The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival

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The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival

The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival which is the first festival of its kind in Atlanta at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010

Piedmont Park will host 2nd Annual Atlanta Ice Cream Festival Saturday, Sept. 11. Expect a variety of ice cream vendors, food, funnel cakes, cotton candy, merchandise, competitions, health & fitness screanings, youth entertainment and lots of activities.

Hundreds of ice cream lovers check out The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival which is the first festival of its kind in Atlanta at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Along with multiple ice cream vendors, there are food and beverages and the opportunity to burn off those calories with health and fitness activities.

Tammy Gras, owner of Dairylicious Treats, dips with sprinkles during The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival which is the first festival of its kind in Atlanta at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.

Andrew (left) and Candice St. Bernard, of Smyrna, enjoy ice cream as they hold their dogs Lincoln (left) and Bentley during The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.

Tammy Gras, owner of Dairylicious Treats, serves frozen banana on-a-stick to Joya Browne (left), 15, and her sister Cheyenne Browne, 17.

Sasha Wildstein, 6, smiles as she shows off her ice cream patterned shirt during The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.

Craig Kassinger, of Dunwoody, enjoys his ice cream bar during The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival which is the first festival of its kind in Atlanta at Piedmont Park on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010.

Charlitia Reed, of Alpharetta, with her children Tayler (left), 10, and Timothy, 7, play jump rope before they try their favorite ice cream during The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival.

Autumn Reynolds (left) and her friend Carlos Aquino, both of Atlanta, are ice cream lovers who come to check out The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival.

Tammy Gras, owner of Dairylicious Treats, holds an ice cream bar during The Atlanta Ice Cream Festival.

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Piedmont Park will host 2nd Annual Atlanta Ice Cream Festival Saturday, Sept. 11. Expect a variety of ice cream vendors, food, funnel cakes, cotton candy, merchandise, competitions, health & fitness screanings, youth entertainment and lots of activities.

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