Best Bets

Concert

African Children’s Choir concert will be in concert 7 p.m. Friday at First Calvary Baptist Church, Crawford Road, Rock Hill. The choir, celebrating its 30th anniversary, will sing children’s songs, traditional spirituals, gospel favorites. Music for Life, parent organization for the choir, works in seven African countries such as, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa. MFL has educated over 52,000 children and impacted the lives of over 100,000 people through its relief and development programs. The concert is free and open to the public. Love offering taken.

Lunch break

Rock Hill Parks, Recreation & Tourism resumes its Friday Lunch Stop Friday with live music 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Black Street parking lot. The event runs each Friday through Oct. 30. Arsena Shroeder will perform Friday, sharing soulful vocals on original songs and popular covers. Some seating available. Bring chairs or blankets.

Community theater

Puck and his posse of Woodland Fairies orchestrate mischief among the Love Birds in Rock Hill Community Theatre’s “MidSummer Jersey” at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and and 3 p.m. Sunday at the theater, 546 S. Cherry Road, Suite N (behind ROC Emporium at Apple West Center). Tickets: $15, adults; $12, seniors and students; ($2 off matinee); $10, groups of 10 or more with advance purchase. Tickets available at www.rockhilltheatre.org or call CarolinaTix Box Office at 704-372-1000 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

Make-A-Wish benefit

Sandlappers Parrot Head Club will host a dance and party, 7 p.m.-midnight Saturday at Long Branch, 761 Riverview Road, Rock Hill, to raise money for Make-A-Wish of South Carolina. The event includes live music by the Rockaholics, silent auction and door prizes, which include a Fines Up Rouge Guitar autographed by Jimmy Buffet with certificate of authenticity; estate 14-karat gold, pearl and diamond pendant; and Cajon drum by Billy Bonham. Tickets are $15 at bit.ly/1VyZswM. For information, email Nick George at nickgeorge803@gmail.com.

Dog gone good time

The Humane Society of York County will have its 6th annual Dog Gone Good Time Festival, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 26 at Walter Elisha Park in Fort Mill. The event includes vendors, dog games, Kid Zone and food. Proceeds will help with rescue at the shelter.

Movie night

York Parks and Recreation will host movie night with “We are Marshal,” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at the complex, 74 Fourth St. Inflatables and bounce houses begin at 5:30 p.m. Concessions for sale. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Bring chairs or blankets.

Piedmont Pottery Festival

Shop for traditional wheel-thrown and hand-built, functional and decorative works in clay created by Carolina potters Sept. 26 at Historic Brattonsville. At 11 a.m. learn about regional history of pottery and contemporary Catawba Indian pottery. At 1 p.m. Buddy Wingard will present his awarding-winning documentary film about the work and life of a slave potter from Edgefield: “Discovering Dave: Spirit Captured in Clay.” Take guided tours of the plantation’s antebellum houses; see blacksmiths at work, and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. the Contreras will play bluegrass music in the Oak Grove. Enter a free drawing to win pottery. Barbecue and more will be available for purchase. Admission: adults $6, seniors $5, youths $3. Historic Brattonsville, 1444 Brattonsville Road, McConnells. 803-684-2327. chmuseums.org/.

This story was originally published September 17, 2015 at 4:44 PM with the headline "Best Bets."