Atlanta AIDS Walk: Award-winning Artists Join AHF and Local ASOs on Sept. 29 to Support Fight Against AIDS

Sep 28, 2019

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A diverse array of award-winning recording artists will join AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest nonprofit, global health organization addressing the HIV/AIDS epidemic, for the 29th annual AIDS Walk & Music Festival in Atlanta, GA. Scheduled for Sunday, September 29, 2019 at Piedmont Park, in the heart of Midtown Atlanta, the annual walk has become one of the region's most anticipated outdoor, charity fundraising events, with a goal of raising $750,000 to support local HIV/AIDS services.

Scheduled to begin at 11:00 am, Sunday’s event starts with a 5K run and walk, culminating with a concert event featuring a dynamic list of performers including Amara La Negra, rock 'n' roll guitarist Grace Gibson, R&B sensation Eric Bellinger, three-time Grammy-nominated, soul-induced artist Raheem DeVaughn and Atlanta’s own Grammy Award-winning multi-platinum artist, Monica. The festival event will also include food trucks, vendors, HIV/AIDS education and awareness resources and rapid, free, confidential HIV testing. Several hundred panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, the world’s largest folk arts exhibition, will also be displayed to honor many individuals that died from AIDS and to serve as a reminder that more research, education and awareness is still needed to address the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Presented by Delta Airlines and AHF Pharmacy, the annual event, formerly known as the Atlanta AIDS Walk & 5K Run, is the Southeast region's largest community fundraiser and awareness event for HIV/AIDS. Attracting thousands of attendees from across the region, funds raised will benefit 10 deserving AIDS-service organizations in the local Atlanta community. The benefitting organizations include: