Category: Events
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2024 Fiddlers Concert Series Continues with East Nash Grass
The 2024 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series continues with a concert on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:00 pm with a performance by East Nash Grass. The concert will be held at Athens State University in McCandless Hall. “Nashville’s newest bluegrass ambassadors,” East Nash Grass, comes as a refreshing break — a balance of…
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Career Development Center Hosts Spring Career Fair
Athens State University’s Career Development Center hosted its Spring Career Fair on April 4. Special thank you to Runergy and Aetos Systems, Inc. for sponsoring this event. Nearly 200 job seekers had the opportunity to network with 60 companies including several North Alabama school systems, local accounting firms, Athens-Limestone Hospital, Boeing Intelligence & Analytics, Missile…
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2024 Fiddlers Convention Entertainment Line Up Announced
The Athens State University Foundation and the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention Steering Committee are pleased to announce the 2024 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention entertainment line up. The convention, presented by Aetos Systems, is scheduled for Wednesday, October 2 – Saturday, October 5, 2024. 2024 Fiddlers Convention Entertainment Line Up: All concerts…
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2024 Fiddlers Concert Series Continues with Tina Adair
The 2024 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series continues with a concert on Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 pm with a performance by Tina Adair. The concert will be held at Athens State University in McCandless Hall. The name Tina Adair has become synonymous with excellence as far as female vocalists in bluegrass music…
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2024 Festival of the Cranes Exhibit to Open January 12
The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of the annual juried Festival of the Cranes Art Exhibit in the Center’s Walking Gallery on Friday, January 12. The show will be held in conjunction with the Friends of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge Association’s annual Festival of the Cranes, which will take…
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“Portraits of Hope” Coming to the Alabama Center for the Arts
The Alabama Center for the Arts is pleased to announce its newest exhibit, “Portraits of Hope: Inspirational Stories from the Lovelady Center,” set to open in the Center’s Main Gallery on Monday, January 8, 2024 and remain on display until Tuesday, February 20, 2024. In 2004, Brenda Lovelady Spahn founded The Lovelady Center, a faith-based…
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2024 Fiddlers Concert Series Continues with Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley
The 2024 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series continues with a concert on Thursday, January 25 at 7:00 pm with a performance by Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley. The concert will be held at Athens State University in McCandless Hall. Take a 15-time IBMA Dobro Player of the Year and a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy…
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Inaugural Christmas Column Lighting
Athens State University invites the community to join us as we kick off the holiday season at our inaugural Christmas Column Lighting at Founders Hall on Friday, December 1 at 5:15 pm. This family-friendly event will feature cookies and cider in the Glasgow Parlor at Founders Hall, carols sung by the Community Choir, and photos…
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2024 Fiddlers Concert Series Kicks Off with ‘Tis the Season with Andy Leftwich & Friends
The 2024 Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Concert Series kicks off with a special holiday concert on Tuesday, November 28 at 7:00 pm with a performance by Andy Leftwich & Friends. The concert will be held at Athens State University in McCandless Hall. Andy, his wife Rachel, and a few of their talented friends, will…
