Kelly Rowland Headlines 35th Annual AIDS Walk Music Festival

The multi-award-winning, globally acclaimed artist will headline the 35^th AIDS Walk Music Festival and 5K Run fundraising event on Saturday, September 26^th, in Piedmont Park. The annual event is set to raise $1 million dollars to benefit 12 local AIDS service organizations.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Globally acclaimed, multi-award-winning singer, songwriter and actor, Kelly Rowland is using her star power to shine a spotlight on the ongoing fight against HIV/AIDS. Kelly will be the featured headliner at the 35^th Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta Music Festival and 5k Run presented by AHF Pharmacy and Wells Fargo, scheduled for Saturday, September 26, 2026, in the meadow of Atlanta’s Piedmont Park.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest nonprofit HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, hosts the annual event which raises more than $1 million each year for 12 Atlanta-based HIV/AIDS service organizations. Past AIDS Walk Atlanta artists have included Lil Kim, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Monica, Sevyn Streeter, Wale, and Trina.

Atlanta-based, contemporary R&B artist, Algebra Blassett, will join hot Atlanta disc-jockey, DJ Sed, to kick off the music festival event, that will immediately follow the 5K walk & run.

WHAT: 35^th Annual AIDS Walk Atlanta Music Festival and 5k Run

WHEN: Saturday, September 26, 2026

WHERE: Piedmont Park – The Meadow, 400 Park Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30306, USA

The 2026 benefiting organizations include the following:

AID Atlanta
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
A Vision for Hope
Aniz, Inc.
Bridge of Light
Center for Black Women’s Wellness
Georgia Equality
Lost-n-Found Youth
Positive Impact Health Centers
Rustin Institute
Status: Home
Trans Women of Color Healing Project

“This annual event offers a time to create a greater awareness of the impact of HIV and AIDS on the local Atlanta community as well as an opportunity to bring together thousands of individuals from across the region to raise critical funds for these 12 worthy organizations,” stated Dr. Felicia Ivey, AHF Atlanta regional director. “AHF is proud to present this event and to have Kelly Rowland and Algebra join us as one of the many ways that we educate and empower the local community to join the fight against HIV and AIDS.”

To register for the event, create a team, or join a team, visit aidswalkatlanta.org.

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world’s largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, provides cutting-edge medicine and advocacy to more than 3.2 million individuals across 50 countries, including the U.S. and in Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Eastern Europe. In January 2025, AHF received the MLK, Jr. Social Justice Award, The King Center’s highest recognition for an organization leading work in the social justice arena. To learn more about AHF, visit us online at AIDShealth.org, find us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok.