Tourism

2019 Sippin Cider Festival returns to downtown Athens December 14

by Tere Richardson
December 10, 2019December 10, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – Eat, Sip, and Shop at the ninth annual Sippin’ Cider Festival in downtown Athens. Winter’s favorite drink will take center stage in… Read More »

Mayor Marks proclaims Greek Week in Athens

by Tere Richardson
October 13, 2019October 13, 2019

Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks and Athens Main Street Executive Director Tere Richardson along with Athena Grease Goddess and her court are proclaiming October 13 –… Read More »

Seven bands in store for the 2019 Athens Grease Festival

by Tere Richardson
September 30, 2019October 1, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – The Athens Grease Festival Returns October 19 in Downtown Athens, Alabama. Come and celebrate all things battered and fried from eleven am… Read More »

2019 Athena-Grease Goddess carries a ‘servant’s heart of gold’

by Tere Richardson
September 26, 2019September 26, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – A woman who can fry up a batch of fish, volunteer with multiple charities and run a downtown business will don a… Read More »

Downtown Improvements Impact Fridays After Five and Summer on the Square in August

by Tere Richardson
July 29, 2019July 29, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – We are thrilled to have the final phase of our beautiful downtown streetscape project beginning. On August 4, the City of Athens… Read More »

Announcing the 2019 Athens Grease Festival presented by Regions Bank

by Tere Richardson
July 11, 2019July 11, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – The countdown is on! 100 days from now, the streets of downtown Athens will be filled with fried food, football, fun and… Read More »

Athens Arts League hosts street party at Scout Music House with city’s own Plato Jones

by Athens Main Street
July 3, 2019July 3, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – Athens Arts League is expanding the Fourth of July holiday celebration into the weekend by hosting a free community street party. The… Read More »

Restaurants, Music, Food Trucks, and Merchants at June 21, 2019 Fridays after Five in downtown Athens

by Tere Richardson
June 18, 2019June 20, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – Bring your friends and family to Downtown Athens and come see what the Square has to offer! Fridays After Five will be… Read More »

Join us at the June 15, 2019, Athens Saturday Market

by Tere Richardson
June 14, 2019

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… Read More »

Enjoy Local Shops on a Sunday Afternoon in Downtown Athens

by Tere Richardson
June 5, 2019June 5, 2019

ATHENS, Ala. – Come shop and dine in Downtown Athens on a Sunday afternoon! This summer, local shops, and businesses will be open on the… Read More »