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Amazon Prime Video hosting Victorian Fair for new film ‘The Aeronauts’

The free event features hot air balloon rides, palm readers and giveaways

'The Aeronauts' Victorian Fair Coming to Atlanta Amazon Prime Video’s traveling fair is making a stop in Atlanta next week to promote the upcoming film, “The Aeronauts.” On Dec. 10, guests at Piedmont Park will be able to take hot air balloon rides and get palm readings. The cross-country fair is true to the year the movie takes place: 1862. A phonograph DJ and a tight rope walker are among the period performers. The film stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. In it, balloon pilot Amelia Wren and meteor
By Kiersten Willis
Dec 5, 2019

Amazon Prime Video’s traveling fair is making a stop in Atlanta next week to promote the upcoming film, “The Aeronauts.”

Piedmont Park will host the free event, “The Aeronauts’ Incredible Journey – The Cross Country Ballooning Fair” on Dec. 10 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. It will include fair food and drink along with hot air balloon rides, palm readers, hypnotists, an aerial acrobat and giveaways inspired by the year 1862, when the movie takes place.

» RELATED: Hot air balloons are coming to Piedmont Park

The cross-country fair coincides with the premiere of "The Aeronauts," which stars Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones.  In select theaters Dec. 6 and available on Prime Video Dec. 20, the film follows balloon pilot Amelia Wren and meterologist James Glaisher as they team up to gain knowledge about the weather in 1862, facing physical and emotional dangers along the way.

Event tickets can be found here.

» RELATED: Funnel cake and big trucks: City slicker's guide to ATL county fairs

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Kiersten Willis is a native advertising specialist at the AJC.

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