Long-standing local bookstore Pea Picker Bookstore announced via a Facebook post earlier this month it will be closing its doors after 48 years in business.
Last year’s Black-Eyed Pea Jamboree brought over 6,500 visitors from around the state to Athens - The Black-Eyed Pea Capital of the World, which to some sounds odd to say.
A little of Athens history will be brought back to life as the Black-eyed Pea Jamboree returns Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23, bringing back old traditions and beginning
Bringing back all things black-eyed pea is what the pop-up historical museum at the Black-Eyed Pea Jamboree will be about. For almost a century, Athens has been widely known as