The 73rd Atlanta Dogwood Festival is back in Piedmont Park this week (April 17, 18, & 19) after being displaced last year due to the drought. The dogwoods are in bloom and hundreds of artists from around the country will set up their tents for Atlanta's longest running event.
The festival is free to the public. The three days are filled with art & entertainment. This year will feature the largest Artist Market in the event's history. More than 250 artists from around the USA will gather in Piedmont Park to display their paintings, clay, glass, wood, etc.
The Kids Village features huge inflatable, games, arts & crafts, etc. & a 24-foot rock-climbing wall. A diverse collection of musical acts will perform throughout the 3 day event.
The food is where it's at with funnel cakes, gyros, crabcakes, corndogs....ahhh
There's the Amazing Animal Athletes Dog Show, Friday Night Open Air Comedy Show, & an Improve Show.
The "Friends of Dogwood Pavilion" is where you can taste some of the absolute best food the city has to offer.
This ticketed event that became part of the Dogwood Festival in 2008 will offer a special area on Saturday and Sunday featuring some of the city’s favorite restaurants combined with beer and wine tasting, chair massages from The Art of Touch and even private restrooms.
Participating Restaurants: Metrotainment Bakery, 4th & Swift, Babette’s Café, Twisted Taco, South City Kitchen, Wildfire, Eclipse de Luna, Genki, Dolce, Geisha House, The Nook, Six Feet Under, Nickiemoto’s, Gordon Biersch, Roy’s and The Real Chow Baby. --- the tickets cost $25 in advance, or $30 at the door - but you can get them from www.HALFOFFDEPOT.com for $12.50 - as long as they last.
For more info on the info go to www.dogwoodfestival.org
And if you'd like to live in walking distance to Piedmont Park, possibly in a condo in Midtown, or a home in Virginia Highland, Morningside, Midtown, or Ansley - just send me an email at Mike@LiveInAtlantaGA.com or call 404-310-8364 and I'll be happy to discuss the great options available to you.
Enjoy the Festival!
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