Sponsors

event overview

The Virginia-Highland Summerfest is celebrating 39 years of fine art, live entertainment, and family fun in 2024! Year after year, our festival is considered one of the leading events in metro Atlanta, and we are excited to invite you to join our estimated 15,000 each day attendees on June 8 & 9 in our Virginia-Highland Neighborhood.

Festival Features

Summerfest offers fun for everyone with a unique combination of activities and sponsorship opportunities including a 5K run, live music stage, a juried artist market, and a popular children’s area we call Kidsfest. Here are the details for the event assets that exist:

  • Artist Market – over 200 fine art booths line Virginia Avenue and feature a wide variety of mediums including sculpture, painting, textiles, ceramics, photography, wood, and metal.
  • Music – live music entertains attendees, featuring a great mix of local and regional. Past acts have included Sister Hazel, Tonic, Drivin’ N Cryin’, Jason Isbell, Marc Broussard, BoDeans, Pat McGee Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk and many others.
  • 5K  – almost 800 participants will race through the neighborhood, win medals and enjoy the finish line.
  • Kidsfest – free arts and crafts activities that focus around our art and music festival theme.
  • Summerfest Kick-off Party – Summerfest weekend begins with a Friday evening community block party in John Howell Park with games and live music from Down Beat Daddy. Open to everyone, with residents enjoying a reduced price. Tickets include a drink or raffle ticket. Raffle and silent auction items are not to be missed! All proceeds of Friday night kickoff will be donated to John Howell Park renovations.

Demographic Overview

Our attendees are the consumers you desire! The festival has grown consistently over the years and now hosts upwards of 100,000 attendees, mostly from Atlanta’s educated, upscale, in-town neighborhoods.

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Contact Info

To learn more about sponsorship opportunities and customizable benefits please contact:

[email protected]