Sounds of Summer - Athens, Tennessee

07/03/2023

This page has been moved to Friendly City Festivals-please visit for updates on 2023 festivals!

Friendly City Festivals Fun for the whole family in Downtown Athens, TN Friendly City FestivalsDowntown Athens The goal of the festival arm of Willsonthropic, Inc. is to provide economic interaction between the arts and the community to promote cultural tourism. Friendly City Festivals supports thre...

02/09/2022

We regret that September Song will not perform as scheduled tomorrow.

Please join us as we welcome Skelton Key to Market Pavilion!

24/05/2022

Click for access to our entertainment press release with stage schedule details PLUS and links to more info on performers for and

Sounds of Summer at MooFest June 4 Sounds of Summer 2022 Lineup Friendly City Festivals is thrilled to continue Athens, TN's free summer concert series on Saturday June 4, 2022, at 7 pm at Market Park

10/05/2022

Thanks Don Bindrim for capturing the first concert of the season!
Stay tuned -Tim Decker and Tennessee River and EmiSunshine June 4 at MooFest!

01/03/2022

This is a reminder that as of today, March 1, we will be discontinuing use of this page! Please follow us on Facebook and Instagram, or visit friendlycityfestivals.com for more information about festival opportunities in the friendly city 🤩

25/02/2022

We are moving! A reminder that if you haven’t already, go give a like and follow to our new account, where you can find the newest information on all your favorite festivals in Athens, TN. This page will be discontinued as of March 1, 2022.

23/02/2022

Save the date! Mark your calendars today for this season’s festival activities, kicking off with Moofest this spring 🐮

As a reminder, we are currently condensing our social media pages into one page, which can be found under the username on Facebook and Instagram. Just look for the Friendly City Festivals logo when looking up the page, as the name change for the page is currently being processed. All other pages will be discontinued on March 1, 2022.

21/02/2022

We are moving! We are consolidating our social media presence to one central Friendly City Festivals page on March 1. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at to keep in the loop on all of our community events here in Athens, including Pumpkintown, Moofest, and the Sounds of Summer Concert Series. As always, visit friendlycityfestivals.com for more information on events and our mission.

02/02/2022

She’s back!!!
Join Emi along with opening band Tim Decker and Tennessee River after MooFest for the second Sounds of Summer concert!
Saturday, June 4th-7:00 pm-Market Pavilion-Downtown Athens TN and it’s FREE!

Full schedule for SOS 2022 coming soon!
Joel Webb National MooFest, Athens, Tennessee EmiSunshine

02/02/2022

Kinslee Melhorn will be at Sounds of Summer September 3rd along with September Song!
Full schedule coming soon!
Joel Webb Andrew Kimball

It’s been a long time coming for this song but I’m so happy and excited to announce that my new single “Addison’s Treehouse” will be out FEB 18th!!! You can pre-save now with this link! https://show.co/jXfDfSX

I wrote this by myself in my room a couple years ago about the unstoppable imagination i had as a kid. In my mind, i believed i could do absolutely anything. I needed to write this as a reminder ❤️

Thank you to my producer and friend, Cooper Grey for creating a magically nostalgic sound.

Thank you to Douglass Dunbar for mastering the track.

Thank you to Sammy McKenzie for the incredible cover art.

And thank you to all my friends and family who encourage me to put my songs out in the world even though it’s truly scary to share my life in this way.

Here we goooooo 🌲🏠

10/10/2021

Thanks, Don Bindrim!!!
Joel Webb Lauren Brown

10/10/2021

Thanks, Chris for ending our 9th season with a bang!

Always a pleasure to come home to East TN! Thanks to all the folks in Athens for a great evening! 📸

09/10/2021

There's only ONE Pumpkintown PowWow in memory of Scott Crisp and it's tomorrow at Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN ! 🎃One Day 🎃

08/10/2021

TWO locations for adopt-a-thons hosted by McMinn Regional Humane Society and TWO entertainment stages. 🎃Two days to Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN 🎃

06/10/2021

If two is a party, THREE is a festival. Tag your festie besties below for our three day countdown!
🎃 Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN 🎃

05/10/2021

Two-day countdown in one today due to yesterday's social media outage...it's FOUR days to Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN , but we couldn't pass up our FIVE day shout out celebrating the FIVE HUNDRED THOUSANDTH book given away to a child in McMinn County. 🎃

03/10/2021

SIXteen sponsors who help make Pumpkintown possible! Please help us thank our supporters.
🎃 6 days til Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN 🎃

02/10/2021

🎃 SEVEN 🎃 hours of family fun at . Seven day countdown. Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN

02/10/2021

Eight days until the return of : A Festival of History, Harvest and Heritage. Keep up with Friendly City Festival socials to join our countdown and see you next Saturday in Historic Downtown Athens! Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN

30/09/2021

We're in the final countdown - 10 days until Pumpkintown Festival in Athens TN and Chris Hennessee at Sounds of Summer Finale

entertainment on two stage plus Sounds of Summer finale October 9 18TH ANNUAL PUMPKINTOWN FESTIVAL SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH! 2021 Pumpkintown-Friendly City Festivals-P.O. Box 1336 Athens, T

25/09/2021

Swing by Mindfull Mom tonight for dinner before seeing Mendingwall live at 7pm! Also grab your tshirts and other merch before it’s too late at our table at the back of the pavilion 🙌🏻

22/09/2021

Get to know the band! Mendingwall, an Athens area favorite is joining us this Saturday for Sounds of Summer. The free concert starts on 9/25 at 7pm at Market Park Pavilion, and you do not want to miss this!

18/09/2021

See you next week for the penultimate concert in the ninth season of Athens, Tennessee’s Free Summer Concert Series, featuring an area favorite… Mendingwall! See you at 7pm, Sat. 9/25 🎶

13/09/2021

Thanks Don Bindrim ! As always you captured the essence of the evening!
Joel Webb Kinslee Melhorn Elisha Allen Elliott

29/08/2021

Cody and Alex + Donnie B Photography = one great evening! @ Lindsay Andrew Kimball Joel Webb

24/08/2021

Kona Ice, Grace House dipping Mayfield’s ice cream and Low Country Seafood will be there, too

Are you excited for this weekend? Join us on Saturday for a night of Blues and R&B music with David Gerald! See you at 7pm at Market Park Pavilion!