Local bands benefiting charities tonight, Saturday

Posted at 2:36 pm May 25, 2018
By Carolyn H Krause Leave a Comment

The Teno Family Band is one of the many performing groups to provide entertainment at the Turning Wheel Revue on Friday evening, May 25, 2018, at Swifty’s Atomic Bar & Grill, and Saturday evening, May 26, at the Historic Grove Theater. (Submitted photo)

“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.

The Blossom Center for Childhood Excellence is one of the charities that will benefit from the Turning Wheel Revue fundraiser. (Submitted photo)

More information will be added as it becomes available.

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

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