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While most of you transplants never experienced the joys of Freaknik, I’m sure you’ve heard us ATLiens reminisce over the event quite often. Most of us have fond memories of the small lil picnic that started near the campus of the AU center, while there are those of you who based your decision to move to the “A” on the joys you experienced of the massive “Freak-fest” that the small lil picnic evolved into.
There’s been a lot of talk about the return of Freaknik in 2010 after news outlets discovered a website promoting the event. The site says that the event is planed to return to Atlanta this April, but there’s no permit application and city officials don’t expect the event to happen.
The Official Atlanta Freaknic Site says the event will be held April 16-18 in Washington Park but it also said that last year and the year before.
A businessman named J.K. Jones says he’s behind the site that’s touting Freaknik 2010 in Atlanta and told 11Alive News he wants to revive the upbeat revelry of the festivals that went away a decade ago minus the unruly crowds and criminal conduct that ultimately drove it out of town.
Jones hopes to get corporate sponsorship for the event but without the city’s support he may have a hard time. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed was recently asked about the event and states that fact or fiction, the city will not support it:
I don’t believe it will materialize and it’s not my intention for the city to be supportive of it.
We have too many challenges in the public safety space to deploy those kinds of resources around a program or an event that is not well run or well managed.
To create a festival over the Internet is something I’m not comfortable in doing when I have a police force that is extraordinarily stretched.
I personally think that Freaknik was a historic event that should be left in the past. There’s no way that it can be what it once was. Especially after the craziness it turned into. I dunno. What do you guys think?
To FREAK or not to FREAK? That is the question…
Some of you are too old to freak at this point. I honestly don’t think that the 40 year olds that miss it truly understand that it is something for the young folk now. They better stick to those jazz festivalS and sit they old crispy asses down somewhere before they break a hip or something.(LMAO)
i’m 30 and i will not be coming back it’s to risky and men raping these ladies for no reason once i saw that it was it for me years ago.
I think that they should leave it in the past too. I’m 28 and I think that the negative connotations of how it ended will never go away.
@lost I agree with you. @ATLiendesirer the youngsters should get creative and create their own VERSION of freaknik. There’s no way it could ever be the same innocent festival it started as.
Just say NO to Freaknic. Can you imagine the number of orgies and gun battles that would take place on the streets of Atlanta? They would destroy Atlanta and each other. Old fools coupled with the new fools would cause Armageddon.
I came in 96. Nice but too crowded ;guys were somewhat mellow depending who you hooked up with but I’ll be damn if I do it now. Girls were crazy as well but if you made it clear the guys were cool and most respected that. Too many young hard heads trying to be rappers in the industry so that is trouble and showing off. I use to like those with old money ;not to many of those around anymore. Freaknik should be left as a good memory.
OMG….I know the guy wearing that hat! ROTFL…he is a MESS in the best way! hahahahahahahahahahaha!
FREAKNIC is a MESS just like the people who come here to “allegedly” celebrate it! LOL!
Kasim Reed you’re in no position to say anything at this time, and by the way why are you MISSING IN ACTION since “allegedly” becoming the second black trash can Mayor of Atlanta?
Freaknic is a done deal, we just can’t have that many black people just hanging around breaking laws and what not, you know how we get when were in large groups, we need something to do other that look at each other.
I’m sure we can have a outdoor concert and use the money for school or what ever. As long as we call it Freaknic the only people who will be making money is the Atlanta Police Dept. and the MAN.
Freaknik should happen because its a new generation. If atl mayor and police dept. Work with every one it will be succesful. That’s all it takes. Rape and all. Its not gonna happen if the females stick together and not wander off. Yes there will be crime, but that’s every where. Atl crime rate is already high, so its not gonna make no differents. Mayor reed just protecting his white base who helped hm get into office, just that simple.
Let’s have it. Let’s party like no tomorrow. Let’s have fun.. Let’s support this.. Come you all let’s ignore the haters.. Come you all let’s show atl the money we have. Let’s show the atl were not just broke college kids that we can do this.. Let’s freakkkkniiiikkkk rolllllllllll!!!!!
@red yea your right it’s a new generation but that’s the problem everyone wants to be a bad ass so the crime rate now is worse than what it use to be. Let’s save some lives and not have this bs so at least the city won’t be blamed for someone child’s untimely death. Let’s just stick with the memory “remember freaknik” and if you were too young to experience I’m sure there will be other events
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ATLlienDesirer,
Some day you are going to be old. Age is just a number. Haven’t you heard? 50 is the new 40, 40 is the new 30,and 30 is the new 20. Just because you get older it doesn’t mean you stop living. Freaknik is not for me, but if that is what floats your boat, then go fo it!
Okay So FreakNik Is Okay eoth me and all these Old Ppol Talkin About it have nothing better to do but gossip on thses website slavery was in the past does that mean that everybody os still doing it> Just becaise something happened in the past doesn’t mean that it will happen again NO ONE KNOES WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
<3 A YOUNGSTER
SORRY THAT THE SPELLING WAS SO BADD I DIDNT READ IT
AND THEY HAVE FREAKNIK REGUARDLESS OF WHAT YOU SAY BECAUSE ITS USUALLY IN WASHINGTON WILKES
Take yo silly behind to NAW’lins! Mayor Nagin want to make it a "choklit city" and da FREAKS will only help his dumb a$$ make that goal.
why would anyone encourage freaknik to return to ATL? seriously thats like asking for the 1999 puerto rican parade tragedies to do an encoure. Freaknik was something in the past that the city of Atlanta lost control over. there should be no reason why any female should be hyped to participate in orgies, wearing hardly any clothes and not be thrown in jail. there is no reason why guys should be quick to go just to see how much girls they can round up. Personally i think freaknik happened, move the hell on. its a walking temptation for a war to be started where the "black people" kill each other off (male and female). i am also voting to end bike week in mrytle beach cuz its almost just as bad as freaknik.
stupid idiot blacks..no one wants you…no one!
White people have respect for others…you do not…big difference.
In reality I welcome freaknik, let the stupid ass blacks kill each other..sounds like a winner to me.
i think we should have it … point blank period …. you other people experienced it …. so let us
Freakniggers: Please stay away from Atlanta. We have enough of our own blacks to deal with. –Mr. White
Dear dumb person. You say us Blacks are ignorant and yet you leave that dumb statement. How about we agree to stay away if you “Gwennetians” agree to stay away from Turner field… Deal?
If you want to have the party go ahead. Just do it in college park or Clayton county someplace where they are used to people stealing, walking on tabs, raping, and shooting. While i’m no person to judge getting drunk and doing stupid stuff, I did it in college and had friends smart enough to drag me out of the bar before I got arrested or got my ass kicked. And I didn’t feel the need to bring a weapon into it or harass females that weren’t interested. If red wants to show us the money she has, maybe she should do it by tipping appropriately and paying her taxes instead of wasting it on elaborate finger nails and getting tattoo’s of all her baby daddy’s names. There is a reason why they shut it down, because the people attending couldn’t be semi-responsible and just drink, party, and have fun.
I have lived in Fayetteville GA since 97 and have attended freaknik and watch it go crazy.It started as a spring break thing for college kid to do like NYs greek fest and it was a good thing until children (literally) 15-18 yr olds started showing up and it got stupid.It started going bad in 96,97 was when there were more children there and trying to get up on the older crowd and thats where the problems started 98 was out of control!!!!Atlanta P.D. didnt do anything but escalate the situation by doing road blocks that made traffic and more problems.
yes, I think so. It’s a good post.
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