Piedmont Park: Atlanta Symphony Concert Social Event

This event is dedicated to the late Charlie Cottingham, as he led this type of social event for the Atlanta Outdoor Club during his incredible life.

Details: The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra plans to perform a free concert at Piedmont Park on Sunday, April 19, at 6:00pm in the Oak Hill section of the park (near 10th street).  We, and all others who love the great outdoors and great music, will watch this memorable experience on the huge grassy hillside that surrounds the stage at the park. 

EVENT DETAILS:   Let's all gather no later than  5:30PM on the sidewalk at the corner of Elmwood Drive and Monroe Drive, 2 blocks east of the Park.  ( See Directions & GPS info below and please be on time, allowing for traffic.)  In the past we've always found plenty of safe free street-side parallel parking here along  Elmwood within a block or two of Monroe.  After brief introductions it will take us only about 10 minutes to walk together into the park. During the entire outing feel free to leave at any time from the group if you'd like.

According to the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra: Finan Jones conducts the evening's program, featuring a selection of orchestral favorites specially selected to highlight our nation's 250th anniversary. Program selections will include works by such beloved American composers as John Williams, Leonard Bernstein and Florence Price, plus masterworks by Dvořák and Mozart. 

DIRECTIONS to our SIDEWALK GATHERING SPOT at the MONROE DRIVE/ ELMWOOD DRIVE corner (+ tips for adjoining Free Parking):

For a zoomable map & satellite view of this shady corner and quiet residential area just east of the Park click the square Blue & Green "Event Location" icon near the top of this article.
GPS DATA for this SPOT:  GPS or Google.com/Maps users can enter either of these as your Destination address (to augment or replace Directions steps 1-5 below):
- Street Address at SW corner of Monroe & Elmwood: 1096 Monroe Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30306
- Lat/ Lon Address of same sidewalk corner (being sure to include comma & minus sign):  33.7847, -84.3679

DRIVING DIRECTIONS (assuming you begin in North Metro Atlanta and drive south toward Midtown via I-75 or I-85)
 + Details about FREE PARKING along ELMWOOD and our HIKING ROUTE to the PARK CONCERT VENUE
1. As you near the I-75/ I-85 interchange (about 2 miles north of downtown Atlanta)  get into the second lane from the Interstate's righthand side.
2. Avoid exiting onto the other Interstate, but as you pass the interchange bear right toward I-75 Exit #84 and exit there (for "17th St, 14th St and 10th St").
3. Then  bear leftward along the access road (a.k.a."Techwood Drive") for about 0.3 mile to the traffic light at 10^th Street (bypassing 17^th & 14th Street).
4. Turn Left onto 10th Street and go 1.3 miles eastward to the  traffic light at Monroe Drive (crossing Peachtree Street, Piedmont Ave, etc.).
5. Turn Left onto Monroe Drive and go just 0.2 mile northward to  Elmwood Drive. (You've gone a block to far if you reach the traffic light at Park Drive.)
6. Turn onto  Elmwood (left or right) and parallel-park in any of its vacant street-side spaces.  (We've always managed to find safe and convenient free parking here.)
7.  Then  walk back (via Elmwood) to the Monroe sidewalk corner where we'll begin gathering at about 5:45 PM.

8.  After introductions we'd like to begin by 5:40pm our less than 10-minute group sidewalk hike into the park  carrying any concert-related items with us.  Walking route will be: 1) South 1 block along Monroe, 2) West 1 block along Cresthill Ave and into Park, then 3) West ~1/4 mile across big meadow and straight ahead to grassy Oak Hill concert venue.

Free Event, with free entrance into the Park, free Concert Viewing, and free (suggested) parallel Parking along Elmwood Drive.