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- MAY29Arts & TheatreHairsprayThe Grand Opera House - GA7:30 PMJUN12Arts & TheatreBert Kreischer's Fully Loaded Comedy FestivalAtrium Health Amphitheater7:00 PM
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Macon (/ ˈ m eɪ k ən / MAY-kən), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia, United States. Situated near the fall line of the Ocmulgee River , it is 85 miles (137 km) southeast of Atlanta and near the state's geographic center—hence its nickname "The Heart of Georgia."
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Find trip ideas, attractions, events, activities accommodations, maps, travel resources and much more. Visit Macon, Georgia for a soulful adventure! Tour Capricorn Sound Studio, explore The Allman Brothers Band Museum and see the Southeast's largest museum of African American art, history and culture.
- The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House. Learn about the band that called Macon home at The Allman Brothers Band Museum at The Big House, the Tudor-style home that Berry, Duane and Gregg lived in with their family and friends.
- Amerson River Park. Set on more than 100 acres, Amerson River Park offers pristine forests, meadows and wetlands surrounded by a river oxbow. There is a handicap-friendly playground, miles of trails, and a river put-in for canoes, kayaks and tubes.
- Capricorn Sound Studios. Check out the interactive listening station and exhibits at Capricorn Sound Studios and Museum, where bands such as the Allman Brothers, Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels and others recorded in the heyday of Capricorn Records.
- Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. Immerse yourself into the history, culture, and art of the earliest inhabitants of the Macon area at the Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, a site dating back 17,000 years.
May 7, 2024 · This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen. Macon, city, seat (1823) of Bibb county, central Georgia, U.S., on the Ocmulgee River at the fall line. Its incorporated area extends into Jones county to the northeast. The original settlement, Newtown, developed around Fort Hawkins (1806).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Known as the “Heart of Georgia,” Macon is in central Georgia, just over an hour’s drive from Atlanta. It’s also known as the “Cherry Blossom Capital of the World” because of the city’s 300,000 Yoshino cherry trees.
Jan 21, 2003 · Macon, the seat of Bibb County, is the retail, medical, financial, educational, and cultural center of a still predominantly rural section of middle Georgia. Named for North Carolina statesman and U.S.senator Nathaniel Macon, the city was established at the point where the Upper Coastal Plain rises to join the Piedmont, above which the Ocmulgee ...