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May Day Festival and Music Business Expo


A joint production of the UGA Music Business Program and the university’s Sports and Entertainment Law Society, the May Day Festival and Music Business Expo is an inspired mashup, part all-day concert and part industry trade show. From 12–5 p.m. on the Melting Point patio, local musicians and folks interested in careers in music can meet and chat with representatives from record labels, recording studios, music-minded publications (including Flagpole), law firms, arts festivals and more. From 1–9 p.m., enjoy tunes from a slew of MBUS-associated bands—including Of the Vine, Walden, Manmade Mountains, Julie Holmes and many others—on two rotating stages. Proceeds from the Expo will go toward the SELS’s community-outreach programs, including the annual Protect Athens Music Conference and free legal clinics for musicians.

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