Every year, Just Say Something invites anyone 13-17 years old who is interested in a fun opportunity to collaborate with many other teens around the area to enhance their leadership skills. This event is over the summer and is a great opportunity to learn more and discuss many different topics such as politics, school, community, tobacco, alcohol, and the safety of Rx drugs.
Show 8pm This is an outdoor venue with no seats under cover The show will take place rain or shine. All dates, acts, & ticket prices subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable service fees via all points of sale.
Al is back to playing the hits and classics for this tour, with his usual big production – costumes, props, video wall – supported by his band, background singers, and… a full symphony orchestra!
Show 8pm This is an outdoor venue with no seats under cover The show will take place rain or shine. All dates, acts, & ticket prices subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable service fees via all points of sale.
Show 6:30pm This is an outdoor venue with no seats under cover The show will take place rain or shine. All dates, acts, & ticket prices subject to change without notice. All tickets are subject to applicable service fees via all points of sale.
netWorks is our new and improved Biscuits 2 Business (B2B), which is a FREE leads group. netWorks will be held at the Holiday Inn on Clemson Blvd. There is LIMITED seating and a RSVP is required! Each attendee will be given an opportunity to speak about their business and listen to our keynote speaker! Join us for coffee, patstries & networking!
June Speaker: Ron Marchant - GrandSouth Bank
Join Anderson Rising for a "dutch-treat" lunch Wednesday, June 12, 2019 at Groucho's Deli to network with young professionals in the Upstate! This networking opportunity will allow you to connect with other young professionals and help you understand what Anderson Rising has to offer.
Join us for the 2019 Small Business Awards Luncheon on Thursday, June 13, 2019 where we will be awarding the following awards: Small Business, Pillar of Anderson, Athena, and Young Athena Awards. Our keynote speaker is Bruce LeVell, Region 4 Advocate for the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Individual Tickets:
$40 Members
$50 Non-Members
Table Sponsor (reserved seating for 8 and company recognition):
$400 Members
$500 Non-Members
Join us for our June Electric City Women's Brunch held on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Our guest speaker is Rosylin Weston, RAW Communications, who will be speaking on Resiliency and Turning Lemons Into Lemonade.
CHILDREN’S SUMMER MUSIC CLASSES
This summer, give your children the opportunity to experience the colorful & diverse world of music through a series of four interactive classes at the Carolina Music Museum. Led by Jeff Holland, a renowned multi-ethnic percussion instructor, Our Musical Journey Around the World will explore music from various regions & cultures around the globe.
The Carolina Music Museum brings you Sarah Partridge, a jazz singer of national reputation whose latest album, Bright Lights & Promises: Redefining Janis Ian landed on 3 "Best jazz albums of 2017" lists. The pair co-wrote two originals for the album and sing together on the song "A Quarter Past Heartache". Partridge’s compositions have been described as "modern classics". She has worked alongside legends Doc Cheatham, Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Wess, saxophonist Harry Allen, and drummer Richard De Rosa on many occasions. Dan Bilawsky, in All About Jazz wrote of her performance on the Janis Ian album, “...Partridge hits a bull’s-eye on every single song. She can scat, strut, soar, and tear your heart and soul to shreds without ever breaking a sweat. She’s that good, these performances are that memorable, and this album is most certainly one for the ages. There’ll be selections from this album and her other six studio albums. With her Atlanta band, this is concert you won’t want to miss. Call 864-520-8807 to reserve your tickets. $15 Adults and $5 students.
The Milltown Players present Irving Berlin's classic musical!
Annie Oakley is the best show around, and she manages to support her little brother and sisters selling the game she hunts. When she's discovered by Buffalo Bill, he persuades this novel sharpshooter to join his Wild West Show. It only takes one glance for her to fall head over heels for dashing shooting ace Frank Butler, who headlines the show. She soon eclipses Butler as the main attraction of the show, which, while good for business, is bad for romance. Butler hightails it off to join a rival show, his bruised male ego leading the way, but is ultimately pitted against Annie in the final shoot-out. The rousing, sure-fire finale hits the mark every time in a testament to the power of female ingenuity.
CHILDREN’S SUMMER MUSIC CLASSES
This summer, give your children the opportunity to experience the colorful & diverse world of music through a series of four interactive classes at the Carolina Music Museum. Led by Jeff Holland, a renowned multi-ethnic percussion instructor, Our Musical Journey Around the World will explore music from various regions & cultures around the globe.
Join us for this annual Converse event to promote women in leadership across the Upstate. This workshop provides opportunities for young and mid-career professional women to learn practical strategies for enhancing leadership effectiveness and network with peers who share their stories related to workplace advancement and leading in our communities.
Come Out and Play on Saturday June 8, 2019 at historic Oconee State Park as we will be hosting a 5K run through the park. Visit a special place and enjoy the mountain air and experience the cool waters of Oconee. This is the sixth race of the 2019 South Carolina State Parks Come Out & Play 5K Series. This 5K is open to everyone, from beginner runners and joggers, experienced athletes to dog walkers - all are welcome. This race will be timed, so you can run as fast or as slow as you want. The cost to register for the Hill Hoppin' 5K is $25 plus registration fees at www.Go-GreenEvents.com. All registered runners will receive a race series T-Shirt, souvenirs and be eligible for door and top place finisher prizes. All proceeds for the 5K will go towards trail improvements at Oconee State Park. Camping and lodging are available at a reduced rate for the weekend of the race at Oconee State Park Resort. Use promo code 5KSAVE20 to save 20% off campsites or cabins reserved for June 7-9, 2019 at Oconee State Park only.
Get ready to laugh, cry and flat out have a great time at this ten-day – two-weekend festival of non-stop live history and fun for the whole family.
30 shows performed in costume by nationally acclaimed historical interpreters. And almost all the shows are FREE.
Meet revolutionary people – hear their stories – ask them how their world changed.
There’s nothing like the experience outdoors under the Chautauqua tent or in a beautiful park on a summer evening. But if you like your Chautauqua experience indoors in air-conditioned comfort, we have that, too.
There will be great story-telling, lots to laugh about, and deep secrets revealed. You’ll laugh – you’ll cry – you’ll have lots of questions. And they’ll be answered. Bring your stories. Share your experiences. Get inspired. Because it’s not just history – it’s personal.
See individual event pages for venue information.
Business & Brews returns Tuesday, June 11th. Please join us from 5:15-7:15 p.m. at Piney Mountain Bike Lounge for a round table panel discussion with Greenville Parks & Rec on Bikeville and some of the organization's other current projects and initiatives, followed by a short Q&A session beginning at roughly 5:45 p.m. This business networking social is free to attend and open to the public, so bring a coworker or friend.
Hub City Bookshop is hosting an open mic for all local writers!
Please bring an original piece of writing (no more than 5-7 minutes long). There will be a galley (free books!) giveaway to all participants.
ALL attendees must register in order to ensure we have enough materials available for everyone. Accommodation requests must be made by June 18.
Tours of Mushroom Mountain include an introduction to fungal ecology and life cycles, laboratory tour and research overviews, and the fruiting room. Many aspects of mushrooms, including medicinal properties, cooking, and mycoremediation to soil creation will be discussed along the way! Group visits, discounted reservations - contact us for open dates and times. An experience that will last a lifetime for all ages!
Come celebrate the magic of the Full Moon with us. We will have a purging ceremony around the fire, then proceed into the forest for a silent walk. The magic is shy so we will be silent to invite non verbal communication. Afterwards we share our experience with a potluck. Anyone wishing to bring instruments is welcome!
Come be a part of the 4th Annual Community Wide Yard Sale in West Pelzer - 8 Mile (Hwy 8 and one mile long) :)
The event was a huge success in years past and we're hoping for an even larger crowd this year. We now have more restaurants and shops in town!!
More details to come later...just wanted to go ahead and get this on your calendar!!
You better lose yourself
In the yard sales;
The moment you see something you want
You better pick it
up and never let it go.
The World of Energy opened its doors to the public on July 1, 1969, and it celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2019. Join the World of Energy for an anniversary celebration on Thursday, June 27! The World of Energy will host BINGO and trivia from 2-4 p.m., followed by a live performance of “Those Guys” entertainers from 5-7 p.m. Be sure to take time to paint the World of Energy’s community art bulb, designed by volunteers from the Blue Ridge Arts Council. The art bulb will be available to paint June 24-28, in the World of Energy lobby. Giveaways and more will be provided. All events are free and open to the public. We’d love to see you there!
The purpose of the Black Excellence Community Gala is to highlight the great achievements within our community. The Black Excellence Community Gala will be held on June 29, 2019 at the Chapman Cultural Center
$50.00 (General) Complementary Wine and & Food
$60.00 (VIP) Preferred Seating and Valet Parking
Following Achievements
Educator of the Year Educators of The Community Group
Start Up of the Year: Presented By City of Spartanburg, SC
Entrepreneur of the Year: Presented By The Community Group
Digital Media Company of the Year: Presented by Smithalee
Cosmetologist of the Year: Presented by Verhonica Ryan
Make Up Artist of the Year: Presented By Milliken & Company
Barber of the Year: Presented By Milliken & Company
Food Hospitality of the Year: Presented by Cornbread Consulting Firm
Community Activist of the Year: Presented By City of Spartanburg
Coach of the Year: Presented By Spartanburg Housing Authority
NextUP : Presented By New York Life Greenville (Jevertus Burnett) (Male)
NextUP : Presented ByIB Industries LLC Monier Abusaft & Lauren Rogers (Female)
Health Care Personal: Present by CYCLEBAR and AVK Dance Studio
Clergy Member of the Year: Presented By BORN ANEW CHURCH
Artist of the Year: Presented by Elephnt Group
Life Time Achievement Awards: Presented by Bruh Mentor & Light Transportation Co.
Entertainment Lineup:
Drum4Work – 10:00am – 11:30am
Mockingbirds Wing – 11:30pm – 1:30pm
Mill Billy Blues Three – 2:00pm – 4:00pm
There will be lots of other things to see on June 15th as Hagood Mill hosts a variety of folklife and traditional-arts demonstrations. There will be blacksmithing, bowl-digging, flint-knapping, chair-caning, moonshining, broom-making, basket making, pottery, quilting, spinning, knitting, weaving, woodcarving, metalsmithing, beekeeping, bobbin lace, and leatherworking demonstrations and much more! We encourage visitors to ask questions of the artists, gain insight, and if you wish, spend a little money to secure a Traditional Arts treasure of your own.
As always, we encourage visitors to bring lawn chairs or blankets for the show. Visitors are also welcome to bring their favorite old-time instruments and join in the “open jam” which typically takes place throughout the day under the ancient cedar beside our beloved 1791 log cabin.
The Centerpiece of the Hagood Mill Historic Site is the water-powered 1845 gristmill. It is one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century technology in the Upcountry and operates just as it has for the last century and a half. The mill will be running throughout the day. In the old mill, fresh stone-ground cornmeal, grits, and wheat flour will be available. In addition, rye flour, Basmati rice flour, oat flour, oatmeal, popping cornmeal and grits, organic yellow corn meal and grits, and buckwheat flour are produced and may be available. Hagood Mill cookbooks and a variety of other mill-related items are also available.
Ten at the Top is celebrating 10 years of connecting the Upstate in 2019. As part of the 10th anniversary, TATT is holding community workshops in each of the 10 Upstate counties with each one focused on an issue of interest within that county. The program will include communities, businesses or organizations that are successfully working on that issue in other parts of the Upstate sharing insights and ideas with those interested in that specific issue within the focus county.
The Laurens County Workshop will take place on June 13th with the focus being on Cultivating Community Investment. Allen Smith, the President and CEO of the Spartanburg Area Chamber of Commerce, will share how Spartanburg has created a community culture that is investing in a wide range of initiatives that are helping to grow the physical infrastructure and the social capital within the Spartanburg community. Also participating in the program will be Greenwood County Council Member Theo Lane, Greenville area Community Volunteer Lisa Stevens and Greenwood Area Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Angelle LaBorde.
In addition, leaders from within Laurens County will share some potential ideas and opportunities for cultivating community investment within Laurens County.
The Laurens County Workshop is free and open to the public, but advance registration is requested.. Light refreshments will be served.
Join us Saturday, May 4th, from 9:00am until 3:00pm for our Westy's Semi-Annual Vintage Fall Market. Home to 40+ vendors and crafters, you're sure to find those vintage treasures, handmade crafts, junk pickin', farmhouse style, or holiday decor. You don't want to miss this great event in one of South Carolina's friendliest communities. For more information about being a vendor, contact Rick Sanders at westysantiques@gmail.com
Community members are invited to join the Bite Squad team at The Beacon Drive-In (255 John B White Sr. Blvd.) on June 6, 2019 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. where there will be food, music and prizes for those who bring donations.
Bite Squad, an on-demand restaurant delivery service, today announced a summer food drive benefiting Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, a member of the Feeding America network of food banks. Between June 3-16, guests who donate shelf-stable food items will receive a free delivery coupon for their next Bite Squad order.
There will be food vendors on site and vendors that will be selling merchandise.
6:30pm - 282nd Fort Jackson Army Brass Ensemble and Flag Retirement Ceremony
8:00pm - Silver Hawk Band
Join us for our "Music on the Mountain" bluegrass jam sessions that are held monthly at the Table Rock Lodge. Local musicians are invited to come out, bring their acoustical instruments and play along.
The jam sessions are free of charge, and refreshments will also be served. Donations are accepted to cover the cost of refreshments.
Can the LGBTQ community and Christianity accept each other?
That's a serious social question, and insightful and entertaining answers can be found from the Rev. Jim Dant's comedy presentation of "Stories I Can't Tell In Church" at Spartanburg Fringe Festival. This very special guest will have two presentations at West Main Artists Cooperative on Tuesday, June 11, at 7 and 9 p.m.
Tickets are $20 each, but the inspiration is priceless.
You'll laugh a lot and maybe even shed a few tears in this unique comedy.
Proud Mary Theatre Company presents our first musical: the South Carolina community theatre premiere of “Fun Home” with a LIVE ORCHESTRA.
This Tony Award-winning musical based on the best-selling graphic novel by Alison Bechdel runs June 7-16 in the Venue at the West Main Artists Co-Operative.
Groundbreaking and often heartbreaking, “Fun Home” depicts the author at three different ages as she recalls growing up in her family’s FUNeral home, her first year of college, and her relationship with her father.
Intimate Dinner; or Tap Water Is Fine, a solo show written and performed by Lauren French and directed by Prentiss Standridge, invites the audience to an exclusive and fictional Food and Wine Festival Event hosted at an upscale, exclusive,and fictional fine dining eatery in Downtown Spartanburg. The audience follows a server named Lauren (and 17 other characters) as she waits on various customers and navigates surprise guest appearances by celebrity chefs. “Intimate Dinner” is a comedic and loving look at our absurd relationships with food and fine dining.
Fragments is a solo show and a fusion of autobiographical writing, fantasy, dreams, and nightmares, and pushes the boundaries of the perception of mental health with regards to gun violence. Somewhere between chaos and humanity lies the protagonist's quickly deteriorating reality. Fragments is a story of dissociation and trying to make sense of nonsense. Relying on the sounds of words rather than only meaning, this performance is experiential rather than story-driven.
Spartanburg's own Scrappy Shakespeare will tackle William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing for Spartanburg Fringe Arts Festival. There's no telling what they will actually do, but you are guaranteed to be entertained as they take this classic comedy and turn it upside down, inside out, and every which way but loose. This is a free event!
Part of the Spartanburg Fringe Festival, a celebration of the performing artists in Upstate featuring new and emerging artists in all mediums.
A unique twist on Broadway show tunes with Kate and James Riedy. The siblings will perform classic songs typically sung by the opposite gender from blockbusters such as Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Dear Evan Hansen, Shrek, and more!
The documentary film Gay Chorus Deep South chronicles the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus and the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir as they embarked on a 2017 tour of the American Deep South in hopes of uniting in a time of difference.
Led by Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig, the tour brought a message of music, love, and acceptance to communities and individuals confronting intolerance. Over 300 singers traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee through the Carolinas and over the bridge in Selma, performing in churches, community centers, and concert halls. The journey challenged Seeling and other chorus members who fled the South to confront their own fears, pain, and prejudices on a journey towards reconciliation.
The film, which highlights First Baptist Greenville and Pastor Jim Dant, shows what happened when the lines that often divide us—faith, politics, and sexual identity—were erased through the soaring power of music, humanity, and a little drag.
The screening will be followed by a Q&A panel discussion with the film’s director David Charles Rodrigues, Executive Director Christopher Verdugo, Producer Bud Johnson, Gay Chorus Conductor Dr. Tim Seelig, and First Baptist Greenville Pastor Jim Dant.
The documentary comes to Greenville after making its world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
SPECIAL EVENT: Fundraiser for the Uplift Outreach Center in Spartanburg
Stonewall 50th Anniversary Celebration June 28 @ 8 p.m.
June 28, 2019 will be the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Inn Riots, the event that launched the modern gay rights movement. Celebrate and observe this ocassion with
Patti O’Furniture as Mistress of Ceremonies
featuring special performance of Movement by Proud Mary Theatre Company, Special Guests Betty Pearl & Friends, Gay History Trivia Contest, Bedtime Story Readings, Door Prizes, Silent Auction and more!
100% of profits benefit the Uplift Outreach LGBTQ+ Center in Spartanburg.
The Carolina Coast Band evolved in 2013 from the efforts of six of the eight former members of The Out-Of-Towners Band as well as other well-known regional beach music bands from the Upstate. The band delivers a combined 90 years of experience in Beach, Motown, R&B, and Oldies music to satisfy the demands of today’s party requests. Their popularity continues to grow as they span the East Coast performing and promoting Carolina Beach Music.
The band is a member of the Carolina Beach Music Association, (CBMA), and several band members have been nominated for awards by CBMA during past years. The Carolina Coast Band travels with a seven piece band, which includes an award-winning horn section that has backed artists such as Chicago and the Temptations. They provide an action packed, high-energy stage presence along with great entertainment.
This year, they’ll be accompanied by five-time Carolina Beach Music Awards female vocalist of the year, Rhonda McDaniel.
Jump Street Band has been together more than 15 years, with some of the members performing with other groups for even longer! They’ve opened for Delbert McClinton at the Spartanburg Memorial Auditorium, and many of Jump Street’s members have played back-up for Percy Sledge. This group touts a variety of music, including 70s, Beach music, Top 40 hits, and other hits to get you groovin’.
