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PHOTOS: Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade 2018

Annual Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade provides nighttime festivities

Some of the estimated more than 70,000 people that participated in the parade and festivities make their way toward Piedmont Park during the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

The Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade provides illuminating and colorful sights on Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. Organizers say the event has grown from 1,200 participants and tailgaters along the parade route in 2012 to more than 70,000 people. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Volunteer Greg Martin looks out for one of the large lanterns before the start of the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade on Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Thousands of participants and onlookers enjoy the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade making its way toward Piedmont Park on Saturday night, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

The Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade make its way toward Piedmont Park on Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

The annual Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade begins on the Eastside Trail, where it crosses Irwin Street / Lake Avenue and winds north to Piedmont Park. This year's illuminating event was held Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Baton Bob poses for a photograph in front of some large lanterns before the start of the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade on Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Jeffry Loy puts last-minute touches on his lantern before the start of the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade on Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Joy Hartsfield (right) waits for the start of the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade in her moth costume on Saturday evening, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

Some of the more than the estimated 70,000 people that participated in the Lantern Parade make their way toward Piedmont Park during the Atlanta BeltLine Lantern Parade Saturday, September 22, 2018. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Thousands of people take part each year in the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade. Crowds line the parade route on Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

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Some of the estimated more than 70,000 people that participated in the parade and festivities make their way toward Piedmont Park during the Atlanta Beltline Lantern Parade Saturday, September 22, 2018. (Photo: STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC)

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