Also view who's playing the outdoor stage and who's playing the other venues .
Music is an integral part of Athens, Georgia's history.
Our town has been renowned internationally for the fertile music scene for quite some time. So Real to more recent breakouts such as Macha, Olivia Tremor Control, Jucifer, Dayroom, Little Red Rocket and Neutral Milk Hotel. But there are still plenty of bands in Athens that you probably haven't heard of or heard. That's the reason AthFest was first started in 1997 by Flagpole founder and former 40 Watt Club and Engine Room guru Jared Bailey. The popular estimate around town is that there are approximately 400 bands or mutated versions of bands in Athens today.