Events Calendar

From “zero tolerance” to the detention of 15,000+ children, current immigration policies are cruel and unjustified, and must be loudly rejected. Families and individuals fleeing dangerous conditions have the right to seek asylum in the U.S. It has been a year since we rallied and marched in 60+ cities to protest family separation. Join Immigrant Justice Now as we take to the streets in cities everywhere June 29, 2019.
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Desde “política de cera tolerancia” hasta la detención de niños, la política migratoria presente es cruel y injusto. Necesitamos de rechazarlo fuertemente. Las familias y individuales que huir de condiciones peligrosas tienen el derecho de asílo en los Estados Unidos. Ha sido un año desde nos reunimos en 60+ ciudades del país para protestar separación familiar.
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SHOW UP with us in downtown Spartanburg to stand in solidarity with millions of people across the USA to protest this awful situation. Bring posters and markers (we will have some supplies) to make signs visible to people walking or driving by. We will also provide sidewalk chalk.
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APARECE en el centro de Spartanburg para ofrecer nuestra solidaridad y para protestar esta situación terrible. Trae cartulinas y marcadores para hacer carteles. Tendremos tiza de acera.
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SPEAK UP with us: we will provide postage, stationary, and addresses of our elected officials for you to write letters.
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HABLA FUERTE: Proveeremos sellos, papel, y direcciónes de los funcionarios electos para que pueda escribir cartas.
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RAISE UP with us: join us in raising money for RAICES, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that promotes justice by providing free and low-cost legal services to underserved immigrant children, families, and refugees. Meet up with us on Saturday and donate, OR do it right now by going to this website: https://www.raicestexas.org/donate/
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ÚNETE con nosotras: vamos a recaudar dinero para RAICES, un organización que provecha servicios legales (gratuitos y de bajo coste) a los niños inmigrantes, familias, y refugiados.
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Same event on Action Network:
https://actionnetwork.org/events/rally-for-immigrant-justice-one-year-later?source=direct_link&

***Please Note: It will be HOT and there won’t be a ton of shade. Dress appropriately and bring some H20!***

https://www.facebook.com/events/886535375030806/

Join us to help build a No Kill Community with Greenville County Animal Care! Adoptable dogs will be on site and 10% of beverage sales will go directly to Greenville Animal Care! Plus, all adopted dogs will be given a free membership!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2384899401722099/

Come to Burntshirt Vineyards in Chimney Rock for our Bat Cave Wine Release! Our new Bat Cave is a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chambourcin, and Cabernet Franc. We will have samples of the wine paired with small bites in our Barrel Room! Enjoy live music with Hope Griffin from 2 PM to 5 PM as a bonus!

https://www.facebook.com/events/746166679114394/

William Finn and James Lapine’s groundbreaking, Tony Award-winning musical FALSETTOS returned to Broadway in an all new production from Lincoln Center Theater, and was nominated for Five 2017 Tony Awards, including Best Revival of a Musical. Lapine returned to direct an extraordinary cast in a production that will be seen this Fall on PBS stations nationwide.

FALSETTOS revolves around the life of a charming, intelligent, neurotic gay man named Marvin, his wife, lover, about-to-be-Bar-Mitzvahed son, their psychiatrist, and the lesbians next door. It’s a hilarious and achingly poignant look at the infinite possibilities that make up a modern family… and a beautiful reminder that love can tell a million stories.

On sale now with a PNC Broadway Lights series ticket! Call 704-335-1010 for season subscription information, or visit BlumenthalArts.org/Broadway

https://www.facebook.com/events/669147303416561/?event_time_id=669147310083227

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/539272899873223/?event_time_id=539272989873214

THE THIRD ANNUAL FUNK COLLECTIVE IS COMING HOME
TO GREENVILLE, SC ON SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019.

The Funk Collective is the best and wildest party celebrating breweries with a dedicated funk and sour program. The event features curated beers from 50+ independent breweries across the world.

This true Greenville original is unlike any beer event you’ve ever attended. We will tap kegs and pop bottles in a communal, mixed lineup. In other words, real time tapping. Every station will rotate each beer, with no brewery pouring consecutive beers. Time is relative to the rate each station/keg is emptied. It’s about a flow.

THINK MASSIVE BOTTLE SHARE.

Ticket prices for each of the sessions include a commemorative tasting glass, unlimited samples of your choice of beers, and a festival guide to help you navigate the taps and bottle stations. Profits from the Funk Collective go to Love Thy Neighbor network of non-profits in Greenville, SC. More information on parking, logistics, and other day-of information will be emailed to ticket holders as it becomes available.

ATTENDING BREWERIES*
Against the Grain Brewing Louisville, KY
Akademia Brewing Co Athens, GA
Alesong Brewing & Blending Eugene, OR
Allagash Brewing Co Portland, ME
Amor Artis Brewing Co Fort Mill, SC
Ancillary* Fermentation Raleigh-Durham, NC
Barrel Culture Brewing and Blending Durham, NC
Birds Fly South Ale Project Greenville, SC
Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales Denver, CO
Blackberry Farm Walland, TN
Bond Brothers Beer Co Cary, NC
Botanist and Barrel Cedar Grove, NC
Branch and Bone Artisan Ales Dayton, OH
Breakside Brewery Portland, OR
Burial Brewing Co Asheville, NC
Carolina Bauernhaus Anderson, SC
Central State Brewing Co Indianapolis, IN
Charles Towne Fermentory Charleston, SC
Commonwealth Brewing Co Virginia Beach, VA
D9 Brewing Co Cornelious, NC
Deciduous Brewing Co Newmarket, NH
Dry River Brewing Co LA, CA
Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co Charleston, SC
DSSOLVR Asheville, NC
Finback Brewery Glendale, NY
Fonta Flora Brewery Morganton, NC
Free Will Brewing Co Perkasie, PA
Freigeist Bierkultur Stolberg, Germany
Garden Path Fermentation Burlington, WA
Green Bench Brewing Co St. Petersburg, FL
Hi-Wire Brewing Asheville, NC
HOMES Brewery Ann Arbor, MI
Hourglass Brewing Longwood, FL
Jester King Brewery Austin, TX
Jolly Pumpkin Brewery Dexter, MI
Kent Falls Brewing Co Kent, CT
Kros Strain Brewing Co La Vista, NE
Long Beach Beer Lab Long Beach, CA
Newgrass Brewing Co Shelby, NC
Ocelot Brewing Co Dulles, VA
Off Color Brewing Co Chicago, IL
Orpheus Brewing Atlanta, GA
Resident Culture Brewing Co Charlotte, NC
Revelry Brewing Co Charleston, SC
Saint Somewhere Brewing Tarpon Springs, FL
Salud Cerveceria Charlotte, NC
The Collective Brewing Project Fort Worth, TX
Three Taverns Craft Brewery Decatur, GA
Trophy Brewing Co Raleigh, NC
Two Tides Brewing Co Savannah, GA
Upland Brewing Co Indianapolis, IN
Urban South Brewery New Orleans, LA
Von Seitz Theoreticales Smithville, TN
Westbrook Brewing Co Charleston, SC
Wild Mind Artisan Ales Minneapolis, MN
Wise Man Brewing Winston-Salem, NC
Wooden Robot Brewery Charlotte, NC
Yazoo Brewing Co Nashville, TN
Zebulon Artisan Ales Weaverville, NC

*Plus a dozen+ rare breweries and bottles from our cellar collection.

https://www.facebook.com/events/309466043222200/

Our second shaving event, bigger than before. In case you didn’t already know, the St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-powered charity committed to funding the best childhood cancer research through signature head-shaving events. Volunteers register to shave their locks at a local event. In the process, they set a fundraising goal and encourage friends and family to donate. These action-packed events have one meaningful goal – raise as much money as we can for lifesaving kids cancer research. And I need folks to sign up as team captains, to hold their own fundraisers and sign up shavees.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1903650116396362/

This puppy social is open to puppies who have had their first two rounds of vaccinations AND have waited a full 7 days since last vaccinated (to make sure the vaccine has taken effect). The cut off age for puppy participation is 4 months old.

Socializing your puppy is one of the most important things you can do! Proper socialization ensures that your puppy has good experiences around new puppies and people. Good experiences in puppyhood often leads to good behaviors in adulthood around the things they were socialized with!

In this Puppy Social, your puppy will meet new puppies and people in a safe environment chaperoned by Certified Professional Dog Trainer, Lindsay Plank with The K9 Corner!

WHAT TO BRING:

Your puppy on a 4-6ft leash (no flexi/retractable leashes) and in a harness or flat collar.
Tasty, smelly training treats
Vaccination records
One handler per pup required.

NEED TO KNOW:

Seminars will take place in the Animal Care Education Building rain or shine.
Vaccination records are required for entry.
An Eventbrite ticket is required for entry.*
Ticket sales will be donated directly to Animal Care’s Behavior Department and are non-refundable!
*If ticket holders fail to show within 5 minutes of seminar start, a non-ticket holder may be accommodated for the seminar.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1951684828269437/

Where: Love Where You Live Park (Spring St), Spartanburg — Right next to Le Spice downtown!!
When: NEW DATE IS June 29th, 2-6:00 PM
Admission: FREE

Calling out all animal lovers!

Downtown Spartanburg will be invaded by many of our furry friends for this special fundraising event for the Spartanburg Humane Society! “Rock N’ Rescue” will feature four of the Upstate’s most rockin’ bands, great food, local vendors, and meet-and-greets with several friendly animals from the Spartanburg Humane Society.

It will be a family-friendly environment to listen to fun, upbeat music, eat delicious food from some of the Upstate’s best food trucks, learn more about pet adoption, and interact with some of the best vendors in the area! Our goal is to create a wonderful atmosphere for our friends and neighbors to share ideas, stories, and laughs. This is totally a “feel good” event and we want you to be a part of our day!

Bring your pets, or adopt one!

https://www.facebook.com/events/2039831119467370/

Spartanburg Fringe Arts Festival is a new summer festival in Upstate South Carolina that celebrates the creativity of those usually considered to be on the “fringe” of polite society. Throughout the month, we will present dozens of shows, exhibits, and events in theatre, music, dance, comedy, spoken word, film, and progressive thinking.

Headlining will be writer, director, producer Del Shores, the bad boy of Sordid Lives; Fun Home, a Tony-winning Broadway musical; House of Mann, mind-blowing and gender-bending fashions; and Rev. Jim Dant, a nationally recognized thought-leader in Christian acceptance of alternative lifestyles.

There will also be an art exhibit and regional performing artists in theatre, music, and literature.

https://www.facebook.com/events/248168109427599/

Spartanburg Fringe Arts Festival is a new summer festival in Upstate South Carolina that celebrates the creativity of those usually considered to be on the “fringe” of polite society. Throughout the month, we will present dozens of shows, exhibits, and events in theatre, music, dance, comedy, spoken word, film, and progressive thinking.

Headlining will be writer, director, producer Del Shores, the bad boy of Sordid Lives; Fun Home, a Tony-winning Broadway musical; House of Mann, mind-blowing and gender-bending fashions; and Rev. Jim Dant, a nationally recognized thought-leader in Christian acceptance of alternative lifestyles.

There will also be an art exhibit and regional performing artists in theatre, music, and literature.

https://www.facebook.com/events/248168109427599/?event_time_id=248168182760925

The time has come to once again put on your best red, white and blue attire (funny shirts, dresses, jorts, fanny packs, socks, underwear, sunglasses, glowsticks, beads, and any other accessories are recommended).and celebrate the birth of this great nation that we call home. As always, we have lined up amazing drink specials for you, including $4 Tito’s cocktails and $3 Bud Lights (more to be announced!)

Join us as we celebrate our country’s independence with the most patriotic event in Charleston!!

Check-in will be from 3 – 6 pm at The Brick where you will pick up your scorecards and other swag, then crawl to the other participating bars on your scorecard, enjoying drink specials and getting your scorecard marked at each bar.

First 400 crawlers to check in will receive our signature ‘Murica Bar Crawl koozie

First 250 crawlers to finish the Crawl with a completed scorecard will get a custom ‘Murica Bar Crawl tee shirt.

Drink specials like $4 Tito’s, $3 Bud Light, and more (TBA)

Professional Photographer and videographer to capture the fun

Hundreds of crawlers in the craziest USA attire

We also offer a VIP option at check out. VIP includes an hour early check-in, only available to our VIP, your event shirt waiting for you in your size at check-in, and a complimentary drink from our drink specials at check-in as well.
ALL of this for ONLY $10 more!!!

Participating Bars:
The Brick
Silver Dollar
Republic Garden and Lounge
Carolina Ale House
Burns Alley Tavern
Mynt

There has never been a more ‘Murica event in Charleston!

**Drinking is 100% optional! Although this is a “bar crawl”, that doesn’t mean you are required to drink to participate. You do not have to purchase drinks at any bar in order to participate and get your scorecard stamped to earn your event t-shirt. We love and welcome Designated Drivers to join us. If you do choose to drink, please drink responsibly!**

https://www.facebook.com/events/1438363226299994/

Memoirist and essayist Cinelle Barnes discusses the why, how, when, what, who and for whom of the genre/form, and the pre-publication, publication, and post-publication realities of authoring a memoir, and how her time in South Carolina served as an impetus for writing Monsoon Mansion. After the talk, she will lead the group in a short writing exercise.

Free and open to the public. Registration is recommended but not required. All those who preregister get a free gift!

Refreshments will be provided. Books will be available for purchase through representatives of Hub City Bookshop. A portion of proceeds benefits the USC Upstate LLC Student Awards Fund.

https://www.facebook.com/events/292195645061578/

More details to follow soon. Visit our webpage for more information.
http://hendersonvilletheatre.org/auditions/

https://www.facebook.com/events/418387328700206/?event_time_id=418387335366872

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 Wonderfully M’de

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.

https://www.facebook.com/events/310770129853313/

You may have heard of the Kentucky Derby, well we ain’t horsing around!

The Upstate welcomes the ladies of the Central Kentucky Roller Derby (ROCK) to battle our Spartanburg Deadly Dolls and if that ain’t enough, the SC Atom Bombs take on the Dark Horses! Let’s see who makes it to the finish line first with the win!!!

Dolls vs ROCK @ 6 pm
Atom Bombs vs Dark Horses @ 8 pm

Doors open at 5:30
Tickets $10
Kids under 10 are free

Close the night with a little Kentucky Bourbon and your favorite skaters at our afterparty at Shaking D’z on McMillan Drive!

https://www.facebook.com/events/660616867702673/

Another new venue for Strangeamongus! This time in Spartanburg for the fine and groovy folks hanging out at RJ Rockers. As a long time fans of their beer, we’re super excited to play a show there.

https://www.facebook.com/events/381568195762891/

The 11th annual City of Greer’s Freedom Blast Festival will notice the return of many crowd favorites when the 2019 festival takes place June 29 at Greer City Park.
One of the largest fireworks shows in South Carolina, an evening of live entertainment, food vendors offering festival fare, army vehicles, and numerous activities for children.

Freedom Blast annually allows the Greer community and visitors from across the Upstate to celebrate freedom with the goal of honoring both active and veteran servicemen and servicewomen who have made that freedom possible.

The annual Freedom Blast fireworks show accompanied by patriotic music in City Park will begin at 10:10 p.m.

For more information, please visit www.freedomblast.org.

Children under 16 must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian. Pets are not permitted.

Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service for effective communication or a modification of policies or procedures to participate in a program, service, activity or public meeting of the City of Greer should contact 864-968-7008 as soon as possible, but no later than 48 hours prior to the scheduled event.

https://www.facebook.com/events/585363398577918/

In Greenville Football Club’s second to last home match up, Georgia Revolution from McDonough, Georgia travel in to test your Boys in Green. Let’s show them who’s city this is. Join us!

To recognize and celebrate youth soccer in the Upstate, this weekend’s match will be coined ‘Youth Soccer Appreciation Night’.

Parents or guardians, want to get into Saturday’s match for the same price as your kid? Have your little one wear their club soccer jersey, a Greenville FC jersey or their favorite team from around the world’s jersey, and get into the match for the same price as your kid. That’s an adult ticket for only $5 when your kid wears his/her soccer jersey, can’t beat that.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1880885975350323/

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!