Foodees Fest Returns to Augusta Streets
More than 100 food and craft vendors are serving cuisines from across the country and around the world through Sunday evening.
Augusta Entertainment News
In Augusta, entertainment news means the arts, live events, popular culture and media, and the business behind them. This page follows concerts, theater and film releases, venue calendars and cultural happenings across the city.
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Foodees Fest to Anchor $3.4M November Boost
Three Augusta events this November are projected to bring nearly $3.4 million into the local economy.
Arts and Theater
Live Poll
Do you think your community is doing enough to address opioid addiction?
Augusta Troupe Stages Free Opioid Musical
The Augusta Junior Players offered a free performance of Painless: The Opioid Musical to raise awareness of addiction and recovery.
Music
Live Poll
Do you support naming local public venues after hometown cultural icons to honor their legacy?
Augusta Rebrands Entertainment Complex for James Brown
The city's local coliseum authority unanimously voted to name its entertainment facilities after the iconic performer.
Regular subjects here include performances at theaters and music venues, festivals and gallery exhibitions, venue openings and closings, and the local business of putting on shows. Coverage reaches the city and the communities around it wherever a performance or cultural event draws its audience across the line. Live events and venue calendars generate more stories than film releases do in a market this size. Tourism and the arts economy tie many of these stories to the city's broader growth.