Need-to-know information for the 2024 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival The Brookhaven Blast Cherry Blossom Festival Edition Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival: Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24 The Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival takes place this Saturday and Sunday, March 23-24, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road in Brookhaven. Admission is free, with food, drinks, Splash Artists Market wares and Kidz Zone activities available for purchase. The Classic Car Show takes place Saturday, while the Pet World DareDevil Dog Shows entertain our guests on Sunday. +LIVE+ is the Saturday headliner, while Barenaked Ladies headlines on Sunday. Also taking the stage Saturday are Moon Taxi, Sister Hazel, and Takiya Mason, while Lisa Loeb, Crash Test Dummies, and Koyal take the stage on Sunday. Concert lineup schedule here (subject to change without notice.) Important information to plan your day We look forward to welcoming you to the 2024 Brookhaven Cherry Blossom Festival, located at Blackburn Park, 3493 Ashford Dunwoody Road. The festival and concert are free to attend! RAIN OR SHINE The festival is rain or shine unless the weather becomes dangerous (lightning, high winds, torrential downpours) in which case there may be cancellations or delays. Check the website for updates. IMPORTANT UPDATES For important updates, check the website at www.BrookCherryFest.org and Facebook at @BrookCherryFest. NO ONSITE PARKING There is NO FESTIVAL PARKING. All local lots and side streets will be posted and vehicles will be subject to towing to alleviate congestion for local residents. PLAN TO BE WALKING A LOT! Blackburn is a linear park about 0.5 miles long from the shuttle bus stop to Pet World. Please be prepared to walk a lot when attending the festival. Staff will be utilizing golf carts during the festival and are not permitted to give rides to attendees. BEST WAY TO ARRIVE: TRANSIT/SHUTTLES Shuttles will begin running from the Brookhaven/Oglethorpe MARTA station parking lot at 9:30 a.m. each day and the last shuttle bus will leave at 7:30 p.m. from Blackburn Park. The best way to get to the Cherry Blossom Festival is to arrive via MARTA on the Gold Line or park at the Brookhaven/Oglethorpe station.This is your fastest, easiest, and most headache free way to attend the free festival. Free shuttles will be available from the MARTA lot to Blackburn Park. Shuttle lines are expected to be long after festival end each day- please be patient at these times or utilize ride share. Check below for schedules and train station information/addresses. Gold: https://itsmarta.com/Gold-Line.aspx Red: https://www.itsmarta.com/Red-Line.aspx PARK AND WALK Parking with NO SHUTTLES will be available from the following location: Chamblee MARTA Station (1.8 Mile Walk One Way) 5200 New Peachtree Rd Chamblee, GA 30341 All local festival attendees should refrain from using residential and retail parking areas in the Blackburn Park and Murphey Candler areas. All are welcome but local parking regulations will be strictly enforced. ADA TRAVEL TO THE FESTIVAL We will have ADA ONLY parking available at The Cowart Family YMCA reserved for wheelchair accessibility. Once the lot is full, festival-goers looking for ADA accessible travel to and from the festival should park and ride with MARTA. All MARTA stations have ADA accessible parking spaces and the MARTA trains and busses are ADA accessible. ADA accessible shuttles will be available at Brookhaven/Oglethorpe Station to and from Blackburn Park. RIDESHARE We encourage all those using rideshare service to use 2036 Johnson Ferry Rd, Brookhaven, GA 30319 address for drop off and pick up. This is the Cambridge Square parking lot located across from Blackburn Park where the festival is located. This lot will be posted for no parking but available for rideshare pick up and drop off. DOG TRANSPORTATION Leashed, well-behaved dogs are allowed at the festival, but not on the shuttles. We highly encourage attendees with dogs to park and walk, or use the Uber Pet option. BLANKETS AND CHAIRS We highly encourage attendees to bring blankets as the natural amphitheater in front of the stage is much more comfortable with blankets and they are easier to transport on the shuttles. While we realize some people might need chairs for health reasons, we ask that all others refrain from bringing chairs into the park. Should you bring a chair in you will likely be asked to move it out of consideration for other guests. Individuals with disabilities who require chairs are not subject to above. Please let us know if we can assist. COOLERS Coolers are not allowed on the shuttles or in the park. If you bring a cooler in, you will be asked to remove it. We highly encourage attendees to BRING WATER. Please stay hydrated throughout your visit to the festival by bringing a good supply of water. SUN SAFETY Please keep in mind that temperatures may be mild in March but the sun will (hopefully)