Introducing Our New Venue Finder

Finding the perfect venue for your next celebration  just got easier with Epting Events’ new venue finder! We’ve compiled data on over 75 of our favorite venues so you can easily search for what you’re looking for.

Venue Finder Homepage

You’ll find venues across six different Southeastern states, ranging from different themes, capacities, and event types — plus much more! It’s easy to use, and allows you to select your venue to your exact specifications. Just make your selections in the left-hand column, and the venue finder will filter the options according to your selections. You can also use the search option to find venues that you know you’re interested in.

Once you reach a venue’s page, you’ll find contact information, photos, specifications, descriptions, and a map. You also have the option of sharing the venue on Twitter or Facebook. If you have any additional questions, click on the question mark in the Quick Contact box to send us an inquiry.

Venue Finder – The Hill

We are constantly updating our data and adding more venues to the site, so be sure to check back occasionally.

Feel free to comment with feedback on the venue finder! We are always open to learning how we can make things easier for you as you plan your event!

Happy planning!

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What do you do on Sunday afternoon for fun and excitement?

What do you do on Sunday afternoon for fun and excitement? Could suggest a trip to the J and J flea market. Headed out there with friend and neighbor Jim Fiscus yesterday to pick up a couple of Eggplants and Peppers for the garden but as usual spent an extra hour and came back with some interesting “stuff” , some of which I probably really don’t need. Did find Mr. Rakestraw in his booth of knives and Iron pots and purchased three carving sets that will look great on our Tenderloin Stations. Now why I have been using commercial knives all these years when an antique carving set would have been far more in keeping with our look, I do not know. Never too late to learn I guess.

Antique carving sets

Now I also found a gentleman with a box of Coke Cola bottles, the old green ones the we use to pick up along the side of the road and return for 2 cents which gave us spending money for the week. That was before Lady Bird Johnson convinced us to stop littering the sides of the roads. Back when I was a kid every town had a coke bottler and the name of the town was printed on the bottom of each bottle. I remember my grandfather Russell “Russie” Daniel would greet every customer that would come into the farm machinery business with “Howdy, Howdy, Howdy, let’s have a Coke.” Lots of times he would play a game to see who got the bottle from the town the furthest away – that person got to pay for the Cokes. Well, all this information came flooding back and I decided I “needed” these bottles. I gave Jim the $15 and asked him to pick them up while I brought the car around. Too my surprise Jim talked the man out of 6 more that he had in his truck so now I have a fine collection of Georgia bottles that are going to look great on the Bar at someone’s wedding or party. I put them on an old bottle rack last night for supper and we all put a quarter in the pot and each pulled a bottle off the rack – My brother Danny won! Russie would have been proud.

Coke bottle tree

Oh yea, while at the market we ate two green bananas and found a nice young lady that was selling the best fresh roasted peanuts that I’ve eaten in a month of Sundays. We did finally get around to buying our Eggplants from my good friend C.L. Morehead and he even gave us a couple of bell pepper plants. By the way, he has some beautiful hot pepper plants that are full of little green peppers that will turn red and yellow and produce till frost. I’ll be picking mine for the Hot Vinegar Sauce at Harry’s. Suggest you pick up several for the Patio. You can’t go wrong for $4 and as far as that goes you can’t go wrong with stopping by the J and J on any Saturday or Sunday. It’s an education and a great family and friends outing. It’s Just Plain Fun!  …. LEE

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The Next Cool Event

Epting Events is excited to announce our involvement in the upcoming Next Cool Event! In case you haven’t heard of it, just imagine “over 160,00 square feet of creative genius, revived film sets, fabulous food, fashion, props, technology and amazing performances coming together to celebrate and promote all he next cool things in Georgia.”

On February 17th and 18th, anyone who purchases a ticket through Georgia Production Partnership will have the opportunity to mingle with influential guests and celebrities while experiencing revived film sets created by some of the best in the industry. And we’re especially excited about our Hook inspired set. 

Dress in your finest cocktail attire for Red Carpet Cocktails on Friday the 17th from 7 pm to 11 pm! Tickets are $50 and can be purchased online.

Saturday afternoon from 11 am to 4 pm is the family-friendly What a Life Event where your ticket is a backstage pass to 160,000 square feet of interior and event design wonder! Ticket sales benefit What A Life Foundation with proceeds going to aid families whose lives have been disrupted by a life-altering event. Tickets are only $10 and can be purchased here.

Experience fine cuisine and performance art at the black-tie VIP Gala from 7 pm to 11 pm Saturday evening. Tickets are $75 and can also be purchased here.

For more information, visit The Next Cool Event online. We hope to see you there!  — Marilisa

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Place to Stay… Check!

Whether we’re doing your wedding or not, you, your family and friends or wedding party might need a place to stay in Athens, and boy do I have a place… The Hill! You can rent one or both of the houses for the weekend, each house sleeps 6 people with two queen beds and two twins beds. The houses are located on the same property off Jefferson Road, are walking distance from each other and four miles from downtown.

The A&D House is ideal for hosting your bridal luncheon on the back porch, or playing corn hole and croquet in the lawn between the houses. It is a great way for one last shebang with all your friends together for your wedding weekend. They are also available for football games too. Even if you’re not a UGA fan I’ll still let you stay there!

The A&D House 1825 Crescent Lane 30607

My absolute favorite bedroom in the A&D House

The Quinn House 660 Crescent Lane 30607

Some available upcoming dates…
June 10-12
July 1-27
August 8 – September 4
September 16 – October 16

Call Abby today to book your wedding weekend lodging, 706.612.9209.

P.S. Check in tomorrow for a Real Wedding at the Hill!

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Happy Birthday to Harry’s, Happy Birthday to You!

If you love Harry’s as much as I do, you’ll love this deal! Today begins our week-long birthday celebration for Harry’s 2nd Birthday! What does that mean for you?

Wish them a Happy Birthday and you’ll get…

$2 Fried Green Tomatoes

$2 Terrapin Drafts (Rye & Sunray Wheat)

$2 Banana Pudding

$2 Bread Pudding

And if you wish them Happy Birthday on Wednesday, March 30 (next Wednesday),

Pig Sandwiches are only $2 each!!

We have also hired 2 year olds to work in the kitchen.

We are pumped to share this week with y’all, so come help us celebrate!

P.S. We didn’t really hire 2 year olds, Ellis is easily 3 or 4…

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And the Winners are… Ashley Epting + Allison Hayn!

Blane Marable Photography

Blane Marable Photography

We cannot thank everyone enough for their support of Ashley and Allison while preparing for Athens’ Dancing with the Stars for Project Safe! They won the Judges’ Choice Award AND Audience Favorite, the first time in Dancing with the Stars’ history!

In case you missed their award winning dancing check it out here. To see that we’re telling the truth about their phenomenal win, click here. To see all their hard work and practice, click here.

Proudly and collectively, the 2011 Dancing with the Stars team raised $92,100 as of Sunday night. But wait, they are trying to reach $100,000 by Friday! All of the participants are asking everyone who voted to see if they can find a friend to MATCH their donation.

We appreciate the support and are very grateful for all of our friends, family, the Classic Center, Dance FX, Center Stage Catering, Wingate Downs and Project Safe!

Way to go Ashley and Allison!!

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Homewood Hills Breezeway Olympics THIS SATURDAY!!

UPDATE: DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, WE HAVE CANCELED THIS EVENT! WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE ON SUNDAY AT 6:00 FOR THE SHOW! THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Project Safe’s Dancing with the Stars competition is this weekend! Wow, we can’t wait to see Ashley with his dancing shoes, and from his practice videos and mid-afternoon dance sessions in the office, he’s going to blow Athens away! Earlier this week he was tied for 4th place in number of votes, so please keep those coming!

Wingate Downs Photography

We have an added bonus for this weekend, we are hosting the Homewood Hills Breezeway Olympics this Saturday from 2-5 pm! It’ll be an awesome afternoon of competition between the restaurants and bars in Homewood Hills. Bowling, pinball, pool, darts, and cornhole are part of an Olympic style competition to help raise money for Project Safe. Get a group of four (or find one there) and enter to win prizes while helping stop domestic abuse. $10 per person to enter. Win cash and prizes!

Repost and invite your friends and we hope to see you on both Saturday and the actual performance Sunday at the Classic Center.

If you can’t make it, please go to Project Safe to donate and vote for Team 9!

Every vote has a direct impact on someone’s life…

2 Nights at a Motel under an Assumed Name… $130
Groceries, Toiletries, Clothes, Transportation.. $90
Providing shelter for a family in danger when our shelter is full… Priceless
(Over the last two years, Project Safe‘s emergency shelter has maintained a 101% occupancy rate. Votes in honor of Dancing with Athens Stars participants will help ensure that they aren’t forced to say “Sorry, we’re full” to someone in immediate danger.)

Thanks for all you support of Project Safe!

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Athens Business Rocks… What They Meant Was… Epting Events Rocks!

Athens Business Rocks starts tonight at the 40 Watt Club! Athens Business Rocks is a fundraiser for NUÇI’S SPACE , and allows local businesses to get a group of employees to make a band and rock the house out!

Epting Events plans on doing just that! We are performing this Friday at 8:30! Our band is fittingly named, Pot Pie, and consists of Etim Basse, Hardy Morris, Chris Helms, Kemp Jones, Hank Sullivant accompanied by singers Janice Witcher (Executive Chef) and Renisha Juniors.

Please vote for us, come to the show and support a great cause!

ALL PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT NUÇI’S SPACE, A NONPROFIT MUSICIANS’ SUPPORT & RESOURCE CENTER. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE.

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Bridal Show Mania THIS WEEKEND!

Whether you live in Athens or Atlanta, come see us at one of the two bridal shows we are participating in this weekend!

Athens Wedding Professionals Bridal Show

Sunday, January 30 12:00-5:00pm
The Georgia Center – Conference Center & Hotel, on the UGA campus
1197 S. Lumpkin Street
Athens, GA 30602

Athens, Georgia’s ONLY boutique bridal show, exclusively featuring local wedding professionals! Athens Wedding Professionals host their annual bridal show featuring northeast Georgia’s premiere wedding and event companies. Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the door.

The Bridal Extravaganza of Atlanta

Sunday, January 20 at 12:00-5:00pm
200 Peachtree Special Event Center
200 Peachtree NW
Atlanta, GA 30303

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 day of show. Email Bethany@eptingevents.com for discounted ticket codes for 50% off!

Both Bridal Shows will have Epting Events’ delish pralines, the best vendors, the hottest trends, awesome prizes and a fabulous day of wedding planning!

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Let it Snow, Let it Snow on the Hill

Lee Epting is famously known for his rain deposit in the Southeastern area, he’ll guarantee no rain on your wedding day for a small fee of $50. If it does rain, you get the $50 back. He has a 99% success rate. He does not offer this service in April for obvious reasons. It would be absolutely wonderful if Lee could figure out a way to make a snow deposit, but instead will guarantee it to snow on your day. Granted, you wouldn’t want snow where you are trapped in your house and have to cancel your wedding, but more of a romantic snow. Unfortunately this is just wishful thinking, and you’ll just have to admire the snow pictures for now.

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