Georgia Theatre

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The Georgia Theatre is a prominent music venue in Athens, Georgia, located in an old cinema. Many prominents acts from the early music of Athens, Georgia performed at the Theatre, including a range of folk, popular and country acts. The Theatre is on the Athens Music History Walking Tour sponsored by the Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau.^[1] The Theatre opened as a music venue in 1978, with the band Sea Level playing. The Police played a memorable show at the Theatre in 1979, on their first American tour. The Theatre then shut down again in the early 1980s, and spent a few years as a movie house with occasional shows. It was reopened as a venue in 1989, and the Theatre has since hosted many of the major touring acts that come through Athens.^[1]

The Georgia Theatre was reopened after an extended period being known as the Carafe and Draft by the owners of the Uptown Lounge (Kyle Pilgrim and Duck Anderson) in October 1989. The first band to play was Pylon. It has since been the host to many big shows in Athens including R.E.M. and Widespread Panic. In November 2004, the Georgia Theatre was sold to Wilmot Greene who has renovated and is continuing to restore the venue to its former beauty.1==See also==

[[List of U.S. concert venues

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^ ^a ^b Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau

Unterberger, Richie (1999). Music USA: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides, 133 - 140. ISBN 1-85828-421-X.
Athens Music History Walking Tour. Athens Convention and Visitors Bureau. Retrieved on March 6, 2006.