Iconic music venue leaving for Westside in August

Old Fourth Ward music venue and dance club the Masquerade will depart the old Dupree’s Excelsior Mill on North Avenue – its home for 27 years – for a new location on the Westside in August.

The Masquerade will move to 1421 Fairmont Ave., a former warehouse space. According to a media statement, the Masquerade will be “nice and new and shiny, built from scratch. It will have upgraded bathrooms – a ton of them, and many backstage rooms that will be fancy also. The ceilings will be tall –Heaven will have a mezzanine. Yes, there will be parking.”

The owners also promised to keep the “unique aesthetic” of the venue with the Heaven, Hell and Purgatory multi-stage format well known to club-goers. The re-opening date is set for Aug. 20.

Masquerade will celebrate its departure from North Avenue on Aug. 13 and 14 with one final blowout, The Wrecking Ball ATL 2016. Featured performers will include Quicksand, L7, Dinosaur Jr, Drive Like Jehu, Kathleen Hanna and the Julie Ruin, Deerhunter,

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Gorilla Biscuits, the reunited Thursday, American Football and The Promise Ring, and over 60 more artists. The festival will take place over all levels of the club and in two stages set up next door in Historic Fourth Ward Park. There will be food trucks, local vendors and endless amounts of PBR.

Tickets are available for The Wrecking Ball ATL 2016 at all Ticketmaster locations and the Masquerade box office. Weekend passes and single day tickets are available. VIP tickets are already are sold out. For more information and complete lineups, visit masqueradeatlanta.com or wreckingballatl.com.

During Masquerade’s residence at the old mill, the stages were graced by Nirvana, Fugazi, N.I.N, Bjork, Radiohead, The Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, Motorhead, Ice Cube, Outkast, RATM, Coldplay, Green Day, Nick Cave, My Chemical Romance, Fallout Boy and countless more. The mill is being transformed into a mixed-use residential, retail and dining venue

Museums & Visual Arts

XOXO: An Exhibition about Love and Forgiveness: This exhibit at Children’s Museum of Atlanta encourages children to explore their feelings and the effects they have on themselves and others. Daily. $14.95. childrensmuseumatlanta.org

Where Children Sleep: Photographs by James Mollison: Visit the David J. Sencer CDC Museum to see James Mollison’s breathtaking photography series that captures deeply personal portraits of children from around the world alongside images of where they sleep at night. Opens July 11. Free. cdc.gov

Invisible Ink: Artist Santiago Vanegas describes his works in this exhibit at Gallery 180 as elusive portrayals of the connections between things and the spaces they inhabit. Opens July 21. Free. stanleybeamansears.com

Talking Drum: Visit the Center for Civil and Human Rights to see this exhibit by Fahamu Pecou that showcases the intersection of black popular culture and social justice. Daily. $10 to $15. civilandhumanrights.org

Atlanta Monetary Museum: Located at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, the Atlanta Monetary Museum offers visitors a chance to explore an exhibit of historical artifacts to learn the fascinating story of money — from barter to modern times. Monday through Friday. Free. frbatlanta.org

Ivan Allen Jr. Braves Museum & Hall of Fame/ Turner Field Tours: This museum features more than 600 Braves artifacts and photographs that trace the team’s history and is the starting point for guided tours of Turner Field. Daily. $5 to $17. atlanta.braves.mlb.com

Performing Arts

‘Da Kink in My Hair: “If you want to know a black woman, you touch her hair,” says Novelette, as she delves into the tresses and stresses of her clients to reveal their hidden stories in this play at Horizon Theatre. Opens July 15. $25 to $35. horizontheatre.com.

Smart People: True Colors Theatre Company presents this story of four Harvard intellectuals – a doctor, an actress, a psychologist and a neurobiologist – who study the human brain’s response to race, class, friendship, the search for love and identity in a complex world. Opens July 12. $10 to $50. truecolorstheatre. org

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor

Dreamcoat: The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre stage explodes with Atlanta Lyric Theatre’s spectacular staging of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s first full-length musical. July 15 through July 17. $40.25 to $61.50. cobbenergycentre.com

On The Light Side: SONDHEIM: Capitol City Opera’s annual popular fundraiser, “On the Light Side,” brings audiences the music of Stephen Sondheim at Church of the Atonement. July 29 and 30. $40. ccopera.org

Independence Concert & Celebration: Valerie Simpson (of the music duo Ashford and Simpson), neo-soul vibraphone player Roy Ayers and bass guitarist Michael Hendricks perform a special Independence Day concert at Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre. July 2. $40 to $150. mablehouse.org

DeKalb Symphony Orchestra

Summer Pops Concert with Cecil Welch: The DeKalb Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fyodor Cherniavsky, performs its Summer

Pops Concert with Atlanta pop and jazz trumpet virtuoso Cecil Welch, featuring “The Magic of Mancini.” July 15. $5 to $30. dekalbsymphony.org

Tedeschi Trucks Band with Los Lobos & North Mississippi Allstars: The Wheels of Soul Tour returns to the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre stage this July, featuring Tedeschi Trucks Band with special guests Los Lobos and North Mississippi Allstars. July 23. $19.50 to $89.50. vzwamp.com

Neko Case, k.d.lang & Laura Veirs with Andy Shauf: Concerts in the Garden encores for a 14th season on the Great Lawn in Atlanta. July 29. $69.50. Atlantabg.org

An Evening with Ray Lamontagne: Ray Lamontagne visits The Fox Theatre on his tour in support of his sixth studio album, “Ouroboros.” July 30. $31 to $86. foxtheatre.org

Atlanta African Dance and Drum Festival: This three-day conference features a diverse range of music and movement workshops, an African inspired craft market, food vendors, Kid’s Camp and finale concert. July 29 through July 31. $15 to $55. aaddf.org

Bastille Day Exhibit: Huff Harrington Fine Art celebrates Bastille Day with an exhibit of paintings by the gallery’s French artists and works by American painters inspired by France’s joi d’esprit. July 14 through July 28. Free. huffharrington.com

Changing Atlanta 1950-1999: The Challenges of a Growing Southern Metropolis: See how city leaders and citizens dealt with the challenges posed by the rapid growth of Atlanta in this exhibit at Emory University’s Robert W. Woodruff Library. Daily. Free. web. library.emory.edu

Carolina Herrera: Refined Irreverence: This exhibition at SCADFash celebrates Carolina Herrera and the 35th anniversary of the House of Herrera, featuring more than 75 garments that showcase the designer’s modern, dynamic classics. Tuesday through Sunday. $5 to $10. scadfash.org

Gatheround: Stories of Atlanta: The Atlanta History Center’s new cornerstone exhibit shares the stories of several individuals who helped created the Atlanta we know today through artifacts, ephemera, interactive media, recording booths, immersive experiences and more. Opens July 2. $11 to $16.50. atlantahistorycenter.com

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: Visit OnStage Atlanta to see a hilarious contest between two con artists; the winner must extract a fortune from a young heiress, and the loser must leave town. July 8 through July 31. $14 to $22. onstageatlanta.com

Sleeping Beauty: The jealous fairy Belladonna casts a spell on Princess Aurora, causing her to sleep for almost 100 years in this play at Center for Puppetry Arts. July 19 through July 31. $20.50. puppet.org

The Wizard of Oz Jr.: Dorothy Gale, a simple girl from Kansas, feels certain that a more fascinating world lies beyond her aunt and uncle’s farm, and she longs to explore it in this SummerStage program that features kids ages 10 to 15 at Theatrical Outfit. July 29 and 30. Single ticket prices TBA. theatricaloutfit.org

Scandal: The unstoppable Dad’s Garage ensemble returns with another season of Atlanta’s only improvised soap opera… Scandal! Saturday. $16.50 to $30.50. dadsgarage.com

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Dueling fairies, enchanted woods, a love triangle that turns hexagon… watch the hilarity unravel right before your eyes in an all-new production by Atlanta Shakespeare Company. Opens July 16. $15 to $39. shakespearetavern.com