13th Annual UGA Three Minute Thesis
UGA’s Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition challenges graduate students to explain their research to non-specialist audiences in the space of just three minutes. The winner takes home $1,000 and can represent UGA at the regional 3MT competition.
Oh, Kay! In Concert
Athens Creative Theatre's Athens Musical Theatre Orchestra presents Oh, Kay! a 1926 romp featuring the music and lyrics of American composer, George Gershwin.
45th Annual Miss Black University of Georgia Pageant
A scholarship pageant focusing on the empowerment of women and girls while commemorating the lives of the first deceased advisor and first deceased chapter member of the Zeta Psi Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Morton Theatre Corporation Presents: Mike Wiley Performs "Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till"
In 1955, a 14-year-old black Chicago youth traveled to the Mississippi Delta with country kinfolk and southern cooking on his mind. He walked off the train and into a world he could never understand — a world of thick color lines, of hard-held class systems and unspeakable taboos. Young Emmett crossed that line and stepped into his gruesome fate by whistling at a white woman.
Georgia Club Dance Team Spring Exhibition
2024 Spring Exhibition for Georgia Club Dance Team.
Morton Theatre Corporation Open House
An open house meet-and-greet for the Morton Theatre Corporation.
Light in the Canyon Tour
Light in The Canyon Tour featuring Sandra McCracken and an all-star bluegrass band.
SEASON 3 Dance Recital
Season 3 Dance Recital featuring all recreational dance classes.
Ted Torres Martin As: "ELVIS The Show"
The # 1 Elvis vocalist Ted Torres Martin As "Elvis The Show"! Come enjoy allthe greatest hits & more!
OCB Unbroken
OCB Unbroken Natural Bodybuilding summer event for men and women. Honoring our "Unbroken Heroes." Hear their inspirational stories. Pro Qualifier & 100% natural-polygraph & urinalysis tested.
Spring Dances
East Athens Educational Dance Center presents “Spring Dances," a showcase highlighting ballet, modern, tap, African, and contemporary dance.
Banff Mountain Film Festival 2024
Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival is one of the largest and most prestigious mountain festivals in the world! Hot on the heels of the Festival that is held every fall in beautiful Banff, Alberta, the Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road. With stops planned in roughly 550 communities and more than 40 countries across the globe, the Banff World Tour celebrates amazing achievements in outdoor storytelling and filmmaking worldwide! Half-Moon Outfitters has the privilege of showcasing these films to their local communities and loyal customers.
Beauty and the Beast
Dancefx's annual storybook production. There’s year’s title is Beauty and the Beast.
Miss Omega Psi Phi Pageant
The wait is over! Who will be crowned Miss Omega Psi Phi and take home the crown? The Miss Omega Psi Phi Pageant is coming to you live from Morton Theatre March 16th at 7:11 pm. Who shall become Que-en? Come and find out!
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting Film Screening and Panel Discussion
The Morton Theatre Corporate presents Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting, a comprehensive examination of the movement to eradicate the words, images, and gestures that many Native Americans and their allies find demeaning and offensive.
Liverpool Legends “Beatles Experience!”
A Beatles tribute show presented by Liverpool Legends Inc.
Movies by Moonlight: Dreamgirls (2006)
Free feature film screening of “Dreamgirls” (2006)
Dancing Through Light
An annual dance showcase highlighting the gifted students enrolled in East Athens Educational Dance Center’s Accelerated Programs.
Miss Queen of Hearts Pageant 2024
SLay Pageants presents the first annual Miss Queen of Hearts Pageant. Who will take home the crown?
Private Event
The Morton Theatre is available for a variety of private events—the limit could be your imagination! Contact our rental office at 706-613-3770 today!
High School Musical on Stage!
“High School Musical on Stage!” presented by UGA Baptist Collegiate Ministries
ICCA 2024 South Quarterfinal
Join us for the real life Pitch Perfect! 10 groups from across the Southeast will compete for the title of Quarterfinal champion and a chance to advance to the next round.
"A Better Trip" with Shane Mauss
Comedy + Science + Art + Psychedelics = A Better Trip! Journey into the mind of a psychedelic astronaut with a consciousness-expanding comedy experience. At the intersection of science, humor, and psychedelics comes "A Better Trip," the latest work from Shane Mauss.
INSPIRE Winter 2023 Showcase
INSPIRE’s Annual Winter Showcase features dancers of all ages performing to your favorite Winter tunes.
Fall 2023 Runway Show "Silver Linings; A Light in the Dark"
UGA's Fashion Design Student Association Presents their Fall 2023 Runway Fashion Show "Silver Linings; A Light in the Dark."
Morton Theatre Corporation Presents - "SHINE! Celebrating Our Youth in Concert"
The Morton Theatre Corporation in collaboration with HEART Music presents "SHINE! Celebrating Our Youth Through an Inclusive Concert", an event that sees the best Clarke County School District students performing different genres of music written by Black composers as well as the premiering of a new composition written by the local artist Kishi Bashi.
Celebration of Life for Mrs. Lois Thomas-Ewings
Join us in celebrating the life of Mrs. Lois Thomas-Ewings, founder of the East Athens Educational Dance Center and beloved member of the Athens-Clarke County Leisure Services family.
ACT Presents - Sweeney Todd: A Musical Thriller
In this infamous tale, Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to nineteenth-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.
CANCELLED: Miss Black Athens Teen Pageant 2023
It’s our culture and a way to celebrate the beauty of our uniqueness and teach it to our daughters.
August Wilson's, "Two Trains Running"
“Two Trains Running,” the sixth play in August Wilson’s ten-part series “The Pittsburgh Cycle,” explores the social and psychological manifestations of changing attitudes toward race from the perspective of its urban, Black characters.
The Morton Theatre Corporation Presents “UNSPOKEN: How Can a Town Make Peace with Its Past When the Truth is Buried.”
The Morton Theatre Corporation invites Athens to a free screening and panel discussion of UNSPOKEN, film that explores the impact of racial division in a small southern town.
DanceATHENS 2023
The DanceATHENS Dance Festival is Athens' annual celebration of dance, unifying the dance community of the Southeast with dancers from Alabama, South Carolina, and Georgia!
Morton Theatre Corporation Presents - Candyman (2021)
The Morton Theatre Corporation invites Athens to a free screening of Candyman (2021). (Rated R)
Eras of the King
Touring Elvis tribute concert featuring Bill Cherry and Cote Deonath includes special guest performances backed by Infinit-E Tribute Band presented by Wright Way Productions
Film Screening: Buck and the Preacher
Athens-Clarke County Inclusion Office, Human Relations Commission, and the Association for the Study of African American Life and History, Athens, Georgia Branch (aka Athens ASALH) present a free screening of “Buck and the Preacher” (1972). This American Western film is directed by Sidney Poitier. Poitier also stars in the film alongside Harry Belafonte and Ruby Dee.
CANCELLED: This is Me Tour
This gospel comedy show has been cancelled. Ticket holders will receive refund information directly from the presenter. For details please contact travele@advocatels.com.
Morton Theatre Corporation Presents: The Woman King
The Morton Theatre Corporation invites Athens to a free screening of The Woman King. (Rated PG-13)
The U. S. Colored Soldier Starring Dr. Sonny Kelly
Athens Chautauqua presents this one-man performance of a black Civil War soldier.
Clash of the Veterans Pro/Am
United League of Athletes presents USBF PRO/AM CLASH OF THE VETERANS bodybuilding show