On April 22, 2017, more than 15,000 individuals are expected to be at Kingston Downs for the running of the 52nd Annual Atlanta Steeplechase. With guests ranging from children to corporate executives, this year’s event will benefit Bert’s Big Adventure, a nonprofit organization that provides a magical, all-expenses-paid, five-day journey to Walt Disney World® for children with chronic and terminal illnesses and their families. Atlanta Steeplechase is in its 52nd year of operation. It has steadily grown into metro-Atlanta and Georgia’s spring social and sporting event of the year. The event is held annually at the beautiful 435-acre Kingston Downs complex. To ensure maximum attendance and enjoyment, the event offers a wide range of spectator categories. Steeplechase patrons enjoy the circuit’s best horses and jockeys showcased in five premier races throughout the afternoon. The gates will open at 9 AM and races will begin at 1:30 PM. The daylong event is filled with thrilling horse races, The Von Maur hat contests, tent contests, a foxhound parade, skydivers, The Publix Supermarkets Kidz Coral, terrier races, shopping, people watching, and so much more. From the party place, the Infield, to the corporate exclusive Chairman’s Tent, the Atlanta Steeplechase offers something for everyone.

The founder of Hipster Yard Sale ATL, Timothy A. Hand, who has created several market events around the city as well as being the artistic director of Ex Somnium, a experimental performing arts company, is moving to Hawaii later this Summer but is passing the Hipster torch to Sara Luhr, the curator and organizer of the 4th Ward Flea Market. She will be taking over the marketplace event after he leaves and will keep it going. Hipster Yard Sale ATL’s next event will be Saturday, April 22nd from 8am-4pm and will be in collaboration with The Friends of Chapel Hill Park, lead by community organizer Linda Cotten-Taylor. The 2nd Hipster Yard Sale at this location (its 4th event in total) is free to the public.

Springtime is in the air and the roof at Ponce City Market invites you to celebrate its first official spring season at Skyline Park’s inaugural Spring Fling event on Saturday, April 1, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Shake off the winter blues with a festive afternoon and evening of 360-degree skyline views, outdoor entertainment and games, seasonal festivities and carnival-themed fare. The event will kick off with family-friendly fun from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. During this time, the rooftop amusement park will come alive with activities such as face painting, balloon artists, bubble machines and photo opportunities with life-size garden fairies. Children and adults will also enjoy unlimited access to Skyline Park’s acclaimed Heege Tower and three-story slide, in addition to Midway games that range from $1 to $3. Daytime admission will be $10 for adults and children. Children under three are free. From 4 to 11 p.m., Skyline Park will transform into an adults-only fun zone. Evening admission will be $20 and open to guests 21 years old and up.

Get ready to rock a LED headset and flip between 3 styles of music for all new dance experience on Edgewood Ave in Atlanta! How does it work? The music is transmitted from FM sound waves to the LED headsets. We can either stream the music, have a playlist or use a live DJ on each colored station. The participants can choose what station and volume of their headsets. We plan to spend 2 hours at 3 different locations on the event! Hush Hush is the next wave of silent disco in this country and we’ll call it the silent disco experiment. Ready for some “Daylife” full of fun and drinking during the day? We are taking silent disco out of the clubs/festivals and creating a mobile music listening environment. Silent Disco is where all participants wear wireless LED headsets tuned to 2-3 different types of music. The headsets have 3 Led Colors, (blue, green & red), that coordinate with different styles of music. For example, we may have 80’s old wave on station 1, EDM on station 2 and top 40 club music on station 3. The venue will be completely quiet and you can have conversations with no interruptions due to loud music. There is only 300 spaces for the first event and plan to do this quarterly in Atlanta in various locations. Our plan is to visit 3 venues while dancing our way down the sidewalk from place to place …