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Georgia Theatre is a live music venue and event space in Athens, Georgia. National and local acts across all genres have performed at the Theatre, including rock, folk, country, indie, alternative, hip hop and electronic. The venue is on the Athens Music History Walking Tour sponsored by the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau.
Athens is a consolidated city-county in the U.S. state of Georgia.Downtown Athens lies about 70 miles (110 km) northeast of downtown Atlanta. [6] The University of Georgia, the state's flagship public university and an R1 research institution, is in Athens and contributed to its initial growth.
The Downtown Athens Historic District is a historic area in the Downtown Athens neighborhood of Athens, Georgia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Its boundaries were revised twice, in 1984 and 2006, and additional documentation was filed in 2006.
They also played at the Georgian Hotel, Charlie Williams' Pinecrest Lodge. [3] David Prince left the band in 1966 and joined a psychedelic band in Athens called October People. [5] One of the venues they played in the late 1960s was the Shelby Teen Club in July 1968.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Georgia that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
The Colored American of Augusta, Georgia, from December 30, 1865.. This is a list of African American newspapers that have been published in Georgia.It includes both current and historical newspapers.
The music of Athens, Georgia includes a wide variety of popular music and was an important part of the early evolution of alternative rock and new wave. [1] The city is well known as the home of chart-topping bands like R.E.M., Widespread Panic, The B-52's, and several long-time indie rock groups. [1]
Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium is the on-campus playing venue for football at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, United States (also known as UGA).The 93,033-seat stadium is the ninth-largest American football stadium in the NCAA (and in the United States), and the 17th-largest such stadium in the world.