2026 Affiliated Events
Affiliated events cross promote activities that align with the mission of AthFest Educates: to fund arts education for K-12 youth in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. The AthFest Music and Arts Festival is a fundraiser for AthFest Educates.
Approved affiliated events will be allowed to use official AthFest Music and Arts Festival logo(s) on their advertising materials. Affiliated events will be listed on AthFest.com website and featured in AthFest social media postings.
Any company or organization interested in holding an event affiliated with AthFest 2026 must submit an Affiliated Event Request Form to [email protected] no later than April 15, 2026. The form will be reviewed by members of the AthFest Planning Committee. You will be contacted if your event is approved as an AthFest Affiliated Event.
Flow for the Arts (yoga)
Friday, June 26, 6:00PM – 7:00PM
M3 Five Points Studio
1260 S Milledge Ave E1, Athens, GA, 30605
Join us for a special donation-based yoga class benefiting AthFest Educates, supporting arts education for K–12 youth in Athens-Clarke County. This class will be offered in the Hatha tradition, emphasizing intentional movement, muscle engagement, and strong alignment to help participants build strength and body awareness. more details
Kids Yoga Fun Flow (yoga)
Saturday, June 27, 10:00AM – 11:00AM
M3 Boulevard Moon Studio
175 Tracy St Building D, Athens, GA 30601
Join us for a special donation-based kids yoga class benefiting AthFest Educates, supporting arts education for K–12 youth in Athens-Clarke County. This playful, family-friendly class is rooted in the Hatha tradition, focusing on simple, intentional poses that build strength, body awareness, and confidence. more details
Sculpt with Purpose: Hot Pilates for a Cause (pilates)
Sunday, June 28, 10:00AM – 11:00AM
M3 Five Points Studio
1260 S Milledge Ave E1, Athens, GA, 30605
Join us for a high-energy, donation-based Hot Pilates class benefiting AthFest Educates, supporting arts education for K–12 youth in Athens-Clarke County. This class combines low-impact, high-intensity movements in a heated environment to build strength, endurance, and core stability. more details
Athens Out Loud (poetry reading)
Saturday, June 27, 4:00PM – 6:00PM
Live Wire Athens – Outdoor Stage
227 W. Dougherty St., Athens, GA, 30601
Poetry readings accompanied by live music; celebrating and championing the creative and literary arts with Athens’ Poet Laureate.
Athens Art Book Fair
Friday June 26, 4:00PM – 7:00PM
Saturday, June 27, 4:00PM – 7:00PM
Athenaeum
287 W. Broad St., Athens, GA, 30601
Athens Art Book, Print and Zine Fair will feature dozens of regional book artists, print-makers, publishers and the like at Lamar Dodd’s Athenaeum gallery. . All works on display will be for sale and will feature artists books, fine- art prints, posters/broadsides, zines and other sorted printed ephemera.
This event promotes local and regional small press publishers, independent artists and designers. Our goal is to celebrate the rich diversity of work being produced by book artists, printmakers and publishers from our community.
This event is free and open to the public
Athens Film Festival – Screen on the Green
Saturday, June 27, 11:00PM – 12:30AM
KidsFest (Costa Park, intersection of W. Washington and N. Lumpkin)
Athens Film Festival presents a late night screening of Elephant 6, a documentary feature film about the Elephant 6 Recording Company & collective: Neutral Milk Hotel, the Olivia Tremor Control, the Apples In Stereo, Elf Power, the Music Tapes, the Minders, the Gerbils, of Montreal, Beulah, Dressy Bessy, Great Lakes & more.
This event is free and open to the public; limited seating.