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[1] [2] It was originally a one-week long summer festival which was held biennially starting in 1998. [1] It was started after the Fulton County Arts Council (in Atlanta, Georgia) commissioned a study to explore the feasibility of creating a festival dedicated to celebrating the work of artists of African descent. With Fulton County government ...
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Atlanta also hosts one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country, the Atlanta Jazz Festival. [6] In 2017, the Atlanta Jazz Festival will celebrate its 40th year and include 40 Days of Jazz leading up to the Memorial Day weekend event that takes place in Piedmont Park.
Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, outside of Atlanta. There's a 2,000-square-foot water playground, a 38,000-square-foot wave pool, and several slides.
Images and locations of over 200 works of Atlanta Street Art can be found on the Atlanta Street Art Map. [16] In 2011 the city hosted the Living Walls street art conference and will co-host it with Albany, New York in 2012. In May 2011 Atlanta established a Graffiti Task Force.
The 88th annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival is April 12-14 at Piedmont Park. See the dogwoods in bloom while enjoying a market of local artists, a disc dog competition, a 5K, and international live ...
The Sweet Auburn Historic District is a historic African-American neighborhood along and surrounding Auburn Avenue, east of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, United States.The name Sweet Auburn was coined by John Wesley Dobbs, referring to the "richest Negro street in the world," one of the largest concentrations of African-American businesses in the United States.
The weekend of Feb. 9 through 11 celebrates all things Georgia history as part of the Georgia Historical Society's Georgia History Festival.. On Friday, the state's school children will examine ...