Weekend events: Atlanta Pride, Chalktoberfest
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Atlanta Pride, a multi-day celebration of the city's LBGTQ community that includes one of Atlanta's can't-miss parades, returns this weekend at Piedmont Park.
🏳️🌈 Driving the news: Festivities start with the official kickoff party Friday evening at the Georgia Aquarium.
- The festival continues Saturday with music, family-friendly activities, and marches and rallies.
- The parade, the festival's main event, begins at noon Sunday.
- The floats start at the Civic Center MARTA station, heads north on Peachtree Street, turns right onto 10th Street in Midtown and ends a block from Piedmont Park's entrance at Charles Allen Drive.
- Click here for Atlanta Pride's full events schedule.
Here is what else is happening in Atlanta this weekend:
👻 Little 5 Points Ghost Tours are back, taking place every weekend (with Boozy Ghost Tour Crawls on Thursdays) through Nov. 2. (Thurs.-Sun.)
🎶 Musicians performing instrumentals will traverse around the city as part of No Words ATL 3.0. (Fri.-Sun.)
🖼️ The National Center for Civil and Human Rights celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with music, crafts and and a large mural. (Sat.)
🎨 Check out some cool art and other vendors at the Old Fourth Ward Arts Festival. (Sat.-Sun.)
👠 Get inspired by the latest trends with clothing brands and streetware with Fashionfest (Sat.-Sun.)
🧑🎨 Sip some drinks, enjoy some music and watch professional artists bring their works to life with Chalktoberfest in Marietta. (Sat.-Sun.)
🍻 Food and beer lovers can check out the Taste & Brews Fall Festival in Canton. (Sat.-Sun.)
🛼 Enjoy food trucks, dance battles, skate sessions and freestyle rap at the 2024 ATL Park Jam. (Sun.)