Summer Shade Festival

Summer Shade unFestival Schedule of Benefit Events/Activities for 2021

August 2-September 10

• Purchase raffle tickets for terrific baskets filled with amazing local goodies

August 22-29

• Adams Realtors Run for the Park Virtual 5K starting August 2- the “race at your own pace.”

August 17

• Exclusive barrel pick ASW Fiddler Georgia Heartwood Bourbon from My Friend’s Bottle Shop. Get on the list before they sell out- only a limited number available!
• Summer Shade 3-Pack wine packs from 3 Parks Wine Shop on sale now!

August 20

• Summer Shade benefit at Eventide, with live music by the Yes Ma’am Band from 5:30-8:30pm and full pig roast, featuring Eventide’s Summer Shade Festival Pale Ale.

August 22

• Grant Park Criterium Road Race during Speedweek, with social pace fitness ride benefitting the Grant Park Conservancy. Ride your bike on the Crit course without the pressure of a race- just have fun and support the GPC!

August 28

• Food-o-Rama Festival presented by Street Food Coalition. A portion of the alcohol sales benefit the GPC
• Elsewhere Brewing benefit, with live music by Grasshound band from 7pm-10pm, featuring brand new beer release “Grant Park Menagerie,” a Belgian hoppy ale, and $1 from every beer sold today!

September 10

• Cocktails for the Park at Zoo Atlanta. Enjoy an outdoor event overlooking Zoo Atlanta’s African Savanna, and live music by The Ormewoods. Get your tickets now!

For more than a decade, Atlanta art and music lovers have flocked to Grant Park to bid adieu to summer at the Summer Shade Festival. This year we are continuing with the reimagined unFestival format, to keep everyone safe. Follow us on Facebook & Instagram for alerts and all programming happening.

The Grant Park Summer Shade Festival is an annual fundraiser for the Grant Park Conservancy (GPC), a non-profit, membership-based organization committed to the restoration, renovation, beautification and maintenance of historic Grant Park.  Thank you for attending and supporting, and we hope you enjoy your final hurrah of summer from a safe social distance!

For 2021 we are making the Summer Shade unFestival a "season" long event! Supporters can expect a variety of events such as; Beer, Wine, & Bourbon Sales, T-Shirts, Raffles, Adams Realtors Run for the Park Virtual 5k, Benefit Music Nights, Cocktails for the Park at Zoo Atlanta, and Food-o-Rama Food Truck Festival with a portion of alcohol sales benefitting GPC. Read more about it here! 

Summer Shade unFestival Store

• ASW Bourbon at My Friends Bottle Shop • Summer Shade Wine Packs at 3 Parks Wine • Special Release Beers from Elsewhere and Eventide breweries • Tees and tanks designed by neighborhood artist Nate Tavel • Raffle tickets for super awesome local goodies • Registration for the Adams Run for the Park 5K • Conservancy Memberships and donations to help Summer Shade return in 2022

Adams Realtors Run for the Park Virtual 5K

Registration opening soon for this years 19th annual 5K which will be a virtual run in your own neighborhood.

Register now- proceeds from the race benefit the Grant Park Conservancy!