Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks and Athens Main Street Executive Director Tere Richardson along with Athena Grease Goddess and her court are proclaiming October 13 – October 19 as Greek Week in Athens, Alabama. That’s the week leading up to the October 19 Athens Grease Festival on The Square. The festival includes live music, a frozen […]
ATHENS, Ala. – The Athens Grease Festival Returns October 19 in Downtown Athens, Alabama. Come and celebrate all things battered and fried from eleven am until seven pm. Our “Extra Crispy” celebration will be enhanced with a “Special Sauce” of beer and wine that is new to the festival this year! Tickets are only five […]
ATHENS, Ala. – A woman who can fry up a batch of fish, volunteer with multiple charities and run a downtown business will don a royal toga to kick off the Athens Grease Festival. Tiffany Seibert, owner of Snapdragon on The Square, is this year’s Athena-Grease Goddess. The main festival sponsor, Regions Bank, established two […]
ATHENS, Ala. – We are thrilled to have the final phase of our beautiful downtown streetscape project beginning. On August 4, the City of Athens will begin milling, grading and paving streets around the Square. This final phase will improve the street surface, provide more handicaps parking spots and clarify the lane positioning. However, this […]
ATHENS, Ala. – The countdown is on! 100 days from now, the streets of downtown Athens will be filled with fried food, football, fun and extra crispy special sauce! Put October 19, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on your calendar for the 2019 Athens Grease Festival. Fried foods are Southerners’ Achilles heel. We […]
ATHENS, Ala. – Athens Arts League is expanding the Fourth of July holiday celebration into the weekend by hosting a free community street party. The Scout House Street Party with music and food trucks will be Saturday, July 6, from 5-9 p.m. on East Street beside Scout Music House. Plato Jones, a Tuscaloosa cover band […]
ATHENS, Ala. – Bring your friends and family to Downtown Athens and come see what the Square has to offer! Fridays After Five will be on selected Fridays of each month in May- August; the upcoming event is June 21st from 5 p.m. – 8 p.m. at the Square in Downtown Athens. Fridays After Five […]
The Athens Saturday Market is from 8 a.m. to Noon at the Green Street Pavilion in Athens, Alabama. This week, our market committee will be demonstrating how to construct a healthy meal. The demonstration will include instructions on how to make a salad with some of the veggies from the market! Join us to learn […]
ATHENS, Ala. – Come shop and dine in Downtown Athens on a Sunday afternoon! This summer, local shops, and businesses will be open on the second Sunday of every month in June-August to promote the downtown area during the weekends. After speaking to local merchants, Athens Main Street believes that this will be a great […]
ATHENS, Ala. – Are you a farmer, an artist, or prepared food vendor? If so, you are encouraged to apply to be a part of the 2019 Athens Saturday Market season. The 2019 season will take place from 8:00 a.m. until noon each Saturday from June 1 through August 24 at the Farmers Market Pavilion […]
