June 2021
Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Discover the history, the Victorian gardens, and the art and architecture that give Oakland its distinctive character. Oakland is an outdoor museum of Atlanta’s history with over 70,000 residents. Meet the trailblazers, builders, creators, and characters who call Oakland home.…
Find out more »Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Ticket Sales
Capturing the Spirit of Oakland Halloween tours are a favorite autumn tradition in Atlanta, selling out every year in July. The event returns for its 15th year bigger and better than ever, offering three weekends of history and delight from…
Find out more »Sights, Symbols, and Stories Overview Tour
Discover the history, the Victorian gardens, and the art and architecture that give Oakland its distinctive character. Oakland is an outdoor museum of Atlanta’s history with over 70,000 residents. Meet the trailblazers, builders, creators, and characters who call Oakland home.…
Find out more »Remembrance as Resistance: Preserving Black Narratives
From Saturday, June 19, through July 11 in commemoration of Juneteenth, Flux Projects will present Charmaine Minniefield’s Remembrance as Resistance: Preserving Black Narratives, honoring the unmarked graves in Oakland's historic African American Burial Grounds Through this project, Minniefield celebrates the…
Find out more »Free African American Burial Grounds Tour
Celebrate Juneteenth by joining us for a free tour of Oakland's Cemetery's historic African American Burial Grounds, offered eight times from June 19 through July 11 This tour will stop at the final resting places of a few Atlanta pioneers,…
Find out more »Iris Rhizome Sale
Shop our Iris Rhizome Sale online from June 21 through July 5 Oakland Cemetery is home to more than 150 varieties of irises, many of which are heirloom varieties dating to the early 1800s. We divide our iris every few…
Find out more »September 2021
Sunday in the Park ft. Tunes from the Tombs
Sunday in the Park returns for its 43rd year on Sunday, September 26, celebrating our community and all things Oakland. This year’s event also hosts our annual Tunes from the Tombs music festival! Enjoy the sunset over the Atlanta skyline…
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