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Lineup & Schedule

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Previous acts of 2013 have included: Cécile McLorin Salvant, Dominick Farinacci, Meshell Ndegeocello, José James, Tia Fuller, Aruán Ortiz, Gretchen Parlato, and Rudresh Mahanthappa.

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Venue

The Atlanta Jazz Fest has multiple venues, with the main-stages being at Piedmont Park and Chastain Park, the gates are open from 11am to 11pm, after which the late-night venues (mostly hotels and bars) take on for the evenings entertainment. Some times you will need tickets these can be purchased on the door or in advanced from www.ticketmaster.com (by phone at (800) 745-3000 often at a slightly reduced price).

Food

Atlanta is a wash with great tasting food from a multitude of different restaurants and cafés which serve up cuisines from all over the world. At the festival you’ll find a couple of small stalls and stands but for the REAL food experience you really want to be heading into Downtown Atlanta where you can grab some classics like a quick slice of pizza at the renowned Rosa’s Pizza joint or splash out and feast on some seafood and sushi at Ray’s in the City which is a little bit more expensive ;-). A good list of Atlanta’s Most Iconic Dishes here.

For a complete list of venues you can head over to Urban Spoon – Downtown Restaurants which have all eating joints reviewed with location information, cost breakdown and even photos of the dishes – A truly excellent resource.

Tickets

The majority of the Atlanta Jazz Festival are free to attend and thus have no tickets. There are however many late-night shows and some ‘special’ concerts in various hotels and locations around Atlanta during the festival period; these venues often charge for tickets. Prices are in line with what you would expect to pay with a maximum price of $55.

Loews Atlanta Hotel normally hosts a few good nights of entertainment for the night owls out there. They sell tickets via www.ticketalternative.com.

You can view last years schedule and prices at the Jazz Festival Weekend Schedule page of the official site.

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Flights & Transportation

The nearest international airport to the Atlanta Jazz Festival is Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and is located 15 miles from Piedmont Park. Piedmont park is approximately 1 mile northeast of Downtown and is situated between Midtown and Virginia Highland Neighborhoods. To get to Downtown from the airport you can get either the airport shuttle which operates free of charge 24 hours a day and takes you to the transportation area of the airport, from here you can get a train or bus operated by Marta into the Downtown area, prices for one-way fares are $2.5o and take around 20 minutes. Train Schedule & Routes | Bus Schedule and Routes. MARTA have also put together a dedicated page on how to get to and from the airport.

Van, Minibus, and Charter Services are provided to Downtown, Midtown, and Buckhead with shuttles leaving every 15 minutes from the airport.

Alternatively you can get a taxi, fare will be around $30.00. Taxis services that operate from the airport include Avis, Budget Car Rental, Enterprise, Hertz and National among many others.

Currently 13 airlines operate from the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Airport (list of airlines here). To get the best flight deals I would use SkyScanner‘s official search widget below.

Hotels & Accommodation

The cheapest accommodation options I could find in and around Atlanta, Georgia during the festival period (end of May) are shown below (Click HERE for a complete list):

*** Hotel prices rise exponentially as you get closer to the festival dates. Book early to avoid disappointment. ***

If you are on a super shoe-string budget then search HostelWorld and get a bed in Atlanta City for as little as $15.99!

For those with a bit of cash to splash I’ve recommend having a look at the St. Regis Atlanta hotel (a AAA Five Diamond boutique hotel!). Whatever you’re financial situation, as always I would suggest you check Atlanta hotel reviews on TripAdvisor prior to placing any bookings.

Note that there is NO TENT CAMPING at the Atlanta Jazz Festival. However, if you did really want to enjoy the outdoors and camp during the festival period you could always head on over to Stone Mountain Park Campground which is approximately 20 miles away from Piedmont Park and offers everything from basic tenting facilities and full hookups for RV’s. Prices are reasonable and it’s probably the best park in Atlanta.

Interview

We currently have not been able to interview anybody at the Atlanta Jazz Festival, if you work for the festival and would like to answer a few questions for this section of your listing, please contact me so that we can get something arranged, thank you.

Outside of the Festival

If you’re coming to Atlanta especially for the Jazz Festival then it would be a shame not to take a few days out to explore everything the city has to offer. The Georgia Aquarium is a great day out for the whole family, so is the World of Coca-Cola which is a personal favourite of mine, especially the galleries of advertising campaigns they have launched over the years, some of which are VERY cleaver!

You could also do a tour of the CNN Studios which features the worlds longest freestanding escalator and even have a go at “cold reading” in Studio 7E.

Other places you might want to visit if you’re in the area:

Zoo Atlanta – 40 acres of natural habitate in Grant Park with 1,000 animals

Atlanta History Center – 30,000 square feet of what it’s like to live in the past

High Museum of Art – Great to see some exquisit examples of 19th – 20th century American art.

Fernbank Museum of Natural History – It’s got a observatory, a planetarium, an IMAX, virtual waterfals and many fine exhibits.

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