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    4.0 (1 review)

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    Inman Park Festival

    Inman Park Festival

    4.4(34 reviews)
    3.9 miInman Park

    This is probably the largest and best festival in the state of Georgia and well worth visiting. The…read morefestival spans multiple closed streets around the park. It's also conveniently right off the crosswalk from the Inman Park MARTA station - don't bother looking for parking as there is very little. You can also walk to the festival using the Beltline. The vendors are mostly craft and include original art, pottery, handmade bags, the list is huge. There's also plenty of food vendors for even the picky eater. Make sure to bring plenty of filtered water or stick with beer. This is a must-attend show.

    Did you know Inman Park was Atlanta's first suburb? That's why there's a Trolley Barn. The two-mile…read morecommute (in the 1800's) was more easily handled by trolley. (#publictransportation, ahem!) Since the 1970's, The Inman Park Festival is something of an Atlanta tradition. There's a tour of homes, a 5k run, a parade, and (of course) a big street market featuring all sorts of colorful, local arts and crafts, beauty & skin care, foods and spices, home accessories, woodworking and ceramics... This year, I picked up a few items to gift to my friends. There are hosts of things to try and do, including activities for kids, and a really cool Dance Festival where you'll see stellar dance expositions from Atlanta's best dance companies. The food scene is pretty much what you'd expect. All the standard offerings from frozen lemonade to corn dogs, funnel cakes to pretzels, all the "regulars" are there. Sometimes I wonder if there will ever be a way to make the street-fair food scene innovative and not just regular. Still, this is among Atlanta's best run, and well-organized Festivals. See you there next year.

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    Kirkwood Spring Fling - Local artist booths.

    Kirkwood Spring Fling

    4.6(5 reviews)
    2.2 miKirkwood

    This is a great event to go to to kick off spring season…read more Local artists and vendors come here to sell their arts, crafts, and artisanal-style food. This is a great event to buy your gifts for the rest of the year! They had a food area with a few food trucks and you're reliable festival food booth. If you're old enough to drink, you can purchase some local brewery beers while you stroll through the event. They also have porto-potties in quite a few places. If you're looking for parking, then you will have to find some place in the neighborhood. I highly suggest you arrive in the area 15-30 mins before the event starts. I also recommend bringing your own lawn chairs/picnic blanket and water to hang out for the live music. There are a few games and events for the kids to participate in. So, a great event for all ages!

    The Bessie Branham park is a great place for a festival. It has plenty of field as well as trees…read morefor shade. (I would bring my picnic blanket next time!) The "spring fling" has enough tents set up to offer different foods, crafts, and art. There were standard fair food as well as unique items such as basil lemonade. There was a large stage where a band played. Music could be heard throughout the festival. There were tents lining 3 sides of a square. The park is big enough to host hundreds of people without feeling crowded. There were some picnic tables and a few benches. This was more of a family event as I saw many families with young children. Many of them took advantage of the children's playground at the park. Park in the neighborhood but be aware of congested streets. With cars lining both sides, in some areas, cars could only go in one direction.

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    Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade - Awwww!!! Couple perched on concrete support between Eastside Beltline and street above.

    Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade

    4.8(10 reviews)
    4.5 miOld Fourth Ward

    The Beltline Lantern Parade made its westside debut this year, and it was awesome. The parade went…read moredown the westside beltline, and ended at Lee and White. It was very well attended, and and I can tell that the participation will grow even larger next year. If you're a spectator, I recommend arriving early in order to score a good viewing spot.

    I experienced my first Atlanta BeltLine Lantern Parade this past Saturday, September 10th, 2016. It…read morewas a lot of fun. The parade has existed since 2010, so 2016 was the parade's 7th year. According to the BeltLine website, more than 60,000 people showed up for the parade in 2015 (http://art.beltline.org/lantern-parade/). It's a big event. The parade took place on the BeltLine's Eastside Trail on an approximate 2-mile stretch that began at Irwin St (near Irwin Street Market and Krog Street Market) in Old Fourth Ward/Inman Park and ended at Monroe Dr (near Piedmont Park) in Midtown (northbound). We had dinner at Two Urban Licks, which is located directly on the Eastside Trail about halfway between the start and end points of the parade, and slipped into the parade from there. This is a completely free and casual event for both spectators and participants. Technically, you need a lantern to walk in the parade, but a couple of us tagged along with our friends who had lanterns, so we experienced this event from a marcher's point of view. While the parade officially begins at Irwin St, marchers can really hop on and hop off the parade route at any point so long as they're polite and don't disrupt the flow of the parade. There are workshops you can go to where they will teach you how to make your own original lantern for the event. Check out the lantern parade's website (link above) for more info and to sign up for these workshops. The lanterns I saw came in all shapes and sizes from giant, imposing Day of the Dead themed skeletons to cute little Pokemon. There were college-themed lanterns, fruits and vegetables (e.g. a bundle of purple grapes, a giant carrot), animals (e.g. sharks, phoenixes, unicorns), cartoon characters (e.g. the Powerpuff Girls), TV/movie themed lanterns (e.g. Stranger Things, Star Wars), and more. People also had fun with illuminated hats and clothing. Our friends made some awesome pineapple (very popular) and Kirby (Nintendo character) lanterns. To me, the parade was sort of like the Dragon Con parade, but with lanterns. You just had no idea what to expect. The creations ran the gamut and that's most of the fun of the parade in my opinion. Most lanterns appeared to be made of paper and illuminated with battery-operated lights. Both sides of the Eastside Trail were packed with spectators, especially around major BeltLine access points such as Ponce City Market and Piedmont Park. There was a concert going on at Piedmont Park afterwards. There were also porta potties located there. I valet parked at Two Urban Licks and after the parade ended (after 10:30pm), we walked back down the trail to the restaurant. By that time, the trail had mostly cleared of the masses. It was still busy, but not as packed and it was easy to walk in either direction. Note: If you take Uber or Lyft to the parade, be mindful of which side of the trail you want to be picked up or dropped off at. This can save you a lot of time since certain streets and intersections will be blocked off by the police.

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    Taste of the Highlands

    Taste of the Highlands

    4.5(17 reviews)
    4.1 miVirginia Highland

    After a full morning of moving all my furniture from one apartment to the new place, and having…read moreonly 3 hours of sleep, I gotta say I wasn't exactly in the mood for Taste of the Highlands. We (somehow!) arrived only about an hour into the festivities and quickly made the rounds. The best food I had was from Pura Vida, but I also go to try lots of other tasty treats including olive oil ice cream from Ecco (which is um...not in the Highlands). I also thought the shrimp & grits from Goin' Coastal were mighty good! Oh- and the specialty blend iced coffee from San Francisco Coffee hit the spot! But, quite a few of the vendors ran out quickly. Many places also only offered one option so if I wasn't interested in what they had, I didn't get anything. Our vegetarian friend came later on and was extremely disappointed that, by that point, almost everyone was out of food and there was almost nothing that didn't have meat. She had a croissant from Bakeshop. Alcohol was flowing, and I got to try a few margaritas, some beer from Terrapin, some vodka drink, wine, etc. I got my buzz on for sure! Overall I was a little disappointed in the restaurants running out of food. Okay, I wasn't on time, but really? You should know how many portions to bring and be smart (like Pura Vida) and keep some foods for later on, or keep fresh batches for each half hour instead of giving people fourths in the first 45 minutes. Luckily I didn't pay for this ticket (my bf covered this one)... but good thing proceeds were going to charity. Don't forget your camping chair or blanket to relax on while you listen to local bands!

    Taste of the Highlands is a smallish tasting event, at least compared to such giants as Taste of…read moreAtlanta. I like it despite some flaws. It's somewhat crowded, has the usual inefficient check-in process and there were long lines at either of only two beer stands (they could have used a third stand). And not enough places to sit. I really think events like this should include fold-up chairs. Lots of them. Wow, great food. I really liked Alma Cocina's gazpacho, and Cypress St's BBQ pork thing. Plus several others. Most of the food tables didn't have long lines - the vendors were pretty good at setting the samples out so everything moved quickly. Long line for Flip's slider, so I passed on that. In the end, I left satisfied, which doesn't happen at some of these shindigs. Parking is not as bad as you might imagine provided you're willing to walk a few blocks. Virginia Highland has quite a bit of street parking in the neighborhood. For events here (not just this one), I like to park a couple of blocks in from Ponce and walk the five or six blocks to the event but there were spots as close as two blocks away when I arrived at 2:30.

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    Atlanta Caribbean Carnival

    Atlanta Caribbean Carnival

    4.5(4 reviews)
    5.8 miDowntown

    My name is K Brown and I was apart of the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival about (10) years ago. I was…read moreapart of a lady named, Rose, group in the Carnival. Ms. Rose didn't have the girls that was apart of her Carnival wear a costume. K Brown and about (5) other girls wore a tee-shirt and whatever else they wanted to wear with the tee-shirt. K Brown marched around downtown, Atlanta with the other girls behind a truck that was playing music. K Brown doesn't participate in the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival anymore because K Brown is working now. Ms. Rose was in an accident in Belize, whereas her jaw broke. K Brown was going to wear the army colors and be apart of a different group, but a couple of her items got stolen from her house in Lilburn, Georgia, therefore K Brown doesn't participate in the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival anymore. K Brown would love to attend the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival for the fun and food. Thank you.

    Technically, this is more of an event than a place you go to, but hey, you'll forgive me, right?…read moreThe parade itself goes from West Peachtree to Jesse Hill Jr. Drive. It normally takes place during Memorial Day Weekend. When I went to my first one in Atlanta is 2008, I was extremely disappointed. Why? I've been spoiled, I'm accustomed to going to the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn. In comparison, this one was pathetic. However, this year the parade took a step in the right direction. There was more spectators and participants in the Parade. If you've never been to a West Indian Parade, expect to hear loud music, people dressed in elaborate costumes, dancing, great food, and an all around good time. While many of the participants are of West Indian, African, and Latino descendant, all are welcome. After the parade you can go to Festival Village for a small fee. It's basically a section of the city that's blocked off. There's food vendors, live music from Caribbean artists, and plenty of knick knacks being sold. For a full out experience, go to one of the many parties that will be occurring during the weekend.

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