How about spending

some time in the park this weekend? Piedmont Park is hosting the annual

Atlanta Dogwood Festival Friday through Sunday and visitors will enjoy

a fun-filled weekend that will include art exhibits, entertainment, food

and more.

The artist

market will house over 240 artists from around the country all weekend

long. They will display work in a variety of mediums and some artisans

will have demonstration stations showcasing their techniques. High school

artists will also have some of their work on display, as will the winner

of the annual poster contest. The Community Corner will also be open all

weekend long with local non-profit organizations giving visitors information.

Some of the organizations that will be on hand will be Angel Flight of

Georgia, Hands On Atlanta and Trees Atlanta among many others.

The Dogwood

festival will also go to the dogs over the weekend with the US Disc Dog

Southern Nationals taking place on Saturday and Sunday. The Freestyle

teams competition will take place on Saturday and the Toss and Fetch in

Junior, Novice and Pro will take place on Sunday. Action will last from

11 a.m.-6 p.m. each day and registration starts at 10 a.m. phone 770-386-6184

or e-mail [email protected] for more information.

There will

be lots of activities for the kids as well. Not only will there be a rock

climbing wall and a kids village that will include crafts, toys, face

painting and inflatable areas but there will also be the Best Buy Fun

Zone, which will feature a number of video games and electronic gadgets

as well as the Animal Planet Expo.

One of the

biggest attractions to the Atlanta Dogwood Festival is the music. There

will be three stages filled with musical acts on Saturday and Sunday,

including The Derek Trucks Band, Cindy Wilson of the B-52's, Mother's

Finest and Sugarland among a number of other acts of varying genres. There

will also be street performers, puppeteers and spoken word artists performing

throughout the weekend.

For more information

on The Atlanta Dogwood Festival and for a complete schedule of musical

acts, visit www.dogwood.org.

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