Food Truck Festival Headed to Piedmont Park

Midtown food truck fans have a lot of options. 

There's Street Food Thursdays at the corner of 12th and Peachtree streets.

There’s the new Atlanta Food Truck Park & Market on the edge of West Midtown.

In July, there will be another big treat for street food fans – the inaugural Atlanta Street Food Festival on July 14.

The event, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., is being billed as “the only festival in the city dedicated solely to the mobile food trend.”

“The hottest food trend in Atlanta is the street food movement and we wanted to celebrate the success of these entrepreneurs by showcasing their premier cuisine in one fun-filled day,” Alisha Nesbitt and Cheryl Hasting, Atlanta Street Food Festival founders, said in a news release about the event. 

Participating food trucks will include: Yumbii, Munch, Banged Up and Mashed, Just Loaf’n, Yoli’s Street Food, Mix’d Up, Hail Caesar, The Fry Guy, Pup Truck, Happy Belly, Yum Yum Cupcake, Nana G’s Chik-n-Waffles, Buon Provecho, Black Tie Catering, King of Pops, Honeysuckle Gelato Dr. Sweets Cake Emporium and Cake Café Atlanta.  

The event will also include performances by local musicians including Dwight Raby, The Stephen Lee Band, Josh Bias & The 630 Band, Southland Romeo and Timothy J. Wilson. 

Part of the proceeds from the festival will go to the .

Tickets are available for purchase online for $10.50.

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