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.
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.
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.
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!
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 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.
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’.
Beach Music has long been a tradition in The South, and The Entertainers are proud to have shared in that tradition for over 30 years.
The Entertainers were founded In 1980 and scored their first regional smash hit with “Living For The Summer” that same year. This song helped propel the group to the forefront of beach music, which led to their playing the finest clubs along the grand strand of Myrtle Beach, corporate conventions, weddings and festivals from Washington, DC to Naples, Florida.
While staying true to their R&B and Beach Music roots, the group also satisfies the most diverse audiences by playing selections from the latest Top 40, Classic Rock & Roll and Country music. The group’s years of performing experience and recording prowess culminated in the release of their latest album entitled, “The Inside Story”. This record, which contains the #1 Beach Music hit, “Thank Goodness She Cheated” and Classic Beach and Soul hits, will surely lead you to the dance floor with a smile on your face.
The mission of the 246 Army Band is “to provide music throughout the full spectrum of military operations and instill in our Soldiers the will to fight and win, foster the support of our citizens, and promote our national interests at home and abroad.”
The Soldiers of the 246 Army Band have proudly served their State and Nation since their inception in 1939 as a part of the 178th Field Artillery. Their historic and distinguished lineage dates back to performances in numerous campaigns since and including World War II.
The 246th has been by name requested to perform at such distinguished venues as Senator Strom Thurmond’s funeral and South Carolina Gubernatorial Inaugurations. The 246th has traveled to the Dominican Republic, Hawaii, Guam, Maryland, Mississippi, Georgia and Key West in recent years for concerts. In addition to these venues, the 246th has a regular concert schedule around the great state of South Carolina to include military ceremonial performances, patriotic holidays and community events.
This show will end in a fireworks display!
For those who haven’t seen The Holiday Band, you don’t know what you are missing. They’ve experienced a few changes over the last few years, but are the strongest they’ve ever been. The band is standing tall with Mike Taylor (Vocals, Guitar & Keyboards), Bob Martin (Saxophone), Tim Taylor (Vocals, Bass Guitar), Ronnie Farrington (Vocals, Bass Guitar, Keys, Guitar), Wayne Moore (Drums, Vocals), and Lucas Cook (Keys). They’ve recently added Chase Given (Vocals, Trumpet, Keys, Guitar) and Maurice Leggett running sound. This line-up provides the strongest and most diverse band that the Holiday Band has seen ever, and it shows in the faces that see the band play.
Rhythm City Band is the Upstate’s most versatile band performing music from all genres.
In the mid-sixties the group known as Band of Oz had its humble beginnings in eastern North Carolina. Then called The Avengers, it was a bunch of grammar and junior high school guys with a guitar and keyboard playing the sock hops at schools, private parties and an occasional club whenever the owner would risk having them.
The later part of the sixties saw the group bring in a horn section, featuring Freddy Tripp and Jimmy Smith, which brought a big change in the music. In 1970, Chuck French (trumpet), Gary Warren (sax), Randy Hignite (keyboards), and Jim Heidenreich (drums), joined original members Johnnie Byrd (bass), Buddy Johnson (vocals) and Keith Houston (guitar) to form the newly re-named Band of Oz.
In 1971, Billy Bazemore replaced Buddy Johnson on vocals. Through the early seventies they continued playing the frat parties, private functions, and clubs in the Southeast. In late 1976, the band decided to try it as a full time band with members were Chuck French (trumpet), Bob Lynch (sax), Ronnie Forbes (keyboards), Shep Fields (bass), Freddy Tripp (trumpet), Billy Bazemore (vocals), David Hicks (drums) and Keith Houston (guitar). They hit the road traveling extensively in the Southeast playing the club circuit.
In the late seventies, the band decided chose to concentrate on touring the Carolinas. They recorded and released their first single “Shaggin,” written by Billy Bazemore and Keith Houston, in 1978. The radio airplay and promotion catapulted the group to a new level. In 1979, they recorded their second single “Star of My Life,” written by Chuck French.
John Thompson and Butch Barnes joined the group in 1980. John’s baritone vocal gave the group a new facet and Butch’s sax and stage presence enhanced the show. In 1982, the group recorded “Ocean Boulevard,” written and produced by General Johnson and Warren Moise. “Ocean Boulevard” went on to be voted Beach Music Song of the Year and the Band of Oz won Best New Group at the Beach Music Awards. Their first album Keep Keepin’ It Up was released on Surfside Records.
In the early 80s, David Franks replaced Mickey Hardy on keyboards; Butch Barnes and Billy Bazemore were replaced by Chris Keaton (sax) and Doug Adams (vocals), who was then replaced by Gary Brown. The group completed and released their second album One More Step, containing ”Over the Rainbow.”
After the release of One More Step, the group continued performing 200 to 300 shows each year. In 1991, Butch Barnes returned and the Band of Oz began work on their third album, Let It Roll, featuring “Shama Lama Ding Dong,” which earned People’s Choice Song of the Year at the Cammy Awards in 1995 and remains one of the most requested beach songs of all time.
Jerry West replaced John Thompson in the late 90s, expanding the versatility of the group by adding a high tenor lead voice. The band’s lineup then included David Hicks (drums), Chuck French (trumpet), Butch Barnes (sax), Keith Houston (keys and guitar), Rick Strickland (bass), and Jerry West (guitar). Within months of the release of “Dancing in the Streets” Rick Strickland was replaced by David Franks. After working on their last project for more than a year, the Band of Oz released their latest album Over the Rainbow.
In March 2005, Band of Oz owners Keith Houston and David Hicks decided to bring a new, youthful sound to the band after Butch Barnes announced that he would be leaving in April 2005 — Scott Fine (vocals and trombone), Tim Morris (vocals and trumpet), and Daniel Morris (saxophone and vocals) joined the band to bring a new youth and a BIG new sound to the band.
The 2019 Mauldin Farmers Market, sponsored by Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, will run Tuesdays, June 4 to August 27, 5-8 p.m. at the Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater. Most vendors accept cash and/or credit cards.
The Mauldin Farmers Market features a variety of vendors from around the Upstate selling locally sourced and produced items including produce, dairy, eggs, honey, gifts, clothing, accessories, treats, pastries, and more!
The Mauldin Farmers Market will also feature live music, food trucks, beer and wine from Growler Haus, and fun and healthy activities.
WHEN:
Tuesdays, June 4 – August 27 | 5-8 p.m.
WHERE:
Mauldin Outdoor Amphitheater
101 East Butler Road
Mauldin, SC 29662
A few notes to make your visit a smooth one:
• Parking, entry and live music are FREE.
• Lawn chairs and/or blankets are welcome.
• Live music will begin at 5:30 p.m.
• Outside food and beverages are prohibited.
• Food and beverage vendors will be on-site.
• Dogs are allowed on leash. Please carry disposable bags to pick up any pet droppings.
• Smoking, skateboards, and bicycles are not allowed at the Mauldin Farmers Market.
The Spartanburg Community Band is preparing for its signature Ice Cream Sundays concert series on the Converse College Campus. We invite you to bring family, friends, food, drink, and your own chairs, set up on the lawn, and enjoy these FREE concerts. Each week offers a different style of music. Rain or shine, beginning at 6:30 PM.
Join us for the 18th annual Really Good, Really Big, Really Cheap Book Sale! We'll be taking over McAlister Square this August with the BEST deals on books you'll find in the area. Whether you're a teacher, collector, or just a voracious reader, the Really Good, Really Big, Really Cheap Book Sale is the place to be! Most importantly, proceeds from the sale benefit the mission of Greenville Literacy Association!
Rev. Dr. M. Keith McDaniel, Sr. will lead an educational forum about race in America. Join us at Macedonia Baptist Church at 502 S. Daniel Ave, Spartanburg, SC.
Our annual community event where we celebrate #OurHistory—inflatables, food, historical displays, health fair, job fair, college fair, dance competition (must purchase tickets) and much more!
Join us on Monday, June 24th for a Career Fair at ECPI University Greenville!
Medical, Manufacturing, IT and Customer Service
Full and part time positions available!
Connect face-to-face with upstate employers!
Bring your resume and dress for success!
For more information contact Donna Dennis
864-288-2828
Children's Consignment Event --- Over 200,000 Items!
Open FREE to the Public ~ August 9th - 11th!
*Specializing in New and Gently used Children's Clothing, Shoes, Acessories, Baby Equipment, Toys, Books, Maternity, Sports Equipment, and Home Furnishings, ETC. *We have EVERYTHING you need for your child or grandchild!!
We also have many Unique Vendors!!!
*Sizes Newborn - Preteen
*NEW CONSIGNORS WELCOMED - Sign up and start entering your items so you cam make some money! $$$$$$
*We now have VOICE TAGGING and it is so EASY and FAST!!! You will LOVE it!!
*Sign up to VOLUNTEER so you can shop FIRST!
* New Moms/Dads/Grandparents/Foster Parents - Sign up for your Special Pre-Sale on Thursday,August 8th ~1pm - 8pm.
OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC
Children's Consignment Event --- Over 200,000 Items!
Open FREE to the Public ~ August 9th - 11th!
*Specializing in New and Gently used Children's Clothing, Shoes, Acessories, Baby Equipment, Toys, Books, Maternity, Sports Equipment, and Home Furnishings, ETC. *We have EVERYTHING you need for your child or grandchild!!
We also have many Unique Vendors!!!
*Sizes Newborn - Preteen
*NEW CONSIGNORS WELCOMED - Sign up and start entering your items so you cam make some money! $$$$$$
*We now have VOICE TAGGING and it is so EASY and FAST!!! You will LOVE it!!
*Sign up to VOLUNTEER so you can shop FIRST!
* New Moms/Dads/Grandparents/Foster Parents - Sign up for your Special Pre-Sale on Thursday,August 8th ~1pm - 8pm.
OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC
The June meeting has been moved to *Monday June 17th* and will be hosted at The Community Tap. Come thirsty and come hungry. If you want to order food from the food truck, it is recommended that you arrive shortly before 6pm in order to get your order in before the meeting starts at 6:30pm.
More information about speakers and Truth in Ten topics plus sign ups for the local campaigns will be made available.
Have you ever wanted to learn what trees are in your backyard or what trees are in the park (that aren’t labeled)? Join a park educator for an introduction to tree identification. We will learn the terminology used in tree ID as well as specific characteristics to look for on that species.
Ages: 10 years and up
The second production of the summer season will be the wonderful new comedy, Ripcord by Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Lindsay-Abaire playing July 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 26, 27. Director Michael Genevie describes the play as based on television templates like the long-time classic tv series, On Golden Girls and new and popular Netflix series Grace and Frankie. Set in a sunny room on an upper floor in the Bristol Place Senior Living Facility, cantankerous Abby finds herself forced to share her quarters with new arrival Marilyn. She has no choice but to get rid of the infuriatingly-chipper woman by any means necessary. Genevie describes the new play as “having a wicked sense of humor - a la Golden Girls - and an entertaining story of these two women thrown together by a comic cosmic force - a la Frankie and Grace.”
For the second summer in a row, under the direction of Kathy Genevie, the Abbeville Opera House Youth Theatre will present a summer long series of theatre classes that will culminate in a full scale production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain on August 1, 2, 3 and 4. Tom Sawyer has been made into dozens of feature films and television shows and this large cast Opera House production evokes the world of boyhood in nineteenth-century rural American. In this classic story, Mark Twain re-created a long-ago world of freshly whitewashed fences and Sunday school picnics into which some very interesting characters intrude. This play, according to Kathy Genevie, “powerfully appeals to both adult nostalgia and young imaginations.”
Closing the 40th Summer Season will be the Pulitzer nominated classic, LOVE LETTERS by A.R. Gurney. This beautiful script provides us with a radical departure from many of our recent productions and a perfect way to bring our 40th Summer Theatre Season to a close. This brilliantly written romantic story begins in the late 1930’s featuring a series of letters that chart the forty-year long relationship between two friends, Andrew Ladd and Melissa Gardner from privileged adolescence to adulthood and the circumstances that keep them apart. Both funny and touching, Love Letters will feature a different cast of veteran Opera House performers sharing the stage for each performance – guaranteeing that each show will be different and will come alive with brilliant acting and a rich and vibrant energy. Performances are on August 9, 10, 16 and 17.
Come and visit with CW's loan officers and business coaches to learn about how our programs can help your business succeed! We will be serving up fresh business advice alongside refreshments! Bring your business card to be entered to win a free iPad!
The final event of the Festival of Flowers!
This amazing Musical Salute to America by the 246 Army Band will be showcasing tunes you love and sharing their talents and love of music.
The 246 Army Band has been performing for more than 75 years. As the premier touring musical representative of the S.C. National Guard, this acclaimed organization travels hundreds of miles each year presenting a variety of music to enthusiastic audiences.
Through these performances, the 246 Army Band fosters the support of the American people for members of the armed forces and their efforts around the state.
