Spring Kick-Off: Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival #CherryFest17 Monday 27 March, 2017
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It’s officially spring and the weather has been beautiful in Atlanta lately thank God! To kick-off the spring season I love going to festivals to get some fresh air, Vitamin D and local activities. This is why I attended my first Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival! The Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual event that brings together the community and shows visitors what is special about Brookhaven which is under the Dekalb County district. As a resident of Dekalb county I was excited to attend for the first time and below are photos of the festivities.
Live performances during the festival
Food Vendors
Festivals Equals Food Trucks Galore!
I love a great food trucks. Like food trucks are my thing and espeically when it great weather. I had The Pickle before at another festival so I made sure to stop by at this one. The Pickle doesnt just sell pickles (sorry to disappoint you) but they actually have a variety of food selections. This is the Crawfish Etoufee bowl! I was happy to get my Creole New Orleans foodie fix!
What is a festival without a traditional funnel cake??
King of Pops is an Atlanta foodie staple for the best organic popsicles in town! I love them and they are always at every festival so I was not surprised to see them. They are my favorite!
Festivals also scream cotton candy right?
Children’s Village
Now this area was fun. Definitely specially made for the kiddies! Lots of things for your kids to do such as blow up slides, suspension jumping stations, riding bulls, moon bounces, face painting, live cartoon characters and storytime. It was cute for the kids.
I was very tempted to slide my adult self down the dino slide.
Local Craft and Shopping Vendors
Another cool thing about festivals is that it gives local artists and shopping vendors an opportunity to showcase and sell their work. So many different handcrafted and cool items such as accessories, Bohemian jewelry, African inspired clothing, artistic paintings, custom baby clothes and more. It great to see not only the cool items you don’t normally see in main department stores or malls, but the craftmaship of these local artist and the love they put into their products.
Many family layed down blankets and set up chairs to just enjoy the afternoon of the sun and music and bonding with others at the fest.
Fun Fact: In 2014 the City of Brookhaven planted 240 Yoshino and Kwanzan Cherry Trees in Blackburn Park. The official tree of Brookhaven, the Cherry Tree is a symbol of peace and goodwill.
Local Atlanta bloggers who created a buzz for the #CherryFest17 – did you know we made the hashtag trending on Twitter days before the fest!?! Gotta love the power of influencers and social media!
I had fun at my first Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival along with other local bloggers. We also got to meet the Mayor of Brookhaven and it was an overall fun event for families and friends. A beautiful way to celebrate spring and bring the Brookhaven community together!
Thanks to Discover Dekalb for bring the community and having a successful two-day weekend for the Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival.
What Are Your Favorite Things About Festivals?
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I love festivals like these, I usually end up buying so much handcrafted items by local artists to have as souvenirs. Plus, I love eating all the different food there too! The Crawfish Etoufee bowl looks AMAZING.
This looks like such a fun festival. I am so excited for the warmer weather to come so we can get outside more. We have some great festivals in our area.
I can’t think of a better thing to celebrate than cherry blossoms! They’re so beautiful. That being said .. my husband and I are huge fans of festivals of any sort and this one seems wonderful
I would love to attend a cherry blossom festival one day. They aren’t prevalent in my area but they are definitely my favorite kind of tree. Looks like such a fun event!
This looks like a fabulous experience. I think that I would probably eat my way through the event. I always like visiting different festivals and shopping the vendors, too.
I love festivals. In fact, having a diversion after spending time being so serious at paperwork, joining festivals is really a good thing. I also love being in festivals with my friends, families, or my boyfriend.
This sounds like a great event, especially that you got to meet other bloggers, too. The food looks amazing too. One of the reasons my husband and I love going to festivals is the food!
That looks like such a fun event! All the food looks amazing (especially the funnel cake, yummy!). I absolutely love Cherry Blossom season. I was lucky enough to live in Japan for two years, and they really go all out for Cherry Blossom festivals.
This looks like so much fun!! We have a Dogwood Festival here and it is very very similar. Always a day full of fun and things to do for the entire family!! I personally love the food!!
It’s officially spring and the weather has been beautiful in Atlanta lately thank God! To kick-off the spring season I love going to festivals to get some fresh air, Vitamin D and local activities. This is why I attended my first Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival! The Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual event that brings together the community and shows visitors what is special about Brookhaven which is under the Dekalb County district. As a resident of Dekalb county I was excited to attend for the first time and below are photos of the festivities.
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I love festivals like this. It sounds like this one was so much fun!
I LOVE the Cherry Blossom Festival. It’s so much fun to go there with the family.
My family would love Cherryfest. It’s the kind of thing that you just spend all day exploring and strolling around.
I could go for a day full of beautiful blooms, lovely weather, and of course… FOOD! Om nom nom. It sounds like at on of fun.
This looks like a great time! I wish we had a festival this early in the year! I’m so ready for summer and all it brings!
This seemed like such a cool festival! Checking out what local vendors are selling is always nice. The activities for kids looked awesome too.
FUN! I love a good festival! The food is always my favorite part, but nothing beats the carefree vibe either.
I love all the different foods at fairs and events like this. It sounds like you had a great time!
I love food festivals. I wish there would be more in my area
I love those baby onesies! The one with the peach is the cutest. This looks like an awesome time.
What a fun time! I love anything fair related especially when there is funnel cake!
What a great event! Totally awesome and look super fun. I am totally want to experience this kind of event! Love it!
This is one of my favorite festivals! We’ve been here once and it was really fun!
King of Pops! We used them at one of our school events! What an awesome festival with all those food trucks!
I think it’s really awesome that you were able to go here! It looks like a lot of fun and there’s so much that you can see and do here as well.
I love festivals like these, I usually end up buying so much handcrafted items by local artists to have as souvenirs. Plus, I love eating all the different food there too! The Crawfish Etoufee bowl looks AMAZING.
This looks like such a good time! These really is something for everyone in the family– I wish it was closer to me.
I love going to carnivals like this! It’s so much fun to see what people can come up with at a carnival.
What a fun event! I wish we had one local to us. We have a lot of Apple festivals lol.
The food looks amazing!
This looks fun! I haven’t been to a gathering like this in along time.
Oh this looks like so much fun! My favorite part of any festivals would have to be the food!
This looks like such a fun festival. I am so excited for the warmer weather to come so we can get outside more. We have some great festivals in our area.
Oh my! This seems like a super fun festival! Looks huge and like there’s something going on everywhere! Love those pop-up shops.
Funnel cake! Yes! I can never get enough. It looks like the whole Cherry Blossom festival was really fun.
It’s always good to explore local places for a bit of shopping.
This looks like such a fun event! I just love festivals! Hooray for spring!
I love the Cherry Blossom Festival. So sorry I missed it this year. I love to eat my way through all the food truck vendors. Yummy!!
Omg what a fun festival!!!!! And you had fried Diego!!! Fried dough is an absolute favorite of mine at any event!
This looks like a fun time! I would love to attend something like this in my area!
That looks like a ton of fun! Festivals are the best. They always have great entertainment and food!
oh wow, looks like everyone is having a blast! i know my kids would love this.
This sounds like a blast. We enjoy trying new foods from the food truck. I got to try street tacos one time and they were amazing.
I can’t think of a better thing to celebrate than cherry blossoms! They’re so beautiful. That being said .. my husband and I are huge fans of festivals of any sort and this one seems wonderful
I would love to attend a cherry blossom festival one day. They aren’t prevalent in my area but they are definitely my favorite kind of tree. Looks like such a fun event!
There are so many fun things to do and looks like amazing food to eat too!
The best things about fairs and festivals are the food choices! So many awesome and delicious things to try. That kid area looks amazing too!
So jealous!! We still have a ton of snow here! You now got me craving funnel cake! lol
This looks like a fabulous experience. I think that I would probably eat my way through the event. I always like visiting different festivals and shopping the vendors, too.
I love festivals. In fact, having a diversion after spending time being so serious at paperwork, joining festivals is really a good thing. I also love being in festivals with my friends, families, or my boyfriend.
This sounds like a great event, especially that you got to meet other bloggers, too. The food looks amazing too. One of the reasons my husband and I love going to festivals is the food!
That looks like such a fun event! All the food looks amazing (especially the funnel cake, yummy!). I absolutely love Cherry Blossom season. I was lucky enough to live in Japan for two years, and they really go all out for Cherry Blossom festivals.
This looks like so much fun!! We have a Dogwood Festival here and it is very very similar. Always a day full of fun and things to do for the entire family!! I personally love the food!!
We love going to the Cherry Blossom festival here in Washington, DC! This looks like a fun one to check out too!