"From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee" Art Exhibit
2025-09-13 12:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-14 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | McEachern Art Center, 332 2nd Street, Macon, 31201
McEachern Art Center (the MAC) will open its 2025-2026 season with the third annual From Ocmulgee to Okmulgee, a powerful exhibition celebrating Indigenous artistry and ancestral connection. The show will run Aug. 21 through Sept. 14, with an opening reception at 6 p.m. Aug. 21, coinciding with the Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration. This year’s exhibition features three artists whose roots reflect a diversity of Southeastern Indigenous nations: Dan Beaver (Muscogee/Alabama), woodworking; Carly Treece (Muscogee/Cherokee), painting; and Amanda Rutland (Muscogee/Seminole), jewelry.
The MAC is located at 332 Second St. in downtown Macon. Regular gallery hours are 4-8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday. The show will be open special hours for the Ocmulgee Indigenous Celebration on Sept. 13 from noon-8 p.m. and Sept. 14 from noon-5 p.m. Admission is always free and open to the public.
Read more about the exhibit on The Den.

Gidion's Knot
2025-09-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-14 14:30 - 16:30, 2025-09-18 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-21 14:30 - 16:30 | Tattnall Square Center for the Arts, 1096 College Street, Macon, 31207
Gidion’s Knot
By Johnna Adams
A grieving mother and a middle school teacher engage in a tense and emotionally charged parent-teacher conference following the tragic suicide of a young boy. As the conversation unfolds, painful truths about the student, his writing, and the adults around him are revealed. The play explores themes of grief, responsibility, and the blurred lines between creativity and appropriateness.

McDuffie Young Artists Concert
2025-09-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Bell House Jennings Salon, 315 College Street, Macon, 31201
Young Artists solo and ensemble chamber concerts

Faculty Jazz Quintet
2025-09-19 19:30 - 21:00 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
The Mercer Jazz Faculty Combo performs a collection of jazz standards and original music

Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra
2025-09-22 19:30 - 21:30 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Macon-Mercer Symphony Orchestra featuring guest conductor Joseph Young

GABBAFest
2025-09-26 19:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | The Piedmont Grand Opera House, 651 Mulberry Street, Macon, 31201
Georgia Allman Brothers Band Association presents GABBAFest 2025 – Keeping the Legacy Alive
FRIDAY: The Restless Natives & Friends perform Laid Back and more at The Piedmont Grand Opera House
SATURDAY: Macon Music Revue opens for The Randall Bramblett Band with the Megablaster Horns

Faculty Recital Cabaret: "To Tell You the Truth …"
2025-09-26 19:30 - 20:30 | Fickling Hall, 1501 Mercer University Drive, Macon, 31207
This tell-all cabaret takes a ride through a wide swath of musical styles to celebrate life in all its glory and folly. Expect songs of all kinds from the Great American Songbook. From Broadway, pop music from many decades, and classical composers to satirical songs of all stripes. If you’ve thought it, someone has written a great song about it — you may be surprised!

Mercer Wind Ensemble Presents Fall Side by Side
2025-09-29 19:00 - 21:00 | 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 | 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.
