Events Calendar

We are lucky to have incredible Animal Educators to help us spread the word on the important roles they play in the Park. Join one of our Park naturalists for an informal program where your family will love meeting some of our wilder teammates! Kids of all ages are sure to take home some fun facts and special memories. Then, grab a Track Trail brochure at the Animal Discovery Den and round out the day with a hike along our Great Woodland Adventure trail with 12 education stations. Don’t forget your camera!

Cost: Included with Park admission.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1102692779911730/?event_time_id=1102692786578396

Y’all been asking for live music, well we have it! Join us for our Summer Saturdays series where we host local bands on Saturday afternoons! This week’s local band is The Grand Ole Uproar, an Americana/Rock ‘n’ Roll band from Greensboro, NC.

The Grand Ole Uproar’s musical gumbo conjures up the Texas twang of Waylon Jennings and Doug Sahm, the electric carnival of Dylan, the improvisational impulses of the Grateful Dead, and the laid-back swampy sound of J.J. Cale, as well as many other(and older) songs and artists in the American tradition.

The Grand Ole Uproar frequently tours the Southeast and Midwest, and has shared the stage with artists like Grammy Award winning Texas trio Los Lonely Boys, Zach Deputy, The Hackensaw Boys, PALEFACE, Drunken Prayer, The Deadstring Brothers, The Corbitt Brothers, A Boy Named Banjo, Empire Strikes Brass, Cosmic Charlie, and the Straight 8s.

Available now on Spotify and Itunes, The Grand Ole Uproar’s newest album, Good Long Spell, features guest appearances by Whiskeytown’s Caitlin Cary and John Howie Jr.
The Grand Ole Uproar is:
Josh Watson–guitar, vocals
Justin Horth–drums, vocals
Wake Clinard–lapsteel guitar
Dan Bayer–bass, vocals

https://www.facebook.com/events/464373911026016/

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site will observe the 100th anniversary of the Chicago Race Riot with an event on Saturday, August 3, from 2:00 – 4:00 pm, at the Henderson County Main Library. The park has invited Claire Hartfield, a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist and Coretta Scott King Award-winning author, to read from her most recent book, A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919. Hartfield is a nationally recognized author and education leader.

In 1919, Carl Sandburg was a Chicago Daily News reporter. His articles before, during, and after the riots revealed many causes. His insight was forged by his own struggles with poverty and by interviewing often-ignored immigrants and migrants. His articles, which were published in a book, “The Chicago Race Riots July 1919,” were unique in 1919 and remain powerful 100 years later.

The title of Claire Hartfield’s book, A Few Red Drops, is taken from a Carl Sandburg poem and delves into the Chicago Race Riots of 1919. Drawing on first-hand accounts she heard as a child from her grandmother, the author examines the racial tensions created as waves of Southern blacks, like her grandmother, migrated north. Carl Sandburg is considered one of the few journalists to record the events and its causes accurately. The author recently commented, “I want to share this story with young people to give them perspective on the world they are facing now, and tools for shaping better ways to move forward.” This book has also been honored as a Junior Library Guild Choice, a 2019 Illinois Reading Council Top Book, and a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books 2018. The program provides an opportunity to meet the author and hear her read from this award-winning, personal, and timely publication.

Throughout July and August, a temporary exhibit located in the Sandburg Home is available for visitors to learn more about Carl Sandburg and the Chicago Race Riots of 1919. The information is also available online at www.nps.gov/carl/learn/historyculture/chicago-race-riots.htm.

This event is supported by the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara and by America’s National Parks, the non-profit partner that operates the park store.

https://www.facebook.com/events/348029885882528/

Join us for a fun day celebrating the life of Jerry Garcia! We will have Live Music, tasty beers and delicious food available from the Host Mobile, Project Host’s new Foodtruck.

Music Line-up
3:00-5:30 Westend String Band (Old and in the way style)
6:00-9:00 Grateful Brothers Trio

$10 suggested donation benefiting Project Host Soup Kitchen and CC Pearce Culinary School

https://www.facebook.com/events/412034369545925/

Mark Twain
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.”

https://www.facebook.com/events/304865136872874/?event_time_id=304865143539540

Laser Days of Summer offers a dazzling display of lasers sequenced to your favorite music! Shows feature Laser POP, Laser Beatles, Pink Floyd, Movie Madness, ’90s Laser, Queen, Stranger Things, The Beatles, U2, and Led Zeppelin.

Show Times:
Thursday, July 18: 6 p.m. – Laser POP, 7:30 p.m. – Laser Beatles, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon

Friday, July 19: 4:30 p.m. – Movie Madness, 6 p.m. – That ’90’s Laser Show, 7:30 p.m. – Queen, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Wall

Saturday, July 20: 4:30 p.m. – Stranger Things, 6 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 7:30 p.m. – U2, 9 p.m. – Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin

Thursday, July 25: 6 p.m. – Stranger Things, 7:30 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Wall

Friday, July 26: 4:30 p.m. – Laser POP, 6 p.m. – Laser Beatles, 7:30 p.m. – Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon

Saturday, July 27: 4:30 p.m. – Movie Madness, 6 p.m. – U2, 7:30 p.m. – That ’90’s Laser Show, 9 p.m. – Queen

Thursday, Aug. 1: 6 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 7:30 p.m. – U2, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon

Friday, Aug. 2: 4:30 p.m. – Movie Madness, 6 p.m. – Queen, 7:30 p.m. – Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin, 9 p.m. – That ’90’s Laser Show

Saturday, Aug. 3: 4:30 p.m. – Laser POP, 6 p.m. – Laser Beatles, 7:30 p.m. – Stranger Things, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Wall

Ticket Prices:
$8.00 per Adult or Child, per program
$4.00 for RMSC Members
*Not recommended for children ages 8 and under

Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Please arrive 20 minutes prior to show time as no entry will be permitted after the laser show begins. Show length will vary between 45 and 60 minutes. Also, please remember that laser shows contain bright, flashing lights that may cause discomfort to those with light sensitivity or other pre-existing conditions

https://www.facebook.com/events/440841453411104/

Laser Days of Summer offers a dazzling display of lasers sequenced to your favorite music! Shows feature Laser POP, Laser Beatles, Pink Floyd, Movie Madness, ’90s Laser, Queen, Stranger Things, The Beatles, U2, and Led Zeppelin.

Show Times:
Thursday, July 18: 6 p.m. – Laser POP, 7:30 p.m. – Laser Beatles, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon

Friday, July 19: 4:30 p.m. – Movie Madness, 6 p.m. – That ’90’s Laser Show, 7:30 p.m. – Queen, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Wall

Saturday, July 20: 4:30 p.m. – Stranger Things, 6 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 7:30 p.m. – U2, 9 p.m. – Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin

Thursday, July 25: 6 p.m. – Stranger Things, 7:30 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Wall

Friday, July 26: 4:30 p.m. – Laser POP, 6 p.m. – Laser Beatles, 7:30 p.m. – Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon

Saturday, July 27: 4:30 p.m. – Movie Madness, 6 p.m. – U2, 7:30 p.m. – That ’90’s Laser Show, 9 p.m. – Queen

Thursday, Aug. 1: 6 p.m. – The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 7:30 p.m. – U2, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon

Friday, Aug. 2: 4:30 p.m. – Movie Madness, 6 p.m. – Queen, 7:30 p.m. – Whole Lotta Led Zeppelin, 9 p.m. – That ’90’s Laser Show

Saturday, Aug. 3: 4:30 p.m. – Laser POP, 6 p.m. – Laser Beatles, 7:30 p.m. – Stranger Things, 9 p.m. – Pink Floyd: The Wall

Ticket Prices:
$8.00 per Adult or Child, per program
$4.00 for RMSC Members
*Not recommended for children ages 8 and under

Tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable.
Please arrive 20 minutes prior to show time as no entry will be permitted after the laser show begins. Show length will vary between 45 and 60 minutes. Also, please remember that laser shows contain bright, flashing lights that may cause discomfort to those with light sensitivity or other pre-existing conditions

https://www.facebook.com/events/440841453411104/?event_time_id=440841483411101

Come out to the Growler Haus after every Greenville Triumph game or even before. We will offer 10% off for anybody wearing Triumph or Reedy River Riot Gear. Less than two miles down the road makes this chose easy.

https://www.facebook.com/events/380830652509639/?event_time_id=380830685842969

It’s our favorite rivalry. We play Tormenta FC for the 4th time this season at Legacy Early College

Our free pre-game Fan Fest begins at 5pm, gates open at 6pm and kickoff is at 7pm.

Come out and cheer on the boys in green and blue!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2318227611748529/

$10 cash
Stop The Stigma: Be The Light
An Evening of Music, Information and Empathy

Featuring: Black River Rebels, Eric Weiler, My Girl My Whiskey & Me, Mourning Dove, Wasted Wine, E.Z. Shakes

https://www.facebook.com/events/314536126125443/

Strangeamongus travels to Spartanburg again to lay down more hippy funk

https://www.facebook.com/events/335762940400839/

Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 3rd and join us for the highly anticipated return of Gladiator Polo™ at #TIEC!

Gladiator Polo™ is fast-paced, packed with action, and creates a truly electric atmosphere in Tryon Stadium. Beginning at 8pm, Team Greenville and Team Charlotte will battle it out in an intense rematch, fighting for the champion title. You don’t want to miss this epic battle!

Brand new for 2019, the talented up-and-coming Ninja Polo™ athletes will step into the Tryon Stadium spotlight, too! The polo kid superstars go head to head in the Ninja Polo™ showcase match before Gladiator Polo™ kicks off, so get ready for not one, but TWO thrilling matches in one night.

Beginning at 6pm, your little ones can enjoy FREE activities such as face painting, carousel rides, a bouncy house, street performers and magicians, pony rides, and more! Dine at one of our 8 onsite restaurants, shop the boutique vendors along Vendor Row, jam out to live music, and then cheer on the Ninja Polo™ and Gladiator Polo™ athletes.

Want to make the most out of this exciting evening? Reserve a table in the Legends Club or Sky Deck to enjoy premium ringside seating for an elevated competition dining experience! Indulge in an authentic Argentine Asado buffet as well as a beer festival with unlimited four-ounce flights featuring numerous local breweries. Tickets can be purchased here: https://bit.ly/2E20cJT

General admission and parking are FREE! Leashed pets are always welcome.

For more information on Gladiator Polo™, visit https://bit.ly/2LLR6px!

https://www.facebook.com/events/682698272174131/

You don’t want to miss this group! Traditional Southern Appalachian songs and tunes featuring fiddle, claw hammer banjo, stand up bass and guitar.

https://www.facebook.com/events/2325819327738052/

60’s, 70’s and beyond Acoustic Music. Come on out and have some fun!

https://www.facebook.com/events/353596528834425/

So excited to have this amazing duo back in house! Hear them once and you’ll be hooked! There’s no genre these musicians don’t draw inspiration from, and their original music will have you tappin’ your toes and swayin’ in your seat. So collect your cronies and hustle on over… Saturday will be a night to remember!

https://www.facebook.com/events/657240318089818/

Eat, drink and be merry! Join us this Saturday (and every Saturday) from 7pm to 10pm as we host live local talent! The talent in our beautiful city is incredible, so come out for dinner and live music. Saturday, February 3rd we will have the acoustic sounds of Katie D. Check out our website for a list of all artists that will be playing!

Enjoy live music on the deck with Luke Smith. Great burgers, daily specials and beverages!

https://www.facebook.com/events/353303295348449/

BYE BYE BIRDIE
A Musical Comedy
Book by Michael Stewart
Music by Charles Strouse
Lyrics by Lee Adams
Originally Produced by Edward Padula
Main Stage
August 2-18
Director: Colby Coren
A campy musical send-up of the late 1950s, small-town America, teenagers, and rock & roll. Teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie has been drafted, so he chooses All-American girl Kim MacAfee for a very public farewell kiss. Inspired by the phenomenon of Elvis Presley and his draft notice into the Army.

https://www.facebook.com/events/236974623900794/?event_time_id=236974640567459

Angular rhythms and vibrant orchestral colors abound in Stravinsky’s entrancing ballet score composed for Diaghilev’s famed Ballets Russes. Young violin virtuoso SooBeen Lee makes her Brevard debut in Sibelius’ Violin Concerto in D minor.

PERFORMANCE & ARTIST DETAILS
Brevard Sinfonia
Ken Lam, conductor
SooBeen Lee, violin

LIADOV From the Apocalypse
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor
STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite

Please note: Auditorium seating is reserved.  Lawn seating is general admission.

This program was previously named Sibelius Symphony No. 1. In addition, the PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 has changed to the SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor.

Ticket holders may attend The PreConcert, a free recital in Thomas Hall, which begins one hour before the performance.