Festivals in Atlanta

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The annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival, held in Piedmont Park
Virginia Highland Summerfest
Atlanta St. Patrick's Day Parade on Peachtree Street, 2013
Dragon Con parade
The Peachtree Road Race

Atlanta's mild climate and plentiful trees allow for festivals and events to take place in the city year-round. One of the city's most popular events is the

break dancing
.

Neighborhood

Virginia-Highland Tour of Homes each December and the North Highland Mile
around Easter.

Ethnic

Atlanta's large

Hispanic community is represented in Festival Peachtree Latino, the largest multicultural festival in the Southeast, which is held annually at Piedmont Park. Other ethnic celebrations include the National Black Arts Festival, the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival, St. Patrick's Day parade, the Atlanta Greek Festival, the Atlanta Turkish Festival, Festival of India, JapanFest, and Korean Festival.[1]

LGBT+

Atlanta is home to some of the nation's largest

gay pride festivals, Atlanta Pride, as well as what is billed as the world's largest black gay pride celebration, Atlanta Black Pride.[citation needed
]

Film

Atlanta is the host of the

Academy Award qualifying, international film festival held every April and showcasing a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi. Other film festivals include the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, the Atlanta Asian Film Festival, the Out on Film gay film festival, Independent Film Month, Atlanta Film Festival 365, Atlanta Underground Film Festival, Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival
, and the Buried Alive horror film fest.

The CinErotic FilmFest is a 3-day festival[2] established in 2010[3] and "dedicated to screening short films on Super 8mm and 16mm".[4]

There is also the Bronzelens Film Festival, held every year in Atlanta.[citation needed]

Music

Atlanta's main music festival is

Hip hop, Metal, and Electronic groups.[7] There is also an Atlanta Trumpet Festival
.

Conventions

Dragon Con is a yearly multigenre convention with an associated parade. Dragon Con's 2014 attendance was 63,000. [8]

Races

Atlanta hosts dozens of yearly races including the Peachtree Road Race.

List of some festivals and events

References

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  2. ^ Thrillist (2010-02-10). "Cinerotic Film Fest". Thrillist. Retrieved 2023-09-19.
  3. ISBN 978-1-000-60658-4
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  5. ^ "Peachtree Music Festival 2011". Archived from the original on 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  6. ^ a b "Atlanta Jazz Festival". Atlantafestivals.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  7. ^ "AccessAtlanta article". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Dragon Con 2014 draws record attendance". Exhibit City News. 3 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Cheese Fest Atlanta". Cheese Fest Atlanta. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  10. ^ "JapanFest Japanese Festival in Atlanta". JapanFest Japanese Festival in Atlanta. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  11. ^ "Juneteenth at 1". www.juneteenthatl.com.
  12. ^ "L5P Halloween Festival". L4phaloween.com. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  13. ^ "Outlantacon". Outlantacon.org. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  14. ^ "Out On Film". www.outonfilm.org.
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