Reformed Avondale Business Association creates three new festivals
The Avondale Estates Business Association, revived last October after being dormant for about two years, has created three new festivals for this year.
“Shakespeare in Avondale Estates is set for noon to 5 p.m. April 15 in the Tudor Village downtown. The centerpieces are two performances by The Atlanta Shakespeare Company, one for children at 2 p.m. and another for adults—“Shakespeare: The Language that Shaped a World”—at 3:30 p.m. Both will be at the Avondale Towne Cinema, 106 North Avondale Road.
Elvis Fest is scheduled for August 19, three days after the 40th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. The third is a September event celebrating Waffle House, which opened its first restaurant in Avondale in 1955. In fact the AEBA recently received a $2500 check from the restaurant chain.
“We hope all three of these will become annual events,” said AEBA Chair Fisher Paty. “We need more events because we need to be bringing in more people from outside the city.
“Ideally there should be something every two or three weeks,” he added. “Festivals and events help development too. Developers are looking to come to a community with a sense of place and where there is a lot to do.”
