Foam at the Dome returns on October 9th and features the Hops & Heat Chili Cookoff presented by Encova Insurance.
With a special date comes a special time and location for this year only! In 2021, we’ll hold Foam at the Dome right in the heart of the East End at the intersection of Elizabeth St. and Washington St. E to showcase some of the district’s most popular businesses.
Early Entry ($50) will be held from 2-3 PM General Admission ($40) from 3-6 PM. Sound Check Sessions + Foam Early Entry Dual Ticket ($60)
“We look forward raising a glass to urban development and raising money for the East End and West Side districts once again.” – Charleston Main Street.
Charleston Main Streets is excited to partner with the Clay Center to provide guests with 48 hours of FUN for the fourth ticket option! The organizations have joined forces to offer a combo ticket including access to Sound Checks on Friday, October 8th at 7:30PM featuring Grammy nominated Southern Avenue in the Susan Runyan Maier Sculpture and an Early Entry ticket to Foam at the Dome. This combination tickets is available now and includes both events for only $60!
Parking available at the Summers Street Parking Garage or meter parking alone Summers Street.
Music
7pm-9pm
Jordan Dyer Trio
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Enjoy the arts outside on this .65 mile trail. Music by Jeremiah & Brittany, interactive art and poetry readings, and more! FREE event. Parking is limited.
Location/Parking: Sunrise Carriage Trail, 746 Myrtle Rd. Parking is limited. We recommend parking at Farmer, Cline, Campbell PLLC at the top of the trail or across the bridge in downtown Charleston.
A mash up of live music from local musicians and bingo! Instead of letters and numbers being called out, you’ll mark spaces on the provided bingo cards based on songs and random happenings during the musician’s performances. The best way to see how it works is to come out and try it yourself.
Join Charleston Montessori School as they team up with FestivALL to present Rolls on the River, an annual pepperoni roll competition. There’s no better way to celebrate WV Day than with pepperoni rolls!
Attendees can taste delicious pepperoni rolls, sip beer, and shop local artisan vendors and vote for your favorite rolls. The Chucktown Allstars will be playing some amazing bluegrass throughout this family-friendly event. Rolls on the River is a fundraiser to support Charleston Montessori School’s Scholarship program.
Charleston Montessori is a non-profit that provides an authentic Montessori education for children 18 months-12 years. See y’all on the river!
Non-Alcohol Admission: $20.00 (8 tasting tickets, 3 water tickets)
Kid’s Area: $10.00
**Please note that if you want to enjoy the live music and shop from artisans, no tickets are needed. You only have to purchase tickets if you want to sample the pepperoni rolls, have access to beverages, and enter the Kid’s Area.
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Create beautiful, soothing, and exciting rhythms with drummers of all levels and ages. No experience is necessary.
Instruments available but bring a drum or shaker if you have one. Chairs provided.
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This live music radio show is produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR Music to 280 public radio stations nationwide. Become a part of the small, but live audience (or tune in to the livestream) when guest host Kathy Mattea welcomes Paul Thorn, Amythyst Kiah, John Ellison, and more. This show will be held at 25% capacity with “pod” seating.
Or watch the live stream!
Mountain Stage livestreams are free, however there are some incredible folks out there who’d like to show their support through a donation-based, pay-what-you-want “ticket” for the livestream. You’ll be able to catch the show from the comfort of your home (or wherever you wish) Sunday, June 13th at 7pm ET at mountainstage.org.
Paul Thorn has created an innovative and impressive career, pleasing crowds with his muscular brand of roots music – bluesy, rocking and thoroughly Southern American, yet also speaking universal truths. Among those who value originality, inspiration, eccentricity and character – as well as talent that hovers somewhere on the outskirts of genius, the story of Paul Thorn is already familiar. Born in Tupelo, Mississippi, raised among the same spirits (and some of the actual people) who nurtured the young Elvis generations before, Paul Thorn has rambled down back roads and jumped out of airplanes, worked for years in a furniture factory, battled four-time world champion boxer Roberto Duran on national television, performed on stages with Bonnie Raitt, Mark Knopfler, Sting, and John Prine among many others, and made some of the most emotionally restless yet fully accessible music of our time. He’s also appeared on major television shows, received numerous National Public Radio features and charted multiple times on the Billboard Top 100 and Americana Radio Charts.
Amythyst Kiah With an unforgettable voice that’s both unfettered and exquisitely controlled, Tennessee-bred singer/songwriter Amythyst Kiah is redefining the limits of roots music. Growing up a Black and LGBTQ+ woman in the Bible Belt, she experienced social anxiety, grief, alienation – and ultimately, the hard-won triumph of total self-acceptance. Kiah’s debut for Rounder Records, the standout track “Black Myself,” was originally recorded with Our Native Daughters. It earned a 2020 GRAMMY Award nomination for Best American Roots Song and won Song of the Year at the 2019 Folk Alliance International Awards. Kiah’s new version of “Black Myself ” – radically reimagined with the help of producer Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Amos Lee, Andrew Bird) – represents a stunning expansion of her sound into the world of iconoclastic alternative rock.
John Ellison, charismatic creator of the R&B standard “Some Kind of Wonderful”, will knock your socks off with his trademark energy, soulful voice and award-winning lyrics. He impresses with his music and voice and is one of the few remaining soul and blues legends that have made an essential contribution to the development of blues, gospel, soul, and funk music in a time of great social change.
John received no fewer than 5 lifetime BMI achievement awards and was inducted in the West Virginia Music Hall of Fame and has played with, written for, and performed alongside Nina Simone, James Brown, The Temptations, Wilson Pickett, Grand Funk Railroad, Huey Lewis & the News, Buddy Guy, Joss Stone etc.
John Ellison is Some Kind of Wonderful!
For the last 37 years, Mountain Stage with Larry Groce has been the home of live music on public radio. Produced by West Virginia Public Broadcasting and distributed by NPR Music, each two-hour episode of Mountain Stage can be heard every week on nearly 300 stations across America, and around the world via NPR Music and mountainstage.org. Recorded in front of a live audience, Mountain Stage features performances from seasoned legends and emerging stars in genres ranging from folk, blues, and country; to indie rock, synth pop, world music, alternative, and beyond.
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A former student of First Presby Organist Emerita Carol Eich, David Houston returns to present a concert of French music. Mr. Houston is currently Associate for Music & Liturgy at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in College Park, MD and Dean of the DC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists.
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