ATHENS BUSINESS ROCKS 2026

✨ PARTY OUT OF BOUNDS ✨

🎸 Athens Business Rocks 2026: PARTY OUT OF BOUNDS is here and this year we’re bringing the party to you! 🤘

Join us for a new community music festival and event set for Saturday, April 4, 2026. Local businesses across town will host bands throughout the day, leading up to the official After Party at the iconic 40 Watt Club!

ABR: Party Out Of Bounds will bring together Athens’ artists, businesses and neighbors for a day of celebration, creativity, and connection — all in support of Nuçi’s Space’s mission to care for the mental and emotional well-being of local musicians and creatives. 🎶

Since its inception, Athens Business Rocks has been a mainstay of the music and business scenes in Athens, highlighting the talent and creativity of the many of us who wear two hats — business person by day, musician by night. Now we're ready to expand ABR and go "out of bounds" into a true community event! Rather than battling it out onstage, bands will perform at individual businesses in the heart of Athens in a series of unique shows, inviting the community to join in on the fun! This all-day event will finish at the 40 Watt for an after-hours award ceremony and celebration you won't want to miss! It's a celebration of music, business and fundraising for our mission — and most importantly, of community. It's a Giving Back Day!

⬇️ Full Day Party and After Party Lineups listed below ⬇️

🥁 DAY PARTY LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE 🎸

12 - 7pm

The Bell Hotel 183 W Clayton St

• 12:00pm - Tommy Hedgehog

• 1:30pm - F9

The Rialto Room at Hotel Indigo 500 College Ave

• 12:30 pm - Altrd

• 2:00 pm - Ashes to Omens

Union Fare 169 W Washington St

• 1:00pm - Vansplainer

• 2:30pm - Dictatortots

Historic Athens 489 Prince Ave

• 1:00pm - Zaina Davies

• 2:30pm - Strange Temples

Nowhere Bar 240 N Lumpkin St

• 1:30pm - Five Eight

• 3:00pm - Dangfly!

The Grill 171 College Ave

• 2:00 pm - Stephan Eutsler

• 3:30 pm - Shaw Coggin

Fox Den Third Space 160 Tracy St #9

• 2:00pm - The Geckos

• 3:30pm - Kicking Assets

Paper Doll Salon 815 W Broad St Suite A

• 3:00pm - Trvy and the Enemy

Dance FX 396 Foundry St

• 3:30pm - Mary & the Hot Hotty Hots

Paloma Park 235 W Washington St

• 3:00pm - Telephone Pole

• 4:30pm - Cousin Clem

Athens Area Chamber of Commerce 246 W Hancock Ave

• 3:30pm - Euclid

TRR Cobb House 175 Hill St

• Austin Sisk

Ideal Bagel 815 W Broad St B

• 4:00pm - Full On Monet

Rook & Pawn 294 W Washington St #300

• 5:00pm - Zinnia Heart Eyes

Canopy Studio 160-6 Tracy St

• 5:00pm - Ava Wilds

Athentic Brewing Company 108 Park Ave

• 6:00pm - The Discipline

• 7:00pm - Fleet Machine

Hendershot’s “Athens Unplugged” 237 Prince Ave

• 6:00 pm - Andy Browne

• 6:40 pm - Lane Marie

• 7:20 pm - Bob's Lovecats play The Cure

• 8:05 pm - Wieuca

We can’t wait to take this party out on the town! 🤘

ABOUT ATHENS BUSINESS ROCKS:

It’s been said “You can’t swing a guitar around your neck in Athens without hitting a musician.” Not only does this statement refer to the performing musicians that most people associate with the world-famous downtown music scene, but also to the plethora of musicians who masquerade as “upstanding, straight-laced” business people during the day. 

Athens Business Rocks hopes to create an opportunity for these hidden rock stars to reveal themselves. This isn’t a talent or song-writing competition - it’s simply a great opportunity for us to engage the business community in a day of music and fun and laugh with our friends and co-workers while raising money for Nuçi’s Space.