Summer Party:
Event Guide

Welcome to Summer Party! Premium ticket holders enter 6 - 6:30 p.m.. General Admission opens at 6:30. 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 $10 and extremely limited. Guests arriving via rideshare services may be dropped off near the Garden entrance and will be rewarded with a complimentary mocktail and a chance to win a pair of tickets to a future Garden event.

  • Rideshare guests should proceed to the Piedmont Avenue entrance driveway. Let the parking attendant know you’re being dropped you off. The attendant will explain express drop-off instructions and give you a Zoom and Bloom ticket. Once you’ve exited the vehicle, a volunteer will direct you to the exclusive entrance.
  • Redeem your Zoom and Bloom ticket at any bar for the complimentary mocktail “Moonlight Melon” a refreshing watermelon lemonade. Include your email address on the card to enter a drawing for a pair of complimentary tickets to an upcoming event.
  • Walkers, bikers and those who arrive via public transportation may greet the Visitor Center courtyard volunteer for a Zoom and Bloom ticket and directions to the express entrance.

Know Before You Go

  • Doors open at 6 p.m. for Premium ticket holders, 6:30 p.m. for General Admission.
  • Guests 21 and older may purchase specialty cocktails throughout the Garden. Garden bars accepted debit/credit cards only. IDs will be checked at each bar. Limit two drinks per ID. Alcohol service ends at 9:30 p.m. The event ends at 10.
  • This event is rain or shine. No refunds will be issued.
  • The Garden and its parking facility are credit card only.
  • The Garden prohibits smoking, including vapes.

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

7 p.m. and 7:40 p.m.: Savor an exclusive sensory tour of the Edible Garden, guided by a Garden horticulturist and ASW Distillery. Explore the botanicals behind the ASW x Atlanta Botanical Garden gin collaboration during an intimate distillation demonstration.

Premium ticket holders also receive: Early entry with express check-in • One complimentary cocktail or mocktail • A delicious complimentary cooling treat from YOM specialty custard pops


Lantern Making

Free! Decorate your own lantern for the Sunset Parade in Day Hall, then join us at 8:50 p.m. on the Great Lawn for a march through Storza Woods.

Face Painting

Free! Get in the solstice spirit with a fantasy face paint by Pixie and Luna on Alston Overlook.

Magical Photo Op

Free! That summer fit deserves a photo. Hop in the photo op by Bold Designs on Alston Overlook.

Food & Beverage

Drinks

Hardin Visitor Center • Canopy Walk
Glade Garden • Lanier Terrace • Snack Bar

Eats

Longleaf Restaurant
walk-ins welcome!

Snack Bar
by the Great Lawn

Dulce & Sabrosa in Day Hall
Chef boxes, taco bar and hot dogs

Vanilla Crepes
Sweet + savory in Parterre

Cremalosa Gelato
on the Canopy Walk

Kona Italian Ice
on the Great Lawn

Yom Ice Cream Bars by Longleaf
(premium tickets only)

Tonight's Entertainment

Sunset Lantern Parade featuring Chantelle Rytter and the Krewe of Grateful Gluttons. Meet on the Great Lawn at 8:50 p.m.

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Tonight's Entertainment

Orquesta MaCuba plays in the Glade Garden.

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Tonight's Entertainment

Michelle Winters plays electric violin in the Visitor Center and on the Canopy Walk.

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Tonight's Entertainment

Amp'd Entertainment: DJ + Dancing on the Great Lawn

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Tonight's Entertainment

Phat Katz Brass Band plans in Parterre.

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Tonight's Entertainment

The Off Centered Project roams the Garden.

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