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A resource for Athens area families — since 1998
Athens · Watkinsville · Winterville · Bogart
The events calendar, birthday party guide, and local know-how Athens families have trusted for a generation — fresh every week.
The guide Athens parents pass around: every party venue in town — bounce houses to nature centers — with prices, ages, and honest notes.
A traditional Kyuki-Do martial arts school on Jefferson Road with kids', adult and family programs and a small instructor-to-student ratio. They…
Athens' indoor rock climbing gym, with roped walls, bouldering and a 20-foot slide. Climbing parties run 75 minutes of supervised top-rope climb…
A free, city-run zoo inside Memorial Park that houses more than 35 non-releasable native Georgia animals — black bears, river otters, beavers, foxes,…
A 33-acre park with athletic fields, basketball and tennis courts, a gymnasium, a playground, a swimming pool, a walking trail and a picnic area. It&…
A nonprofit aerial dance and circus arts studio in the Chase Park warehouses, offering trapeze, fabrics and acrobatics classes for all ages, abilitie…
The classic pizza-and-arcade party spot, with 100+ arcade games, trampolines, a superhero playground, toddler rides and a dance floor. Three party ti…
A parent's field guide to the best playgrounds and splash pads in Athens, GA — grouped by area, with a quick-pick for toddlers, big kids and hot days.
A no-fluff guide to planning a kids' birthday party in Athens, GA: when to book, real price tiers, birthday party places by kid personality, and what to ask.
Athens has a free zoo, a free art museum, free nature trails and free library storytimes. Our guide to free things to do with kids in Athens, GA.
Rainy day or 100-degree day? Indoor activities in Athens, GA for kids, sorted by energy level and cost: trampolines, art studios, free museums, libraries.
Moving to Athens, GA with kids? A local family guide: Clarke vs. Oconee, the first five places to take them, free storytimes, and a first-month checklist.
Library storytime in Athens, GA plus a day-by-day guide to the free weekly kids events around town: ages, costs and times, Monday through Saturday.
From 1998 to 2020, Athens Parent was the free magazine in every grocery store, day care, and pediatrician's office from Athens to Watkinsville — 13,000 copies an issue at its peak. Now it lives here: same mission, new page.
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