Chastain Park Conservancy’s fall fundraiser offers a night on stage at the Amphitheater and much more

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One night a year, the stage of the Chastain Park Amphitheater is a placewhere Buckhead residents and supporters of Chastain Park from near and far canmix, mingle and dance and maybe pretend it’s their space to entertain and beseen.

Actually, that night is just a week away and it is the Chastain ParkConservancy’s 8^th Annual On A Green Night fundraiser, where thestage will be open to those who pay $100 per person to dine on food from someof the area’s fine restaurants, sip some wine, beer or spirits and, yes, danceon the stage to live music.
This year’s fundraiser on Oct. 4 is themed “Heart and Soul,” will havelive music from the jazz band Mojo dojo and Scott Glazer, a lifetime Buckheadresident, both a live and silent auction of a wide array of tempting items andeven the opportunity for those attending to bid on a Mercedes Benz andvacations. 
Doors open at the Chastain Amphitheater at 7 p.m.and the event lasts until 11 p.m. Tickets can be purchased onlineat www.chastainparkconservancy.org  or at the door for$100 per person.
“Theevent offers an opportunity to experience a ‘Taste of Chastain’ with 10 localrestaurants participating in our al fresco dining experience.” said Rosa McHugh, the Conservancy’s director of development.  “This year we also will befeaturing our park partner the Chastain Arts Center with two artisticdemonstrations” of people making pottery and paintings she added.  “Allproceeds go to support the mission of the Conservancy to restore, enhance,maintain and preserve Chastain Park,” McHugh explained. So, for $100 perperson, you get tastings from 10 local restaurants, beer tastings, an open bar,a silent and live auction and much more. And it’s a charitable donation to theBuckhead community.
What’s more,“People can feel like a rock star dancing on thestage,” McHugh said. 

Jason Flake of Flake Productions will be theemcee of this year’s event, she said, and Helaine Sugarman, of Buckhead, is theevent chair.

The Taste of Chastain, will offer food from restaurantslike Atlanta Fish Market, The Big Ketch, Horseradish Grill, Gigi’s Cupcakes,Twisted Taco and Kaleidoscope. The beer tastings will be provided by 5 SeasonsBrewing Co.
The fall fundraiser is the conservancy’s largest one of the year, and McHughsaid she expects about 400 guests to attend. The board is hoping to raise morethan $70,000 through the ticket sales and proceeds from the auctions.
The funds will support three specific initiatives of the Conservancy: Walk Chastain, which is a safety initiative to widensidewalks along Powers Ferry Road to protect pedestrians from car traffic; PlayChastain, an initiative to build a new regional playground, and the third is tofund the staff that organizes just over 12,000 volunteer hours per year.

For more information about the event or Conservancy,go to  www.chastainparkconservancy.org.