Summer Commencement

Homecoming weekend will continue on Saturday, July 31 as we honor the Athens College Classes of 1970 and 1971, who will be celebrating the 50th year of their commencement, alongside our current summer graduates. They will cross the stage in full regalia to receive special recognition prior to the awarding of diplomas for the Class [...]

Crossing Bows for the Championship: A History of Fiddling in America & Limestone County, Alabama featuring Joyce Cauthen

Athens State University - Ballroom 300 North Beaty Street, Athens, AL, United States

Please join us for this Athens Forever Series Bicentennial Lunch & Learn, featuring the very talented Joyce Cauthen. Cauthen, a scholar of traditional music in Alabama, will speak on the history of fiddling and women fiddlers who excelled in this form of music. Tickets are free of charge and lunch is included.  

Alumni Association Golf Tournament

Canebrake Golf Club 23015 Founders Circle, Athens, AL, United States

All proceeds benefit Athens State University scholarships.

Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention

Athens State University 300 N Beaty St., Athens, AL, United States

54th Annual Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention Entertainment Lineup:   Thursday, September 30: 7:00 pm - Volume Five   Friday, October 1: 5:00 pm - Jimmy Fortune 6:00 pm - Dailey & Vincent   Saturday, October 2: 5:00 pm - Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver   Purchase tickets here.

Haints & Saints Campus Haunt Walk

Athens State University 300 N Beaty St., Athens, AL, United States

Enjoy a guided walking tour through history and the unexplained of one of Athens' oldest establishments About this event People often say, "If only these walls could talk..." The walls may not be able to tell the tales but there are some who are willing to spin the web of loss, love, mercy and misfortune [...]

$10

Delmore Brothers Tribute Featuring Chris Jones & the Night Drivers with Special Guest Paul Kramer – Fiddlers Concert Series

Athens State University - McCandless Hall 300 N. Beaty Street, Athens, AL, United States

Please join us for our first concert as part of the 2021-22 Series, as Chris Jones & the Night Drivers along with Special Guest Paul Kramer pay respect to the Delmore Brothers in an honorary tribute! Chris Jones & the Night Drivers make some of the most distinctively elegant yet driving bluegrass music heard anywhere [...]

$15

Veterans Day Program, Featuring PeggyLee Wright

Alabama Veterans Museum 100 Pryor Street West, Athens, AL, United States

PeggyLee Wright, President of "The Company You Keep," will be speaking at a Veterans Day luncheon on Thursday, November 11 at 11:00 AM at the Alabama Veterans Museum on West Pryor Street in Athens. "Connect to the Server" -- PeggyLee's topic of the program -- will include her sharing experiences through storytelling, including the ways [...]

Free

Christmas Open House

President's Home 209 E Bryan St., Athens, AL, United States

Athens Christmas Parade

Athens State will have a special float to commemorate the University's Bicentennial.