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October 3-4 - Super Chevy Show
Atlanta Motor Speedway Richard Petty Blvd, Hampton GA 770-946-4211 Call for Ticket Pricing
http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com

October 4-5 - Gun Show of the South
9:00am - 5:00pm Atlanta's Farmers Market 16 Forest Parkway Forest Park, GA 30297 404-675-7182 Admission $8.00 under 12 free
http://www.gunshows-usa.com

October 4- A Movie In The Park
Movie in the Park featuring "College Road Trip." October 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Rex Park, 1499 Rex Road, Rex, GA. FREE admission. Don't forget to bring your blankets and chairs. Sponsored by Commissioner Sonna Singleton and the Clayton County Parks and Recreation Department.
http://www.co.clayton.ga.us/parks_and_recreation/index.htm

October 10-12 - Scott Antique Market
9:00am - 6:00pm Atlanta Expo Center 3650 Jonesboro Rd, Atlanta, GA 30354 Admission: $5.00 all weekend
http://www.scottantiquemarket.com

October 11 - Classic Auto Auction & Car Corral
Atlanta Motor Speedway Richard Petty Blvd, Hampton GA 770-946-4211 Call for Ticket Pricing
http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com

October 11-Celebrating the Best of Clayton County Featuring The IMPRESSIONS and RHAPSODY N BLUES
Clayton County Performing Arts Center 2530 Mt.Zion Parkway Jonesboro GA 8:00pm Tickets: General Admission:$25.00/Reserve Seating:$35.00/VIP:$75.00 Tickets at ticketmaster 404-249-6400 and The Performing Arts Center Box Office 770-473-2875


October 14 - Lunch & Learn Series Bookworms and Foxing: Taking Care of Old Books
How do you take care of family Bibles, Ledgers, Diaries, and other bound items? Our Conservator will give you some how-to tips about the best ways to care for old books.12:00pm Georgia Archives 5800 Jonesboro Road 678-364-3700 Admission: Free
http://www.georgiaarchives.org

October 16-Lights on Afterschool
5:00pm-8:00pm Lee Street Park 140 Smith St Jonesboro GA 30236 Music, Food, Games, Fun and much more. Register on site for a Clayton County After School Program (K -8) and receive a free one month pass to any of our Clayton County Recreation Centers. For more information please call (678)479-5139


October 17- Kenny Barron Trio
Spivey Hall proudly opens its 2008-2009 Jazz Series on Friday, October 17, 2008 with the Kenny Barron Trio. Lauded as "one of the top jazz pianists in the world" (Los Angeles Times) and "the most lyrical pianist of our time" (Jazz Weekly), Tickets are $40 and the performance starts at 8:15 p.m.
www.spiveyhall.org

October 18- Robert Belinic
Concert begins at 8:15 p.m. and tickets are $30. Sole winner of the 2001 Young Concert Artists European Auditions in Leipzig, and the first guitarist ever to win the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in New York, Croatian guitarist Robert Belinic is "a genius, a poet, a super-sensitive musician" (SanDiego.com) Belinic has given recitals in New York at Carnegie's Weill Recital Hall and Merkin Concert Hall and in Boston at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. As concerto soloist, he has appeared with the Phoenix Symphony, and makes his New York concerto debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke's in April 2008. He makes his Spivey Hall debut on Saturday, October 18, 2008.
www.spiveyhall.org

October 24 - Castro GT Friday Night Drags & Show N Shine Car Show
Atlanta Motor Speedway Richard Petty Blvd, Hampton GA 770-946-4211 Call for Ticket Pricing
http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com

October 25 - Legends Racing
Atlanta Motor Speedway Richard Petty Blvd, Hampton GA 770-946-4211 Admission: $5.00 Adult $1.00 Children
http://www.atlantamotorspeedway.com

October 25- Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir
The Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir presents its culminating concert, featuring 120 of metro Atlanta’s most talented teenaged singers. Drawn from 12 counties, these students reveal what musical marvels can be achieved in just a few days, with the right combination of ability, motivation, intensive preparation, and an inspiring choral expert. Concert begins at 5 p.m. and tickets are on sale for $10.
www.spiveyhall.org

October 26- Georgia State University Singers
An acclaimed ensemble of 62 mixed voices, the GSU Singers tour throughout Georgia and have made six international tours. Tickets are $15 and the concert begins at 3 p.m.
www.spiveyhall.org