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UNDERGROUND ATLANTA CELEBRATES 404 DAY WITH PARADE AND FESTIVAL

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 3/26/25

Following the city’s 404 Day Parade, Underground will continue the excitement with 404 Day Weekend Festival, featuring live music, local food and experiences that honor Atlanta culture

On Saturday, April 5 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Underground Atlanta will host its inaugural 404 Day Weekend Festival, set to celebrate all things Atlanta in honor of 404 Day at the iconic downtown venue. The festival, in partnership with Butter.ATL, will commence following the ending of the city’s 404 Day Parade at Underground. The event also kicks off festival season at Underground, where the property will feature large-scale and themed outdoor events for the public to enjoy.

Underground’s 404 Day Weekend Festival will include live music performances, a kid’s zone with family friendly entertainment and attractions, a food truck park featuring some of Atlanta’s most legendary eateries and a 404-themed vendor market. Musical performances include Yung L.A., F.L.Y, Pop Lord and Johnny Cinco, with special performances by a number of up-and-coming local artists. In addition, notable influencers, artists and personalities will be in attendance to keep the energy flowing and showcase Atlanta’s homegrown talent.

The 404 Day Parade is free and open to the public. Tickets for the 404 Day Weekend Festival are available for purchase here. While Early Bird tickets have sold out, General Admission tickets are available for $20, Peach Pass tickets are available for $30 (includes ability to skip the line at the entrance) and Group of 4 VIP Deals are available for $100, which includes four Peach Passes.

For more information on events at Underground Atlanta, click here. 

DRAGON CON PARADE RETURNS IN 2021 WITH SIGNIFICANT COVID-RELATED CHANGES

Posted by Liz and John Attaway, 8/7/21

Traditionally Open to the Public, This Year’s Parade Will Not Allow Spectators; Only Dragon Con Badge Holders Will Be Allowed on the Parade Route.

Dragon Con Encourages Fans to Tune-In to the Live Broadcast on

CW69, YouTube, and Other Social Media Platforms

 

The famous Dragon Con Parade, perhaps the best-known event at the annual five-day pop culture, fantasy, sci-fi, and gaming convention, will return to Peachtree Street in 2021, but with significant changes made necessary by the current Covid pandemic.

Now in its 35th year, Dragon Con 2021 runs from Thursday, Sept. 2 to Monday, Sept. 6 with events and activities across five host hotels – Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Marriott Marquis, Hilton Atlanta, Westin Peachtree, and Sheraton Atlanta – and AmericasMart Buildings #1 and #2.

Traditionally free and open to the public, the annual Dragon Con Parade usually offers the spectacle of thousands of cosplayers, young and old, dressed as their favorite pop culture characters marching down Peachtree Street. The Dragon Con Parade attracts as many as 75,000 spectators in some years.

This year, however, the Dragon Con Parade will be modified and scaled back. Not only will it be smaller than in past years, with fewer marching participants, spectators will not be allowed on the route.  Only Dragon Con badge holders will be allowed to watch the parade in person.

Instead, CW69 will broadcast the parade (live at 10 a.m., with a rebroadcast ?) with additional feeds available on YouTube and other social media platforms. Fans who purchase a Dragon Con Goes Virtual membership ($10) will also have access to the parade through their subscription platform.

“It was important to bring back the tradition of the Dragon Con Parade as quickly as we could. It’s important to us and our fans, and to the whole city,” said Rachel Reeves, convention co-chair. “But, in the interest of public health, and in consultation with the City of Atlanta, we simply couldn’t allow the kinds of crowds we typically see.”

“We know it will be strange to have the Dragon Con Parade without thousands of kids lining the sidewalks, but the past two years have seen a lot of sensible-yet-disappointing decisions that prioritize public health over sentiment,” Reeves said. “This is just another one of those decisions.”

In addition to a scaled back parade, there will be no Saturday-only badge sales before the convention or during it.  Saturday is always the convention’s busiest day.  In addition, the hours immediately before and immediately after the parade have been the most popular times to purchase Saturday-only memberships, with the effect of swelling convention attendance to its largest numbers of the weekend.

Finally, all five host hotels plus AmericasMart will have stepped up security at all hours to ensure only Dragon Con badge holders will have access to the convention.

18th Annual Little 5 Points Halloween Festival and Parade

Date: Saturday, October 19th

Time: Noon, Parade at 4

About: Please join L5P us for the best event of the Halloween season, the L5P Halloween Festival and Parade! The Festival starts at noon, so make plans to join us all day for shopping, eating and fun at the businesses in the L5P neighborhood and the artist market along Euclid Ave. See the largest Halloween parade in the southeast from 4-6pm on Euclid and Moreland. Then stick around for dancing and merriment into the night with entertainment! Supports local business by raising funds for the L5PBA. Free event.

More Information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/2892828377456870/