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Pre-Festival Wednesday night: Children’s Movie Night features ‘Despicable Me 3’ at ORHS

Posted at 9:33 am June 6, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Children’s Movie Night tonight (Wednesday, June 6) will feature “Despicable Me 3” at Oak Ridge High School. It’s a pre-festival event for the Secret City Festival this weekend.

The movie is scheduled to start at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Ben Martin Track at Oak Ridge High School.

The first pre-festival event was Monday, a live radio broadcast by WDVX 89.9 FM, featuring Ridge City Ramblers and Kukuly and Gypsy Fuego.

Another pre-festival event this week, before the Secret City Festival on Friday and Saturday, is a Battle of the Bands at the pavilion at Alvin K. Bissell Park at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, presented by United Way of Anderson County, the Oak Ridge Youth Advisory Board, and MERLE FM.

There are many events scheduled for the Secret City Festival on Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Entertainment, Food, Movies, Music Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, Battle of the Bands, Children's Movie Night, Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx, Despicable Me 3, Janelle Arthur, Little River Band, Oak Ridge High School, pre-festival event, Secret City Festival, The Band Legacy

Pre-Festival tonight: WDVX live broadcast with Ridge City Ramblers

Posted at 9:44 am June 4, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Ridge City Ramblers

Ridge City Ramblers

 

A live radio broadcast show in Oak Ridge tonight will feature Ridge City Ramblers and Kukuly and Gypsy Fuego. It’s a pre-festival event for the Secret City Festival this weekend.

Ridge City Ramblers plays bluegrass, and Kukuly and Gypsy Fuego plays gypsy jazz, according to WDVX 89.9 FM, a listener-supported radio station that will broadcast the show live.

The concert is this evening (Monday, June 4). The music is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., according to WDVX and ORNL Federal Credit Union, which is presenting the show.

It’s the first in a series of free summer concerts in Oak Ridge called the “Summer Sessions” and presented by ORNL Federal Credit Union. Performers will include bluegrass and Americana bands from throughout the region. Future concerts will be held on the following Saturdays: July 21, August 18, September 8, and October 6. All concerts will be held outdoors at the pavilion in Alvin K. Bissell Park at 1401 Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge. They are free. The full lineup can be found on ORNL FCU’s Facebook page or at ornlfcu.com/summer-sessions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Community, Entertainment, Food, Movies, Music, Slider Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, Battle of the Bands, Children's Movie Night, Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx, Janelle Arthur, Kukuly and Gypsy Fuego, Little River Band, Oak Ridge, ORNL Federal Credit Union, Ridge City Ramblers, Secret City Festival, Summer Sessions, The Band Legacy, WDVX

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