A vendor sells herbs at the Lavender Festival. (Photo submitted by Charlie Samuels)
Oak Ridge’s Historic Jackson Square will host the 14th Annual Lavender Festival on Saturday, June 16, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The festival will feature information and products related to gardening, cooking, health, and aromatherapy. There will be plants and herbs for sale as well as arts and crafts. Children’s activities will include blow painting, seed planting, a sachet workshop, and more.
The Oak Ridge Community Band will perform at 7 p.m. Monday at the A.K. Bissell Park Pavilion. (Submitted photo)
Two local Memorial Day ceremonies will pay tribute to U.S. military personnel.
The first ceremony will be held at the Veterans Memorial in front of the Anderson County Courthouse in Clinton at 10 a.m. Monday. Tennessee Sen. Randy McNally, an Oak Ridge Republican, will be the guest speaker.
The second ceremony will feature the Oak Ridge Community Band in a free performance at 7 p.m. Monday at A.K. Bissell Park.
Award-winning musician Pat Kane will perform at Peggy's Irish Festival at the Realty Center on June 1.
Peggy and Tom Hanrahan of the Realty Center are having their 18th annual St. Patrick’s Day Party from 5 to 9 p.m. on June 1.
Pat Kane, the two-time winner of the New York City’s Fleadh Cheoil National Festival of Irish Music, will be joining them. He has written many songs and knows many modern selections as well.
Kane has performed at previous St. Patrick’s Day parties at the Realty Center.
A1A, the original and official Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band, and 38 Special will perform at the Secret City Festival in June.
A1A will perform Friday, June 15. Formed in 1991, A1A will play all of Jimmy Buffett’s hits along with classic reggae and beach party music.
Southern rockers 38 Special, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 16. 38 Special will perform hits from three decades of music with favorites such as “Hold on Loosely,” “Caught Up in You,” and “Rockin’ Into the Night.”
Secret City Sounds presents the return of the United States Air Force Band of Mid America on Saturday.
This year, they will perform with their ensemble, Starlifter. This seven-member group will play a variety of songs from rock, pop, and jazz to contemporary and traditional patriotic songs.
Several hundred people enjoy a Friday evening musical performance by Aftah Party during this year's second Secret City Sounds concert at A.K. Bissell Park. The third concert, on Saturday, May 19, will feature the United States Air Force Band of Mid America with the ensemble Starlifter.
Activities this weekend include a Friday morning visit to Clinton by Gov. Bill Haslam, music (some of it free), nonprofit fundraisers, and a regatta at Oak Ridge Marina.
The Emory Valley Center of Oak Ridge is having a fundraiser from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Friday to raise money for a campaign to replace the current building on Emory Valley Road. The fundraiser will feature a barbeque dinner and performance by Boys’ Night Out at Buddy’s Banquet Hall in Knoxville.
Aftah Party will perform Friday in the second show of the Secret City Sounds concert series at A.K. Bissell Park. The show begins at 7 p.m.
This ten-piece band, formed by brothers Ken and Keith Brown and their longtime friend Melvin Ellis, will be playing a mixture of funk, soul, hip-hop, jazz, and rock at the park’s pavilion.
Sound Company will perform its spring show at 7 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12.
The show, “One World, One Voice“, will be at The Grove Theater at High Places Church. There will also be a school showing on Friday morning at 9:30 a.m.
The Midtown Community Center hosts ballroom dancing every Monday at 6:30 p.m. in the Wildcat Den Room. Free lessons are available from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the dancing continues until 8:30 p.m. On live band nights, the music plays until 9:00 p.m.
Admission is $3 on regular Mondays and $6 on live band nights. There is a variety of music from big band to the ’70s, with a little “country” added to the mix.
For more information contact Ann Stuck at (865) 482-2658 or Patti at (865) 482-3701.
