Summer Party:
Event Guide

Welcome to Summer Party! Premium ticket holders enjoy express entrance at Garden Admissions. General Admission opens at 6 p.m. Bars close at 9:30 p.m. The party ends at 10 p.m.

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Parking

Parking in the Garden’s on-site deck is $15 and extremely limited. Guests arriving via rideshare services should proceed to the Piedmont Avenue entrance driveway and may be dropped off near the Garden entrance.

Know Before You Go

  • Chairs, pets, tobacco and vape products, smoking of any kind, and outside food and drinks are not permitted in the Garden.
  • Food and beverages offered for purchase while supplies last.
  • Tickets are non-refundable.
  • No rain checks.
  • Only guests 21 and older may purchase alcohol, ID required.
  • Last entrance is at 9 p.m. Bars close at 9:30 p.m.

Lantern Parade Info

The Sunset Lantern Parade featuring Chantelle Rytter and the Krewe of Grateful Gluttons kicks off at 8:45 p.m. on the Great Lawn and marches through Storza Woods. Make your lanterns in Day Hall beforehand! (Mershon Hall for Premium Ticket holders)

Help us grow with your pics and opinions!

Tag your social media photos with #atlantabg so we can share the fun with our audience. Be on the look out for an email with a survey to tell us about your experience. Completing the survey will also enter you into a drawing for tickets to a future event.

 

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Exclusive Premium Perks

Enjoy exclusive access to the Premium Lounge and private bar in Mershon Hall, including the following perks:

• Entry with express check-in
• A complimentary YOM specialty custard pop
• Enhanced lantern craft materials

• All perks of General Admission: one complimentary cocktail or mocktail, complimentary face painting, a small Boxed Water and commemorative photos by ShutterXpress.

Lantern Making

Free! Decorate your own lantern for the Lantern Parade in Day Hall, then join us at 8:45 p.m. on the Great Lawn for a march through Storza Woods.

Face Painting

Free! Get into the Summer Party spirit with a fantasy face paint by Pixie and Luna in the Rose Garden.

Giant Wood Stork Photo Op

Free! Head to the Children's Garden for a photo opportunity with the giant wood storks featured in the lantern parade from 6:30 - 7 p.m.

Photo Op with Shutter Express

Free! That summer fit deserves a photo. Head to Day Hall for a photo op with ShutterXpress.

Food & Beverage

Bars + Bevvys

Hardin Visitor Center • Mershon Alcove
Glade Garden • Day Hall • Magnolia Bistro

Food Trucks on Access Road
Sunnyside Pizzeria
Simply Done Donuts
Travelin Tom’s Coffee Truck
Tandoori Pizza & Wing Co by Bhojanic
Vanilla Crepes

Perennial Garden
Magnolia Bistro

Longleaf Plaza
YOM Ice Cream
(Complimentary for Premium ticket holders in Mershon Hall, one per guest, please.)

Children’s Garden
Kona Ice

Longleaf Restaurant
Open until 9 p.m. with its Quick Café open until 9:30.

Tonight's Entertainment: Sunset Lantern Parade

Meet on the Great Lawn at 8:45 p.m.

Tonight's Music

• The Atlanta Skyline Brass Band in Skyline Garden + Lantern Parade.

• Amp'd DJs on the Great Lawn + Glade Garden in Storza Woods

• Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra on Sourwood Terrace in Storza Woods

• Dave Bass Ensemble on Lanier Terrace outside Day Hall by the Parterre

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