The University of Georgia’s Young Democratic Socialists of America chapter hosted the Fight for Your Rights music festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025.
The band Telephone Pole warms up together before performing at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
The creator and owner of Crocheted by LB talks to a customer at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. She was one of several vendors set up at the festival. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
A variety of prints created by Tori Lehman sit in a basket at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Lehman is the creator and owner of Prints by Tori. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
Tori Lehman, creator and owner of Prints by Tori, helps a customer at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Lehman was one of several vendors at this festival. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
A crocheted bumble bee and jellyfish sit on a table at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. They were made by Lillibeth, creator and owner of Crocheted by LB. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
Dailey Jackson (left), Maheen Lakhani (middle) and Charlotte Greenberg (right) pose for a photo together at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
A University of Georgia student and member of the Young Democratic Socialists Club poses for a photo while at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. They was also a judge at the Performative Male Competition earlier in the week. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
An attendee helps build a stage the bands performing at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival will use on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Athens, Georgia. The music festival was held in his backyard. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
Quinn Allison (left), Milo Sandfort (middle) and Brady Miller (right), members of the band Telephone Pole, pose for a picture while waiting to perform at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
A group of students work together to build a stage for bands to perform on at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. The festival was organized by the University of Georgia’s Young Democratic Socialists of America club. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
A member of the University of Georgia’s Young Democratic Socialists of America club introduces the band Telephone Pole to the stage at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
Quin Allison, the singer in the band Telephone Pole, performs with his bandmates at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
A crowd of people watch a local band, Telephone Pole, perform at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
Milo Sandfort of the band Telephone Pole prepares for a performance at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
Athens-based band Telephone Pole performs together at the Fight for Your Rights Music Festival in Athens, Georgia, on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. The festival was organized by the University of Georgia’s Young Democratic Socialists of America club. (Photo/Amelia Durden)
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