'City Lights' team shares favorite metro Atlanta festival offerings to attend in May

Host Lois Reitzes and the staff of “City Lights” share their go-to festivals and events throughout Atlanta for the month of May.

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Atlanta is a city that loves its festivals, and when the weather is good, we have plenty of options to choose from. Last month, Team “City Lights” got together to share some of their favorite April Festivals, and it was so much fun that they decided to make it a monthly tradition.

So today, they talk about May festivals in Atlanta! In this roundtable discussion, “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes is joined by the “City Lights” team with senior producer Kim Drobes, producers Jeannine Etter and Summer Evans, and engineer Shelley Kenneavy share some of Metro Atlanta’s festival offerings. Links to each featured festival are listed below.

Dragon Boat Festival 

Kirkwood Spring Fling & Tour of Homes 

WigWag Fest

Sweet Auburn Springfest 

“Strength of a Woman” Festival & Summit 

Virginia Highland Porchfest

Beltline Lantern Festival

Marietta Greek Festival 

Ormewood Park Makers Festival 

Atlanta Caribbean Carnival