The East Atlanta Strut, which is always on the fourth Saturday in September, combines a parade, artists markets and a “porchfest” to show off the entire neighborhood, which is rich with artists, musicians and fun-loving neighbors who will welcome you to their yards.
East Atlanta also has a thriving business district, with restaurants, bars and shops eager to Strut their stuff and show off more local music and art. The Strut is the matchmaker for these neighborhood and business hosts. We put creative people together and then stand back and let them make the party they want to have.
We turn our attention to activities you won’t find at other festivals, including the Leaf Blower Madness Tournament, Llama Poop Bingo and the Strut Your Bake rum dessert bakeoff.
With the fun spread far and wide, we encourage you to use our online map app to plot your course — on foot, on bicycles or on the free transportation we provide. We arrange with local churches to turn their lots into park-and-ride spaces for the day.
The action is everywhere, and we do our best to let everyone know there’s a giant party going on. We expect pedestrians, cyclists and motorists to be sensible and follow the rules of the road.
Unlike many Atlanta festivals, which pay corporations to run the show, the East Atlanta Strut is and always has been — since 1998 — completely run by volunteers.
That allows the Strut to put 100 percent of its profits back into the community. More than $100,000 has been donated in just the last few years — to programs that do outreach to the unhoused, groups that feed people, organizations that help keep our longtime neighbors in their homes, our local fire station and library, pet rescue groups, child mentoring groups, local schools, arts organizations, and neighborhood beautification projects. The focus is on small nonprofits in ZIP 30316 that don’t have a huge staff of grant writers and paid managers. If you’d like to help us do this work, please contact info@eastalantastrut.com
Thanks for your help!