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A rendering shows improvements for Piedmont Park  as part of comprehensive plan announced on April 24, 2025.

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Piedmont Park announces master plan for trees and facilities

Piedmont Park Conservancy has unveiled a "future vision" for the park. It's the attraction's first master plan in 25 years.

April 25, 2025
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  • Orlando Montoya
The Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns to Atlanta at Piedmont Park from Friday, April 11, to Sunday, April 13. Credit: The Atlanta Dogwood Festival

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The 89th Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns this weekend! Here's what to know

One of Georgia's biggest festivals, the Atlanta Dogwood Festival returns this weekend at Piedmont Park from April 11-13

April 09, 2025
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Atlanta Dogwood Festival.

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April Festivals: Dogwood Festival and more on tap this month

The Atlanta Dogwood Festival is back April 12-14 with hundreds of artists from around the country setting up their tents for the 88th event in Piedmont Park.

April 12, 2024
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  • Collin Kelley
Photo of Piedmont Park for the 2023 404 Day.

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It's 404 Day: A celebration of culture, arts, and all things Atlanta

In a nod to the city’s area code — 404 — the date April 4 has become a day to celebrate all things Atlanta.

April 04, 2024
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  • Devon Zwald
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Still no suspect in 2021 Piedmont Park murder, police say

Police say they are "casting a wide net" in suspect search for the 2021 murder of a woman in Piedmont Park. 

July 28, 2023
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  • Sarah Kallis
Russell Gunn at The Apollo Theater's "The Blues and Its People"

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How 'The Blues and Its People' made its way from New York's Apollo Theater to Atlanta Symphony Hall

"A work realized this way needed to be able to come home to Atlanta," noted Leatrice Ellzy Wright, a Sr. Director of Programming at the Apollo Theater who also still calls South Fulton home.

May 24, 2023
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  • Sonia Murray
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From Samara Joy to Wynton Marsalis, this year's Atlanta Jazz Festival lineup has come to play

Wynton Marsalis, Stanley Clarke and Ledisi headline a three-day lineup worth seeing each day, from its 1 p.m. start.

March 30, 2023
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  • Sonia Murray
Mayor Andre Dickens officiated a mass wedding at Atlanta's Piedmont Park on Valentine's Day 2023.

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A mass Valentine's Day wedding in Atlanta: One couple explains their participation

On Valentine's Day, Atlanta’s mayor officiated a mass wedding in Piedmont Park.

February 14, 2023
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  • Amanda Andrews
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Political Rewind: Music Midtown canceled; Claiming unborn kids on taxes; Update on Fulton probe

Tuesday on Political Rewind: Music Midtown has been canceled, allegedly because of Georgia's gun laws. Plus, the State Department of Revenue will allow Georgians to claim embryos on income tax deductions. Meanwhile, Tamar Hallerman provides an update on the latest in the Fulton County probe.

August 02, 2022
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  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Natalie Mendenhall ,
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Mayor Keisha Bottoms stands at a podium sharing the latest on COVID-19 and the COVID crime wave.

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Mayor Bottoms Addresses Crime and COVID-19 Crises

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms spoke in a press conference Tuesday morning about how COVID-19 is causing a spike in crime which the city hasn’t seen in decades, including a recent stabbing murder of a woman and her dog in Atlanta's Piedmont Park.

August 04, 2021
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  • Amanda Andrews

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The Royal Krunk Jazz Orkestra Brings Unique Sounds To Atlanta Jazz Festival

The Atlanta Jazz Festival gets underway this weekend. The annual event is one of the country's largest free jazz festivals. Among the featured is...

May 28, 2019
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  • La'Raven Taylor
The expansion of Piedmont Park will add nearly three acres, from Piedmont Road to Monroe Drive.

The Future Of Green Space In Metro Atlanta

Before the end of his term as Atlanta mayor, Kasim Reed announced the expansion of Piedmont Park. The Atlanta City Council recently approved the $100...

June 27, 2018
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  • Summer Evans and
  • Virginia Prescott

On Second Thought For Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Before the end of his term as Atlanta mayor, Kasim Reed announced the expansion of Piedmont Park. The Atlanta City Council recently approved the $100...

June 26, 2018
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Susan Davis ,
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Women dance at the Atlanta Persian Festival in Piedmont Park on April 1 2018.

Atlanta Celebrates Nowruz, Persian New Year

Spring brings with it the Persian New Year, Nowruz. Earlier this month, Atlanta's Persian community celebrated the new year with vibrant music,...

April 30, 2018
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  • Fenly Foxen

Atlanta Festival Celebrates All Things Ice Cream

Ice Cream. Two little words that can attract a lot of people, especially when it’s hot outside. A festival in Atlanta recently celebrated summer’s...

August 08, 2017
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