Blog Topic: Upcoming in Athens

Homedrone: Complete AthFest Schedule Announced

By Gabe Vodicka | April 30, 2013 1:33pm

The complete schedule for AthFest 2013, which takes place June 21-24 at various venues throughout Athens, has been announced. View it on the AthFest site.

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Homedrone: Neutral Milk Hotel to Play Two Full-Band Shows at the 40 Watt

By Gabe Vodicka | April 29, 2013 3:32pm

Photo Credit: Will Westbrook

In OH MY GAW THE INTERNET IS FREAKING news, Neutral Milk Hotel will reconvene to play a series of live shows later this year. This is cool. The good news for Athens? Two of those shows will happen at the 40 Watt Club, on Tuesday, Oct. 22 and Wednesday, Oct. 23.

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Homedrone: UPDATED with Even More Bands: Flagpole's AthFest Showcase Announced

By Gabe Vodicka | May 7, 2013 12:28pm

Dead Confederate

We've told you about a lot of the bands that will be playing AthFest. Now, we're proud to announce the lineup for Flagpole's official two-night showcase at the Georgia Theatre.

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Homedrone: More AthFest Performers Announced

By Gabe Vodicka | April 17, 2013 11:02am

Reptar

AthFest has announced a new slew of bands set to perform at the three-day festival this June, to add to the first wave of artists, which we revealed a couple weeks ago.

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Grub Notes: Good Food Block Party on Saturday

By Hillary Brown | April 26, 2013 2:42pm

Do you prefer to eat your food on the street or in otherwise nontraditional contexts? Well, spring in the Athens area is all about that, too. Here are some of the upcoming events that offer you that opportunity:

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Homedrone: Dream Boat, Outer Spaces to Play Flagpole's My_Athens Event

By Gabe Vodicka | April 9, 2013 1:59pm

Dream Boat

In last week's Art Notes, we told you about My_Athens, the Instagram-based art show that's taking over the Bottleworks gallery all April long. This Friday, Apr. 12, Paste Magazine will present a musical showcase featuring locals Easter Island and T. Hardy Morris. Pretty cool, I guess. But the real throwdown will happen the next Friday, Apr. 19, when Flagpole presents performances by Dream Boat and Outer Spaces.

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Homedrone: AthFest Announces First Wave of 2013 Artists

By Gabe Vodicka | April 2, 2013 12:44pm

Patterson Hood

AthFest, the local music and arts festival that is the yearly centerpiece of the AthFest Educates! nonprofit foundation, has announced the first wave of performing artists for 2013.

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Culture Briefs: Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts Returns to Athens Monday

By John G. Nettles | March 29, 2013 12:00am

If you’ve never seen the film version of Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, go rent it and watch it. Right now. I’ll wait. Okay, now that you’re back, that scene where the entire town is galvanized by the approach of the train bringing the dark carnival into their midst?

That’s what you’re feeling right now as Athens’ own phantasmagoria returns to town to barter for your soul. After a year’s hiatus, Mr. Blank’s Carnivale of Black Hearts is back with old favorites and some new blood in a show they’re calling “The Fool’s Revival.”

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Homedrone: More Jason Aldean Tickets on Sale Friday

By Gabe Vodicka | March 21, 2013 2:53pm

Live Nation has announced that it will release an unspecified number of additional tickets to the Jason Aldean show at Sanford Stadium, which happens Saturday, Apr. 13. The concert, which also features country stars Luke Bryan, Jake Owen and Thomas Rhett, will be the first ever held between the hedges, and a whopping 60,000 people have already purchased tickets.

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Homedrone: Big Boi and Killer Mike, DJ Shadow, Juicy J to Perform at Georgia Theatre This Spring

By Gabe Vodicka | March 7, 2013 1:42pm

Today the Georgia Theatre announced a slate of upcoming spring shows, and there are some good ones: DJ Shadow will perform later this month (Mar. 27; enterprising local producer Murk Daddy Flex will open) and underrated Three 6 Mafia mastermind/weirdly normal person Juicy J will grace the stage on May 1. (Also: the godly Yo La Tengo on Apr. 29., a bit of news that flew weirdly under the radar.)

But perhaps the most exciting part of the announcement was that two of Atlanta's finest, Big Boi and Killer Mike, will co-headline a show on Thursday, Apr. 18. Both rappers are no strangers to Athens, having performed here separately in the past year. But the two of them together on one bill? Forget it. Show of the year.

Get on that Kryptonite below:

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