• Sprockets Encore - Wed., June 18
• RockDocs: Athens Picture Show - Wed., June 18
• RockDocs: Let's Get Lost - Wed., June 18 & Thurs., June 19
• Athens Music History Bus Tour - June 19-22
• RockDocs: Ballad of the West & Western Matinee - Thurs., June 19
• Flagpole Magazine's Athens Music Awards - Thurs., June 19
• Ricochet Melodrama Cylinder Show - Thurs., June 19
• Town & Gown Players: The Fantasticks - June 19-22
• RockDocs: Shine a Light - Fri., June 20
• TeenScreen Filmfest & Concert - Fri., June 20
• Wired Dance Music Festival - Sat., June 21
  

Sprockets Music Video Encore - Presented by Film::Athens
Wednesday, June 18 • Ciné • 7 p.m.
Free
The show on Saturday was fantastic - great turnout & great videos! If you missed - you gotta see these videos. If you saw it, you know there were some technical issue that required us to switch out the DVD player so come on down to Ciné to see the uninterrupted version! Also at Ciné, we'll be showing off the incredible trophies created by local sculptor Beverly Babb as well as selling the exclusive Sprockets 5 t-shirts.

RockDocs: Athens Picture Show - Presented by Cine
Wednesday, June 18 • Cine • Times Below
FREE with AthFest wristband / $5 without

• THE B52'S: LIVE AT THE DOWNTOWN CAFE
  (1978, Digital, 33min, Dir: Kelly Mills, NR) This revelatory concert film captures Athens' own seminal New Wave band taking full flight during a rollicking club show in Atlanta 1978. Originally shot and edited by Georgia State University students for the school's CCTV system, bootlegged copies of this original master tape have circulated out of the school's archives in recent years and leaked onto the internet. Easy to see why, as the B-52's rip through a sevensong set of classic tunes from its first two LPs, including a raw, punk-ish 'Rock Lobster.' SHOWTIMES: 7:00 & 10:30 p.m. Plus:
  • R.E.M. at Stitchcraft 1985 (excerpt from film Just Like A Movie by Laura Levine)
  • Pylon & Love Tractor at Mad Hatter 1984 (Pylon's first "last show")
  • The Side Effects at Tyrone's OC 1980
    
• ATHENS, GA INSIDE-OUT
  (1987, Digital, 120min, Dir: Tony Gayton, NR) Led by the success of the B-52's and R.E.M., Athens, Georgia was the most happening music scene in the country by the mid 80's. Following several different bands from different genres, this film paints Athens as a magical artistic environment where bands are not in competition, but co-exist in harmony. Live performances of R.E.M.'s "Swan Swan H" and "Dream (All I Have To Do)" at the Lucy Cobb Institute Chapel are included. Also featured are performances from and interviews with R.E.M., the B-52's, Pylon, B-B-Que Killers, Time Toy, Jim Herbert, Flat Duo Jets, Love Tractor, Kilkenny Cats, the Squalls, folk artist Reverend Howard Finster and others. SHOWTIMES: 8:00 p.m. - followed by a panel discussion and live performances with Ort Carlton, Bob and Vanessa Hay, Paul Butchart, Dexter Romweber, and more. Special performance by Dexter Romweber. Details @ www.athenscine.com
  

RockDocs: Let's Get Lost - Presented by Cine
Wednesday, June 18 & Thursday, June 19 • Cine
$6 with AthFest wristband / $8 without
(1988, 35mm, 120min, Dir: Bruce Weber, NR) Newly restored 35mm print of the 1988 documentary on the turbulent life and career of jazz trumpeter and drug addict Chet Baker, that traces his career from the 1950s, when he was in his prime, playing with jazz greats like Charlie Parker and Gerry Mulligan, to the 1980s, when he had become a skid row junkie unable to get a decent gig. By juxtaposing these two decades, Weber presents a sharp contrast between the younger, handsome Baker — the statuesque
idol who resembled a mix of James Dean and Jack Kerouac — to what he became, “a seamy looking drugstore cowboy-cum-derelict,” as J. Hoberman put it in his Village Voice review. Beginning near the end of Baker’s life, on the beaches of Santa Monica, and ending at the Cannes Film Festival, LET'S GET LOST bookends moments in the present with historic footage ranging from vintage photographs by William Claxton in 1953 to appearances on The Steve Allen Show and kitschy, low budget Italian films Baker did for quick money. (www.filmforum.org/films/letsgetlost.html.com) SHOWTIMES: 4:15 p.m. (6/18) / 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. (6/19)

Athens Music History Tour - Presented by the Athens Welcome Center
Thursday, June 19 - Sunday, June 22 • Leaves from Welcome Center Kiosk (corner of Washington Street & College Avenue) • 11:00 a.m.
$10 with AthFest Wristband / $15 without
Once again the Athens Music History Driving Tour will be led by local scenester and former Side Effect Paul Butchart on the Athens Welcome Center’s Classic City Tours bus. The tour will explore the sights and sounds that cultivated Athens' rich musical heritage. Paul knows the scene well and has many great stories to prove it. Stops include the Murmur trestle, the “Sidewalk of the Stars,” and Ricky Wilson’s grave. Approximate running time is two hours. The tour will depart from the Welcome Center KIOSK on Washington Street in front of City Hall at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and Sunday of AthFest. Tickets are on sale at the athensmusic.net booth or at the Kiosk. Space is limited, so tickets are required.

RockDocs: Ballad of the West w/ Bobby Bridger / Western Matinee - Presented by Cine
Thursday, June 19 • Cine
$10 with AthFest wristband / $12 without
A distant relative of premiere nineteenth-century American mountain man, Jim Bridger, Bobby Bridger began work on his epic trilogy A Ballad of the West over four decades ago. Since 1974 the Austin, TX based Bridger has traveled the globe performing this one-man show that combines history, music, poetry and song to capture the spirit of time and place that was the
American West. (www.bobbybridger.com) SHOWTIMES: 7:00 & 9:30 p.m.

• Also: WESTERN MATINEE: JEREMIAH JOHNSON
  (USA 1972, Digital, 108min, Dir: Sydney Pollack, PG) Set in the mid-19th century, after the Civil War, Sydney Pollack's picturesque film centers on the story of Jeremiah, (Robert Redford) an ex-soldier disillusioned with the ways of his civilization and the ravages of war, who sets out determined to survive in the Rocky Mountain wilderness by himself. With a strong but unglamorous performance by Redford, the film questions white colonialism while mythologizing the man of nature and the heroism of survival. Spectacularly shot on location in Utah, the film captures both the appeal and the challenge of the wilderness landscape.
  GUEST SPEAKER: Singer/songwriter Bobby Bridger will discuss the film and perform after the 5:00 p.m. show on Thursday, June 19.
  SHOWTIMES: 5:00 p.m. (Thursday only 6/19)
  $5 - FREE w/ticket to BALLAD OF THE WEST

Athens Music Awards - Presented by Flagpole Magazine
Thursday, June 19 • Morton Theatre • 8:00 p.m. (sharp - doors 7:30 p.m.)
$5 with AthFest wristband / $10 day of show / $8 advance
Tickets will be available as of Thursday, June 12th at the Flagpole office, SchoolKids Records and the Morton Theatre Box office. Bands to perform include: Twin Tigers, Spring Tigers, Kenosha Kid, Kyshona Armstrong, The Buddy System, David Blackmon, !Moyuba!, C-Fre$h, and the UGA Redcoat Drumline.

The Fantasticks - Presented by the Town & Gown Players
Thursday, June 19 - Sunday, June 22 • Athens Community Theatre • 8:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. on Sunday)
$5 with AthFest Wristband (during June 19-22 only) / $18 without / $15 students, seniors, members
The Town and Gown Players, Inc present THE FANTASTICKS, the longest running musical in Broadway history. In this lyrical and often hilarious tale, two parents try a clever reverse on Romeo and Juliet resulting in an enduring love story told in comedy and song. The Athens Community Theater is located behind the historic Taylor-Grady house at the corner of Prince Avenue and Grady Avenue. Reservations are encouraged: Call 706-208-TOWN (8696) to reserve and arrive at least 15 minutes before curtain to assure seating.

The Ricochet Melodrama Cylinder Show
Thursday, June 19 • Georgia Theatre • 10:30 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. (Intermission at Midnight)
$4 with AthFest wristband / $5 without
Following immediately after the Flagpole Music Awards, the Ricochet
Melodrama Cylinder Show brings more than three hours of music and
performance to the stage. Showcasing the music of Commander Chameleon, Olympus Mans, and The HEAP, and arranged at a pace harkening back to the days of Vaudeville, show goers will marvel at the magic of New York City's own, The Incalculable Francescini, and will shudder along to the hilarious Zombie Puppet Show. Featuring original dance choreography by Kineticorps and produced by Pamela Kohn and Andy
McIntire.

RockDocs: Shine a Light - Presented by Cine
Friday, June 20 - Thursday, June 26 • Cine
$6 with AthFest wristband / $8 without
(USA 2008, 35mm, 120min, Dir: Martin Scorsese, PG13) Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world's greatest rock-n-roll band unite to make the greatest rock concert movie since THE LAST WALTZ. Filmed at the famed Beacon Theatre in NYC in the Fall of 2006, Scorsese assembled a legendary team of cinematographers to capture the raw energy of the legendary band as they've never been seen before. (www.shinealightmovie.com) SHOWTIMES: 4:30, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.

TeenScreen FilmFest & Concert - Presented by Film::Athens
Friday, June 20 • 8:30 p.m. (films) / 10 p.m. (concert) • Redeener Presbyterian Church Auditorium (165 Pulaski St.)
FREE with AthFest wristband / $5 without / $1 students
Featuring a lineup of diverse short films made by local teenage artists, including music videos, stop-motion lego animation, and the new short films and behind-the-scenes documentary recently completed by this year’s Project::Teenscreen workshop team. This next generation of Athens filmmakers will be in attendance to present and discuss their films. Directly following the screenings, teen bands and performers will play a live music concert as a fundraiser for Project::Teenscreen - lineup of bands and more details at www.teenscreen.filmathens.net. Encore screenings at Cine also on Sat., June 21 - Thurs., June 26 @ 5:00 p.m.

• FILMS AT TEENSCREEN:
  • NO CONCESSION
    (2008, DV, 10min, Dir: Lydia Hunt)
    A comedy about a floor staff at a movie theater. When new employee Rick Newman is hired, he is forced to suffer through pranks pulled by the rest of the staff until in the end he unveils a shocking secret
  • CHRISMON HEIGHTS
    (2008, DV, 6min, Dir: Catherine Martin & Emily Silva)
    A neighborhood has a resident artist, who's decorating lawns with whimsical and interesting art. No one knows who it is, until a new neighbor accidentally finds out.
  • ABULIA
    (2008, DV, 8min, Dir: Cleburne Workmaster)
    A psychological drama that blurs the line between dreams and reality
  • UNTITLED
    (2008, DV, 8min, Dir: Cleburne Workmaster)
    A psychological drama that blurs the line between dreams and reality
  • FORTUNE SON
    (2007, DV, 3 min, Dir. Chase Brantley & Ned McGregor)
    Two police trackers steal a car, are drafted into the force, and become undercover agents in this tale of espionage and breakdancing.
  • RANDOM MUSIC VIDEOS
    [2006, DV, 2min, Dir. Chase Brantley & Ned McGregor]
    it's a boring day in new york city when everyone starts dancing, but wait it's all around the world
• AND MORE - full lineup and more info @ www.teenscreen.filmathens.net

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