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Atlanta's mild climate and plentiful trees allow for festivals and events to take place in the city year-round. One of the city's most popular events is theAtlanta Dogwood Festival, an arts and crafts festival held in Piedmont Park each spring, when the native dogwoods are in bloom.Atlanta Streets Alive, inspired by theciclovía inBogotá, Colombia, closes city streets to car traffic to allow people to participate in health and community-oriented, such asbicycling, strolling,skating, people-watching,tango,yoga,hula hooping, andbreak dancing.
Inman Park Festival, held in the spring in one of Atlanta’s oldestneighborhoods, offers an artist market, live entertainment, and a wide variety of food vendors. Kirkwood Spring Fling is held in eastside neighborhood ofKirkwood each May. The festival is centered on Bessie Branham Park and features a 5K run in the morning, artist market, live music, Tour of Homes, and a variety of local food trucks and restaurants.Little Five Points Halloween Festival, winner of the 2003 Best Festival award by the International Festival and Events Association, takes place the weekend before Halloween in Atlanta'sbohemian district, involving a parade and costume contest. TheVirginia Highland neighborhood holds both an annualVirginia-Highland Summerfest festival, focusing on art but also featuring thedave fm music stage; as well as theVirginia-Highland Tour of Homes each December and theNorth Highland Mile around Easter.
Atlanta's largeHispanic community is represented inFestival Peachtree Latino, the largest multicultural festival in the Southeast, which is held annually at Piedmont Park. Other ethnic celebrations include theNational Black Arts Festival, the Atlanta Caribbean Carnival, St. Patrick's Day parade, the Atlanta Greek Festival, theAtlanta Turkish Festival, Festival of India, JapanFest, and Korean Festival.[1]
Atlanta is home to some of the nation's largestgay pride festivals,Atlanta Pride, as well as what is billed as the world's largest black gay pride celebration,Atlanta Black Pride.[citation needed]
Atlanta is the host of theAtlanta Film Festival, anAcademy Award qualifying, international film festival held every April and showcasing a diverse range of independent films, including genre films such as horror and sci-fi. Other film festivals include theAtlanta Jewish Film Festival, the Atlanta Asian Film Festival, theOut on Film gay film festival, Independent Film Month, Atlanta Film Festival 365, Atlanta Underground Film Festival,Atlanta International Documentary Film Festival, and the Buried Alive horror film fest.
The CinErotic FilmFest is a 3-day festival[2] established in 2010[3] and "dedicated to screening short films onSuper 8mm and16mm".[4]
There is also the Bronzelens Film Festival, held every year in Atlanta.[citation needed]
Atlanta's main music festival isMusic Midtown, which was revived in 2011 after a six-year hiatus. The festival, which is held inPiedmont Park, hosts major bands likeColdplay andThe Black Keys.Peachtree Music Festival is a one-day, two-stage outdoor music festival held at the corner of 8th Street and Spring Street in the city'sMidtown district. The festival blendsindie rock bands with electronica DJs.[5] Atlanta also hosts one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country, the Atlanta Jazz Festival.[6] In 2017, the Atlanta Jazz Festival will celebrate its 40th year and include 40 Days of Jazz leading up to the Memorial Day weekend event that takes place in Piedmont Park.Corndogorama is a yearly music festival, founded in 1996 by Dave Railey, which features performances from local bands includingIndie rock,Hip hop,Metal, andElectronic groups.[7] There is also anAtlanta Trumpet Festival.
Dragon Con is a yearly multigenre convention with an associated parade. Dragon Con's 2014 attendance was 63,000.[8]
Atlanta hosts dozens of yearly races including thePeachtree Road Race.[citation needed]
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