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Our top arts and culture picks in chronological order

[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” style=”shadow” accent_color=”#54aa73″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”1 Macon Film Festival” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maconfilmfestival.com%2F|||”][vc_column_text]Aug. 15 – 18

Downtown Macon + Museum of Arts and Sciences

Nearly 100 films will be screened across seven historic Macon venues at the 19th annual festival.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”2 From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee 2024″ font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.macmacon.com%2F|||”][vc_column_text]Aug. 15 – Sept. 21 

McEachern Art Center

Modern Muscogee (Creek) visual artists’s work is presented. Special receptions on Aug. 15 and Sept. 13.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”3 Fences” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatremacon.com%2Fnext-season|||”][vc_column_text]Aug. 23 – Sept. 1

 Theatre Macon

The Pulitzer and Tony-winning play follows a 1950s Major League baseball hopeful as he navigates segregation and class barriers.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”4 Labor Day Festival” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmcduffie.mercer.edu%2Flabor-day|||”][vc_column_text]Sept. 2, 3 p.m.

Fickling Hall, Mercer University

Eight high school seniors showcase their talents in a free show after a three-day intensive with the McDuffie Center for Strings.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”5 The King of Soul Music Festival” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.otisreddingfoundation.org%2Fkos|||”][vc_column_text]Sept. 6 – 7

Downtown Macon

The annual tradition supports The Otis Redding Foundation with The Big O Homecoming concert and Evening of Respect gala.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”6 A Chorus Line” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maconlittletheatre.org%2Fseason|||”][vc_column_text]Sept. 6 – 15

Macon Little Theatre

Characters set out on a nailbiting journey to be cast in a Broadway chorus line. Pulitzer and Tony-winning song, dance, and storytelling ensue.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”7 On the Far End ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatremacon.com%2F|||”][vc_column_text]Sept. 13

Theatre Macon

America’s premier Indigenous playwright mounts a solo show to share the story of Muscogee (Creek) leader and poet Jean Chaudhuri.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”8 Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration ” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ocmulgeemounds.org%2Focmulgee-indigenous-celebration|||”][vc_column_text]Sept. 14 -15

Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park

Family-friendly and fun, find crafts, storytelling, food, live demonstrations, and educational activities celebrating Muscogee (Creek) culture in America’s next National Park. See their website for parking info.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”9 Macon Pride Festival” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.maconpride.org%2F2023-pride-week-events|||”][vc_column_text]Sept. 19 – 29

Downtown Macon | Atrium Health Amphitheater

Boy George himself performs at the Amphitheater; Pride in the Park features local vendors, food and drink, games, music, dancing, and informative speakers. Don’t miss the Mx. Macon pageant, Coleman Hill family picnic and worship, or the Haus Party.

 [/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”10 GABBA Fest: The Slide Summit” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23e44314″ google_fonts=”font_family:Playfair%20Display%3Aregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tixr.com%2Fgroups%2Fthegrandmacon%2Fevents%2F2024-gabbafest-package-85419|||”][vc_column_text]Sept. 27 – 29

The Grand Opera House | Grant’s Lounge | The Big House Museum

Global Allman Brothers Band fans have flocked to Macon for over 30 years for this annual festival. The weekend full of events is headlined by Eddie 9V and Sonny Landreth.

 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]TOP IMAGE: Pride in the Park. Photo by Melessa Mims, courtesy of Macon Pride.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]