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.

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.

What a fantastic funky festival. Found parking pretty fast too…read more Such eclectic wares and artists at every booth. Kid couldn't figure out why there were so many TALL women walking around the Queens were fabulous!

I never knew about East Atlanta Strut Festival until the Yelp Elite event. Man, it would suck when…read moreyou don't know about the Festival, try to come to EAV, and find out the roads are blocked off. You have to park on the other side of Moreland if you want to find parking. Even still, you would have to walk about 10-15 minutes to the actual festival. But you're going to be walking anyway at the festival. So be prepared with walking shoes. Naturally, there will be some heavy traffic in the area. There are a lot of booths and venders showing off creative works. It's cool to go around and see what the booths have. They also have many street entertainment like various bands and people dressed in weird costumes. As for food, there are a lot of vendors and restaurants nearby. So you have several choices on your food and beverage choices. Be aware that these restaurants will be packed because of the festival. Overall, It's a good place to walk around, have fun, people watch, and take pictures.

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.

Virginia Highland Summer Festival is pretty cool, though honestly if you are like me, if you been…read moreto this festival, you have been to them all. The majority of the festivals in Atlanta have the same vendors and the same food trucks. The food here was very limited and located at the very end of the street. We did see some cool things for sale at the festival that were unique, but most of it was the same. We purchased a very cool Hammock Chair called the Oakweave by a company called Twin Oaks. I have never seen anything like this, so it is super cool. The festival is completely free to attend, just make sure you park down the street near the homes, from as there is nowhere to park off Virginia Ave. [Review #383] (29th Review of 2016)

A very well attended event (read: crowded) that features maybe a little more art vendors than do…read moremost other street festivals. Fewer food trucks. Still, plenty of stuff to buy and eat. Island Noodles rocks.

So certain people can park in the handicap parking but others can't. What a wonderful way to…read morepromote inclusiveness. Absolutely brilliant. We'll find another festival that will promote inclusion for all, regardless of ability or not.

Looks like this fall fest has been going on for quite some time now, according to reviews. I found…read moreit to be pretty easy to take the Marta here, since the Facebook event mentioned that finding parking might not be the easiest. There were two entrances, but I entered along the row with all the art booths. The booths were filled with local crafts and art and it was a great way to meet and see what's going on in the art community. Further along, there were some stalls selling locally made products, such as the candles you can use as lotion once burnt and melted. There was a stage with some live music going, although no one I had ever heard of. The food trucks were close by and I made sure to pick up a beer! Wasn't super hungry and didn't want to stand in some of the crazy lines... Next year I plan on coming again, but HUNGRY!

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.

I had a great time at the Atlanta Jazz Festival. There were definitely some things that really…read morecould have ruined this festival and that was the weather this past weekend. It was literally pouring down rain the entire weekend to the point that I just think the man above sent the flood to Atlanta for Memorial Day. This is obviously a fully outdoor event at Piedmont Park, but I'm really happy that they continued forward despite the weather. I also greatly enjoyed myself: I got artwork. I got to see The Roots perform and they are a musical group that I really love so to see them, especially for free was amazing. I got to eat some good food - the vendors and overall people were really friendly. I'm happy that even with the rain it was still a success. Definitely check it out during Memorial Day Weekend in the future.

It's always a great time at the Atlanta Jazz Festival! Good people, great vibes, great music & a…read moreplethora of food options. We generally bring our own food & drinks, so I can't really speak on the quality nor quantity. There are also a wide variety of vendors selling all kinds of goods. Some of the vendors include Publix & USAA. The weather is a big cooler than it typically is this time of the year, but it's gentle & breezy.. just like the music.