Best Bets for Rock Hill entertainment this week
Friday, Oct. 16
Lunch break
Rock Hill Parks, Recreation & Tourism resumes its Friday Lunch Stop with live music 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. in the Black Street parking lot. P.J. Brunson performs Friday, Carolina Chordsmen, Oct. 23 and Dixieland Duo, Oct. 30. Some seating available. Bring chairs or blankets.
Saturday, Oct. 17
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest in Old Town will be 4-9 p.m. Saturday in downtown Rock Hill. The Bavarian-style festival includes a beer garden, German food, live music by a strolling accordionist, the Foothills Oompah Band, children’s amusement area and vendors. The fourth annual Wiener Dog Run starts at 6 p.m. and benefits the York County Humane Society. Registration is required by calling 704-287-6475. Cost is $10. Admission to the festival is free. For a complete schedule, go to onlyinoldtown.com.
Brattonsville by night
“Spirits & Stories: Brattonsville by Twilight” will be 3-9 p.m. Saturday at Historic Brattonsville in McConnells. During daylight hours, the living history museum activities include apple bobbing and cider pressing, corn shelling, wagon rides and harvest demonstrations. By twilight, take a guided lantern tour and listen to historically dressed interpreters tell tales Bring a flashlight and discover if spirits from the plantation’s past still roam about. S’mores, cider and doughnuts by the campfire and live music by Night Train Owls will be 5-9 p.m. Food concessions available for purchase by Friends of Historic Brattonsville. Adults, $6; seniors, $5; ages 4-17, $3, free to Culture and Heritage Museum members and children 3 and younger.
Thursday, Oct. 22
Concert
Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue will perform 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Community Performance Center, 2429 E. Main St. Doors open at 7 p.m. Farris, a soul singer from Nashville, was a 2015 Grammy Award winner. Advance tickets: $25 for Arts Council of York County members; $40 for the public and $45 at the door.
Upcoming
Concert
▪ Lynda Randle, a Gaither homecoming artist, will be in concert 7 p.m. Nov. 5 at Rock Hill First Baptist Church. Donations will be given to the York County Christian Women’s Job Corps. Tickets are free but donations are accepted. Tickets are available by calling the YCCWJC office at 803-327-6077. For information you can go to www.yorkcountycwjc.org.
Ongoing
Art show
The Arts Council of York County presents: “Then. Now. Beyond,” featuring works by Paul Martyka, Jonathan McFadden and Sarah Nguyen at the Center for the Arts, Dalton Gallery, 121 E. Main St., Rock Hill. The show runs through Nov. 1. A free, public reception will be 6 p.m. Oct. 15. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.-2 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday and 2-4 p.m. the second and fourth Sunday of each month. For information, call 803-328-2787, email arts@yorkcountyarts.org, or go to www.yorkcountyarts.org.
▪ The Catawba River Art Guild art exhibition will on exhibit through Nov. 1 at The Center for the Arts Perimeter Gallery, 121 E. Main St., Rock Hill. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and 2-4 p.m. Sunday.
This story was originally published October 15, 2015 at 5:02 PM with the headline "Best Bets for Rock Hill entertainment this week."