ATLANTA FOUNDATION FOR PUBLIC SPACES 2018 FALL FESTIVAL CALENDAR
Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 9/10/18
The Buckhead Fine Arts Festival – 9/22-9/23
Tenth Annual Fall Festival on Ponce – 10/20-10/21
Tenth Annual Chastain Park Fall Arts Festival – 11/3-11/4
2018 AFFPS Fall Festival Lineup:
The Atlanta Foundation For Public Spaces Presents the Inaugural Buckhead Fine Arts Festival
Located in the heart of Buckhead, home to one of the city’s most enthusiastic art buying communities, the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces has announced the inaugural Buckhead Fine Arts Festival. Taking place on Saturday, September 22 and Sunday, September 23, 2018, the new two-day fine arts festival will feature approximately 100 painters, photographers, sculptors, metalwork, glass artists, jewelers and more. Festival goers can also soak up the sun while enjoying artist demonstrations, live acoustic music, beverages and gourmet food trucks with healthy alternatives. Free to the public, this festival is rain or shine, open to all ages and four-legged friends are welcome. For more information, please visit www.buckheadartsfestival.com or www.affps.com.
Tenth Annual Fall Festival on Ponce Returns to Olmsted Linear Park This October
The tenth annual Fall Festival on Ponce hosted by The Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces will be held on Saturday, October 20 and Sunday, October 21, 2018, in Atlanta’s historic Olmsted Linear Park. Designed by one of America’s most celebrated landscape architects, Fredrick Olmsted, Sr., the park was carefully restored by the Olmsted Linear Park Alliance and will feature over 125 displays of local and regional fine art and crafts during the annual two-day event. Festival goers can also enjoy local gourmet food trucks, beverages, a children’s area, live, acoustic music and more. The event is free to attend, open to all ages and dogs are welcome. For more information about the festival, please visit www.festivalonponce.com or www.affps.com.
The 10th Annual Chastain Park Fall Arts and Crafts Festival Returns This November
The tenth annual Chastain Park Fall Arts Festival presented by The Atlanta Foundation For Public Spaces returns to picturesque Chastain Park in Buckhead on Saturday, November 3 and Sunday, November 4, 2018. Featuring more than 185 talented painters, photographers, sculptors, leather and metal craft persons, glass blowers, jewelers and more, the festival will transform Chastain Park into an expansive outdoor art gallery. Festival goers have the opportunity to view artist demonstrations, participate in hands-on art activities and enjoy live acoustic performances while taking in breathtaking fall scenery. The award-winning, two-day festival will also have a children’s area in the adjacent green space, gourmet food trucks with healthy alternatives and beverages and more. The festival is free to attend, open to all ages, and dogs are welcome. For more information about the festival, please visit www.chastainparkartsfestival.com or www.affps.com.
