Check out this section if you want to find out what's going on at The Highlander. We have special events on certain days of the week as well as bands that play when we get the urge to hear live music instead of "Send In the Clowns" on the internet jukebox. (Who the hell likes Judy Collins so much anyway? - it's not like she's Neil Diamond...)

• Sundays: Come play trivia on Sunday nights and walk away with valuable prizes and elevated self-esteem! (Please note that The Highlander reserves the right to define "valuable")
• Mondays: Drunk Bingo starts at approximately 8 pm - later if the host hasn't had his fill of MGD and Strega...
• Tuesdays: Tuesday means crab legs - all you can eat for $19.95! (11 AM - 10 PM)

• 8/07 (Saturday): It's damn hot outside! Come cool off with a cold drink and listen to FREE music with Sweet Jezuz (10:30 pm), Edgewood (11:30 pm) and The Fingers (12:30 am).

• 7/17 (Saturday): Come out and beat the heat with another FREE show at the Highlander! Tonight we'll be featuring tunes from Ill (10:30 pm), Damage Report (11:30 pm) and the Dimestore Saints (12:30 am). As always, everyone is welcome as long as you're at least 21 years old!

• 6/12 (Saturday): Free show this weekend! Come down and enjoy delicious food and awesome drinks all night along with music from Stone Mountain Freeway, Pickmans Model and Noble Rust. Shows start at approximately 10:30 pm.

• 5/15 (Saturday): Free R-N-R show tonight! Music from Light Pupil Dilate, O.C.D. and Liers In Wait. Come out and help us support local music!

• 4/10 (Saturday): The Highlander is old enough to vote! Come help us celebrate 18 fantastic years as part of Midtown's eclectic nightlife scene. We'll be partying all day and well into the wee hours with music from The El Caminos, Ill and Ledfoot Messiah. Don't blame us if you can't make it to work Monday...
• 4/03 (Saturday): There's a CD release party tonight at the Highlander! Come out and listen to new music by Thirteen Autumn Rituals. We're also featuring music by opening acts Forge By Fire and Edgewood. The party starts at 10:30 pm so don't miss out!

• 3/13 (Saturday): Why wait until the 17th? We're celebrating St. Patrick's day early here at the Highlander! Tonight we have another great free show featuring music from Velveeta Brothers (10:30 pm), The Sid Vicious Experience (11:30 pm) and Quench (12:30 am). Come out and party until you're green in the face!

• 2/20 (Saturday): It's been a whole week since our last show so we're doing it again - we're featuring music tonight from The Luchagors and The Quasimotors. This time we're cranking it up at 11 pm.
• 2/13 (Saturday): Free show this Saturday! Come out and enjoy music from PPR, Ill and Empire 44. Shows start around 10:30 pm.

• 1/16 (Saturday): Come in out of the cold and enjoy another free night of great music at The Highlander - tonight we're hosting music from Cry Me A Liver, Armazilla & South City Riot.

• 12/31 (Thursday): We're having a New Year's Eve Blowout Rock 'n Roll Party! Count down to the new year with a champagne toast at midnight and enjoy free music from Doomsayer and Bon Voyage.

• 12/12 (Saturday): It's time for the Highlander's Rock 'n Roll Holiday Show! We're featuring music from Bugbrain, Accelerant & Super Hooligan. As always, shows start at about 10:30 pm - come out and rock the holidays!

• 11/21 (Saturday): It's time for another free show at The Highlander with killer local bands! This time we're featuring the music of O.C.O., Dreaming Of High Fives and The Bone Church. Shows start at about 10:30 pm.

• 10/31 (Saturday): Got no Halloween plans? Come out to the Highlander! The party starts at dusk with a costume contest, free bar swag and a free show featuring the music of Rat Salad (10:30 pm), Dark Overlord (11:30 pm) and Bon Voyage (12:30 am)!

• 10/17 (Saturday): Benefit show for Greggory Savelio - help us with the memorial fund for our friend who passed August 22. Donations will be used for funeral expenses & solving this terrible crime. Featuring music from The Pillage (10:30 pm), Forge By Fire (11:30 pm) and Doomsayer (12:30 am).

• 10/3 (Saturday): Come out and throw down at the Atlanta Horror Fest's Beyond the Grave Art Show and Buried Alive Film Fest after party. Featuring FREE music from Velveeta Brothers (10:30 pm), Edgewood (11:30 pm) and Ledfoot Messiah (12:30 am).

• 9/19 (Saturday): The Highlander is bringing you the heat with some of Atlanta's best talent! Come out tonite for a free show featuring Scarab (~10:30 pm), Soil To Sky (~11:30 pm) and Cry Me A Liver (~12:30 am)!

• 8/22 (Saturday): Tonight we are featuring a special event! The Metro Atlanta Association of Tattooed People (MAATP) will be having a show featuring skateboard deck art and other wicked designs. There will also be live entertainment from Red River Revival and Scandinavian Cock as well as Sailor Jerry Rum raffles!

• 7/18 (Saturday): It's too damn hot to be outside! Come out tonight for free music from The Result of Lust (~10:30 pm), Abbra Cadaver (~11:30 pm) and Let the Night Roar (~12:30 am). All shows FREE OF CHARGE (21 years old and up, please).

• 6/20 (Saturday): Local music at its finest! Tonight we have music from Dreaming of High Fives (~10:30 pm), Ledfoot Messiah (~11:30 pm) and Quench (~12:30 am). All shows FREE OF CHARGE (21 years old and up, please).

• 5/23 (Saturday): We're having a birthday bash for David Wood and Kennie Poole! Come out and celebrate and enjoy FREE music from Cornbread Mafia (~10:30 pm), EnD ReZulT (~11:30 pm) and The Green Hit (~12:30 am).

• 4/25 (Saturday): Come out this evening and enjoy some free entertainment at the Highlander. Shows start at 10:30 pm featuring Noble Rust, Sons of Tonatiuh and Let the Night Roar. Sponsored by SouthsideTattoo.net.
• 4/11 (Saturday): It's that time of year again - Spring is in the air, flowers are blooming and The Highlander celebrates another year of unbridled debauchery. This year marks our 17th Anniversary! Come celebrate the madness with yet another free show at 10:30 pm featuring Armazilla and Edgewood.

• 3/14 (Saturday): Start St. Patty's early with intensity from Velveeta Brothers, Obsessive.Compulsive.Order and Standing Behind You With Knives. FREE SHOW starts at 10:30 pm!

• 2/14 (Saturday): Bring your honey to The Highlander and celebrate Valentines Day in style! Three bands will perform for free starting at 10:30 pm - Black Daniels, Reverend God and the Jesus Squad PLUS the Panty Snatchers.

• 1/17 (Saturday): MAATP 1st Annual Meeting and Art Show - Come out and see a free showing of Erotic Art starting at 8:30 PM (sorry kids - you must be 21!) Show to be followed by three free bands commencing around 10:30 pm - Phalanx, Doomsayer and Big Foot!

• 12/16 (Tuesday): If AC/DC ticket prices have "walked all over you" then come see the next best thing! Atlanta's own tribute band - BON VOYAGE ("When Bon Scott was King"). Show starts at 10:30 pm - no cover charge!

• 11/15 (Saturday): It's a wicked night at your favorite midtown rock bar and award winning grill - as usual there's no cover charge to see some of your favorite bands starting at 10:30 PM including The Green Hit, Ledfoot Messiah and End Rezult. Sponsored by SouthsideTattoo.net.

• 10/31: Come join us and celebrate Halloween at The Highlander! Dress up in your best costume and come see free bands starting at 10:30 PM including El Caminos, Sex In Cars and Armazilla. Sponsored by SouthsideTattoo.net.