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Secret City Festival: Seven days of celebration

Posted at 4:53 pm May 29, 2017
By Carolyn H Krause Leave a Comment

Two weekends, counting Fridays. Two weekdays. Seven days of celebration, from June 2 through June 10, 2017, mostly at A. K. Bissell Park. And admission to all events is free of charge. (Photo and caption courtesy Celebrate Oak Ridge and Carolyn Krause)

Two weekends, counting Fridays. Two weekdays. Seven days of celebration, from June 2 through June 10, 2017, mostly at A. K. Bissell Park. And admission to all events is free of charge. (Photo and caption courtesy Celebrate Oak Ridge and Carolyn Krause)

 

Two weekends, counting Fridays. Two weekdays. Seven days of celebration, from June 2 through June 10, mostly at A. K. Bissell Park. And admission to all events is free of charge.

The new Secret City Festival, brought to you by Celebrate Oak Ridge, will be bookended by two special weekends. The first weekend will celebrate Oak Ridge and World War II history. A free family movie will be shown on Tuesday, June 6; the arts will be celebrated on Wednesday, June 7; and music and art are the focus of the second weekend, June 9-10.

Celebrate Oak Ridge June 2017 Schedule Web

On Friday, June 2, tours of the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with shuttles running to and from the American Museum of Science and Energy and New Hope Center. U.S. citizenship and pre-registration are required for tours. Graphite Reactor tours at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will also be held then on a first-come, first-served basis, with departure on buses from AMSE.

Oak Ridge Mayor Warren Gooch will officially open the festival, and the crew of the U.S.S. Oak Ridge will present and ring the U.S.S. Oak Ridge bell at 8:30 p.m. At 9 p.m., the movie “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” will be shown free of charge.

Overnight, approximately 200 re-enactors will be setting up an overnight encampment with World War II-era tents in Bissell Park. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Community, Dancing, Entertainment, Music, Nonprofits, Slider Tagged With: A.K. Bissell Park, Adam Austin, American Museum of Science and Energy, AMSE, Cattywampus Puppet Council, Celebrate Oak Ridge, Celebrate the Arts, Cereus Bright, Clinton Riddle, Dave Eggar, Dr. Dog, Edgar Harrell, Eileen Neiler, Electric Darling, First United Methodist Church Choir, Grace Covenant Church Choir, Green McAdoo Cultural Center, Henry Fribourg, Hudson K, Interfaith Celebration of Music & Dance, J-25 Jazz Quartet of Oak Ridge, Jewish Congregation of Oak Ridge Dance Group, Kathy Hill & The Deltas, Megan and her Goody Goodies, Michael Messing Magic, Midtown Community Center, Natti Lovejoys, New Hope Center, Nora Jane Struthers, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge After DArk, Oak Ridge Civic Ballet Association Dance Group, Oak Ridge Civic Center, Oak Ridge Heritage and Preservation Association, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church Band, Ready for Rain Band, Robyn James Ensemble, Secret City Festival, Secret City Winds, Shana Banana, Sing!, Teen Spirit, The Accidentals, The Black Lillies, Tim Kubart, Udari Jayasiri, United Way of Anderson County, Warren Gooch, World War II, Y-12 National Security Complex

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