DUNWOODY, Ga. — The Dunwoody Preservation Trust will host its 24th annual Lemonade Days festival April 17-21 at Brook Run Park.
Launched in the wake of a tornado that ripped through Dunwoody in 1998, the festival is marked on calendars across Metro Atlanta.
The gathering will feature carnival and pony rides, a petting zoo, food and beverage vendors, and the Dunwoody Idol contest. Along with other coveted prizes, the first-place winner performs “The Star-Spangled Banner” at the Dunwoody Homeowners Association’s annual Fourth of July parade.
The Time Warp ride and deep-fried Oreo and Snickers concession stands will also return.
The first annual High School Battle of the Bands, featuring students from The Mount Vernon School, Chamblee Middle School, Atlanta Academy and Dunwoody High School, will be held on the weekend dates of the festival.
Dunwoody Authors and Friends Bookstore will present thirty local authors from 10 a.m.-
Lemonade Days will run from 4 to 10 p.m. April 17-19. The festival will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. April 20 and from noon to 6 p.m. April 21.
Unlimited ride wristbands are $20 on Wednesday and Thursday and $30 Friday through Sunday. Single tickets will also be available for $1.25 at the park at 4770 North Peachtree Road.
Parking is available at St. Patrick’s Episcopal Church, the North Peachtree Road side of Kingswood United Methodist Church, St. Barnabas Church, the back of Brook Run Park and Peachtree Middle School starting Friday.
Molly Newton, an art teacher at Peachtree Charter Middle School, makes the annual T-shirt design contest possible. This year, artwork from middle schoolers Chloe Tsai, Brithany Avila-Mejia and Josie Cronin were selected out of 366 student entries.
Proceeds from Lemonade Days, the Dunwoody Preservation Trust’s only fundraiser, will benefit educational programs, a history…
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