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Secret City Festival is this weekend

Posted at 10:22 am June 7, 2018
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Although numbers weren't immediately available, organizers said a record-setting crowd attended the Three Dog Night concert at the Secret City Festival on Saturday. (Photo by Jon Hetrick)

A record-setting crowd is pictured above at the Three Dog Night concert at the Secret City Festival in June 2015. (File photo courtesy Jon Hetrick)

 

The Secret City Festival on Friday and Saturday will feature music, food, children’s activities, historic exhibits, arts and crafts, technology, robotics, magic, a juggler, a K-9 search demonstration, wine tasting, tours of two federal sites, veterans parade, an attempt to set a world record in a basketball game, and headline concerts featuring Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx, and Little River Band.

There have been pre-festival events this week, including a Battle of the Bands tonight (Thursday, June 7), and a live radio broadcast featuring two bands on Monday, and a Children’s Movie Night on Wednesday.

At the Secret City Festival this weekend, a main stage concert on Friday night will feature Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx. The opening band is The Band Legacy. The show starts at 7 p.m.

The main stage concert on Saturday night will feature the Little River Band. The opening band is Janelle Arthur. The show starts at 7 p.m.

Tickets are available online or at Citizens First Bank at 1298 Oak Ridge Turnpike for $25. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Community, Entertainment, Food, Front Page News, Movies, Music, Slider Tagged With: arts and crafts, basketball, children's activities, Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx, FIRST Robotics Secret City Invitational, food, Guinness Book of World Records attempt, historic exhibits, K-9 search demonstration, knockout basketball, Little River Band, magic, music, Oak Ridge National Laboratory tours, robotics, Secret City Festival, technology, Tennessee Creates Juried Arts and Crafts Show, tours, Veterans Parade, wine tasting, world record, Y-12 National Security Complex public tours

Pumpkin Festival is Saturday in Grove Center

Posted at 12:59 pm October 25, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Pumpkin Fest 2015

By Jim Widener

The 13th Annual Pumpkin Festival in the Historic Grove Center on Halloween will feature live music, family-friendly activities, and food vendors. The Pumpkin Festival is from noon until 6 p.m. Saturday, October 31, at Oak Ridge’s Historic Grove Center. The community is invited to enjoy Halloween with us!

Dress up and get in the spirit. Kids are especially encouraged to enter the costume contest. Our celebrity judges will present prizes for the best costumes. Pets and their people are encouraged to dress in outrageous, fanciful costumes and join in the fun! Pets are allowed to come in on a foot-powered float, like a wagon or decorated bicycle. And don’t forget the pumpkin chunkin’ contest! [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Music, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: costume contest, Danny Whitson, food, Grove Center, Halloween, High Places Community Church, Jada Blade, Jim Widener, magic, music, Pumpkin Festival, The Barber Shop, Third Degree, Tradewinds

Magic at the Grove features magicians, family entertainment on Saturday

Posted at 4:03 pm August 2, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

Magic at the Grove

Magic at the Grove on Saturday, August 8, will feature magicians that will entertain the entire family, a press release said.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. at the Historic Grove Theater in Grove Center, and beverages and snacks will be available for sale.

Tickets can be purchased through www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door.

The featured magicians are: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Entertainment, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Top Stories Tagged With: Andrew Hyder, Danny Whitson, Donovan Stapp, Grove Theater, Harley Chapeau, magic, Magic at the Grove, magicians, Victor Agreda

Pet of the Day: Magic

Posted at 2:28 am February 12, 2015
By Dawn Huotari Leave a Comment

Pet of the Day: Magic

Submitted

Just a little longer until Valentines Day. Who needs candy and flowers? You need me. My name is Magic, and I will be your true love. XOXOs  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Pets Tagged With: magic, Oak Ridge Animal Shelter, Pet of the Day, Pet of the Day-Magic

Children’s Museum hosts Wonderful Wednesdays

Posted at 6:12 pm June 14, 2013
By Kay Brookshire Leave a Comment

Mark Young

Magician Mark Young will be featured at Wonderful Wednesday at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge on June 19. (Submitted photo)

The sleight-of-hand tricks of a magician will be featured at Wonderful Wednesday, from 11 a.m.-noon June 19 at the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge. Mark Young will bring his entertaining magic show to the museum, delighting children with his magic tricks.

Young was a professional magician for 20 years, working in such locations as the Big Red Boat cruise line of Walt Disney World, Cypress Gardens in Florida, and Opryland in Nashville. The magician began learning tricks as a child in Oak Ridge and has entertained children and adults at past museum events. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Top Stories Tagged With: Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, Imagination Station Carnival, Imagination Station Summer Camp, Knoxville Kids on the Block, Knoxville Opera, Knoxville Zoo, magic, magician, Mark Young, Spice of India Dancers, Wonderful Wednesday

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