Get in the groove

The iconic Georgia Theatre has welcomed plenty of bands passing through Athens, but on September 4, the spotlight belonged to a group with roots right in town. Barnhouse returned to the stage for a Friday night headline show, bringing their place in Athens’ jam scene to one of the city’s most storied rooms. With Labor Day weekend stretching out ahead, it was a fitting occasion to settle in beneath that famous rooftop sign and leave a little room for wherever the music might g

The iconic Georgia Theatre has hosted just about every kind of sound imaginable, but on March 28, 2024, a little Nashville honky tonk twang collided with psychedelic improvisation beneath its famous rooftop sign. Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country rolled into Athens for a Thursday night stop on their spring tour, bringing with it a style that feels equally at home in a dusty roadside bar and somewhere far beyond Earth’s atmosphere. The band was touring in support of its 2023 albu

On April 18, 1998, legendary jam band Widespread Panic completely packed out Washington Street in downtown Athens to celebrate the release of their new live album, Light Fuse, Get Away. Fans stood shoulder to shoulder as far as the eye could see, flooding the streets for what would become one of the most iconic moments in Athens music history: Panic in the Streets. Fast forward nearly 28 years to March 28, 2026, and those same streets were once again filled with music and tho