Atlanta Chitlin’ Circuit Self-Guided Walking Tour

Explore the world of the Chitlin’ Circuit on this virtual tour of sites in Vine City and Downtown Atlanta! Using a mobile device, take a stroll through historic Black neighborhoods and commercial centers to learn more about the city’s circuit venues, where Black artists performed during the Jim Crow era. This tour highlights places on Auburn Avenue, Decatur Street, Sunset Avenue, and Hunter Street (now Martin Luther King Jr. Drive). Venues included on the tour date from the earliest years of the circuit in the 1910s to the end of the entertainment network in the 1960s. Alongside the virtual tour, you can make the experience even more immersive by enjoying a playlist of songs from musicians who performed in Atlanta as part of the Chitlin’ Circuit (available through Spotify).