Atlanta Streets Alive

Living in this event-​going city never leaves me found wanting or with a sense of need regarding weekend outings and/​or adventures. There are plenty of opportunities to explore festivals of all all kinds across parks in the entire Atlanta area and most tend to be multiple day events. Atlanta Streets Alive has taken the cake for me. Lasting but 4 hours, your time to enjoy this event is limited, but perfect. No need for multi-​day attendance, but rather a microburst of celebrating Inman, O4W, and the Highlands and the surrounding businesses.
It may sound silly from the 1000ft view, but walking down Highland from Boulevard and then making it all the way to Ponce… and walking across through the middle of the street, was hilariously fun. People on all kinds of bikes, dressed up, drinking great beer in the streets, activities, dunking booths, poem stations, screen printing, cupcakes, food trucks, chalk art, dancing, you name it – it was all there.
If you plan on making it around the entire stretch of Streets Alive, the easily preferred mode of transportation is on bike. Most people were on bikes and walked their bikes leisurely up the big hills, when needed. Next time, we’ll definitely plan on biking, but walking was still really fun. If you have a stroller or little kids, you’ll still have a blast.

I love festivals, parades, parties, and shindigs! I especially love them when they are on one of the busiest and most used streets in all of Atlanta. With all the bicyclists and runners braving the early lightening and rain, this year’s parade was fantastic! There were some restaurants allowing people to take their frosty beverages in go cups, but it seems that the local constables put the kibosh on that after a while.