Shows in Athens

Classic Center Theatre is Athens's primary performing arts venue — a 2,500-seat facility that serves the University of Georgia community with Broadway touring productions, concerts, and community events. Athens's extraordinary music heritage (home of R.E.M., B-52s, and Widespread Panic) is complemented by the Classic Center's more formal programming, together creating one of the most musically rich small-city entertainment environments in America.

Georgia Theatre is Athens's most beloved concert venue — a 1,000-capacity venue where R.E.M., Widespread Panic, and virtually every artist central to American alternative rock's history have performed landmark shows. Rebuilt after a 2009 fire with an expanded rooftop bar that has become one of the South's great outdoor concert experiences, Georgia Theatre serves as the sacred ground of Athens's extraordinary music heritage.