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Freaknik is back in Atlanta for 2020, but this time it is being called Freakworld, a three-day event in southwest Atlanta. It was originally planned for the summer but due to the coronavirus pandemic, the date has been moved back.
If you want to go to Freaknik in Atlanta, here’s everything you need to know about it.
Let’s break down all of them so that you know which Freaknik to attend this year:
2nd Annual Freaknik Festival 2020 Presents Freak World
Freakworld 2020 is taking place at the Morris Brown College, 643 M.L.K. Jr Dr SW, Atlanta, GA 30314.
Price: $17 a dayDate and Time: Friday, September 18, 2020, 1:00 PM to Sunday, September 20, 2020, 11:00 PM ET6 Freakworld Rules
- No re-entry
- No umbrellas
- No professional cameras, personal cameras only. No flash photography, video or removable lens cameras unless granted permission by the venue.
- No coolers and baskets are prohibited (in the case of lawn chairs, these may be rented at the venue.)
- No food and beverages may not be brought in. Concessions are for sale inside.
Learn more about Freakworld 2020 here.
Freaknik Silent Disco Party
Location: Sidebar is located at 79 Poplar St NW in Downtown AtlantaPrice: $20 at the door
Date and Time: Friday, July 10, 2020, 10:00 PM to 11:59 PM ET
Details: Celebrate with your friends? Birthday package includes: 10 Headsets, Cake, 1 Champagne Bottle, VIP Area & 3 DJs ($225.00) TEXT (678) 693-0889 *Blue Channel w/ DJ PSI- Soca, Reggae, Afro Beats *Red Channel w/ DJ Choo The Specializt- 90s, 2000s Hip Hop *Green Channel w/ DJ JD Capp- Trap, New School, Soul Music, Reggae $20 Door/$15 on Eventbrite
Freaknic 2020 In Stone Mountain
Location: 1000 Robert E. Lee Blvd. Stone Mountain, GA 30083Date and Time: Saturday, April 11, 2020, 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM ET
Details: The original Freaknic moves to Stone Mountain. There will be over 20 concert performances, 200 amusement rides and games and a $100,000 giveaway in scholarship money and prizes.
Explore Atlanta At Your Own Pace
First, to find all the good things happening in the city this week, all you have to do is take a look at downtown Atlanta. That’s where some of the best restaurants are as well as where the visitors, namely tourists, are. Downtown Atlanta or Midtown often has something cool going on!
Are you a beer drinker? You also may want to visit to a craft brewery in the city.
Check out these events in Atlanta today and this week and this weekend:
- For a month’s view: The Official Atlanta Events Calendar
- For a more immediate look, check Things to do in Atlanta This Week
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It’s almost back to business for Atlanta filmmaker Tyler Perry. His much-heralded Tyler Perry Studios is close to restarting production amid the coronavirus pandemic.
That means his partnership with BET, which has produced “The Oval,” and “Sistas,” may resume some time in the near future.
Tyler Perry Studios Close To Re-Opening In Atlanta
He recently got approval from the city of Atlanta to use additional housing on his 330-acre tract at Fort MacPherson, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Tyler Perry Studios will implement rigorous health protocols, including testing, for all those who are summoned back to work, the AJC reports.
It is expected that Perry will use the extra housing to keep crew and actors on the property throughout shooting and production.
Meanwhile, BET Plus, Perry’s streaming service with the black entertainment network, continues to roll out new episodes of new content.
Hey!! #SistasOnBET #TheOvalOnBET #Ruthless #TylerPerryBruh on @betplus pic.twitter.com/VUmOuVbAd4
— Tyler Perry (@tylerperry) May 6, 2020
A lot of people who either move to Atlanta or have been here for a while want to work with Tyler Perry Studios. If you’re one of them, check out our guide on how to get hired there.
How To Get A Job At Tyler Perry Studios
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Only in recent years has Atlanta become known as Hollywood South, but the metro area’s underground lens has always been particularly strong.
Forget the Academy Awards, these Atlanta movies have garnered tens of millions of views on the internet, Youtube and other social media. That means that people are watching!
Gritty Underground Atlanta Hood Movies Everybody’s Talking About
The city has harnessed a plethora of filmmakers, including Spike Lee, that have honed their craft at the surrounding universities of Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College and University of Georgia.
More Movie Content From Our Movie Page:
Here are several underground Atlanta movies that are going crazy on the internet.
Exit 66
“Exit 66” is about two entrepreneur hustlers (mr_showtyme-polo) & Apple-Black Luchiano) and there loyal team and their efforts to finesse the streets for a better life.
‘Hottlanta: The Movie’
‘We Live By The Code Of The Streets’
This is a TMiles film about two guys from Washington D.C, Dee Dee and Ray, who lives by a code of the streets, leave no witnesses and when one falls in love with a Atlanta female he has to think fast on his next move that might lead him to break the rules.
Atlanta Documovie
A look inside of Atlanta from the view of Dreak B and many more Filmed by: CoopGetDaCamera.
2Eleven: The Movie
2Eleven is a tragic tale about a woman addicted to the street life while the community’s normalcy — and lack thereof — swirls around her.
Take Over Your Trap (Bankroll Fresh)
Bankroll Fresh’s film, “Take Over Yo Trap,”was inspired by his own life story. The film was produced by Fresh’s label, Street Money Worldwide.
Every Hood Is The Same
Written & Directed by: Decatur Redd… Two kids, down bad. Let’s see how he rise up. When life has it’s unexpected changes’ second chance could be as simple as a dream. One thing every guy from the hood has in common and that’s to make it out the hood.
We Was Homeboyz (Pastor Troy)
They were always the best of partners, starting off selling drugs together in the streets of Atlanta, GA. They came up and got money, but jealousy and envy makes things fall apart and you receive a first hand look at how wicked and cut-throat the dope game can be.
Karma
“Karma the movie in ATL” is produced by TMD & OMG PRODUCTIONS. Shantel .@johndellsanders
Weedman
“Weedman” is an Atlanta-produced movie with scenes shot around the Metropolitan Parkway neighborhoods.
Atlanta has become a movie mecca in recent years and Georgia has been a favorite location for TV productions since the state instituted generous tax breaks for film companies that agree to shoot locally. Projects from CBS, NBC, HBO, BET and more are slated to shoot in the metro area in 2018-19 and the foreseeable future.
With more than 700 movie and TV projects just in the last few years, the film industry has generated more than $9 billion for the state of Georgia.There are so many movies filmed in Atlanta these days that it’s hard to keep up with it all. That’s why I suggest you subscribe to AtlantaFi.com to get all the freshest movie casting calls, celeb sightings and Atlanta happenings delivered to your inbox.Want to work in Georgia film & TV? Here are the latest Atlanta casting calls
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For Atlantan Ciara and hubby Russell Wilson are having a baby! The Super Bowl-winning quarterback recently took to social media to show the cutest gender reveal you ever did see.
The Seattle signal caller is on the sidelines like the rest of us due to the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn’t stopped his family life from flourishing.
Ciara, Russell Wilson Share Cutest Gender Reveal Ever
Watch Ciara and there two kids guess the new baby’s gender in the video below:
Gender Reveal Time! @Ciara
Prince 🤴🏽 or Princess👸🏽??? pic.twitter.com/JcI9mLUQEp— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) April 14, 2020
Atlantafi.com is bringing you the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has the state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta under a state of emergency. More definitive advice on health, please visit CDC.gov. Here are some helpful links:
- HOW TO GET TESTED FOR COVID-19 IN ATLANTA
- Atlanta Rapper Future Is Donating Masks To Health Workers
- SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDE: How To Do It
- FREE DOWNLOAD: Print Out This Pantry List
- Self-Isolating? Here’s Where To Watch FREE Movies Online
Next: See Which Celebrities Are Actually From Atlanta
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Atlanta media icon Ryan Cameron continues to recover at an Atlanta hospital after suffering a heart attack, according to WSBTV.
Cameron, 54, was rushed to the ER last week for an undisclosed emergency. Since that time, Atlanta celebrities have issued well wishes and asked the city to pray for him.
Report: Ryan Cameron Recovering In ICU After Heart Attack
Cameron has worked for three of the major urban radio stations in Atlanta over the past 20 years, becoming the voice of the city for many. He currently works for MAJIC 107.5/97.5.
If the Atlanta Hawks’ season were not suspended, he’d also be the PA announcer at those games.
The MAJIC 107.5/97.5 Instagram account issued the following statement on behalf of the Cameron family.
“On behalf of the family of Ryan Cameron, we are asking for your fervent prayers as he recovers from emergency surgery that took place earlier this week. We ask for privacy during this difficult time. Thank you for your love and concern,” the family wrote.
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It was just another day in metro Atlanta, but then it wasn’t. A Georgia couple had planned to get married in South Carolina but the coronavirus pandemic changed their plans.
They had to make do in Lawrenceville’s Rhodes Park when a celebrity happened upon them. R&B singer Tony Terry saw the couple and asked to sing for them, which they eagerly accepted.
“I asked if I could sing for their first dance and they danced while I sang to them. We were walking in Rhodes Jordan park today socially distancing ourselves of course and we see a couple getting married It was just the two of them and the officiant I asked if I could sing for their first dance and they danced while I sang to them,” he posted alongside the video.
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Atlanta rapper Future is stepping up big-time to help fight the coronavirus pandemic that has gripped much of the world.
The “Mask Off” artist announced that his foundation, Free Wishes, is making and donating respiratory masks to health care workers to combat the shortage.
Future’s Foundation Announces Mask On Campaign
“We recognize how alarming and critical the need is for medical equipment, so we have stepped in to help, by ensuring that masks are provided to healthcare professionals and patients, currently hospitalized,” the organization, which is run by Future’s sister and mother, said in a news release.
The organization is partnering with local sewing company Atlanta Sewing Style to manufacture the masks.
“Healthcare professionals, on the frontlines of this pandemic, are possibly risking their lives,” the organization added. “Last week many healthcare professionals and providers pleaded out to the nation for help, as they were experiencing an extreme shortage in medical supplies. In many instances, healthcare providers were asked to re-use masks or even wear bandanas as a replacement. Medical professionals voiced that this was risky and it could potentially expose them to the coronavirus.”
Listen to Future’s Mask Off
Atlantafi.com is bringing you the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has the state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta under a state of emergency. More definitive advice on health, please visit CDC.gov. Here are some helpful links:
- Pandemic-Proof Pantry: Things To Buy Online Right Now
- Quarantine Drinks: What To Make While Self-Isolating
- Here Are Publix’s New Hours Due To Coronavirus
- Here Are Walmart’s New Hours Amid Coronavirus
- Delta Cuts Capacity Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
- SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDE: How To Do It
- Is A Domestic Travel Ban Next? Here’s What To Know
- FREE DOWNLOAD: Print Out This Pantry List
- Trump: Nation Could Be Under COVID-19 Rules Til ‘July, August’
- Entire Georgia Legislature Self-Quarantine For 14 Days
- City of Atlanta Limits Restaurants, Closes Bars
- Self-Isolating? Here’s Where To Watch FREE Movies Online
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Holed up in her Atlanta mansion, rapper Cardi B has been sharing updates about her self-isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many celebrities have gone silent about the pandemic, but not Cardi!
The entertainer recently posted a video in which she makes some good points on the mixed messages that the general public is getting concerning COVID-19.
Cardi B: People Are Getting Mixed Messages On COVID-19
If #45 is getting on a podium and saying, ‘Hey listen, if you do not have any symptoms … do not get tested, because we do not have enough tests to test everybody … but if a celebrity is saying, ‘I don’t have no symptoms … and I’m positive for coronavirus,’ that causes confusion,” she said on her IG.
That causes people to say, ‘Wait a minute now, I don’t have no symptoms but I know I went out that day. I might just have it … I”m scared because I’m around my kid, I’m around my grandparents … I might just have it. What should I do?” she said.
She also highlighted the major class lines around COVID-19 that nobody is really talking about.
“The general public, people who work regular jobs, the middle class, the poor …they’re not getting treated like the high — the ones that are up here (she raises her hand), the celebrities and everything — they’re not getting tested for coronavirus [especially not] the next day.”
Another hypocritical thing Cardi B brings out is that, if you’re under 30 and have a cold, helath professinoals are saying that if you don’t have that cold – or similar symptom — for eight days, they won’t test you.
“If you’re positive, they will tell you to quarantine in your home and don’t come back to the hospital] untli your temperature is 100-something degrees,” she says.
Cardi says she doesn’t feel that’s right. Also a lot of people live in close quarters and can’t
“If you’re sending me home and I have the coronavirus, I”m most likely going to give it to my spouse, my kids, anybody that’s around me.”
She also touches on the fact that celebrities have the money to pay for a COVID-19 test, but regular people don’t. So what’s the solution she says?
“I feel like the government should .. charge that [S..] to the game.”
What do you think? Do you agree with Cardi B?
Watch the video below:
Cardi B calls out celebrities & the government:
“If [Trump] is saying ‘if you don’t have any symptoms of the Coronavirus do not get tested because we don’t have enough tests’ but a celebrity is saying ‘I don’t have symptoms but I got tested & I’m positive’ that causes confusion” pic.twitter.com/VgKFqIBH8h
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 25, 2020
Atlantafi.com is bringing you the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has the state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta under a state of emergency. Here are some helpful links:
- Pandemic-Proof Pantry: Things To Buy Online Right Now
- Quarantine Drinks: What To Make While Self-Isolating
- Here Are Publix’s New Hours Due To Coronavirus
- Here Are Walmart’s New Hours Amid Coronavirus
- Delta Cuts Capacity Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
- SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDE: How To Do It
- Is A Domestic Travel Ban Next? Here’s What To Know
- FREE DOWNLOAD: Print Out This Pantry List
- Trump: Nation Could Be Under COVID-19 Rules Til ‘July, August’
- Entire Georgia Legislature Self-Quarantine For 14 Days
- City of Atlanta Limits Restaurants, Closes Bars
- Self-Isolating? Here’s Where To Watch FREE Movies Onlin
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If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate. It infects the rich, the poor, the layperson as well as the celebrity.
Rich and famous people have been coming down with coronavirus in astonishing numbers since mid-March, when the numbers began to escalate in the United States.
All The Celebrities With Coronavirus
Here are some celebrities who have tested positive for coronavirus:
CNN News Anchor Brooke Baldwin
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin announced on Friday that she tested positive for coronavirus.
"I am OKAY," Baldwin said in an Instagram post. "It came on suddenly yesterday afternoon. Chills, aches, fever." https://t.co/tF6kWKBaRs
— CNN (@CNN) April 3, 2020
YNW Melly
View this post on InstagramCNN News Anchor Chris Cuomo
.@ChrisCuomo shares the details of his symptoms and some good news as he fights coronavirus from his basement. pic.twitter.com/wF6zlN9Yay
— Cuomo Prime Time (@CuomoPrimeTime) April 2, 2020
Atlanta’s DJ Stormy has pneumonia and is being tested for COVID-19. The results are pending…
DJ Stormy
Starface
Just talked to my close homie Scarface @brothermob of the Geto Boys.. He’s positive with the Virus. He’s doing well but has been through hell.. God Bless him. Get well my brother! 🙏💥🤛🏽 pic.twitter.com/9zqPPe2XIB
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) March 27, 2020
Doris Burke
Full episode with Doris Burke: https://t.co/1b3QI0qnuj pic.twitter.com/w8PEHOi937
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 27, 2020
Karl-Anthony Towns
The Minnesota Timberwolves basketball player’s mother is in a coma after being infected with coronavirus.
Emotional Karl-Anthony Towns reveals mother is diagnosed with Coronavirus is in a coma on a ventilator.
Prayers up for the KAT family. 🙏🏼 pic.twitter.com/uQjOvZVlPJ
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) March 25, 2020
Slim Thug
Slim Thug done caught the Coronavirus. Prayers up 🙏 pic.twitter.com/n8f6dU7U46
— DatPiff (@DatPiff) March 24, 2020
“I feel good,” Houston rapper Slim Thug says in an IG video. He says he “stayed in my truck, mask, gloves, everything” and still tested positive for COVID-19. He asks that we all take this pandemic serious. “it’s real out here, coronavirus.”
Idris Elba & Sabrina Dhowre Elba
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) March 17, 2020
Tom Hanks & Rita Wilson
— Tom Hanks (@tomhanks) March 17, 2020
Rudy Gobert
I do feel bad Rudy Gobert is viewed as Patient Zero in the #NBA, considering no one actually has a clue where he picked up the coronavirus. For all we know, he got it from Donovan Mitchell, versus the alternative. We’re all clueless on this thing. pic.twitter.com/QNYu2mBiSg
— Adam Kaufman (@AdamMKaufman) March 15, 2020
Donovan Mitchell
Donovan Mitchell thanked those who have supported him since he tested positive for the coronavirus.
(via @NBA) pic.twitter.com/gPDF79cNfR
— ESPN (@espn) March 14, 2020
Daniel Dae Kim
Daniel Dae Kim gives an update on his Coronavirus diagnosis. pic.twitter.com/vDVdnydCa3
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) March 22, 2020
Other Celebrities That Have Tested Positive For Coronavirus
- Kevin Durant
- Rand Paul
- Charlotte Lawrence
- Andy Cohen
- Olga Kurylenko
- Christian Wood
- Sean Payton
- Marcus Smart
Atlantafi.com is bringing you the latest on the coronavirus pandemic, which has the state of Georgia and the city of Atlanta under a state of emergency. Here are some helpful links:
- Pandemic-Proof Pantry: Things To Buy Online Right Now
- Quarantine Drinks: What To Make While Self-Isolating
- Here Are Publix’s New Hours Due To Coronavirus
- Here Are Walmart’s New Hours Amid Coronavirus
- Delta Cuts Capacity Due To Coronavirus Pandemic
- SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDE: How To Do It
- Is A Domestic Travel Ban Next? Here’s What To Know
- FREE DOWNLOAD: Print Out This Pantry List
- Trump: Nation Could Be Under COVID-19 Rules Til ‘July, August’
- Entire Georgia Legislature Self-Quarantine For 14 Days
- City of Atlanta Limits Restaurants, Closes Bars
- Self-Isolating? Here’s Where To Watch FREE Movies Online
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The coronavirus pandemic has upended the lives of nearly every American. Right here in Atlanta, legendary dancer Blondie is one of many in need.
The iconic Clermont Lounge dancer is in need after the establishment was shut down amid the COVID-19 scare.
Legendary Clermont Lounge Dancer Blondie Needs Your Help
Because her extended stay motel was shut down, Blondie needs your help. A GoFundMe account has been set up. Here’s what it says:
Along with many businesses, The Clermont Lounge responsibly has closed it’s doors this past week waiting out the pandemic.
Atlanta’s very own 63 year old icon, Anita Rae Strange, AKA Blondie, has worked at The Clermont Lounge for over 41 years. She has lived in a week to week motel in midtown Atlanta for the past 4 years and after today, will no longer be able to stay there. Blondie is a senior citizen, and now is in desperate need of Food and Shelter during this weird moment in time in the world.If you can, please donate to Blondie HERE.
Atlanta has a lot of inspirational people and AtlantaFi.com is going to introduce you to many of them as well as cool places to go, great restaurants and other ATL happenings.
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