Meatporphosis@ RPL
Tean Reading Program 5:30pm-7pm
Monday: South Branch
Tuesday: East Branch
Thursday: Headquarters
Creatures Come Alive: July 7-10
Comic Bookk Creations: July 14-17
Your Transformation: July 21-24
Monarch Cookout: July 21 (at South Branch only)
Rowan Pulbic Library
201 West Fisher St, Salisbury
704-216-8228
At the Movies
July 8: 6:30pm
Much Ado About Nothing
Refreshments provided
Rowan Public Library
201 West Fisher St., Salisbury
704-216-8228
Rowan Radio Society
Dates: Start Date: 7/12/2008 End Date: 7/12/2008
Details:
Salisbury Civic Center 315 S Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue 9am – 4pm Call 704-638-5275 for more information
Business Phone: 704-638-5275
Summer Concert Series
Concerts begin at about 7:00 p.m. and are held at Village Park.
�� Saturday, July 12, 2008 – Superglide
�� Saturday, July 26, 2008 – Too Much Sylvia
�� Friday & Saturday, August 8 & 9, 2008– Beach Music Festival
o Friday: Jim Quick & Coastline
o Saturday: Craig Woolard Band; Mark Roberts and The Breeze; Fantastic Shakers with Fireworks
At the Movies
July 15: 6:30pm
Romeo and Juliet
Refreshments provided
Rowan Public Library
201 West Fisher St., Salisbury
704-216-8228
Leading Ladies
Dates: Start Date: 7/17/2008 End Date: 7/17/2008
Details:
A comedy about two Shakespearean actors who dress like two women so that they may fool an old women into thinking that they are her nieces, so they can inherit her money when she dies. July 17-19, July 23-26 at 7:30pm and July 20 at 2:30pm Preformed by the Piedmont Players Theatre Group at the Meroney Theatre on S. Main St. in Salisbury, NC.
Web Address: www.piedmontplayers.com
Business Phone: 704-633-5471
Krazy Klearance
Dates: Start Date: 7/17/2008 End Date: 7/19/2008
Details:
Shops downtown host a sidewalk sale and shops are open late. There will be entertainment and a chance to win Krazy Klearance Bucks to be spent at participating stores.
Contact Name: Downtown Salisbury Inc.
Web Address: www.downtownsalisburync.com
Business Phone: 704-637-7814
Union Street Live
Third Thursday of each Month
May - August
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Historic Courthouse Lawn
July 17 Sea Cruz
August 21 Billy Scott an the Prophets
China Grove Farmer's Day
Dates: Start Date: 7/19/2008 End Date: 7/19/2008
Details:
China Grove, NC Arts and crafts, food and fun, entertainment. All day, downtown China Grove.
Contact Info:
Contact Name: Lee Withers or Amanda Eller
Email: farmersdaychairman@carolinarr.com or aeller@chinagrovenc.gov
Business Phone: 704-855-4684 or 704-857-2466
At the Movies
July 22: 6:30pm
Love's Labor Lost
Refreshments provided
Rowan Public Library
201 West Fisher St., Salisbury
704-216-8228
Stars In The Park, Summer Movie Series
The outdoor movies have been edited for family viewing. Karaoke, moon bounce, games and activities will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will start at 8:45 p.m. Food from Chick-Fil-A Concord Commons will be available. Concord Youth Council will sell popcorn and refreshments. Don't forget to bring your chairs and blankets!
Friday, 7/25- The Water Horse Legend of the Deep
Friday, 8/22- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Les Myers Park, CD Lyons Ballfield
338 Lawndale Avenue SW
Contact: Concord Parks & Recreation
Phone: 704-920-5600
Email: recreation@ci.concord.nc.us
Summer Concert Series
Concerts begin at about 7:00 p.m. and are held at Village Park.
�� Saturday, July 26, 2008 – Too Much Sylvia
�� Friday & Saturday, August 8 & 9, 2008– Beach Music Festival
o Friday: Jim Quick & Coastline
o Saturday: Craig Woolard Band; Mark Roberts and The Breeze; Fantastic Shakers with Fireworks
Summertime-Blues Cure" Concert
Sunday, 3 p.m., July 27th, 2008
(LOCATION: Salisbury High School; Lincolnton Rd.; Salisbury, NC USA)
- MUSICAL GUESTS -
The Polka Dots
(Polka Band)
Lorna Brown, Accordion; George Hill, Cornet; Anne Cave, Guitar/Vocals
Dr. John Cave, Clarinet; Foster Owen, Tuba & Dr. Steve Etters, Euphonium
Ed Clark - singer/songwriter (Salisbury native) – direct from Nashville, TN!
(Ed will be performing his arrangement of a Beatles medley AND two of his original songs,
including a country-music waltz, in the tradition of Anne Murray's "Could I Have This Dance".
Negotiations currently in progress for “She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not!” to become
one of the songs (and a single release) on a future Ronnie Milsap (another NC native) album!!!
The Music Makers
.. performing great Swing & Dixieland Jazz – led by Dr. Clyde Young – featuring vocalist Libby Young!
Members: Jim Calabrese, Sax/Clarinet; Vick Tel, Bass; Charlie Reese, Piano & Albert Stout, Vocalist.
Neal Wilkinson
- VOCALIST -
(Neil will sing “God Bless America”)
At the Movies
July 29: 6:30pm
Henry V
Refreshments provided
Rowan Public Library
201 West Fisher St., Salisbury
704-216-8228
100th Anniversary of the Ford Model T
Dates: Start Date: 8/2/2008 End Date: 8/2/2008
Details:
North Carolina Transportation Museum Celebrate with us at the All Ford Show from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. We want 100 Model T's on display, so bring out your T! All Fords welcome, free to register and free for spectators. For more information call 704-636-2889, toll free at 877-NCTM-FUN, or visit www.nctrans.org.
Giordana Crossroads Classic Bike Race
Dates: Start Date: 8/7/2008 End Date: 8/7/2008
Details:
North Main Street in Historical Downtown Salisbury, NC Thursday, August 7th, 5pm – 11pm Free. Thursday night is Giordana Crossroads Classic Bike Race. This includes kids’ bicycle races and adult tricycle races.
Business Phone: 704-637-7814
Lord Salisbury Celebrates Summer! Four Seasons, More Reasons to Celebrate Downtown Salisbury!
Dates: Start Date: 8/8/2008 End Date: 8/8/2008
Details:
Location: North Main Street in Historical Downtown Salisbury, NC Friday, August 8th, 5pm Admission: Free Friday night is 70’s Night Out. There will be entertainment and activities around town and the shops will be open late. There will also be a children’s area. Come dressed in your disco duds!
Business Phone: 704-637-7814
Summer Concert Series
Concerts begin at about 7:00 p.m. and are held at Village Park.
�� Friday & Saturday, August 8 & 9, 2008– Beach Music Festival
o Friday: Jim Quick & Coastline
o Saturday: Craig Woolard Band; Mark Roberts and The Breeze; Fantastic Shakers with Fireworks
RiverDance 2008
Dates: Start Date: 8/9/2008 End Date: 8/9/2008
Details:
The annual RiverDance Celebration at the Salisbury Station, 215 Depot Street Salisbury. For more details, 704-647-0302 or www.centrallands.org
Contact Info:
Contact Name: The LandTrust for Central North Carolina
Email: barbara@landtrustcnc.org
Web Address:
Business Phone: 704-647-0302
Union Street Live
Third Thursday of each Month
May - August
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Historic Courthouse Lawn
August 21 Billy Scott an the Prophets
Stars In The Park, Summer Movie Series
The outdoor movies have been edited for family viewing. Karaoke, moon bounce, games and activities will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the movie will start at 8:45 p.m. Food from Chick-Fil-A Concord Commons will be available. Concord Youth Council will sell popcorn and refreshments. Don't forget to bring your chairs and blankets!
Friday, 8/22- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Les Myers Park, CD Lyons Ballfield
338 Lawndale Avenue SW
Contact: Concord Parks & Recreation
Phone: 704-920-5600
Email: recreation@ci.concord.nc.us
Mopar Car Show
Dates: Start Date: 8/30/2008 End Date: 8/30/2008
Details:
North Carolina Transportation Museum The Plymouth Car Club will display all kinds of Mopar vehicles fro 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Free. For more information call 704-636-2889, toll free at 877-NCTM-FUN, or visit www.nctrans.org.
Family Night Out on the Town
Dates: Start Date: 9/5/2008 End Date: 9/5/2008
Details:
Historical Downtown Salisbury Friday, September 5th, 2008, 5pm – 10 pm Free Activities for kids, shops open late, and entertainment.
Business Phone: 704-637-7814
Granite Fest
Dates: Start Date: 9/6/2008 End Date: 9/6/2008
Details:
Granite Quarry, NC There will be food, tractors, inflatable rides, singing, dancing and an Elvis impersonator. There will also be a street dance with music provided by "Still Cruzin'"(Beach, Jazz, top 40 music).
Contact Info:
Contact Name: Susan Closner/ Town of Granite Quarry
Business Phone: 704-279-5596 ext.204
"Maestros Unleashed!"
September 13: 7:30pm
“Pizazzz! American Style”
- Broadway’s Smokin’! -
- Pop Goes Wild! -
- Beethoven’s Got The Blues! -
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Take a quality musical performance, turn it upside down, add three parts pure exhilaration, two parts breathtaking variety, one part comedy and a dash of musical mischief and you have the recipe for this exciting production.
VENUE/LOCATION:
Keppel Auditorium
(Robertson Community Center)
Catawba College Campus
2300 West Innes Street
Salisbury, NC 28144
PAWS in the Park
Dates: Start Date: 9/20/2008 End Date: 9/20/2008
Details:
Paws in the Park is a dog walk on the Salisbury Green Way to raise awareness and money for our furry friends and green spaces. Proceeds go to Faithful Friends Animal Sanctuary and the LandTrust for Central NC. Registration is $15. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 10 a.m. at Knox Middle School in Salisbury. This event is sponsored by Surge, Rowan County’s young professionals and the LandTrust.
Contact Info:
Contact Name: Jill Waggoner
Email: surge_salisbury@yahoo.com
Web Address: www.SalisburyPawsinthePark.com
Business Phone: 704-314-4710
Day Out With Thomas™
Dates: Start Date: 9/26/2008 End Date: 9/28/2008
Details:
Day Out With Thomas™ (fee, tickets required) North Carolina Transportation Museum Take a 25-minute train ride with Thomas the Tank Engine™, a real steam locomotive. Meet Sir Topham Hatt™, see a magician show, play in bounce castles, get a temporary tattoo, and much more. Model train layouts, live railroad music and a Caboose Train are part of the fun. Advance tickets go on sale April 1, 2008. For more information call 704-636-2889, toll free at 877-NCTM-FUN, or visit www.nctrans.org.
Contact Info:
Contact Name:
Email:
Web Address: www.nctrans.org
Business Phone: 704-636-2889
Gold Hill Founder's Day Celebration
Dates: Start Date: 9/27/2008 End Date: 9/27/2008
Details:
Festivities from 9 am until 7 pm. Vendors, parade at 10 am, entertainment and opening ceremony at 11 am, Founder's Day Dance at 7 pm. Music by Silverado. Gold Panning competition, and much more.
Contact Info:
Contact Name: Vivian Hopkins
Email: vivian@historicgoldhill.com
Web Address: www.historicgoldhill.com
Business Phone: 704-279-5777
A Day Out with Thomas
Dates: Start Date: 10/3/2008 End Date: 10/3/2008
Details:
Day Out With Thomas™ (fee, tickets required) North Carolina Transportation Museum Take a 25-minute train ride with Thomas the Tank Engine™, a real steam locomotive. Meet Sir Topham Hatt™, see a magician show, play in bounce castles, get a temporary tattoo, and much more. Model train layouts, live railroad music and a Caboose Train are part of the fun. Advance tickets go on sale April 1, 2008. For more information call 704-636-2889, toll free at 877-NCTM-FUN, or visit www.nctrans.org.
Annual Granite Quarry Civitan Fiddler's Convention
Dates: Start Date: 10/4/2008 End Date: 10/4/2008
Details:
Held at East Rowan High School. Great Music, trophies, awards, good food, and fun. Admission fee of $5.
Autumn Jubilee
Dates: Start Date: 10/4/2008 End Date: 10/4/2008
Details:
Crafts, food, live entertainment, games, children's theatre, clogging barn, pumpkin painting, nationally known entertainers and much more. Sorry, NO pets allowed. 10 am to 6 pm. Dan Nicholas Park & Campground
Contact Info:
Contact Name: Dan Nichols Park
Email:
Web Address: www.dannicholas.net
Business Phone: 704-216-7800
Tollfree Phone: 1-866-767-2757
Lord Salisbury Celebrates Autumn! Four Seasons, More Reasons to Celebrate
Dates: Start Date: 10/10/2008 End Date: 10/10/2008
Details:
Downtown Salisbury! Friday through Sunday, October 10th – 12th, 2008 Admission: All events are free on Friday Night. Friday, Oct. 10th, from 5pm to 10pm will be OctoberTour Night Out. Shops will be open late, there will be a children’s area, and there will also be music at various areas around downtown.
Business Phone: 704-637-7814
OctoberTour of Homes
Dates: Start Date: 10/11/2008 End Date: 10/12/2008
Details:
Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11th and 12th, is the 33rd Annual OctoberTour. Come tour a few of our local historical homes. OctoberTour – one word and trademarked – focuses on one of Salisbury’s ten National Register Historic Districts, West Square. In and around that district, OctoberTour volunteers have selected nine homes and one historic structure all within walking distance of each other. Call 704-636-0103 for ticket information, visit www.historicsalisbury.org for times and home locations.
Contact Info:
Contact Name:
Email:
Web Address: www.historicsalisbury.org
Business Phone: 704-636-0103
10th Annual Blues & Jazz Festival
Dates: Start Date: 10/11/2008 End Date: 10/11/2008
Details:
Saturday, Oct. 11th, is the 10th Annual Blues & Jazz Festival for 12 noon until 11pm. Live Blues and Jazz from around the region. Food, arts and crafts vendors. Bring lawn stair. For more information call Rowan Blues & Jazz Society at 704-636-3277.
Business Phone: 704-636-3277
2nd Annual Jackie Torrence Storytelling Festival
Dates: Start Date: 10/11/2008 End Date: 10/11/2008
Details:
Saturday, Oct. 11th, from 10am – 1pm, is the 2nd Annual Jackie Torrence Storytelling Festival at the Rowan Public Library. Featuring local young storytellers and musicians. There will also be a special performance by a professional storyteller. Call the Rowan Public Library at 704-216-8258 for more information.
Business Phone: 704-216-8258
North Carolina Symphony
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Keppel Auditorium
8:00p.m.
William Henry Curry, Conductor
Scott Tennant, Guitar
Admission: Adult $20; Senior $17; Student $6; Children $4
Summer Reading Challange
October 16: 6:30pm
Reading list: The Appeal by John Grisham; The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer, Black Men Built the Capital by Jesse J. Holland and Divided America by Earl Black and Merle Black
Waterworks Museum
704-633-5779
Antique Automobile Club of America Show
Dates: Start Date: 10/18/2008 End Date: 3/10/2008
Details:
North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC 10 a.m. - 3 p.m Members of the Furnitureland Chapter of the AACA will display classic cars of all makes and models. Free for spectators. . For more information call 704-636-2889, toll free at 877-NCTM-FUN, or visit www.nctrans.org.
Web Address: www.nctrans.org
Business Phone: 704-636-2889
Ghost Tour
Dates: Start Date: 10/25/2008 End Date: 10/25/2008
Details:
'Haunted' Historic Gold Hill You asked for it, Here it is!!! Gold Hill is reported to have its share of ghosts and it is the perfect time of year to introduce them to the visitors on our website and visitors who dare to visit Gold Hill Mines Historic Park and Village. Join us this year on Saturday, October 25, 2008 for the 'GHOST TOUR'. Ghost stories and tours of reputedly haunted sites will begin at The RUSSELL-RUFTY SHELTER in the park and run from 6 - 10PM. Refreshments will be available. Tickets for the event are $5 for Adults and $3 for Children Under 12. Tickets may be purchased in the park on the night of the tour. Enjoy a safe, light hearted fun event and enjoy Trick-or-Treating and more Ghost stories at the shops in the village.Be sure to bring your camera!
Contact Info:
Contact Name: Vivian Hopkins
Email: vivian@historicgoldhill.com
Web Address: www.historicgoldhill.com
Business Phone: 704-267-9439
Halloween FunFest
Dates: Start Date: 10/25/2008 End Date: 10/25/2008
Details:
Location: Historical Downtown from 3pm – 6pm This is an annual event hosted by Downtown Salisbury and Salisbury Parks and Recreation. Children of all ages dress up and compete in costume contests and there will be games for kids, Haunted Trolley Rides and many other activities. Kids 13 and under can also trick or treat with Downtown Merchants from 4pm – 5pm. Admission: The event is free to go to, but there are charges for games and rides.
Contact Info:
Contact Name: Downtown Salisbury or Salisbury Parks & Rec
Business Phone: 704-637-7814
Pumpkin Patch Express
Dates: Start Date: 10/25/2008 End Date: 10/25/2008
Details:
Pumpkin Patch Express (fee) North Carolina Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC Ride the train with friendly ghosts and witches, as they pass out Halloween treats. Then visit the Pumpkin Patch Fair at the Roundhouse for Halloween games, goodies, coloring, sidewalk chalk and bubbles. Advance tickets available online. For more information call 704-636-2889, toll free at 877-NCTM-FUN, or visit www.nctrans.org.
Contact Info:
Contact Name:
Email:
Web Address: www.nctrans.org
Business Phone: 704-636-2889
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Museums
Waterworks Visual Arts Center
Visit Salisbury’s art museum, with great local and traveling exhibits. 123 East Liberty Street in Salisbury. Phone: 704-636-1882. On-line: www.waterworks.org.
Racing Side of Charlotte
Provides information on events, places to stay and things to do, as well as listings and contact information on race shops. Visit: www.cabarruscvb.com.
Oakboro Regional Museum
Ledbetter Ford Site, Oakboro, NC. Free. Call 704-485-3612.
Granville County Historical Society Museum
Oxford, North Carolina. Call 919-693-9706.
North Carolina Museum of History
Raleigh, NC. 919-715-0200. www.ncmuseumofhistory.org.
Charlotte Museum of History
Call 704-568-1774. On-line: www.charlottemuseum.org.
Museum of Life and Science
Durham, NC. Call 919-220-5429. On-line: www.ncmls.org.
Mint Museum of Art
Charlotte, NC. Call 704-337-2009. On-line: www.mintmuseum.org.
NC Museum of Art
Raleigh, NC. Call 919-839-6262. On-line: www.ncartmuseum.org.
Discovery Place
Charlotte, NC. Call 704-372-6261. On-line: www.discoveryplace.org.
Chapel Hill Museum
Chapel Hill, NC. Call 919-967-1400. On-line: www.chapelhillmuseum.org.
Fayetteville Museum of Art
Call 910-485-5121.
High Point Museum
Call 336-885-1859. On-line: www.highpointmuseum.org.
SciWorks
Winston-Salem, NC. Call 336-767-6730. On-line: www.sciworks.org.
Museum of Anthropology
Winston-Salem, NC. Call 336-758-5282.
Airborne Museum
Fayetteville, NC. Call: 910-483-5311. On-line www.asomf.org.
Museum of Natural Sciences
Raleigh, NC. Free. Call 919-733-7450. On-line: www.naturalsciences.org.
