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The Pure Heat Community Festival is a large, free, non-corporate, music, arts, entertainment and community annual festival currently held each Labor Day Sunday at Piedmont Park in the historic Midtown area of Atlanta, GA. The festival bills itself as "The Party with a Purpose".[1] To accomplish this goal, the festival relies on a promotional company, Traxx Girls, Inc. and community liaison, The Vision Community Foundation, as well as volunteers to work together in the planning and operation of the festival serving on committees and volunteer teams including sanitation and recycling, security, first aid, entertainment, vendor marketplace, communal activism, marketing committee. The festival was first held in 2012 as a showcase for a collection of live arts, culture, community and organizations including the GAVoice, Greater Than AIDS Campaign, AID Atlanta, SAM’s CLUB, Sizzle Miami, GA Democrats for Obama, Wells Fargo and Infiniti. The festival continues to provide a forum for alternative lifestyles and collective activity. Sponsors and vendors help to fund the cost of the festival itself and to raise money for community projects and initiatives. All revenue assist in the implementation of The Pure Heat Community Foundation and its community partnership with the Vision Community Foundation. Pure Heat Community Foundation in feeding the homeless, assisting in the administering of Rapid Results HIV/AIDS testing, Holiday Hearts Toy Drive, GED and Career Development tips from the beer booths go to homeless shelters. The purpose of the festival can be summed up in the governing "statement of principles"[1] 1) We think we can reach children and youth before they need HIV/AIDS, STD testing and counseling, a GED, Homeless Outreach. 2) We want to impact youth giving them a view of the world in an innovative stance utilizing health, wellness, global diversity, travel and scholastic 3) We seek to eliminate these attitudes in a creative format utilizing arts, culture, health, wellness and entertainment. 4) We recognize that there are primary socialization challenges. We also know we are a creative group that can shape a positive sphere on the lives of our present and future generation and not oppress people because of prejudice against people on the basis of age, classability, income, race, sex and sexual preference/orientation. The 1st annual Pure Heat Community Festival was held Sunday, September 2, 2012.[2] Pure Heat Community Festival’s "cause" for 2012 was The unification of pride in the park during Atlanta Black Gay Pride. The featured local and national artists for 2012 was Keke Wyatt and Derek J. Guest national artists are Nicki Minaj and Polo Da Don performed for the audience of Pure Heat Community Festival. Oxygen TV Other famous names that have performed at played Pure Heat Community Festival were Monifah, Miyaka Kao, Vina Mills,