The Athens Music and Arts Festival is a highly acclaimed event held annually in historic downtown Athens, GA, a town long renowned for its thriving music scene. For the past 15 years, AthFest has used the festival to showcase the best in regionally and nationally recognized Athens-based talent. This year, around 200 bands and artists will perform on three outdoor stages and in over a dozen of the town’s best music venues. The outdoor stages are all ages and free of charge.
Besides the musical offerings there is also a free Artists Market that has around 50 local and regional sculptors, painters, weavers, and other visual artists. There is also a kid and family friendly area called KidsFest that has free hands-on arts activities for children and free performances by local adult musicians playing specifically for kids. To round things out there are also local filmmaker showcases at Ciné organized by Film:Athens and the Flagpole Magazine Athens Music Awards at the historic Morton Theater.
Posted By:
hlivesart
Venue:
downtown Athens, GA
Address:
P.O. Box 327
Athens , GA
USA
Starting: June 22, 2012
Ending: June 24, 2012
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Cost: FREE
Alcohol: No
Dress Code: No
Parking Fee: No
Posted:
April 23, 2012 04:02pm
