The doggy social event of the season is happening April 28 in Midtown Atlanta. Midtown Alliance’s second annual Midtown Mutt Gala – a playful riff on the stylish Met Gala – will bring hundreds of Atlantans together in the heart of their city to enjoy food, music and costumed canines strutting their stuff on the red carpet.
The outdoor event is free for spectators, with a small fee to enter the costume contest.
Join in on the fun with or without a dog. RSVP at MidtownATL.com/MuttGala. Fashionable attire is encouraged but not required. There’s also a neat, fenced-in dog park at the edge of the venue for dogs and their humans to meet up and play.
Know anyone with a haute dog that likes to dress up and slay the runway?
Registration is open for competitors in the juried doggy costume contest. The deadline to sign up is April 25. Midtown Alliance will not be able to accept any walk-up contestants on the day of the event. Please forward this story to your friends and encourage them to enter their fierce, four-legged fashionista in the competition.
Prizes Galore.
The overall winner will receive a $100 gift certificate at Piedmont Bark and a one-year membership at Fetch Park (valued at $275). Winners will also receive prize packages from For the Culture Pet, K+C Pastries, Salvation Bark and other local doggie vendors.
Give it up for the 2024 Mutt Gala emcee and celebrity judges!
Drag superstar Brigitte Bidet will emcee the costume competition and will be joined by celebrity judges including professional roller skater Josh Sutton aka “The RollerGay”, fashion designer and tailor to the stars Fhonia Ellis, along with Fetch Park founder and CEO Stephen Och.
Food. Drinks. Merch. Beats. Glam. What’s not to love?
Enjoy music from DJ Ree de la Vega, drinks for sale and a pop-up chef curated by Punk Foodie. Plus, check out vendors offering pet apparel, gourmet pet pastries, handcrafted food and trendy gear for your pup.
Watch these highlights from the 2023 event:
2024 Midtown Mutt Gala Schedule:
2-3:30 p.m. – Mix and mingle, visit vendor booths
3:30 – 4 p.m. – Line up for the costume contest (must register in advance)
4 – 4:30 p.m. – Costume contest!
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. – Judges deliberate
4:45 p.m. – Winner(s) announced
5 p.m. – Party ends
Getting There:
The 10th Street Park is located at the corner of Peachtree and 10th Streets, one block east of the Midtown MARTA station. You can also find paid parking in decks and surface lots close to the venue.
Fun Fact:
Long before it was a park space, the northeast corner of 10th and Peachtree Streets was a ravine. A group of Midtown business leaders partnered with the Army Corps of Engineers in the late 1970s to fill in and grade the land, creating a greenspace that would later become surrounded by major development projects. Real estate developer John Dewberry bought the block in the late 1990s and has maintained the partnership with Midtown Alliance ever since.
Midtown’s quirky version of the Met Gala will be fire.
Midtown Alliance thanks Punk Foodie and Chef Drew from Cooks with Passion for the delish Latin and Caribbean inspired cuisine, and the team at WM Events for the rave set design. Midtown Alliance is producing 120 free outdoor community events this year, from movie screenings to yoga instruction and even a lantern parade. Keep up with these and other fun things to do in Midtown at MidtownATL.com/Events.
