Art is always on tap in Augusta. Here’s a few happenings the first weekend of October.
Wheatus will mark the late President Jimmy Carter’s 101st birthday on Oct. 1 with a concert to benefit Habitat for Humanity. The band’s song “Teenage Dirtbag” celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
The Aiken Seafood Bash opened Friday and runs through Saturday and Sunday.
Eric Roberts has nearly 800 completed projects and another nearly 100 on the way. Often cast as a bad guy, Roberts has one role he’d love to play.
“The Color Purple” “wrecks” its director Scott Seidl at every rehearsal. It will be performed Oct. 3-5 at the Imperial Theatre.
A farm-to-table dinner will benefit Augusta Locally Grown Sept. 26.
“Terms of Endearment” opens the Main Street Players 2025-2026 season Sept. 26.
With a mix of returning favorites and artists making their first Augusta appearances, Tuesday’s Music Live will open its 2025-2026 season Tuesday, Sept. 23 at Saint Paul’s Church.
Marshgrass Mamas came together in 2001 and have been creating their own form of swampy music for over two decades. At 7 p.m. Sept. 26, they’ll be at the University of South Carolina Aiken’s Etherredge Center.
Arts in the Heart of Augusta will be Sept. 19-21.