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The 2017 Athens Jazz Festival

WUGA and Jazz Athens (JAGA) present the 2017 Athens Jazz Festival. 

Dates and venues:

Friday, 9/29: The Globe

Saturday 9/30: Hendershots

Sunday 10/1: The lawn of the Georgia Center and Hotel, located at 1197 S. Lumpkin Street, Athens.  Bring a blanket or lawn chair.  Food and beverages will be available for purchase onsite. There is free parking around the GA Center and paid parking available in the South Campus Deck. This is a free concert featuring performances from a wide variety of outstanding musicians and singers. 

Sunday 10/1: Afterparty at The Foundry

Want to volunteer to help out at the Festival?:

VOLUNTEER

Here are the scheduled performers-lineup subject to change:

DJ Segar

Big Band Jazz

Gypsy Wildcats

Tiny Jazz Arkestra

Louis Romanos

Mary Sigalas and Jakob Deat

John Dunn and the Jazzmen

Period 6

Click for More information or 706-542-9842.

Chris Shupe was the Program Director of WUGA from 2014-2022. Shupe may be best known as The Athens King, a tribute to Elvis Presley, which often included an 8 piece show band! After two years as a part-time announcer, Chris Shupe joined WUGA full time as the station’s Morning Edition Host and Assistant Operations Director. He was later promoted to PD in 2014.
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