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Georgia Renaissance Festival: Fairburn, GA (May 1-June 13, 2021)
Get transported back to the 16th-century of Europe! The 32-acre village will be filled with over 150 artisan craft shoppes, 10 stages of entertainment, pubs and taverns, and food. Laugh out loud at the antics of all the costumed characters, try your skill at carnival games, and enjoy human-powered rides for kids of all ages. The 35th year of the festival will be held at 6905 Virlyn B. Smith Road in Fairburn, GA. Learn more at Garenfest.com.
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Artisphere: Greenville, SC (May 7-9, 2021)
Whether you’re a Greenville native or looking to visit for the first time, the 17th annual Artisphere offers a one-of-a-kind experience. From award winning restaurants to some of the most talented artists gathered on one of the quaintest main streets in the south, Artisphere is for all. This mixture of visual, performing, and culinary art will be on display along the streets of downtown Greenville, SC from May 7-9, 2021. More info can be found at Artisphere.org
Water Lantern Festival: (May 8, 2021)
The Charlotte Water Lantern Festival will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2021 starting at 5:30pm at Symphony Park at South Park on 4400 Sharon Road in Charlotte. The Festival is filled with fun, happiness, hope, and great memories that you’ll cherish for a lifetime. This is a family friendly event that brings friends, families, and neighbors together to create a peaceful, memorable experience. Tickets and info can be found at Waterlanternfestival.com/charlotte.
Krishnadham VYO Groundbreaking Ceremony: Apex, NC (May 9, 2021)
The Krishnasham VYO will celebrate the groundbreaking and building foundation ceremony for the first ever RTP Haveli with an international livecast to be held on Sunday, May 9, 2021 from 10am to 12pm followed by Six Sama-na Darshan from 4pm to 7pm at 795 Beaver Creek Road in Apex, NC. The Six Sama-na Darshan will be held via Zoom at us02web.zoom.us/j/88359630171. For details contact Arvind Shah: 919-434-8021 or Gaurang Majmudar: 919-539-3848.
The 542nd birth anniversary of Shri Vallabhacharya will be celebrated on Sunday, May 9, 2021 (4-7pm) at the Hindu Center of Charlotte. The celebration will begin with reciting Path followed by Kirtan, Bhajans, Discourse and Arti. Shri Vallabhacharya (14791531 C.E.) was a devotional philosopher, who founded the Pushti sect in India. He was an ardent devotee of Lord Krishna and worshiped Shrinathji form of Lord Krishna. He is also known as Mahaprabhu Vallabhacharya. For Details: 704-542-9577 or 704-535-6932. The center is located at 7400 City View Dr., Charlotte. Visit Hcclt.org.
LEAF ReTreat: Asheville, NC (May 13-16, 2021)
The LEAF ReTreat gives the feeling of having the place to yourself, creating more small groups and connecting you with nature and the outdoors. Stages are open air, smaller, more intimate with meet and greets and a focus on local and regional artists several of whom are helping to design the weekend. Retreats focus on LEAF’s community, specifically honoring Members and fulfilling our mission of building more connections. The ReTreat will be held between May 13 & 16, 2021 in the Black Mountains near Asheville, NC. Find out more at Theleaf.org/festival-info.
Plum Hollow Bluegrass Festival: Campobello, SC (May 27-29, 2021)
The Plum Hollow Alternative Bluegrass Festival is dedicated to the innovations made by creative artists breaking new ground with an old music. New Grass, Grunge Grass, Jazz Grass, Bluegrass Rock & Roll are all a part of Alternative Bluegrass. Their goal is to also bring together the music industry in the region (VA, TN, SC, NC, GA) to showcase this new format of music-to-music buyers, radio stations, record labels and other industry related groups. The festival will take place between May 27 & 29, 2021 at the Plum Hollow Farm in Campobello, SC. Details: Moonshiners.com/festivals/plumhollow-festival.
Spoleto Festival USA: Charleston, SC (May 28-June 13, 2021) For 17 days and nights each spring, Spoleto Festival USA fills Charleston’s historic theaters, churches, and outdoor spaces with performances by renowned artists as well as emerging performers in opera; theater; dance; and chamber, symphonic, choral, and jazz music. Spoleto is internationally
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recognized as America’s premier performing arts festival. In the decades since its inception in 1977, Spoleto Festival USA has presented more than 200 world or American premieres. This year’s festivities will take place between May 28 & June 13, 2021. Get more info at Spoletousa.org.
Whitewater Center Memorial Day Trail Race: Charlotte, NC (May 29, 2021)
Ease into Memorial Day weekend with a Saturday morning race on May 29, 2021 through the Whitewater Center’s trail system. Gather your friends and family and hit the scenery with two distances to choose from, 5 miles and 8 miles, as you run along rivers, ponds, and through the forest. Afterwards, cool off with some rafting, cold beverages, good food, live music, and fireworks at the Memorial Day Celebration. Learn more at Usnwc.org. fosters community and conversation among filmmakers, film professionals, and the public. This year it will be held between June 2 & 6, 2021. To learn more, visit Fullframefest.org.
Columbia International Festival: (June 5-6, 2021)
The Columbia International Festival showcases the music, culture, food and performing arts of the various cultures, nationalities, races and language groups represented in South Carolina. Learn about the cultural heritages of more than 80 countries displayed by their foreign-born hosts through exotic cuisine, cultural entertainment, demonstrations and much more between June 5 & 6, 2021. Find out more at Cifonline.org.
Taste of Charlotte: (June 11-13, 2021)
Taste of Charlotte is a 3-day festival from June 11-13, 2021 featuring over 100 samples from area restaurants along with Live Music and Entertainment, Interactive Children’s Activities, Cooking Demos, Street Performances, Unique Shopping and a large variety of local, regional and national partners interacting with festival goers, providing information, coupons and free stuff! Admission is free. Purchase festival coins to use for restaurant samples, beverages and kid’s activities. The festival will run from June 7 to 9, 2019 along Tryon Street in downtown Charlotte. To learn more, visit Tasteofcharlotte.com.
Cape Fear Blues Festival: Wilmington, NC (June 11-13, 2021)
Keep Pounding Virtual 5k: (May 31-June 5, 2021) The Cape Fear Blues Festival is a weekend celebrating All Created by the Carolina Panthers and Atrium Health Things Blues between June 11 & 13, 2021. Enjoy music from Foundation in 2003, the Keep Pounding Fund supports headliner Chris Duarte and other bands and musicians like cancer research efforts throughout Atrium Health. By Justin Fox and David Morse, The Jeff Fetterman Band and participating in the Keep Randy McQuay. Continue that night and during the Pounding 5K, you can impact weekend with a series of free workshops, concerts and afterthe lives of patients diagnosed parties in Wilmington’s premier blues music venues. The with cancer, while spreading three-day all-blues celebration features live concerts, some awareness and contributing to vital workshops, an all-day blues jam and more. Be sure to check cancer research programs. This year out Capefearblues.org/festival for the full schedule of events. the Keep Pounding 5K will take on a virtual format. During this virtual “race week” from May Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit: Charlotte, NC 31 to June 5, 2021 be active in honor of the Keep Pounding (June 18-Sept 12, 2021) initiative by running, walking, biking, or completing Immersive Van Gogh was created by any physical activity! For more info, visit the world-renowned master of digital Fundraise.atriumhealthfoundation.org/event/2021-keep- art, Italy’s Massimiliano Siccardi, who pounding-5k. for 30 years has been pioneering immersive exhibitions in Europe. His
Full Frame Documentary Festival: Durham, NC installations have been seen by over 2 (June 2-6, 2021) million visitors in Paris. With the help The 24th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival is a of 60,600 frames of video, 90,000,000 dedicated to the theatrical exhibition of nonfiction cinema. pixels, and 500,000+ cubic feet of Each spring, Full Frame welcomes filmmakers and film projections, this captivating digital art exhibit merges lovers from around the world to historic downtown technology, theatrical storytelling, and world-class Durham, NC, for a four-day, morning-to-midnight array of animation. This exhibit will be on display at Camp North nearly 100 films, as well as discussions, and panels. Set End in Charlotte, NC from June 18 to September 12, 2021. within a few city blocks, the intimate festival landscape More information can be found at Vangoghclt.com.
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