Alpharetta's Annual Arts Streetfest This Weekend!

Its that season again! The artist's markets are firing up and its time to get out and explore! This weekend  on April 13 and 14 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., artists from all over the U.S. will fill the historic downtown streets of Alpharetta  to show off their masterpieces at Alpharetta’s annual Arts Streetfest. Best of all: admission and parking are free to the public.

The streets will be closed off so festival-lovers and art enthusiasts can enjoy two full days of strolling through outdoor galleries filled with fine paintings, mixed media, photography, pottery and jewelry and textile, glass, wood, metal and paper art. This colorful festival also features live jazz and acoustical music, cultural arts performances, children’s activities and festival cuisine.

Music and Cultural Arts Stage
Saturday, April 13

11am Rhythm n’ Shoes - Alpharetta Recreation and Park dance groups
12pm Naja and Joseph Reed - Acoustic Soul
2pm Cole Thannisch - Acoustic Guitar
4pm Jazz Jones Legacy - Contemporary Jazz Group

Sunday, April 14

10:30am RISPA - Performing Arts/ Dance
12:30pm Tortoise and Hair - Acoustic Rock Duo
2:30pm Sydney Rhames - Acoustic Pop/Rock
4:00pm Laura Monk and High Cotton - American/Folk Music Group

After browsing the amazing art, take a break to enjoy a variety of festival cuisine from Smokejack: A Southern Grill, Pacific Rim Noodles, ZPizza, Jilly's Cupcakery, The Bubble Tree Truck, Scoop-itz, and other street fare treats such as kettle corn, Italian Ice, lemonade and roasted almonds. The music and cultural stage will also be packed with performances by dance, music and performing arts groups.


The Alpharetta Convention and Visitors Bureau will have a booth at the event to showcase everything the city has to offer and to provide information about our complimentary planning services. Those who stop by will have the opportunity to enter to win an art themed gift basket.

For more information about the event visit www.awesomealpharetta.com or call 678.297.0102.

"Cocktails in the Garden" at Atlanta Botanical Garden

Looking for a great idea for to impress your date? Or even just an unforgettable night out with the girls? Explore the city’s most beautiful urban oasis during the cool of summer evenings at Cocktails in the Garden Thursdays during May through September. The Atlanta Botanical Garden’s weekly “social irrigation” party is the only opportunity to experience the fantasy of Imaginary Worlds: Plants Larger Than Life at night.

Guests enjoy specialty cocktails, live music from the city’s hottest deejays, and tantalizing cooking demonstrations by the Garden Chef every week from 6-10 p.m. While strolling the Garden’s gorgeous grounds they’ll encounter 19 gigantic living plant sculptures that make up the summer exhibition of Imaginary Worlds.

The pieces resemble giant topiaries but actually are works of mosaiculture - the centuries-old horticultural art of using thousands of tiny plants to cover steel forms in a mosaic-like carpet to create a living sculpture. Designed and built by International Mosaiculture of Montreal, the sculptures have never been shown in the United States and include fantasy-themed pieces, such as a grazing unicorn, towering cobras, a friendly ogre, and a giant 25-foot-tall earth goddess.



To keep it fresh, each month during Cocktails in the Garden, these fantasy sculptures are highlighted with themed drinks:

May: Social Butterflies
June: Snake Juice
July: Drink Like a Fish
August: Hair of the Dog
September: Magic Martinis

In addition, cash bars offer an array of other cocktails, beer and wine, and dinner may be purchased at MetroFresh in the Garden café. As the only opportunity to stroll the Garden at night - when romantic sunsets and fragrant blossoms cast an alluring spell - Cocktails in the Garden is both the perfect date night and a fun outing among friends as well. Admission is $18.95; Garden members free.

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The mission of the Atlanta Botanical Garden is to develop and maintain plant collections for display, education, research, conservation and enjoyment. The Garden is located at 1345 Piedmont Ave. NE in Midtown. Garden hours are Tuesday - Sunday, April-October from 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. (Thursdays till 10 p.m.) and November-March from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is $18.95 adults, $12.95 children 3-12, free to children under 3 and Garden members. For more information visit atlantabotanicalgarden.org or call 404.876.5859.

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