Tag: Atlanta Pride Festival
Atlanta Freedom Bands will be the grand marshals at this year’s Atlanta Pride Festival
Atlanta Freedom Bands, which began in 1994, will serve for the first time as grand marshals at this year’s Atlanta Pride Festival, taking place October 12 and 13. Each year, several people and organizations are nominated by their community and chosen as Pride grand marshals based on their contributions to LGBTQ+ life; other marshals this year include Dr. Elijah Nicholas, founder of The Global Trans Equity Project, and the local nonprofit Lost-n-Found Youth.
Celebrate Atlanta Pride with these not-to-be-missed events
Atlanta Pride is back this weekend for its 54th year with a jam-packed series of events celebrating the city’s LGBTQ+ community. The festival’s main events are free and open to all ages, including live...
How one march for gay rights launched nearly 50 years of Atlanta Pride
On the first anniversary of the 1969 Stonewall Riots, roughly 100 Atlantans, frustrated by discriminatory treatment against LGBTQ people on local and national levels, began marching on Peachtree Street.
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: October 9–15
A3C—also known as Atlanta’s longest-running hip-hop festival—continues strong, celebrate the LGBTQ community at Atlanta Pride Festival, and jam out at Oakhurst Porchfest.
22 fall festivals in Atlanta you won’t want to miss
Summer might be coming to an end, but there are still plenty of fall festivals in Atlanta to check out this season. Here are a few of our picks.
Don’t Miss List: Our top 5 event picks for October
Piedmont Park is becoming the grounds for the largest pride festival in the Southeast with Atlanta Pride Festival, Taste of Atlanta is back with more than 90 restaurants, and get ready for Halloween with Atlanta Horror Film Festival.
5 Atlanta events you won’t want to miss: October 11-17
The largest gay pride festival in the Southeast, Garth Brooks at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, and Solange and Willow Smith at Afropunk Fest
Don’t Miss List: Our top 5 Atlanta event picks for October
Check out the cool costumes at the Little Five Points Halloween Festival, watch Oakhurst porches transform into stages at Porchfest, and join the South's largest LGBTQ celebration at the Atlanta Pride Festival.
20 Atlanta festivals to enjoy this October
From Oktoberfest to Pride, zombies to Blue Angels, there's something for everyone happening this month in Atlanta.