On Saturday, December 11th, Livable Buckhead invites visitors to stroll along Peachtree Road between Lenox Square and the Buckhead Village District to view the beautiful light displays, stopping at designated locations to enjoy hot chocolate and specialty cocktails along the way. Local musicians and holiday carolers will add to the festive atmosphere with performances at various points along the walking route. Free holiday holographic glasses will be provided to add even more sparkle to the viewing experience, and the first 100 people will receive a commemorative ceramic campfire mug.

Hot chocolate and specialty non-alcoholic drinks are free. Cocktails and alcoholic beverages prices will vary.

Stops include: 

Check in for mugs: JW Marriott / Front of Lenox Square (our DJ will be spinning live) / Shops Around Lenox / Resurgens Plaza / Serendipity Labs @Loudermilk Park / Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Buckhead / Embassy Suites (choral group) / Hyatt Place  / Iron Hill Brewery and ending with St. Germain Bakery at the Buckhead Village District

 Getting There:

We encourage you to use MARTA when visiting Buckhead (Lenox or Buckhead Stations are a short walks from the start of our planned route). Parking is available at Lenox Square courtesy of Simon Properties.

Getting Around:

We encourage walking but when those legs get a little wobbly, we’ll have the buc shuttle operating as your FREE Santa’s sleigh between stops. The buc will operate from 5:30 – 8:30pm. Catch one of the festively decorated shuttles to Loudermilk Park to see the trees, or to the Buckhead Village District to enjoy their holiday merrymaking.

Nearly 40 Christmas trees will add a festive spirit to Charlie Loudermilk Park from Saturday, November 27^th to December 12th. Walk through the park to see each of the uniquely decorated trees. After their time on display in Buckhead the trees will be donated to Atlanta Fire Department stations throughout the city.

Make sure stop by on the evening of December 11th for our Hot Chocolate Crawl, and check out jazz ensemble Super Deluxe. Under the direction of Wilton Elder, Super Deluxe has produced an eclectic portfolio of tribute shows to artists such as jazz chameleon Herbie Hancock, classic rock band Steely Dan, and founding fathers of funk George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic.

Also Serendipity Labs will serving up hot chocolate and we’ll have a garland making station which will be donated to fire stations with trees.

Music Style: Acoustic Folk Songwriter

Seersha’s work as songwriter, recording artist, and producer has caught the attention of underground tastemakers such as yvynyl, Wonky Sensitive, Discobelle, and more. In addition to her original synthpop, you can catch her around Atlanta accompanying her ethereal vocals on acoustic guitar.

Drink: Eggnog with “spiked” option

Music Style: Instrumental Jazz Guitarist or Pianist

Chris Marks is an Atlanta-based musician and recent graduate from the Kennesaw State University Jazz Program. He performs regularly in the Atlanta area and is involved with several improvised music recording projects.

Drink: White Chocolate Hot Chocolate; Cider; Coffee

Music Style: Carolers

The carolers are led by Minon Sarten. Minon grew up traveling and singing with her family and has provided background vocals for gospel artists the Clark Sisters, Kim Burrell, Lowell Pye, Coko Clemons, Crystal Aiken and more, and was recently featured on an album with James Fortune.

Drink: Yule-tide mule

Music Style: Bluegrass Ensemble

Save the Still plays both Traditional and Progressive bluegrass music. The band features 3 of Atlanta’s most prominent bluegrass and acoustic music players- Drew Lloyd, Jared Lanham, and David Ellis.

Drink: Cranberry Cider

Music Style: Holiday DJ + Audio Stream

Santiago Páramo is an Atlanta-based creative enthusiast, who during the last thirteen years has contributed to the vibrancy of the city as a musician, composer, audio engineer, music consultant, DJ, multi-media artist and cultural producer.

Drink: Non-alcoholic “hottie tottie”

Music Style: Holiday DJ Streaming

Drink: A Coquito. It is a drink that has Cream of Coconut, Evaporated Milk, Condensed Sweetened Milk, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, and Brown Sugar.

Music Style: Holiday DJ Streaming

Drink: A free non-alcoholic option as well as signature alcoholic holiday option.

Thank you to all of our sponsors. Their investment in the Buckhead community, makes events like these possible.