

Speaking of the end of the month, today is the last day to go to the Atlanta History Center (130 W. Paces Ferry Road) and see their free Rendering Atlanta Exhibition. If you’re at all into architecture, urban planning, or Atlanta history, this sounds like a must see.

If you’re thinking about going to the Fernbank (767 Clifton Road), tonight is a good night, at 6:30 there’s a live band performing, called The Pack, who play “everything from Johnny Cash to Talking Heads.”

Psychotronic Trash Cinema is going on at the DooGallery (205 Holtzclaw st. Unit J) at 7pm, there’s food, drinks, and they’re going to be playing two movies ‘so bad they’re wonderful.’ 21+, donations accepted.

The Star Wars: The Old Republic Community Cantina Tour is at the Tabernacle tonight, at 7pm. Unfortunately it’s not that band from the Mos Eisley Cantina, but it is a chance to meet and chat with the devs from TOR, and there will be complementary food and drinks.

I’m going to go ahead and admit that I have absolutely no idea what this one is, but the name alone makes me want to go. The Koo Koo Room (1140-B Crescent Ave) is presenting Dr. Conundrum’s Cabaret of Miracles. $25 tickets (comes with a drink) gets you into “an interactive part of marvelous magical mysteries for the eyes and mind.” I’m incredibly intrigued. 7:15.

Of all the people in the world to be at The Fabulous Fox (660 Peachtree St) tonight, it’s Alton Brown on his The Edible Inevitable Tour. Tickets are pricey at $37, but it sounds pretty entertaining, a blend of stand-up, lecture, live music, cooking, and science. Possibly sold out? 8pm.

Jazz fans, at 8pm The Rialto Center For The Arts is having a Johnny Mercer Celebration, they’ll be covering a lot of his songs and doing other things as well, tickets start at $34.

Did you guys know we have a specialty popcorn shop downtown? The sign says they have over 250 types of popcorn, I’m definitely going to stop in one day, has anybody already been?

The WonderRoot (982 Memorial Drive) has Wonder Comedy at 9pm, $5 to see a bunch of new comedians try out their sets. If you’ve never been to the WonderRoot before it’s a cool unsuspecting little venue.

Octane Coffee (1009-B Marietta Street) is doing their monthly all-vinyl Free Spin event. Lots of cool soul and funk music, plus Octane’s fantastic coffee and full bar! Last time I went to this it was a blast. Starts at 9pm, no cover but you know you want some of that coffee!

More end-of-month celebrations are happening at Tomorrow’s Month (1222 Crestwood), their TM03 Party celebrating the end of February and the beginning of March, with music, art, drinks, and more, over in East Atlanta. This sounds pretty interesting. 9pm.

There’s more improv comedy at The Village Theatre (349 Decatur St.) tonight, Captain’s Log is a Star Trek themed improv show, $7 at 10:30.

The Music Room (327 Edgewood Avenue) is holding Death From Below tonight, lots of house/indie/pop music, lasers, confetti, it sounds like an all-around crazy time and it’s going until 3am with no cover.

If you’re trying to get into the Mardi Gras spirit this weekend, there’s at least two events going on, I’m sure there are more.

Front Page News Mardi Gras Bar Crawl , starts at the Midtown Front Page News ( 1104 Crescent Ave ), and takes you through four local bars with a complementary drink at each one. 7pm, $15, 21+

, starts at the Midtown Front Page News ( ), and takes you through four local bars with a complementary drink at each one. 7pm, $15, 21+ Northside Tavern is having the ZYDEFUNK’s annual King Cake Party, at 10pm. There’s music, shrimp, crawfish, and presumably king cake too. Details are a little sparse on this one, but I like the name and the picture.

There’s a literal ton of shows going on over the next two days, here’s Friday’s listing (Imgur mirror):

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Jamison is playing at Dania ’s (26 Peachtree St NW). Starts at 9, and the first 50 people to order the “Tall Jamison” gets a free autographed CD.

is playing at ’s (26 Peachtree St NW). Starts at 9, and the first 50 people to order the “Tall Jamison” gets a free autographed CD. Chelsea Shag is playing at The Lobby (361 17th St.) for free tonight at 7:30. I’ve seen her play a few times before and she has a beautiful voice, definitely recommending this show.

There’s so much going on tonight, I almost wanted to cull the list a little, but everything sounds pretty awesome so I don’t know what I’d leave out. I’d like to see New Madrid at the Earl, and Chelsea Shag at The Lobby, and I wouldn’t mind checking out TM03 afterwards but with such a packed night, who knows what will happen. As always, send me an email, let me know what you get up to and what turns out to be fun!

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