Local bands benefiting charities tonight, Saturday

 

“Local musicians benefiting local charities.”

That’s the tagline for the Turning Wheel Revue, a fundraiser to be held Friday, May 25, and Saturday, May 26, in Oak Ridge.

The Friday event will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. at Swifty’s Atomic Bar & Grill (119 South Illinois Avenue), and the Saturday fundraiser will take place from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Historic Grove Theater (123 Randolph Road).

The bands that will trigger toe-tapping on Friday evening will be The Lewis Brothers (Robbie & James), The Ryan Meeker Band, $teve, The Thrips, The Unnamed, and special guests.

Turning to the Saturday evening event, attendees will hear Jeremiah Johnson & Jackson Coleman, Joey Shackleford, Kasey Moore, Samantha Mason & Marian Vacaluic, Sarah Joyal, (Rick) Payson Lyon, The Teno Family Band, Tim & Jodi Harbin, The Young Band, Nothing Band, and special guests.

The 13 local nonprofit service organizations that will benefit from your presence are:

• the Agape House—a temporary refuge for transitional homeless people who are on the path back to self-sufficiency;
• Aid to Distressed Families of Appalachian Counties (ADFAC), which serves the basic needs of primarily low-income residents in Anderson and surrounding Appalachian counties, with a goal of helping families become stable and self-sufficient;
• Alpha House—a faith-based transitional home for women coming from incarceration;
• The Arc Anderson County—a family-based organization that promotes, protects, and advocates for the rights of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities;
• Blossom Center for Childhood Excellence, which provides affordable, accessible, academically enriched childcare seven days a week (it’s open 20 hours a day);
• Contact Care Line—a crisis phone line whose trained volunteers listen and provide compassionate, non-judgmental help for anyone needing emotional support;
• Crossroads Center of Hope provides long-term, transitional, safe housing and basic education for single mothers and their young children (birth to 5 years);
• Ecumenical Storehouse, which provides usable household items to those in crisis trying to set up small living quarters (after a job loss or house fire, for example);
• Habitat for Humanity of Anderson County—an ecumenical ministry that builds simple, decent, and affordable houses with participating families;
• Holiday Bureau, which provides toys, books, games, household items, and food to low-income families of Anderson County;
• Hope of East Tennessee—treats, counsels, and temporarily houses people suffering from addictions;
• Shelter Animals Rescue Group (SARG), which rescues dogs and cats; and
• TORCH, which strives to serve the homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless.

The cost for an adult ticket is $12 for a single night (if purchased online or through members of bands or charities) or $14 at the door. The ticket cost for both nights is $20 if purchased in advance online or at the door.

For ages 12 through 18, the cost per night is $5 at the door. For ages under 12, a donation in $1 increments is requested but not required.

Please visit Turning Wheel Revue on Facebook for online ticket directions and additional information. A small surcharge will be added to online purchases. For more information, call or text (931) 210-0852.

 

More information will be added as it becomes available.

This press release and photos were submitted by Carolyn H. Krause.

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