Art on the BeltLine

Lantern Parade, art & entertainment highlight event

By Collin Kelley

The 8th annual Art on the Atlanta BeltLine will once again kick off with The Lantern Parade on Saturday, Sept. 9, at 8:15 p.m. at the Irwin Street entrance of the Eastside Trail. The exhibition of arts, as well as periodic live performances, will continue until Oct. 7.

An estimated 78,000 people took part or watched The Lantern Parade – the brainchild of artist Chantelle Rytter and her Mardi Gras-style Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons – so get there early to line up or find your spot along the Eastside Trail from Old Fourth Ward to Piedmont Park.

The lineup of artists who will have work featured along the Eastside Trail features both new talent and returning favorites. Tray Dahl and the Jugtime Ragband, representing the veteran musicians of Art on the Atlanta BeltLine, are back for 2017. From France, Moz Drums returns with their visual and audio spectacle of percussion and light. Muralist Chris Veal will add his work to the corridor, while Ray Katz, Richard Herzog and Mary Ruden will have monumental sculptures to add to the landscape of the trail.

“The City of Atlanta is proud to support Art on the Atlanta BeltLine in its eighth year,” said Camille Russell Love, Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (OCA). “The linear exhibition represents the best of the city’s character and welcomes artistic talent from near and far.”

Visit art.beltline.org for performance times and art locations as they’re finalized.