40 Watt Club
The 40 Watt Club is a music venue in Athens, Georgia. Along with CBGB, the Whisky a Go Go, and selected others, it was instrumental in launching American punk rock and new wave music.Photo: Geogre, Public domain.
- Type: Nightclub
- Description: Music venue
- Address: 285 West Washington Street, Athens, 30601
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tree That Owns Itself and Georgia Theatre.
Tree That Owns Itself
Photo: Boston Public Library, Public domain.
The Tree That Owns Itself is a white oak tree that, according to legend, has legal ownership of itself and of all land within eight feet of its base. Also known as the Jackson Oak, the tree is at the corner of South Finley and Dearing Streets in Athens, Georgia, US. Tree That Owns Itself is situated 1,400 feet southwest of 40 Watt Club.
Georgia Theatre
Music venue
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Georgia Theatre is a live music venue and event space in Athens, Georgia. National and local acts across all genres have performed at the theatre, including rock, folk, country, indie, alternative, hip hop and electronic. Georgia Theatre is situated 800 feet east of 40 Watt Club.
T. R. R. Cobb House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The T. R. R. Cobb House built in 1842 is an historic octagon house originally located at 194 Prince Avenue in Athens, Georgia. On June 30, 1975, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. T. R. R. Cobb House is situated 1,700 feet northwest of 40 Watt Club.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Athens and Normaltown.
Athens
Athens is a vibrant college town of 127,000 people in the Classic Heartland region of Georgia. Athens is most popular in the late summer and fall when students, families of students or college football fans visit the University of Georgia.
Normaltown
Neighborhood
Normaltown is a neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, by the Athens Regional Medical Center and named for the State Normal School formerly located there. It was the first area of Athens to be wired for electricity after the completion of the Mitchell Bridge hydroelectric plant in 1896.
Five Points
Neighborhood
Five Points is a retail corridor and neighborhood in Athens, Georgia, centered on the intersection of Milledge Avenue and Lumpkin Street. It occupies the South-Southwest edge of the University of Georgia campus.
40 Watt Club
- Category: fixed construction
- Location: Clarke County, Georgia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.9583° or 33° 57′ 30″ northLongitude
-83.38002° or 83° 22′ 48″ westOpen location code
865RXJ59+8XOpenStreetMap ID
node 476029910OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=nightclubWikidata ID
Q4637419
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Japanese—“40 Watt Club” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “40 Watt Club”
- Japanese: “40ワット・クラブ”
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