Atlanta Dogwood Festival: Everything You Need To Know

ATLANTA -- The city's official kickoff to spring, the 83rd Annual Atlanta Dogwood Festival brings fine art, live entertainment and family fun to Piedmont Park, all in celebration of the blooming dogwoods. The event also offers music and entertainment on two stages, midway rides, competing disc dogs, a 5K and a ticketed food tasting event.

April 12, 13, 14, 2019 in Piedmont Park

Friday 12 pm–11 pm

Saturday 10 am–11 pm

Sunday 10 am–6 pm

Artist market closes at 7 pm on Friday & Saturday.

The Atlanta Police Department will be heavily enforcing all illegal parking around Piedmont Park the weekend of the Atlanta Dogwood Festival. Residential Parking fines have substantially increased and vehicles parked within tow zones will be impounded.

The best way to get to the festival is on MARTA. Look for the free “school bus” shuttle to bring you from MARTA to the festival. Catch a shuttle to the festival from the following locations:

• MARTA Arts Center Station pickup is at the Bus Depot – 1255 W. Peachtree St. NW
• MARTA Midtown Station pickup is on Peachtree Place at the rear of the station

Shuttle buses will drop you off at the curb cut out between 13th and 14th Streets at Piedmont Avenue. That’s where you can also pick up a bus back to MARTA after your festival visit.

SHUTTLE SCHEDULE:
Friday: 11:30 am – 10:30 pm
Saturday: 9:30 am – 10:30 pm
Sunday: 9:30 am – 5:30 pm

Here is a link to the festival schedule of events.

Music Schedule

Main Stage

Friday

• 3:00 pm Cinnamon Denise R&B
• 4:15 pm Larry Griffith Band Blues / Soul
• 5:30 pm Atlanta Soul Power James Brown Tribute
• 7:00 pm The Jake Bartley Band Roots / Rock
• 9:00 pm Jacob Bryant Country / Rock

Saturday

• 12:30 pm Wren & The Wravens Rock
• 2:00 pm Blood on the Harp Indie / Southern Gothic
• 3:00 pm BJ Wilbanks Rock / Funk / Soul
• 5:00 pm The Wesley Pruitt Band Blues / Soul / Americana
• 7:00 pm Jessica Meuse Country / Alternative
• 9:00 pm Stone Senate Southern Rock

Sunday

• 11:00 am Community Music Center of Atlanta Showcase Rock/Jazz
• 1:00 pm Chequered Blue Classic Rock / Blues
• 3:00 pm PREACHERVAN (The Georgia Flood) Alternative / Alt-Rock
• 5:00 pm Clay Shelburn Blues / Country / R&B

International Stage

Friday

• 5:30 pm Atlanta Junkanoo Group
• 6:45 pm Bird City Revolutionaries
• 7:15 pm Whole World Improv Theatre

Saturday

• Dockside All Day Antonio Rodriguez
• 11:00 am After-School All-Stars
• 12:10 pm Munting Tinig Filipino-American Children’s Choir
• 12:55 pm Atlanta Sängerkreis
• 1:35 pm Burke Connolly Academy of Irish Dance
• 2:10 pm Cosmic Energy
• 2:40 pm Amruta Giri
• 2:50 pm Natyanjali Academy of Dance
• 3:00 pm ROSA Bulgarian Folk Dance Group
• 3:25 pm Caló Gitano Flamenco Dance Company and Academy
• 4:00 pm Atlanta Junkanoo Group
• 4:20 pm Moksha
• 4:45 pm Chinese American Cultural Performing Group
• 5:45 pm SALSAtlanta

Sunday

• Dockside All Day Antonio Rodriguez
• 11:00 am Frank Hamilton School
• 12:15 pm Turkish Music Group
• 12:55 pm Atlantos Jeivaras
• 1:25 pm King O’Sullivan School of Irish Dance
• 1:45 pm Lupita Sosa Mexican Dance
• 2:25 pm Taiwanese School of Georgia Drum Team
• 2:45 pm Alif Institute
• 3:00 pm Alma Mexicana + Ballet Folklórico
• 3:50 pm GT Nazaaqat
• 4:15 pm Capoeira Cordão de Ouro Atlanta
• 5:00 pm Ogya World Music Band

In recognition of its 80th anniversary, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival has commissioned an interactive bronze sculpture that will welcome guests to Piedmont Park for many decades to come. The sculpture, shaped as a giant dogwood limb with massive blooms, will also serve as a bench for park visitors.

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