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PARKING/SHUTTLE SERVICE

Click Here for Parking and Shuttle Locations

Locations:

  • Boys & Girls Club - 535 Hill Street, Atlanta 30312
  • Martin Luther King Middle School - 545 Hill Street, Atlanta 30312
  • Georgia Hill Center - 250 Georgia Avenue SE 30312
  • Neighborhood Charter School - 688 Grant Street, Atlanta 30316
  • Maynard Jackson High School, 801 Glenwood Avenue, Atlanta 30316
  • Beulah Heights University, 892 Berne Street, Atlanta 30316
  • Parkside Elementary School, 685 Mercer Street SE, Atlanta 30312

Parking & Shuttle Fees:

  • Parking = $10 per car at each location except Parkside Elementary School ($20)
  • Shuttle from Lots to Grant Park = $3 per person
  • King Memorial Parking Lot is also available ($10 per car)
  • Shuttle on MARTA for $1.75 each way

 

LESS STRESS, LESS TRAFFIC, MORE JAZZ!

Take MARTA to the 2009 Atlanta Jazz Festival presented by American Family Insurance at Grant Park. 

  • MARTA Bus Shuttle from King Memorial Station at Decatur Street
    • Departs every 30 minutes
    • Drop off - front of Zoo Atlanta
  • Bus Route 32 from King Memorial Station
    • Saturday - every 30 minutes
    • Sunday - every 45 minutes
    • Drop off - Boulevard

For additional trip planning assitance, go to www.itsmarta.com and click on the MyCommute Trip Planner, or call 404.848.5000.

 

DIRECTIONS

Click HERE for a map and directions to Grant Park.

 

PARK RULES

  • No Pets - large or small in the Festival Area
  • No Grilling in the Festival Area
  • No Tents in the Festival Area

As a courtsey here are the rules that prevail during large gatherings in any City of Atlanta park.  Please note that these rules will be enforced in Grant Park during the 2009 Atlanta Jazz Festival presented by American Family Insurance.

Sec. 110-76.  Prohibited conduct in parks during outdoor festivals, assemblies, and special events

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person using a park during a permitted outdoor festival, as defined in section 138-187 of this Code of Ordinances, a permitted assembly, as defined in section 138-232,or a special event, to do, or permit a minor child in his/her custody to do, any of the following acts:

(1) Ride, drive or operate bicycles, motorcycles, mopeds or any other motor vehicles, or ride skateboards or skates onto prohibited areas in the park. The prohibited areas shall include the children's area, vending locations, craft demonstration area, performing arts venues, health and fitness expos, hot air balloon staging areas, roads, walks, courts, pools, and athletic fields. These items may be carried into or through prohibited areas if they are not ridden. This provision shall not apply to emergency medical personnel, nor to officials or employees of the City of Atlanta, acting in their official capacity, nor to vendors who are restocking their merchandise. In addition, this provision shall not apply to outdoor festival or special event workers during set up, take down, and restocking of an outdoor festival or special event. Lastly, this provision shall not apply to outdoor festival or special event organizers whose names are listed on the outdoor festival or special event permit. No greater that 12 outdoor festival or other event organizers shall be listed on any outdoor festival or special event permit.

(2) Bring in, carry, or in any way possess, play or operate any radio, musical instrument or similar device which is producing or reproducing sound in the park in such a manner as to be plainly audible to other persons in the park, other than the operator of the device. This subsection shall not apply to persons performing in the outdoor festival, assembly, or special event. All radios and musical devices with earphones are permitted.

(3) Bring, carry or in any way possess charcoal-fired portable grills. This provision shall not prohibit the use of charcoal in city grills placed in the park for public use.

(4) Engage in outdoor cooking in any area except where a city grill has been provided for public use. This provision shall not prohibit the use of gas grills placed within five feet of a city grill. This provision shall not apply to authorized outdoor festival or special event vendors.

(b) City rules regarding whether pets shall be allowed in a park during a permitted outdoor festival, as defined in section 138-187, or a special event, are set forth in Code section 110-70(d) and (e).  It says:

 (d)   Pets are prohibited in parks during permitted class A, class B, and class C outdoor festivals, as defined in section 138-187 and 138-205. Pets are permitted in parks during class D and class E outdoor festivals, as defined in section 138-187 and 138-205. Any prohibition on pets during any outdoor festival or special event, regardless of whether the outdoor festival is class A, B, C, D, or E, shall not apply to those animals that are part of a performance, exhibit, or other activity conducted as part of thespecial event or festival, or when those animals are confined to a specific area of the park designated for that purpose.

(e)   Subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to any guide dog especially trained for the purpose of accompanying a totally or partially blind person or a deaf person, or a service dog especially trained for the purpose of accompanying a physically disabled person, or a dog trained and licensed by and in the possession of the Atlanta Police Department or any other law enforcement agency, or a horse utilized by the city's mounted police patrol.

(Code 1977, § 10-2030; Ord. No. 2003-112, § 9, 12-9-03)