2nd Annual Normaltown Music Festival @ Athentic Brewing Company

Athens Resonates, Athentic Brewing Company & Aubrey Entertainment present...

• Doors @ 11:30am
• Music from Noon-11pm on two stages featuring musicians and artists (past & present).
• Event is ALL AGES welcome & family friendly!
• Advance tickets for 21 & up are $15 (+tax/fees)
• Advance tickets for 16-20 are $10 (+tax/fees)
• Advance tickets for 15 & under are FREE!
• Special $5 add-on for an Athens Resonates 7" record of your choice
• Release party for a new Athens Resonates/Athentic Brewing collaborative beer, B-Side, an easy-drinking and light Czech Pale Lager
• Food Trucks on site!

Get ready to groove and make memories at the electrifying 2nd annual Normaltown Music Festival, brought to you by Athens Resonates, Aubrey Entertainment, and Athentic Brewing! Join us on Saturday, April 27th, for a day packed with phenomenal tunes and good vibes, all in support of Nuci's Space and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens.
We've got a lineup of incredible musicians and artists past and present, spread across two stages, ensuring non-stop entertainment from noon till 11 pm. We're thrilled to announce that this year's headliner is none other than the sensational LUNAR VACATION!
In addition to the day, we're coming out with another collab brew with Athens Resonates, made by Athentic Brewing, a refreshing way to toast to great music and community spirit. And to pair with your beer and to keep your energy levels up, we'll have local offerings from a variety of food trucks on-site to keep the good times rolling.
This event is for everyone – ALL AGES are welcome, and it's family-friendly! With advance tickets priced at just $15 for those 21 & up, $10 for ages 16-20, and FREE admission for kids 15 & under, there's no excuse to miss out on the fun. Plus, for a special $5 add-on, snag yourself an Athens Resonates 7" record of your choice – all funds go directly to Nuci's Space and the Boys and Girls Clubs of Athens while being the perfect souvenir to remember this epic day.

Mark your calendars, spread the word, and get ready for a day of pure musical magic at the Normaltown Music Festival. Full schedule, line-up, and more info to come soon, so stay tuned!

The week that guitarists Grace Repasky and Maggie Geeslin turned old enough to drive, Lunar Vacation was officially formed.

Repasky and Geeslin met in the eighth grade and began exchanging musical efforts almost immediately, but that blessed autonomy of first cars meant they could conquer Atlanta’s sprawling suburbs and play to their adolescent hearts’ desire. The pair forged a cluster of demos — just enough to fill a set — and took to as many stages as Atlanta could offer them. Local momentum building, they added classmates Matteo DeLurgio on synth and Connor Dowd on drums to sonically match their songs’ increasingly rambunctious spirit.

Upon high school’s end, Lunar Vacation released a pair of well-received EPs, Swell and Artificial Flavors, and landed support runs for the likes of Remo Drive, Sidney Gish, and SALES. The band nabbed infatuated fans across the US while racking up millions of streams on their independently released music. In more than one sense, Lunar Vacation had graduated.

Back in Atlanta, Geeslin was working in a record store (Criminal Records) when Daniel Gleason of the band Grouplove came in. Following a quick connection and hours of conversation, the members of Lunar Vacation felt Gleason could be one to color in the sound they’d been honing live — melodious guitars swirling atop propulsive, often psychedelic rhythm — and capture it in the studio. The band recorded "Unlucky" with Gleason and released it in early 2020, the song drawing attention as “swoon-worthy” from The FADER, “shimmering … wistful, sun-kissed indie-pop” from American Songwriter, and “equal parts Mac DeMarco and Snail Mail” from Paste Magazine. Lunar Vacation continued recording with Gleason in the producer’s chair.

While putting the finishing touches on their highly anticipated debut album, the band are thrilled to share new song “Shrug” via Keeled Scales, their first offering on the critically acclaimed indie label.

The song follows Repasky through an anxious conversation with herself. The melody is buoyant though agitated, its guitars warbling like questions marks and lyrics ringing distinctly relatable. Lines like This isn’t how I want to be / I didn't know I could care that much and Invited but I’ll never show / Sit at home playing too much Wilco cut into a listener’s mind and vibrate there, like thoughts of one’s own. There’s a carefree sense of triumph in Repasky’s refrain: Why don't you just shrug it off?

In “Shrug” as well as the songs to come, Lunar Vacation boast a celebratory sound, a reckless sense of ecstasy specific to fluid youth and rock solid friendship. In spite of life’s bits that inspire these songs — some darker than others — Repasky, Geeslin, DeLurgio, and Dowd reliably find the light in the thing. Drawing from early influences like Rilo Kiley and Tame Impala, and landing a little closer to contemporary favorites like Alvvays and Slow Pulp, Lunar Vacation make bright music replete with bliss.

Repasky suggested the band name Lunar Vacation to Geeslin at a show, leaning over at a loud moment to say it. It’s easy to imagine others finding out about the band in this same way.

Host or Publisher Aubrey Entertainment