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The neighborhood is gearing up for what’s become a huge annual event for EAV - the East Atlanta Beer Festival. Moved this year to May 31, the Beer Fest offers both a sampling of 120 craft beers and a tour of the grounds of The John B. Gordon School, the fabulous Inman Park Properties loft project set to open in 1999 2002 2005 2007 the future.

Those buying tickets before April 10 can save $5; those who are broke but energetic can wait a couple of days and volunteer to work the festival. Working it gets your free admission.

On EAV Buzz: Beer Fest tickets on sale tomorrow

They guys opening the old Echo Lounge space as the East Atlanta Icehouse have been busily at work, and their placeholder website says they’ll be opening in May. Good news for a space that used to be a big driver for EAV nightlife and has sat vacant for too long.

A Buzz topic this week started off with complaints about construction workers at the Icehouse parking on the sidewalk, meandered into speculation that their target audience is “Skin/Oi/Meathead” and that said crowd will terrorize EAV and wound up with talk about gay skinheads. Believe it or not, such topic wandering is not unusual at the Buzz.

On EAV Buzz: Echo now Ice House or Box or Irish Pub or Whatever