Mercer Wind Ensemble Presents Fall Side by Side
2025-09-29 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Veterans High School, 340 Piney Grove Road, Kathleen, GA, 31047
The Mercer University Wind Ensemble joins forces with Veterans High School to present a celebratory fall concert to kick off the season. Featured repertoire includes Deciduous by Viet Cuong and Zoom by Scott Boerma.

Dotan Appelbaum: Severe Optimism Exhibition
2025-10-03 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-04 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-09 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-10 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-11 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-16 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-17 16:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-18 16:00 - 20:00 and 6 more dates | McEachern Art Center, 332 2nd Street, Macon, 31201
October 3-November 23
Dotan Appelbaum: Severe Optimism
McEachern Art Center, open Thurs.-Sat. 4 p.m.-8 p.m.
Severe Optimism is an exhibition of new work by artist, maker, and writer Dotan Appelbaum. This body of work reflects on the life and ideas of 19th-century English designer and craftsman William Morris, reconsidering their meaning in today’s world. For Morris, design was a way to make sense of the Industrial Revolution and its impact on labor, modes of making, and the built environment. As society now undergoes a digital industrial revolution, these concerns remain urgent. Opening reception October 3 at 6 p.m.

Plunkett Lecture Series — Dotan Appelbaum
2025-10-04 11:00 - 12:00 | McEachern Art Center, 332 2nd Street, Macon, 31201
Join us at the MAC for an artist lecture featuring Dotan Appelbaum. The Plunkett Lecture Series is made possible in part by an endowment from the Plunkett family, in memory of Frances Sewell Plunkett.

Townsend Family Day Concert
2025-10-04 11:00 - 12:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
A gala concert especially for Mercer families featuring students of the School of Music.

Fabian Concert Series
2025-10-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Jasmine Habersham, soprano
Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin
Rebecca Albers, viola
Hal Robinson, double bass
Jeewon Park, piano

Macon Pops: “I Spy: For Your Ears Only”
2025-10-10 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Your mission, should you choose to accept it…
Join us for a thrilling night of intrigue, iconic music, and cinematic suspense as Macon Pops presents “I Spy: For Your Ears Only” — a high-stakes musical adventure celebrating the greatest spy themes of all time. BUY TICKETS

Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy and the Arts: Stephen Darlington
2025-10-16 15:30 - 16:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The Townsend Symposia on Music, Philosophy, and the Arts are meant to open the eyes of professionals and scholars to new ideas, presented especially for students, artists, and arts administrators in the community.

Stephen Darlington: Cathedral Choral Classics
2025-10-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Stephen Darlington, one of the United Kingdom’s foremost choral conductors, joins Mercer Singers and director Stanley Roberts in a choral tour-de-force of time-honored anthems by British composers and contemporary sacred selections from composers around the world.

Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir Present "To Celebrate Music"
2025-10-19 16:00 - 18:00 | Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, 719 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Choral Society of Middle Georgia and Mercer University Choir, led by director Gary Gerber, Dean of the Townsend School of Music, present a celebration of music through choral works.

McDuffie Young Artists Concert
2025-10-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, Macon, 31201
Come hear what the talented students in the McDuffie Center for Strings have been working on. Seating is first come, first served. Doors open 30 minutes beforehand.

Chamber Winds and Friends
2025-10-22 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The Mercer University Wind Ensemble will break into chamber groups to present an eclectic and varied evening of music. Featured groups will include the Brass Quintet and Wind Quintet as well as other ensembles from within the band.

BeautyFull Collaboration: Une Soirée de Musique Française
2025-10-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
Join us for an exceptional evening of French chamber music, featuring the less-known string works and the exotic songs of Debussy performed by talented McDuffie Center Young Artists and mezzo-soprano Samantha Mishima Friedman. This concert promises a special atmosphere and a celebration of French musical heritage in the 20th century.

EG Kight Trio
2025-10-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Capricorn Sound Studios, 530 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Macon, GA, 31201, United States
EG Kight Trio performs at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24 at Capricorn Sound Studios. Buy tickets.

Mercer University Opera Presents "Public Lies, Private Truths"
2025-10-30 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-10-31 19:30 - 21:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
In “Public Lies, Private Truths,” Mercer University Opera looks closely at relationships and how they grow and change over time. The evening begins with Leonard Bernstein’s uncompromising, semi-autobiographical look at an idealized marriage in his discomfiting and amusing “Trouble in Tahiti.” Three bridesmaids bemoan their dresses and the groomsmen with whom they are paired in Lisa DeSpain’s charming “Men I’m Not Married To.” Finally, the behavior of a young, up-and-coming bachelor politician is called into question in Dan Shore’s enchanting “An Embarrassing Position.”

A Night at the Grand Guignol: The Crimson Stage, When My Body Cried Out
2025-10-31 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-11-01 19:30 - 21:30 | Tattnall Square Center for the Arts, 1096 College Street, Macon, 31207
Inspired by the shock and spectacle of The Grand Guignol, this original production dives into the macabre with a series of short, visceral plays that explore humanity’s darkest impulses. Blending horror, humor, and theatrical illusion, the show confronts audiences with tales of madness, revenge, and the grotesque. It’s a thrilling homage to early horror theatre that challenges the line between terror and entertainment.
