Scenes from Lakewoodstock's day of music
On Sat., Aug. 1, the Cleaners played host to a day filled with music and community building in South Atlanta's Lakewood Heights neighborhood.
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On Sat., Aug. 1, the Cleaners played host to a day filled with music and community building in South Atlanta's Lakewood Heights neighborhood. Performances by Midnight Larks, Salsa Chest, Lonnie Holley, Basketball Movie, Faun and a Pan Flute, and more performed on three different stages throughout the day.
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For many, it was the first time visiting the neighborhood. When asked to ruminate on the experience, Elizabeth Jarrett, who curated the Deer Bear Wolf stage, says it was fascinating to watch festivalgoers and community members treat the Cleaners as though it were a sacred place.
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"Although there have been shows there previously, this event was a christening for the Cleaners' recently transformed performance venue," she says. "Time and time again, I am inspired and humbled by the support of new, burgeoning projects from the Atlanta community as a whole. It was apparent by the large, constant crowd in between the two stages throughout the day that the music was complimentary to the community engagement I witnessed. People wandered in — some knowing what they were experiencing, and others attracted by an unusual crowd on a previously forgotten corner — and they stayed. The Lakewood community leaders were there, Lakewood residents were there, the Atlanta music community was there, all to support friends or complete strangers, doing something they value in a neighborhood that has long been overlooked.”
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View a gallery of images from the inaugural Lakewoodstock.