EIGHTH ANNUAL SPRING FESTIVAL ON PONCE

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 3/28/18

Two-Day Fine Arts Festival Featuring 125 Displays of Local and Regional Fine Art and Crafts, Children’s Area, Gourmet Food Trucks, Live Music and More!

Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8, 2018

Atlanta, GA – The eighth annual Spring Festival on Ponce will be held Saturday, April 7 and Sunday, April 8, 2018 in Atlanta’s historic Olmsted Linear Park. The sister festival to the Fall Festival on Ponce (October 20 and 21, 2018), the Spring Festival on Ponce will transform the park, which was carefully restored by the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance, into an outdoor art gallery to the backdrop of budding spring foliage. The two-day event will feature over 125 displays of local and regional fine art and crafts, utilizing the gorgeous landscape designed by one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted, Sr. In addition to the abundance of unique art, there will be a children’s area, local gourmet food trucks, beverages and a stage for acoustic musical performances. The event is free, open to all ages, and dogs are welcome.  For more information, please visit  www.festivalonponce.com

Baconfest 2018

Date: Saturday, March 31st

Time: 1 pm

About: This important news bulletin is brought to you by the letter B. Bacon, beer, booths, burlesque, and other letter B-centric oddities and attractions will return to Dad’s Garage in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. BaconFest, the annual fundraiser for improv and comedy theatre Dad’s Garage, will happen on Saturday, March 31, 2018 from 1 – 6 p.m. This year’s festival will feature a literal ton of bacon, wacky carnival games, plenty of boozahol, a silent auction with awesome items, and tons of other surprises. This year, there will be one ticket level, so everyone will be able to eat and drink as much as they want. We also have a strict “No Foodies, Just Gluttons” policy. Prepare to eat vats of classic bacon like your grandma makes—and, as always, BLTs! On top of Bacon there will be plenty of Booze. Imbibe upon gallons of beer, wine, or Mike’s Hard Lemonade. This event sells out every year, so be sure to buy your tickets early so you don’t miss out! Founded in 1992, the kitschy festival has become a fixture in the Atlanta community by combining troughs upon troughs of cold beer and sizzlin’ bacon with hilarious carnival games manned by the best improvisers in the city. Expect unforgettable entertainment like a hobo wine tasting, naughty face painting, flip cup tournament, wheelchair obstacle course, and more.  Joining us for the first time this year will be Sharpie Battles, in which artists battle it out to see who can make the most awesome art in the shortest amount of time. Tickets start at $45.

TICKETS AND/OR INFORMATION:

All information here

Atlanta Bar Crawls Tailgate Party 2018

Date: Saturday, March 31st

Time: 2 pm

About: We have put together one hell of an event for the home opening weekend at Suntrust Park. We’ve got all the makings of an unforgettable tailgate! Your Atlanta Bar Crawls Ultimate Tailgate Party ticket will include the following: (1) ticket to the March 31st Braves vs. Phillies game at 7:10pm in the-Atlanta Bar Crawls Section (Section 415, and 416.) with 200 other tailgaters, all you can drink * (Second Self TriForce & At Ale along with Bud Light), one food ticket to get you a plate of (Burger, Hot dog, bag of chips, and a side), open bar serving 4 JR Reverly Bourbon inspired cocktails, DJ music blasting throughout the Suntrust lot to keep the patty going, and a past Atlanta Bar Crawls signature koozie. Plus, cornhole, beer pong, and flip club games are available for your enjoyment. Already have tickets to the game and just want in on the tailgate fun? We’ve got you covered with a tailgate only ticket for $40. Tickets for tailgate and game are $65.

*All you can eat and drink is only included during the tailgate 2pm-7:05pm. Food and beverage in Suntrust Park is at your own expense.

TICKETS AND/OR INFORMATION:

All information here

18TH ANNUAL BACONFEST

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 3/27/18

Atlanta’s Favorite Celebration of Bacon Returns

Saturday, March 31, 2018 in the Old Fourth Ward

Proceeds Benefiting Dad’s Garage Theatre Company

 

Atlanta, Georgia – This important news bulletin is brought to you by the letter B. Bacon, beer, booths, burlesque, and other letter B-centric oddities and attractions will return to Dad’s Garage in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. BaconFest, the annual fundraiser for improv and comedy theatre Dad’s Garage, will happen on Saturday, March 31, 2018 from 1 – 6 p.m. This year’s festival will feature a literal ton of bacon, wacky carnival games, plenty of boozahol, a silent auction with awesome items, and tons of other surprises.

 

This year, there will be one ticket level, so everyone will be able to eat and drink as much as they want. We also have a strict “No Foodies, Just Gluttons” policy. Prepare to eat vats of classic bacon like your grandma makes—and, as always, BLTs! On top of Bacon there will be plenty of Booze. Imbibe upon gallons of beer, wine, or Mike’s Hard Lemonade. This event sells out every year, so be sure to buy your tickets early so you don’t miss out!

 

Founded in 1992, the kitschy festival has become a fixture in the Atlanta community by combining troughs upon troughs of cold beer and sizzlin’ bacon with hilarious carnival games manned by the best improvisers in the city. Expect unforgettable entertainment like a hobo wine tasting, naughty face painting, flip cup tournament, wheelchair obstacle course, and more.  Joining us for the first time this year will be Sharpie Battles, in which artists battle it out to see who can make the most awesome art in the shortest amount of time.

 

All proceeds benefit Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, a nonprofit theatre group that engages, cultivates and inspires artists and audiences alike by producing innovative, scripted and improvised works that are recognized locally, nationally and internationally for being undeniably awesome.

All attendees must be 21+ and IDs will be checked at the gate.

Tickets start at $45.

For more info on BaconFest, go to: www.baconfestatl.com/