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DECCP "Tlie BToadwag musical at its dizziest, glitziest and jinroiest/ 4 Inful lufcif till ik irtefa Call, click or stop by the Box Office 706.357.4444 • www.ClassicCenter.com 300 N. Thomas St. • Downtown Athens Classic center v " tncufrt jwjW/L* wMbsM rr J 1 i Yifjj ft I S 1 { Productions in the Uroadwas Entertainment Scries are made possible b\ our sponsors: "/'?< O'Stt/a (-wipa/ty R/VI £5/ (A) MMAlIrn <P 01 mjkm Regions //*■/< ///’./y./v .V 4.v//•/. I //.</•■ fill Mnivtrsi rv oi C»i outiiA Orc&e4tr<z s4t£a*it<t fiiC'SCitt <z uiy/tt wit/t tyi€Utt*tUf UAttutcrd New York Voices Saturday, October 15 7:30PM UGA Performing Arts Center 230 River Rd. Athens $25 General Audience/$5 Student with ID Tickets at UGA PAC Box Office (706) 542-4400 Hope on the Road: Hope for Agoldensummer has a huge tour in the works that will run from the beginning of October through Nov. 20. The band has dates planned for the East Coast, South and Midwest. In other big news for the group, they've launched their own record label named Mazarine Records and will release a new album titled Life Inside the Body in January 2012. Other artists on the label are Pacific UV and Electrophoria. You can catch HFAGS locally before they split town if you head to Hendershot's Coffee Bar on Oct. 8. For more information, please see www.mazari- nerecords.com. I Need That Record: Kurt Wood is going to open up his record collection for public con sumption again this season. He'll be hosting another session of his famous Front Porch Record Sale Saturday, Oct. 8 (9 a.m.-6 p.m.) and Sunday, Oct. 9 (noon-6 p.m.). As mentioned before in this space. Wood has been an ardent record collector for going on 40 years, and the stuff he has for sale is always top-notch and reasonably priced. The sale takes place liter ally on his front porch at 1080 Oconee St., so don't miss it. If You're in the Neighborhood: The B-52s will play the inaugural Harvest Moon Festival at Pine Mountain, GA's Callaway Gardens along with Gin Blossoms, Shawn Mullins, Mat Kearney, David Ryan Harris (Follow for Now), John Hiatt and more. The four-day music and Brantley Gilbert food festival runs Oct. 6-9 and will include "locally-sourced foods, cooking and gardening demonstrations, eco- centric vendors, fun and educational activities for children and, of course, the wonder and beauty of all that Callaway Gardens has to offer." Sure, that last part sounds like hyper bole but, you know, it ain't braggin' if it's true. Weekend passes are $79, with individual day passes starting at $49. There are VIP packages and other ways to spend money, too; so if you're interested, please see www.har- vestmoonfest.com. A Hits, Baby, Hits: If you've been paying attention to modern country radio, you've probably heard this cat, Brantley Gilbert- native to Jefferson, GA—land on your radar. His album. Halfway to Heaven Deluxe, debuted at No. 2 on Billboard magazine's Country Albums Chart and No. 4 on Billboard's Top 200 Chart. The album sold about 51,000 copies during its first week of release. The album, originally released by Average Joes Entertainment back in early 2010, was tweaked and polished and re-released a couple of weeks ago by Valory Music Group. Local production crew The Atom Brothers (i.e., longtime Athens engineer Tom Lewis and Newt Carter) were the brains and hands behind the recording of the album, so hats off to them for their success. Lewis is also associate director of the UGA Music Business Program, and something tells me he's going to be getting a lot more business in the com ing months. For more information, please see www.facebook.com/BrantleyGilbertMusic and www.theatombrothers.com. Job with No Name: Wanna help out newish experimental group Pretty Bird by being part of its newly christened "International Pretty Bird F**k the Man, Wake the Drones, Free Thinking Poster Posting Dissenting Secret Street Teamers"? Well, just ignore all the wearying language in that name and drop a line to recordsrecordsrecordsrecords@gmail. com. It would probably help if you wrote the email in 18-point, multi-colored type, because that's the style Pretty Bird seems to under stand the best. Country in the Country: Falling Creek Farms, located about 25 miles southeast of Athens in Stephens, GA, will host Waller in tha Holler on Saturday, Oct. 22. The farm, which raises grass-fed beef without vaccines, hormones, etc., has a lineup featuring Lera Lynn, Radiolucent, The Holman Autry Band, Efren, Clay Leverett, The Darnell Boys, Burning Angels, Jeremy Wells and Betsy Kingston. Part of the idea behind this event is to feel out how the farm, which encompasses 750 acres, works as a concert venue. If it works, the guys at Falling Creek Farms would like to do this type of thing more regularly. Gates open at 11 a.m., and music starts at noon. Tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate. Kids 10 and under get in free. For more information, please see www.fallingcreekfarms. net. Gordon Lamb lhreatsandpromises@flagpole.com 12 FLAGPOLE.COM • OCTOBER 5, 2011
