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Flatwater Festival is Friday at Melton Lake Park

Posted at 11:57 am June 1, 2017
By Carolyn Krause Leave a Comment

The three Rotary clubs of Oak Ridge will hold a fundraiser on Friday, June 2, at five that’s full of fun. It’s called the Flatwater Festival, and it is open from 5 to 11 p.m. You can watch teams of two build boats of plywood with simple hand tools in two-and-a-half hours. Then you can watch them paddle their boats as they race across the lagoon at Melton Lake Park.

The event is free and you can listen to area bands Ridge City Ramblers, The Unnamed, and Four Leaf Peat, as they play folk, blues, and Irish/Appalachian music on the stage, starting at 5:30.

But bring money so your kids can play in a bounce house ($5) and you can be a contestant in a cornhole tournament ($10). You will also want to drink and eat. At the festival for a small price, you can buy beer, barbecue, and burgers. Other offerings include hot dogs, wine, ice cream, and bottles of “flat” water. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Music, Recreation, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: community service projects, Emory Valley Center, Flatwater Festival, Four Leaf Peat, Gene Caldwell, Melton Lake Park, Oak Ridge, Ridge City Ramblers, Rotary Club, The Unnamed

Three Rotary clubs to present Flatwater Festival on Friday, June 2

Posted at 9:21 am May 8, 2017
By Carolyn H Krause Leave a Comment

Flatwater Festival logo (Created by Jim Dodson)

Flatwater Festival logo (Created by Jim Dodson)

 

Bands, beer, boats, and bounce houses. A cornhole tournament. Wine, water, and soda pop.

Teams that build, decorate, and paddle boats while you watch and listen to live music. Barbeque, hamburgers, hot dogs, and ice cream.

Does that sound like a party? It’s the inaugural Flatwater Festival fundraiser on Friday, June 2.

The Flatwater Festival, a fundraiser for community projects supported by the three Rotary clubs of Oak Ridge, will be held from 5 to 11 p.m., Friday, June 2, on the peninsula of Melton Lake Park. Admission to the festival is free, and $5 per person will be charged for unlimited time at the bounce house and obstacle course.

A portion of the proceeds from the festival will go to Emory Valley Center in memory of Dr. Gene Caldwell, a pediatrician, state lawmaker, EVC fundraiser, and Rotarian. The rest will support the diverse community service projects of the Rotary clubs. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: B&B Barbeque, Cornhole Tournament, Emily Jernigan, Emory Valley Center, Flatwater Festival, Four Leaf Peat, fundraiser, Gene Caldwell, Melton Lake Peninsula, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Breakfast Rotary Club, Razzleberry’s, Ridge City Ramblers, Rotary clubs, The Unnamed, Untamed Kitchen

Lavender Festival returns to Jackson Square on Saturday

Posted at 5:49 pm June 11, 2013
By Dawn Huotari 4 Comments

Lavender Festival

Celebrating all things herbal in Oak Ridge, the Lavender Festival returns to Historic Jackson Square on Saturday. It’s the festival’s 15th year, and it’s scheduled from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The free festival features food and music, and close to 100 vendors. They will have plants and herbs, and products related to gardening, cooking, health, and aromatherapy, in addition to fine art and crafts. There will also be booths for children, with crafts, a dinosaur exhibit, and street performers.

Festival-goers can sample foods made with herbs from 9 to 11 a.m. and watch a grilling-with-herbs demonstration by Market House chefs beginning at 1 p.m. Live music will be performed by local musicians throughout the day. Informative presentations and workshops will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the CapitalMark Bank and Trust building next to the playhouse. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Music, Top Stories Tagged With: Allen McBride, aromatherapy, arts, Buck Hoffman Band, Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, Children’s Gardening Activity, Controlling Weight Pain and Blood Sugar, cooking, crafts, Early Bird Special, elderberry, Emily Cleveland-Job, Erin's Meadow Herb Farm, food, Four Leaf Peat, Gardener’s Hand Salve, gardening, health, Heavenscent, herbal luncheon, herbs, Historic Jackson Square, How Do you Want Your Community to Grow, Kathy Burke Mihalczo, Lauren Smith, Lavender Bath and Body, Lavender Festival, Lee Younger, Liz and Tim, Lorraine Bowen, Marie Bullock, Might House Band, music, PlanEt, plants, Sherith Colverson, Slow Food of the Tennessee Valley

Reminder: Tune Junkie Weekend starts today

Posted at 10:40 am February 15, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Traditional Irish Arts of Knoxville has organized a weekend of Irish music, culture, and fun at the Grove Theater in Oak Ridge and Boyd’s Jig and Reel in Knoxville, and it starts today.

It’s the 5th Annual Tune Junkie Weekend, and it will feature workshops, sessions, and a showcase concert.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Music, Top Stories Tagged With: Boyd’s Jig and Reel, culture, Four Leaf Peat, Grove Theater, Irish music, Joseph Sobol, Red Wellies, Traditional Irish Arts of Knoxville, Tune Junkie Weekend

Weekend of Irish music, culture, fun scheduled for February

Posted at 10:21 pm January 14, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Traditional Irish Arts of Knoxville has organized a weekend of Irish music, culture, and fun in February at the Grove Theater in Oak Ridge and Boyd’s Jig and Reel in Knoxville.

It’s the 5th Annual Tune Junkie Weekend, and it will feature workshops, sessions, and a showcase concert.

The weekend kicks off on Friday, Feb. 17, with an open house and staff session at the Historic Grover Theater. Doors open at 5 p.m., and the session begins at 7 p.m., a press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Music, Top Stories Tagged With: Boyd’s Jig and Reel, culture, Four Leaf Peat, Grove Theater, Irish music, Joseph Sobol, Red Wellies, Traditional Irish Arts of Knoxville, Tune Junkie Weekend

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