Macon's Ashes book a December night at Grant's Lounge

The local psychedelic rock band plays the 75-capacity room on Friday, Dec. 11, for $10.

Seventy-five people, ten dollars, a Friday night on the room's own stage. That's the whole pitch for Ashes at Grant's Lounge next month, and in Macon it's a pretty good one.

Ashes play Grant's Lounge on Friday, Dec. 11, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10 through See Tickets. The show was announced Oct. 22, and Grant's holds 75, so this is not one to leave until the night of.

Ashes are a Macon band, described by Visit Macon as an alternative, psychedelic rock and roll band emerging from the city. Their first EP, a self-titled release also called Ashes, got the band a profile on WGXA, which framed it as a Middle Georgia band finding its voice. The station's photos caught them at Macon's Porchfest and at Bearfoot Tavern downtown, the kinds of stages where a local band earns its following.

They have been widening the circle, too. This summer they took the show up the road to Atlanta, with a June 14 date at Smith's Olde Bar listed on Opendate, where the billing called them an electrifying rock 'n' roll band from Macon. Coming home to headline Grant's in December is a natural next step.

A lot of people refer to this venue as the original place of southern rock.

Grant's Lounge is a big part of why this matters. The room first opened its doors on Feb. 16, 1971, according to Visit Macon, and as WGXA put it in a story on the lounge's 50th anniversary, a lot of people refer to it as the original place of southern rock. The station marked its 55th with a photo gallery this year. For a young Macon rock band, there's no room in town with more history behind the stage.

It's also a room that rewards a band in this stage of its life. At 75 capacity, a full house is within reach of a hometown following, and a sold-out room at Grant's is the kind of night a band remembers. For the crowd, it means seeing a band from close enough to touch the monitors, for less than the price of a couple of drinks.

If you've been meaning to see what Macon's newer bands are doing, a $10 Friday at Grant's in the middle of December is about as low-stakes as it gets. Grab a ticket, bring a friend, and get there before nine.

Sources: Beer and a Local Show: Ashes — Visit Macon (visitmacon.org); Middle Georgia band finds their voice through release of first EP 'Ashes' — WGXA (wgxa.tv); Ashes, June 14, 2026 — Opendate (app.opendate.io); Grant's Lounge — Visit Macon (visitmacon.org); "Grant's Lounge is a legend": Grant's Lounge celebrates 50 years of being in Macon — WGXA (wgxa.tv); Grant's Lounge celebrates 55 years of music and legacy — WGXA (wgxa.tv); Ashes at Grant's Lounge — See Tickets (prod-nts-api.seeticketsusa.us)