- Saturday April 26
- 2pm
- Rain or Shine
- Starting at Edgewood & Euclid
- Ending at Euclid & Austin via Hurt
Inman Park is proud to present Atlanta’s quirkiest and most colorful parade led by the Inman Park butterfly and followed by marching bands, floats, art cars, drill teams, mascots, clowns, jugglers, politicians and much, much more.
The AJC considers the parade one of 10 Things Every Atlanta Resident Should Do:
Take in a parade with personality. (Intown Atlanta) Inman Park Spring Festival’s parade is a people watching paradise. Colorful costumes, creative themes, and the Seed & Feed Marching Abominable invite spring with sass and funk.
Route
- This favorite of Festival begins at Edgewood Ave and Euclid Ave.
- From there it runs east on Edgewood to Hurt St.
- Continuing on north via Hurt St, until it reaches Euclid Ave.
- Completing its last leg by marching northeast on Euclid Ave through Freedom Park, ending at Euclid Ave and Austin Ave.
2025 Grand Marshal
Sponsored By
Special shout out and thanks to Boutte Tree for being our Parade Sponsor 2nd year running!
About Our Grand Marshal
This year’s Inman Park Festival Grand Marshal is Susan Bridges. She is the owner and director of whitespace, an Inman Park art gallery, which opened in 2006 on Edgewood Avenue. She was born in Atlanta and raised in Druid Hills. Her journey began with studying art history, then took a circuitous route while she worked in the advertising world. This was her hands-on introduction to the creative process, preparing her for her role as gallery director.
After 15 years curating pop-up art shows in raw industrial spaces in Atlanta, she opened whitespace to encourage open artistic expression and to promote original, unconventional projects. Susan is a tireless city booster, obsessive art collector, activist and volunteer, supporter of public art, mentor, and advocate to emerging artists. She was one of Inman Park’s earliest Urban Pioneers. She has also served as vice president and program chairperson for Flux Projects and as a board member for Art Papers Magazine, Burnaway, Atlanta Medical Heritage, and the Atlanta Preservation Center.
In 2014, she received the Contemporary Art Center’s prestigious Nexus Award recognizing local leaders instrumental in making Atlanta a vibrant arts community. She currently serves on the advisory councils for the Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences and Artadia, a national non-profit grant maker benefiting visual artists. She has also garnered attention from the American Institute of Architects, NPR affiliate WABE, Creative Loafing, Atlanta Magazine, and The Atlanta 500, 2020–2025.
She says, “Listening to the artists I work with and listening to my clients, I would like the world to know that art is for everyone.”
