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Punk Music in Atlanta
About Atlanta’s Punk Scene
Atlanta’s punk scene is gritty, loud, and proudly independent. From longstanding DIY venues and house shows to local legends and new hardcore acts, punk lives in the margins — and on some of the city’s most storied stages. Whether you’re seeking out political punk, hardcore, or something raw and genre-defiant, Atlanta’s punk community continues to thrive on authenticity, rebellion, and cathartic noise.
Critic’s Picks for Upcoming Punk Shows
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Upcoming Punk Shows in Atlanta
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Local Punk Bands
For the full Atlanta directory, see the band and musician directory.
Tiger! Tiger! plays confidant, sage-like garage rock that instills a healthy amount of fear into your heart. This show is the LP release party for the...
From CL's 2018 Best New Punk Band - Scaling the walls of Atlanta’s punk, hardcore, and DIY scenes, the paranoid chant that everyone is talking about t...
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While reliving memories from some of the more brash and hedonistic shows that have come to define Upchuck's meteoric rise through Atlanta's indi...
YUKONS is an Atlanta based, punk-influenced, Latinx Expression trio comprised of Jose Joaqua Izaguirre (Vox / Guitar), Han Lenkey (Bass), and Danielle...
We're a band that mixes the genres of metal, punk, jam, funk, ska and all the rest to a certain degree. We've been playing in and around Atlanta since...
Buice is an alternative rock band from Atlanta. Inspired by noise rock, no wave, post punk, and post hardcore bands, Hayden Locke brings the energy an...
Legendary Athens, GA post-punk trio Mercyland has announced the upcoming release of their long-overdue final album, We Never Lost a Single Game, arriv...
"Nag's entrance to the Atlanta punk scene was largely unheralded despite a savage debut EP released last May. Yet if the cassette flew under the radar...
Psychic Death is an Atlanta-based band that blends elements of death rock, post-punk, and darkwave, creating a sound that’s intense, dark, yet energet...
"Blammo began as a simple idea between friends hanging outside a Lumpy show. With a mutual love for cool contemporaries like Palberta and Grass Widow,...
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Burns Like Fire is a punk rock and roll group from Athens, Ga. Formed in late 2010 the group quickly took to song writing with the intention of ...
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"Mohawks and studded jackets and someone screaming "F The System""¦ Those are the first thoughts when I am asked about Rotten Stitches"¦ Reminding me...
Punk-Friendly Venues
For our full music venue directory see our list of music venues
In the central East Atlanta spot formerly occupied by retro soul bar the Village, you'll find 529 — a tiny, smoky space that oozes cool. Despite being...
The literally underground club features plenty of figuratively underground punk, electro, and hip-hop acts. Although connected to MJQ Concourse, it ha...
website: The Bakery is a collective of creative thinkers aligned around social justice principles, environmental concerns, and the belief that art is ...
East Atlanta staple for local and up-and-coming rock bands, as well as nationally established indie acts, and grub for the hipster-PBR set.
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Punk Music in Atlanta – Bands, Venues & Live Shows