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Thursday, July 6, 2023
Moonlight Movies
Jul 6 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Greer City Park

Watch the stars under the stars at the Greer City Park Amphitheater! The Moonlight Movies series is free and fun for all families. Pre-show fun & crafts start at 7:00pm. Movies start at sundown (8:45pm-9:00pm) Thursday nights during the summer. Concessions will be available for purchase.

Thursday, July 13, 2023
Moonlight Movies
Jul 13 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Greer City Park

Watch the stars under the stars at the Greer City Park Amphitheater! The Moonlight Movies series is free and fun for all families. Pre-show fun & crafts start at 7:00pm. Movies start at sundown (8:45pm-9:00pm) Thursday nights during the summer. Concessions will be available for purchase.

Saturday, July 15, 2023
Pickleball Tournament for Spartanburg Shares/Help For Our Elderly
Jul 15 @ 9:00 am
Spartanburg Athletic Club

Two Spartanburg County nonprofits both serving those with little or no income and no insurance – Spartanburg Shares Medical Loan Closet and Help for Our Elderly – are teaming together for an annual pickleball charity tournament Saturday, July 15 at 9am at the Spartanburg Athletic Club. The tournament will benefit both charities. Participants can choose between a round-robin or doubles/mixed doubles format. There are 12 courts, and each person pays $28 to register. Registration ends Tuesday, July 11 at 9pm. Click this link to register (https://bit.ly/3P00E0M).

The pickleball tournament is seeking sponsors. Sponsorship levels range from Gold, Silver, Bronze and a $100 sponsor level. The $2,000 Gold Sponsorship includes a display banner, a logo on all advertisements, three signs, a table for a representative and four entry tickets. The $1,000 Silver Sponsorship includes a display banner, a logo on all advertisements, two signs and three entry tickets. The $500 Bronze Sponsorship includes a display banner, one sign and two entry tickets. The $100 Sponsorship includes one sign at the event.

Spartanburg Shares is a nonprofit organization lending durable medical equipment for 90 days to anyone with proof of Spartanburg County residence. Spartanburg Shares is located at 137 S. Dean St., Spartanburg, SC 29303.

Help For Our Elderly assists with supplementing its clients’ incomes with everyday necessities. Its mission is to service, supplement and enrich the lives of the elderly, disabled and infirm and their families in Spartanburg, Cherokee and Union Counties. Help For Our Elderly is located at 2375 E. Main St., Unit A-311, Spartanburg, SC 29307.

For more information on Spartanburg Shares, visit their website – www.spartanburgshares.org or follow them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/spartanburgshares.

For more information on Help for Our Elderly, visit them at www.helpforourelderly.org.

Please direct all media inquiries for Spartanburg Shares to our Volunteer Coordinator and Spokesperson Evan Carr at (864) 266-1749 or [email protected].

Thursday, July 20, 2023
Five Forks Flicks: Finding Dory
Jul 20 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Five Forks Library
 Meeting Room A

Join us for a screening of Finding Dory (2016). Rated PG. Children under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. Refreshments provided.

Moonlight Movies
Jul 20 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Greer City Park

Watch the stars under the stars at the Greer City Park Amphitheater! The Moonlight Movies series is free and fun for all families. Pre-show fun & crafts start at 7:00pm. Movies start at sundown (8:45pm-9:00pm) Thursday nights during the summer. Concessions will be available for purchase.

Thursday, July 27, 2023
Moonlight Movies
Jul 27 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Greer City Park

Watch the stars under the stars at the Greer City Park Amphitheater! The Moonlight Movies series is free and fun for all families. Pre-show fun & crafts start at 7:00pm. Movies start at sundown (8:45pm-9:00pm) Thursday nights during the summer. Concessions will be available for purchase.

Saturday, July 29, 2023
AID-L Yard + Bake Sale
Jul 29 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Advanced Institute for Development and Learning

Please join the Advanced Institute for Development and Learning Saturday, July 29th for a Yard and Bake Sale Fundraiser. The yard sale will include housewares, furniture, baby and children’s items and more!

If you’re interested in donating, check out our event page for drop-off times, or otherwise, we hope you’ll come shop on July 29th from 8am – 12pm!

Thursday, August 3, 2023
Moonlight Movies
Aug 3 @ 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm
Greer City Park

Watch the stars under the stars at the Greer City Park Amphitheater! The Moonlight Movies series is free and fun for all families. Pre-show fun & crafts start at 7:00pm. Movies start at sundown (8:45pm-9:00pm) Thursday nights during the summer. Concessions will be available for purchase.

Monday, August 7, 2023
Flat Rock Playhouse Annual Fundraiser w/ Nat Zegree
Aug 7 all-day
Flat Rock Playhouse

You know Nat from his appearances in Amadeus, Million Dollar Quartet, and the hit Mozart to Pop Chart series at Flat Rock Playhouse.

Well now you’re invited to an exclusive, one-night-only concert with the incomparable Nat Zegree and all the fun-loving antics you’ve come to expect!

Join us on Monday, August 7th at Kenmure Country Club for a night you’re sure to never forget!

To reserve a seat visit flatrockplayhouse.org/fundraiser or call our Development Office at (828) 693-0403 ext. 230

Friday, August 11, 2023
12th Annual Tailgate Trot
Aug 11 all-day
Indigo Hall

Are you ready for some football? The 2023 season kicks off on Friday, August 11, 2023 at Indigo Hall as Hope Center for Children celebrates our 12th Annual Tailgate Trot! Wear your favorite team gear and join us for some fun including:

  • Live music from the Carolina Coast Band
  • Silent Auction
  • Raffles
  • Delicious food and drinks
  • Tailgate games
  • Cornhole for a Cause Tournament (additional entry fee, see below for more info)

Guests must be age 21 or older.

Cornhole for a Cause Tournament

Get your bag-tossing muscles ready! During the Tailgate Trot event, we’ll feature a Cornhole for a Cause Tournament to raise money for our HCFC Fund-a-Need. PLEASE NOTE: If you wish to participate, the entry fee is $30 (in addition to the cost of your Tailgate event ticket).

The Cornhole for a Cause Tournament will be managed by Caitlyn Colson, Certified Ambassador of the American Cornhole Association. It will be a blind draw for teams and prizes will be awarded to 1st and 2nd place teams. All proceeds benefit Hope Center for Children. View the American Cornhole Association’s Official Rules.

Event Sponsorships are still available. Contact Andrea Payment for details.
Click to view the Tailgate Trot Sponsorship Booklet.

Proceeds from the event will support Hope Center for Children’s residential programs protecting children in foster care and our community-based child abuse prevention programming.

12th Annual Tailgate Trot
Aug 11 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Indigo Hall

Are you ready for some football?

On Friday, August 11th, Hope Center for Children will turn Indigo Hall into the ultimate tailgate party with its Twelfth Annual Tailgate Trot. Festivities start at 6:00 p.m. and end at 10 p.m. Guests must be 21 or older. Your participation will support our vitally important work to Protect Children & Support Families.

Admission is $75 per person. Group discounts are available.

Get your tickets by visiting: hopecfc.org

This year’s Tailgate Trot will host the American Cornhole Association’s Cornhole-for-a-Cause competition and other games and feature special guests, a silent auction, raffles, food stations, beer and wine, and signature tailgate cocktails. The well-known Carolina Coast Band will provide live music.

So, get out your favorite team jersey, invite your friends, and celebrate the new football season at the 12th annual Tailgate Trot!

12th Annual Tailgate Trot
Aug 11 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Indigo Hall

Are you ready for some football?

Join us on August 11th for Hope Center for Children’s 12th Annual Tailgate Trot “Fun”-raiser!

Get your tickets here: rb.gy/mg3tl
Download sponsor booklet (PDF): tinyurl.com/nnhh7btb

Wear your favorite team gear and join us for some fun including:

• Live music from the Carolina Coast Band • Silent Auction • Raffles • Delicious food and drinks • Tailgate games

Sponsorships are available. Contact Phyliss Skuba at 864-583-7688 ext. 102 or [email protected]

Thursday, August 17, 2023
Taylors Library Third Thursdays Theatre
Aug 17 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Taylors Library

Led by former OLLI instructor Chip Kaufmann. Watch and discuss Safety Last (1923). Not rated.

Classic silent comedy celebrating its 100th anniversary. Harold Lloyd stars as a lowly sales clerk who tries to impress his girlfriend by pretending to be his boss. This is the infamous movie where he hangs from the clock face. Bonus short: Laurel & Hardy in Liberty (1929).

Registration required. Email [email protected] or call 864-268-5955 to register.

Five Forks Flicks: Jurassic Park (1993)
Aug 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Five Forks Library

Join us for a screening of Jurassic Park (1993). Rated PG-13. Refreshments provided. Email [email protected] or call 864-234-4904 to register.

Dinner and a Movie: Dead Poets Society
Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Eighteen Hundred Drayton Catering & Events

We don’t read and write poetry because it’s cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. Delight on the marrow of life as Professor Bob creates pure poetry out of food. Join us for a 5-course dinner and a free screening of the film that inspired the menu, Dead Poets Society. Head back to school with the 1989 drama starring Robin Williams.

Dinner and a Movie is hosted by Dray Catering and Events and takes place in the Eighteen Hundred Drayton venue within the Drayton Mills Marketplace. Ticket price includes private seating and a 5-course dinner. A cash bar is available.

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Wednesday, August 23, 2023
2023 Triple-P Golf Tournament
Aug 23 @ 7:00 am – 2:45 pm
The Club at Brookstone

CornerFocus cordially invites you to tee off at the 1st Annual Triple-P Golf Tournament held at the premiere Club at Brookstone on August 23, 2023.

$125 donation
Each golfer plays 18 holes of golf and includes a cart, lunch, door prizes, boxing memorabilia auction, 1st and 2nd place, longest drive and closest to pin awards.

Proceeds are applied to the CornerFocus ‘Triple-P’ program. Helping at-risk youth athletes Prepare for success, Protecting them physically, and Performing to their full potential.

Registration Deadline: August 9, 2023

Special Guest – Al Bernstein
Al Bernstein is best known to a national audience as the voice of boxing, first for ESPN, and now for Showtime. He has achieved success in television, movies, and as a live stage performer. As Ambassador for CornerFocus, he is passionate about fostering the values of safety and responsibility to next generation’s athletes.

Friday, September 1, 2023
Dinner and a Movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
Sep 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Eighteen Hundred Drayton Catering & Events

Nitwit! Blubber! Oddment! Tweak! Thank you. Now, tuck in for the start-of-term feast! Professor Bob will show his prolific skills at Gamp’s Law of Elemental Transfiguration by creating a magical 5-course dinner inspired by the movie we will be screening, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Dinner and a Movie takes place in the venue, Eighteen Hundred Drayton, within the Drayton Mills Marketplace. Ticket price includes private seating and dinner. A full cash bar featuring signature cocktails is available

Thursday, September 7, 2023
Moonlight Movies: INDIANA JONES + THE LAST CRUSADE
Sep 7 @ 8:00 pm
Falls Park.

JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT

Come early to grab a good spot and play trivia with us before the show. Movies begin at sundown in Falls Park every Thursday in September & October. Local food trucks and Poppington’s Popcorn will be on-site.

Feel free to bring your own picnic, chairs/blanket and enjoy a cozy night under the stars!

$1 wristbands must be purchased on-site if you plan on bringing alcohol.

As an important reminder for all, please leave all pets at home, do not bring glass cups or bottles and no smoking on-site.

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Indiana Jones

The intrepid explorer Indiana Jones sets out to rescue his father, a medievalist who has vanished while searching for the Holy Grail. Following clues in the old man’s notebook, Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, but they are not the only ones who are on the trail, and some sinister old enemies soon come out of the woodwork.

Thursday, September 14, 2023
Moonlight Movies: YOU’VE GOT MAIL
Sep 14 @ 8:00 pm
Falls Park

JOIN US EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT

Come early to grab a good spot and play trivia with us before the show. Movies begin at sundown in Falls Park every Thursday in September & October. Local food trucks and Poppington’s Popcorn will be on-site.

Feel free to bring your own picnic, chairs/blanket and enjoy a cozy night under the stars!

$1 wristbands must be purchased on-site if you plan on bringing alcohol.

As an important reminder for all, please leave all pets at home, do not bring glass cups or bottles and no smoking on-site.

Subscribe to receive event information via email or text.

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Struggling boutique bookseller Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) hates Joe Fox (Tom Hanks), the owner of a corporate Foxbooks chain store that just moved in across the street. When they meet online, however, they begin an intense and anonymous Internet romance, oblivious of each other’s true identity. Eventually Joe learns that the enchanting woman he’s involved with is actually his business rival. He must now struggle to reconcile his real-life dislike for her with the cyber love he’s come to feel.

Friday, September 15, 2023
Rock Out Hunger, Loaves + Fishes Benefit
Sep 15 @ 8:00 pm
The Radio Room

Local band The Grateful Brothers announces their upcoming benefit concert in support of the nonprofit organization Loaves & Fishes. The event will take place on September 15th at The Radio Room, one of the city’s premier live music venues. Doors will open at 7:00
PM, with the show starting at 8:00 PM.
Proudly presented by The Radio Room Greenville, this year’s lineup includes The Grateful Brothers, and Matt Fassas Trip.
The Grateful Brothers is a highly regarded band known for their captivating performances paying homage to two legendary rock bands, the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers. This special concert will showcase their exceptional musical talent while raising funds and awareness for a worthy cause.
Doors open at 7:00 PM, and the show starts at 8:00 PM. Tickets available now. $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
There are a LOT of fun and philanthropic events in Greenville, but “if you get confused, just listen to the music play.” like The Grateful Dead said.
Attendees can look forward to an evening of soulful music, vibrant energy, and an opportunity to support a worthwhile cause. In addition to the concert, there will be various opportunities for patrons to contribute to Loaves & Fishes, including a raffle and t-shirt sales.
“We’re thrilled to bring this show together with The Radio Room and Loaves & Fishes! We have a wonderful community around this band, and this is a great opportunity to bring us all together to give back to the local community and fight food insecurity in Greenville while enjoying a killer night of live music. Truly a win-win!” says Zach Thigpen, singer and guitarist of The Grateful Brothers.
“We’re excited to team up for another great event of Rock Out Hunger with Loaves & Fishes, because food rescue is something that we’re all passionate about. We’re currently in our 13th year as a business, and this will be our 2nd event with Loaves & Fishes, and we hope for many more to come”, says Wes Gilliam, a co-owner of the Radio Room in Greenville, SC, as well as a founder of the Upstate Music Awards. He is a proud husband and father and a longtime supporter of Loaves & Fishes.
“Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places, if you look at it right.”- Jerry Garcia
Proceeds from Rock Out Hunger will be put to immediate use this year rescuing food in Greenville