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Draft on Taft Festival Saturday in Midtown
If you like supporting a good local cause, eating delicious po boys, drinking beer, and listening to great music in the springtime air, then this Midtown annual festival is for you.
GiGi’s Playhouse Atlanta, a Down Syndrome awareness center in the Amsterdam Walk district near Midtown, is the selected charity to benefit from this year's Draft on Taft festival on Saturday May 18, 3-10 p.m.
The 12th annual festival takes place on Charles Allen Dr. across from Piedmont Park and costs $35, which gets you "unlimited beer, Po Boys, and live music" according to the Draft on Taft event page on Facebook.
The post also says if you enter the code 'gigi' (on the Xorbia Tickets website) you'll get $5 off the price.
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The musical lineup includes: Bronze Radio Return, Andy Davis, Kevin Lewis Band, and to close DJ EU "Ke Es La Ke". See here for more on the musical performers.
As the event's organizer's state, "If you 'don't' like supporting a good cause, eating delicious po boys, drinking glorious beer, and listening to great music with good friends you should probably stay home on the 18th."
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GiGi's Playhouse, at 549-1 Amsterdam Ave., has free resources, therapeutic classes and more for those with Down Syndrome and their families.
Learn more about GiGi's from the attached video.
The festival's afterparty will take place at Tin Lizzy's Cantina in Midtown
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