2025 ARTS IN THE HEART OF AUGUSTA FESTIVAL STAGE SCHEDULES

Please note that stage schedules are subject to change. Check back for most current versions.

GLOBAL STAGE

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

5:00PM            Opening Ceremonies

6:00PM            MUZ MERCER

7:00PM            AE THE COOL

7:45PM            MAJOR SOUND

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

11:00AM Suzuki Strings
11:25AM Suzuki Strings-Seniors
11:50AM Traditional Korean Music Team / Kim’s Martial Arts Demonstration Team
12:20PM Creative Impressions
12:45PM Hindu Temple Society Dancers
1:10PM Augusta Players-Color Purple
1:35PM The Augusta Players-Jr. Players-Beetle Juice
2:00PM Mrudani School of Performing Arts
2:25PM Tiger Rock Martial Arts
2:50PM Augusta Dancers
3:15PM Awards Ceremony
4:30PM Alto Pablo
5:00PM Tre Sounds
6:00PM Leon & the Peoples
7:30PM Soul Asylum

 

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

11:00AM         Siva Maia

11:25AM         Trick Shot

11:55AM         Chinese Performance Arts Group

12:15PM          Brown Beauty Magic

12:40PM          Dazzling Pantherettes Dance Team

1:05PM            Wimzy

1:30PM            Truez

2:05PM            Schuy

2:30PM            Coley Gilchrist

3:00PM            Russel Joel Brown

3:45PM            Sounds of Brilliance   

4:25PM           Mali Music

5:00PM           Chris Parker & Friends

6:00PM           Sounds of Zamar

community STAGE

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

5:00PM            Adam Diehl

5:45PM            Public Mind

6:30PM            StuckInTheBar

7:15PM            Estimated Principles

8:00PM          The  Neon Peach

 

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

11:30pm          Chris Hardy

12:15pm          Dusty Angels

1:00pm            Brandon Henson

1:45pm            Matt Dahlheimer

2:30pm            The Hoyt Clagwells

3:15pm            Traces Of Our Youth

4:00pm            Frank Brittingham & Joe Smith & Friends

4:45pm            Under The Sonar

5:30pm            Blue Lava Quatro

6:15pm            Rattlesnake Cobra Awesome

7:00pm            Elli Perry

8:00pm            Elliot Holden Group

 

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

11:30pm          Steve Fowler

12:00pm          Changeover

12:15pm          She N She w/ Taylor Swan

1:00pm            The Diminished

1:45pm            Band Practice (Chelsea Logue & Josh Mason)

2:30pm            Nick Brown

3:15pm            Ethan Stallings Group

4:00pm            May River Symphony

5:00pm            Jacob Beltz, Will McCranie & Shaun Piazza (in the round)

6:00pm            Angie Aparo

jazz STAGE

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

5:00PM            440 Instruments

6:00PM            The Music Tank

6:30PM            Shakia Chanel

7:00PM            Lionel Jones

7:30PM            Perry Girls

8:00PM            Sounds Unlimited Celebrates 30 Years

 

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

11:00AM         Vinyl Feature – Jazz 50 Years Ago

11:30AM         Jane Gang

12:30PM          Amethyst Brionna

1:00PM            SoulNote Gospel Brunch

3:00PM            Glenn Person (Tuskegee, AL)

3:30PM            Robert Reid

4:00PM            Christina Shorter

5:00PM            Soul Sliders

5:30PM            Cannta Music

6:00PM            Nery Kim

7:00PM            eQue & The Crew

8:00PM            Kevin Staley Project

 

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

11:00AM         Yeah Cult

11:30AM         Empress of Cool

12:00PM          Happy Bones

1:00PM            The Gray

1:30PM            Menia Chester

2:00PM            Weatherproof (CAE)

3:00PM            OPEN JAM

4:30PM            Niki Haris + Christian Tamburr (NC)

6:00PM            Laiken Love (SAV)

Family STAGE

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

5:00PM            Kane & Co. Dance Productions

6:00PM            Piccadilly Puppets

6:45PM            Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School

8:20PM            Amira and Friends

 

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

11:00AM         Center Stage Dance Academy

11:35AM         Stephanie’s Dancers

12:10PM          Eastwind Castle

12:45PM        K Drum Team of Korea Center of Greenville

1:35PM            JNSA Dancers

2:00PM            Magician Mike Gilliland

3:05PM            Garden City Tappers

3:40PM            Brown Beauty Magic-Doriane’s Character Company

4:15PM            Denise Cheeks Studio of Music

5:25PM            Savannah Winds Middle Eastern Dancers

6:15PM            Tip Toes and Taps

6:40PM            DeCeadaoin

7:15PM            The EXPERIENCE Creative Arts Ministry

7:40PM            Saidi Friends

 

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

11:00AM         Georgia Cinderella Scholarship Program

11:35AM         Schrödinger’s Cat Improv

12:10PM          A Creative Symphoni Dance Studio

1:00PM            Columbia Marionette Theatre

1:50PM            The North Augusta School of Dance

2:30PM            Greenbrier High School Saxophone Quartet

3:15PM            Musical Theatre Workshops

4:10PM            Voices of Blakeney

4:45PM            Jezibell & Friends

Soul Suite STAGE

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

6:30PM            BRIC  
7:00PM            Sir Chance
8:00PM          Kristal Mindingall & Vibe Theory

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

12:00pm  – Kingdom Ink

2:00pm  – Chris Grant 

3:00pm  – Madison Lane 

4:15pm  – Angel Brown

5:15pm  – New Age Soundz 

6:05pm  – Mulah Davinci 

6:30pm – Most Elevated Deepness

7:00pm  – Kerwin Claiborne 

8:30pm – Producer Battle (Bizzo vs Akeem Wells)

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

12:30pm  – Mikhayla Smith 

2:00pm  – Bugsy Calhoun

2:30pm  – The Messenger 

3:00pm  – Westmoor Drive 

4:00pm  –  Tara and the Snacks

4:30pm  – Jay Bussie

5:00pm – A.G. & The Xperience 

Story Time Tent

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

5:30PM            Yvette Long

7:00PM            Yvette Long

 

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

12:30PM          Ron Baxley, Jr.

2:00PM            Ron Baxley, Jr.

4:30PM            Christina Petrides

6:00PM            Christina Petrides

 

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

11:30AM         E.G. Creel

1:00PM            E.G. Creel

3:30PM            Melissa Burch

 5:00PM           Melissa Burch

street performers

Plein Air Painters will be along the lower path of the Riverwalk. All others are in the roundabout on 9th Street at the River.

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

Yvette        5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Eastwind Castle           7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

Aiken Sheriff’s Pipes and Drums         11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

That Puppet Guy         10:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Plein Air Painting on the River with June Klement       11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Plein Air Painting on the River with Trina Smith           11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Brown Beauty Magic-Doriane’s Character Company    2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Eastwind Castle           3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

Eastwind Castle           11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Plein Air Painting on the River with June Klement       11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Plein Air Painting on the River with Trina Smith           11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Literary Lounge

FRIDAY SEPT. 19

6:00 PM           Reading: Kelyisha Hayden “Selections from ‘Stop My Heart’ and ‘Cornelius Adventures'”

7:00 PM           Reading: Jerry Miller “The Concert”

8:00 PM           Publisher Talk: Lucinda Clark

 

SATURDAY SEPT. 20

1:00 PM           Author Talk: Tunisia Williams “800 Words (or Less): Picture Book Writing Tips”

2:00 PM           Author Talk: Charmain Brackett “How My Non-Fiction Journalism Career has Influenced My Fiction Writing”

3:00 PM           Reading: Melissa Burch “Whatever You Do, Don’t Brush Your Teeth”

4:00 PM           Author Talk: Tunisia Williams and Sebastian O’Bannion “Developing, Publishing, and Promoting Children’s Books”

5:00 PM           Reading: Tom Mack “Hidden History of Augusta”

6:00 PM           Reading: John Doriot “The Grimalkin”

7:00 PM           Reading: Ron Baxley: “O.Z. Diggs the Fifth Estate”

 

SUNDAY SEPT. 21

12:00 PM         Author Talk: Tiffany Manriquez “The Writing Process for Romance and Historical Novels”

1:00 PM           Author Talk: Q&A with Christina Petrides “Writing for International Publications”

2:00 PM           Reading: Cathy Goldberg-Fishman “When Jackie and Hank Met”

3:00 PM           Author Talk: Mary Beth Gibson “Character is Power”

4:00 PM           Author Talk: Nita Wiggins “Quality Quick Start to Write Your Book”

5:00 PM           Reading: Eva Creel “The Journey of The Gobblers”

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