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Secret City Festival to expand into week-long celebration in June

Posted at 3:58 pm December 13, 2016
By John Huotari 2 Comments

Secret City Festival World War II Re-enactment 2015

A Flak 88 firing during a Battle of Normandy re-enactment at the 2015 Secret City Festival in Oak Ridge. (Photo by Rob Welton)

 

The Secret City Festival will expand into a week-long celebration in June, and it will be called the Secret City Celebration.

The change has been announced by Celebrate Oak Ridge, a nonprofit organization created by the Oak Ridge City Council to take over the production of the festival from the city.

The Secret City Celebration will include a full week of events celebrating the arts, culture, and history of Oak Ridge, organizers said. It will kick off with an opening ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, June 2, 2017. It will include events presented by Celebrate Oak Ridge and other partner organizations.

“A crowd favorite, World War II Living History, will serve as the kickoff event on June 2 and 3, with re-enactments scheduled on Saturday,” a press release said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Government, Music, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, arts, Celebrate Oak Ridge, culture, diversity, Dogwood Arts, history, Marshall Tucker Band, Mike Brown, Oak Ridge City Council, Secret City Celebration, Secret City Festival, Three Dog Night, United Way of Anderson County, World War II, World War II Living History

Record crowds: Secret City Festival was ‘tremendous success’

Posted at 11:21 pm June 20, 2015
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Secret City Festival Concert 2015

A concert crowd at the 2015 Secret City Festival in Oak Ridge. (Photo by Robert Welton)

 

The 2015 Oak Ridge Secret City Festival drew record attendance, despite the heat, organizers said. Concerts by the Marshall Tucker Band and Three Dog Night attracted the highest number of spectators in festival history.

“We were ecstatic with the turnout for both concerts,” says, Marc DeRose, executive director of the Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau. “We knew the bands would be popular but didn’t expect to see quite so many people. It was outstanding!”

Attendances for The Marshall Tucker Band and Three Dog Night were more than 2,200 and more than 3,500, respectively. The previous record was 2,300 for the Rick Springfield concert in 2013.

“After seeing how many tickets were sold at the gate for Friday’s Marshall Tucker concert, we decided to move the concert fences back to accommodate the expected additional 1,000-plus spectators for Three Dog Night,” DeRose said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Community, Entertainment, Government, Music, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: art show, Arts Council of Oak Ridge, City of Oak Ridge, Consolidated Nuclear Security LLC, festival, Jon Hetrick, Marc DeRose, Marshall Tucker Band, Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, re-enactment, Secret City Festival, Three Dog Night, TN Creats, World War II, World War II Battle of Normandy Reenactment

Photos: Record-setting crowd at Three Dog Night concert

Posted at 10:00 am June 14, 2015
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Secret City Festival Crowd at Three Dog Night Concert

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. Here’s a panoramic view from the stage. (Photo by Jon Hetrick)

 

Numbers weren’t immediately available, but organizers and volunteers said a record-setting crowd attended the Three Dog Night concert at the Secret City Festival on Saturday night.

Here are a few photos by Jon Hetrick and John Westcott. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Entertainment, Government, Music, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Slider Tagged With: concert, John Westcott, Jon Hetrick, Secret City Festival, Three Dog Night

Reminder: Secret City Festival this weekend

Posted at 11:03 am June 12, 2015
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Secret City Festival Water Slide

Photo courtesy Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau 

 

Note: This story was last updated at 12:20 p.m.

Reminder: The Secret City Festival is this weekend. The festival kicks off with an opening ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Friday, and it continues through Saturday evening.

The Secret City Festival celebrates family fun, great entertainment, and arts and crafts, and it commemorates the incredible history that makes this town unique, organizers said.

“Join us as we honor the men and women who built this community and helped end the greatest war mankind has ever known,” they said.

The award-winning, two-day event includes the following and more: [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Community, Government, Meetings and Events, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: Arts Council of Oak Ridge, Battle of Normandy, City of Oak Ridge, festival, Legacy, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, reenactment, Secret City Festival, Steve Rutledge and the Groove Evolution, The Marshall Tucker Band, Three Dog Night, World War II Reenactment

Secret City Festival outlines security procedures for concert attendees

Posted at 11:40 pm May 27, 2015
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Visitors to the Secret City Festival can expect tighter security measures and maybe a few delays when entering the concerts this year, all in the name of safety, organizers said.

No backpacks or coolers will be allowed into the concert site, and all bags will be subject to search, organizers said in a press release. This includes bags used to store chairs. Visitors should expect delays if carrying in anything that needs to be searched.

Organizers suggest festival attendees only bring their concert tickets, money for food, an ID to buy or consume beer, and a chair for the concerts. Once inside the concert site, festival seating is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. The concert site opens at 5:30 p.m.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Front Page News, Government, Music, Nonprofits, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Arts Council of Oak Ridge, City of Oak Ridge, concerts, Legacy, Marshall Tucker Band, Oak Ridge City Center, Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, Secret City Festival, security, Steve Rutledge and the Groove Evolution, Three Dog Night

Secret City Festival opening bands: Legacy; Steve Rutledge, Groove Evolution

Posted at 3:50 pm April 11, 2015
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Steve Rutledge and Groove Evolution

Steve Rutledge and the Groove Evolution will open for The Marshall Tucker Band at the Secret City Festival on Friday, June 12, and Legacy will open for Three Dog Night on Saturday, June 13.

Steve Rutledge and the Groove Evolution

Steve Rutledge is a guitar virtuoso/vocalist/producer originally from Frankfort, Kentucky, organizers said. He Moved to Nashville in 1997 to pursue a dream of playing music professionally and producing new artists. His music is a mix of rock, rhythm and blues, classic rock, and country.

Organizers said Rutledge has played worldwide and shared the stage and/or opened for artists such as Trace Adkins, Reba, Emerson Drive, and Toby Keith, to name a few. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Government, Meetings and Events, Music, Oak Ridge, Top Stories Tagged With: Legacy, Secret City Festival, Steve Rutledge and the Groove Evolution, The Marshall Tucker Band, Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night to headline Saturday night concert at Secret City Festival

Posted at 9:36 pm April 2, 2015
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Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night (Submitted photo)

 

Three Dog Night will headline the Saturday night concert at the Secret City Festival in June.

The band’s hits include “Joy to the World,” “An Old Fashioned Love Song,” “Mama Told Me (Not To Come),” “Black and White,” “Shambala,” and “One.”

The 13th Annual Secret City Festival is June 12-13. Three Dog Night will play on Saturday, June 13. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Entertainment, Front Page News, Meetings and Events, Music, Slider, Top Stories Tagged With: American Museum of Science and Energy, Arts Council of Oak Ridge, Battle of Normandy, City of Oak Ridge, concert, Oak Ridge Convention and Visitors Bureau, Secret City Festival, Three Dog Night, World War II Reenactment

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