09/09/2026
Did you know we used to own a Venue? If anything this really made me smile today when I came across this bio for our little venue.
Connect Live — Acworth, Georgia
Connect Live, originally known as Connect Live Venue & Studios, was an independent, all-ages music venue, recording/rehearsal space, coffee shop, and creative hub located at 6835 Victory Drive in Acworth, Georgia.
During its run, Connect Live became an important part of the north Atlanta underground music community. Rather than operating simply as another bar or concert room, the venue was built around musicians and the people who supported them. It provided a place where young bands, local original artists, and nationally touring acts could share the same stage in an intimate, DIY environment.
More Than a Music Venue
Connect Live combined several ideas under one roof: an all-ages concert venue, recording and rehearsal space, coffee shop, food, and a gathering place for musicians and fans.
That combination made it particularly valuable to younger musicians and fans who often had limited access to Atlanta’s traditional 18+ and 21+ venues.
The room became known for aggressive and eclectic bills spanning metalcore, hardcore, punk, emo, alternative rock, indie, Christian rock, deathcore, blues, and other underground genres.
Connect Live also served an important role on the touring circuit. Traveling bands moving through the Southeast could stop in Acworth while emerging Georgia artists were given opportunities to open those shows and build audiences of their own.
Artists Who Played Connect Live
Archived concert listings, tour announcements, artist histories, and other records document a surprisingly large collection of artists who appeared at Connect Live. They include:
Famous Last Words
Dayshell
Awake At Last
At My Mercy
The Funeral Portrait
Outline in Color
Decyfer Down
Relentless Flood
Sarah and the Safe Word
Starbenders
Reason Define
Hail Your Highness
I AM
Ingested
Enterprise Earth
Bodysnatcher
Capture
The Relics
Rusted Soul
Amanda Fish
Kate Coleman
Maggie Schneider
Misty Eyed
Fairshake
reptile room
Propersleep
bloom.
Goalkeeper
Come Clean
Picture Perfect Skyline
VYB
Like Mike
Anji
Ansley Fain
Katie Martin
Born a New
Hounds
…and numerous additional local and regional artists whose appearances are not as well preserved online.
Some Documented Shows
One particularly heavy tour came through Connect Live on November 18, 2018, with Ingested, Enterprise Earth, Bodysnatcher and I AM associated with the touring package.
On December 29, 2018, Atlanta-area entertainment listings documented Amanda Fish, Rusted Soul and Kate Coleman performing at Connect Live.
On March 3, 2019, Reason Define brought its In Memory tour to Connect Live with Hail Your Highness.
On March 19, 2019, Connect Live hosted a bill featuring bloom., Propersleep, Fairshake and The Relics.
On May 22, 2019, the venue was a stop on a national tour featuring Famous Last Words, Dayshell, Awake At Last and At My Mercy.
On July 6, 2019, records document a bill including Sarah and the Safe Word, Maggie Schneider, Misty Eyed, Fairshake and reptile room.
Later that summer, Capture played Connect Live on August 31, 2019.
The venue continued hosting shows into early 2020. Archived listings include Goalkeeper, Come Clean, Picture Perfect Skyline and VYB on January 17; bloom. and Like Mike on February 5; and Anji, Ansley Fain and Katie Martin on March 14.
The Legacy of Connect Live
Connect Live’s importance wasn’t measured by the size of the room.
It was a grassroots music venue—the kind of place where a young local band could play alongside an established touring artist, where musicians could rehearse or record, and where fans could discover bands before they reached much larger stages.
For several years, Connect Live helped connect Atlanta’s suburban music community with the larger national underground touring circuit.
Hundreds of musicians, fans, friends, employees, promoters and families passed through the building. Some of the artists who played there continued on to larger tours, record deals and considerably bigger stages.
The physical venue may be gone, but for the people who were part of it, Connect Live represented something bigger than a concert room: it was a community built around original music.
