Summerfest in Virginia-Highland

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Summerfest in Virginia-Highland

Festival goers were treated to some nice weather for Saturday's Summerfest in Virginia-Highland.

One of the many pieces of art welcomes folks to the festival.

Ava Hallman, 4, from Atlanta.

Matt Kelley, from Atlanta, plays with the "County Line Strangers."

ll Freeman, 2 1/2 gets a lift from his dad Steven as he reaches for one of the water misters out to help keep people cool. They are from Atlanta.

Calen Nash, from Athens, holds his nephew, Nash Throkmorton, 2.

Erica Lancaster, from Atlanta.

Bill Blakley, of Buford, takes away a painting he purchased for his keeping room.

Ellie Leap, from Atlanta, finds the perfect mode of travel, getting a perfect parking spot in the scooter area right at North Highland and Virginia Avenue.

Jinsheng Song, a Chinese artist who now lives in Fort McCoy, Fla., works on one of his paintings.

Caitlin Benebick, from Athens, is a volunteer with the festival.

With temperatures in the 80's, it was a sunshine filled sunglasses perfect day for the final day Virginia-Highland Summerfest Street Festival, which drew a capacity crowd.

Bryan Adams, from Atlanta, carries his neighbors child Emma Bradley, 3, from Atlanta.

Peter Kotchen carries his son Trammell Kotchen, 4, who has a great vantage point from up there.

Deborah Stevens hangs art work inside a tent.

Paul Pearman , Augusta, shows of his "Silence of the Lambs" belt buckle during the Virginia-Highland 2009 Summerfest on Saturday. Some of his belt buckels sell for over $5,000.

Josie Appleman, 3, of Atlanta, shows off her artistic abilities.

Thousands of people walk through the tents filled with art work during the Virginia-Highland 2009 Summerfest on Saturday.

Anna Ullmann , Dunwoody , holds her niece Scarlett Graber , 11 months, Sandy Springs as she walks through the Virginia-Highland neighborhood.

Atlanta artist Darrell Lane sells a photograph to Catalina Griffith, Social Circle.

Artist Jinsheng Song, New York , paints during Summerfest.

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One of the many pieces of art welcomes folks to the festival.

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