What’s happening in York, Chester, Lancaster counties

Special events

▪ Anne Springs Close Greenway’s 12th annual barbecue and bluegrass festival, Fiddle ‘n Pig Shindig, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Saturday, Fort Mill. Music line-up includes BackPorch Bluegrass, The Hinson Girls, Colby Deitz Band, Blue Wheel Drive, Underhill Rose, Time Sawyer and Grandpa’s Cough Medicine. Music only tickets available at the gate for $10. Returning is the Shindig Biergarten, 2-6 p.m. featuring more than 40 tastings of regional breweries. Cost is $30 until Friday and $40 the day of the event. Tent camping available. Cost: $20 per site. To reserve, call 803-548-7252. For V.I.Pig and Biergarten tickets, text GreenwayTix to 414-44.

▪ Historic Brattonsville’s award-winning “By the Sweat of Our Brows,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday honors African-American culture and heritage and is shaped by the descendants of the plantation’s enslaved. The descendants, referred to as the “Seven Sacred Families of Brattonsville,” come together to share family stories about life in the Carolina backcountry. Historically dressed interpreters portray what life was like on the plantation cooking and agricultural demonstrations, storytelling and African-American folk games. York’s Gold Hill Baptist Church choir will be singing in the oak grove. Lisa Bratton will talk about her recollections of Historic Brattonsville and lead a discussion on researching family history. The annual event culminates with “calling of the names” from the 1843 Probate List.Food available for purchase. Admission: Adults, $8; seniors, $7; youth, $5. Details: chmuseums.org/brattonsville.

▪ The Arts Council of York County is hosting a bus trip the Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem, N.C., to see the exhibit, “Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern” Sept. 21. The bus leaves at 9 a.m. from Center for the Arts, 121 E. Main St., Rock Hill, and will return at 5 p.m. Tickets: $75, members and $85, non members and include transportation and admission to the museum and the O’Keeffe exhibit. Ticket deadline is 5 p.m. Sept. 15. Available yorkcountyarts.org or 803-328-2787 and at the Center for the Arts. There will be time to shop and eat in Reynolda Village prior to the museum visit.

Fundraisers

▪ Mount Holly United Methodist Church fish fry by Twin Tops, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. and 5-7:30 p.m. Friday at 1996 Mount Holly Road, Rock Hill. Plates: $10, adults; $7, age 7 and younger. Plates include flounder, chicken strips or combo, fries, slaw and hush puppies. Delivery available at lunch only on 10 or more plates. Place orders at 803-327-5919. Tickets available at the church.

▪ Emmanuel Church of The Nazarene Gospel Singing Benefit for Texas, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, 998 Dunlap Roddey Road, Rock Hill. Proceeds will go to disaster relief. Admission is free.

▪ York Cougar Band fish fry and bake sale, 3-8 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday at York Middle School, 1010 Devinney Road, York. Plates: $10 and include fish, fries or baked potato, slaw, hush puppies, drinks. Tickets available the band members or at the door. All-you-can-eat is dine-in only. Take out available. Proceeds to the spring tour of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia.

▪ Always Best Care and Senior Services pancake fundraiser, 8-10 a.m. Saturday at FATZ, Herlong Avenue, Rock Hill. Tickets: $7, adults and $4, ages 4-10. Proceeds to Walk to End Alzheimer’s.

▪ Master Car Club and Burns Chevrolet Cadillac hosts the Fall 2017 Show and Shine, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Burns, 2515 Cherry Road, Rock Hill. Free registration, door prizes, free hot dogs and drinks, 50/50 and awards for cars. Donations accepted.

Entertainment

▪ Free Community Bingo, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sharon United Methodist Church, 3001 Shannon St., Sharon. Ten games and free refreshments. Sponsored by Agape Hospice. RSVP: 803-517-202.

▪ Fort Mill Community Playhouse presents “Ghost of a Chance,” a comedy about love, forgiveness and letting go, at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 8-9, 15-16, 22-23 and 3 p.m. Sept. 10, 17 and 24 at 220 Main St., Fort Mill. Tickets: $16, adults; $13, students and available at Tega Cay Pharmacy or Crossing on Main. Walk-ins are welcome, but reservations are recommended. Details: fortmillplayhouse.org or 803-548-8102.

▪ Country rock artist Jamie Kent, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Rock Hill Community Theatre, 546 Cherry Road, Rock Hill. Doors open 7 p.m. Tickets: $15. VIP tickets: $30, include a meet and greet with Kent at 6:30. Anna Cibbarelli of Fort Mill will open for Jamie Kent. Kent toured this summer as the opener for Huey Lewis and the News. Tickets available at Eventbrite.com. Food truck menu items, concessions and beverages available. More on the music: jamiekent.com.

Meetings

▪ Access to Healthy Foods subcommittee of Eat Smart, Move More York County, 12:15-1:30 p.m. Thursday, Rock Hill City Hall East Conference Room 329. Bring a lunch. Details: wojcikj@winthrop.edu or 803-323-4687.

▪ TPA of America Post K, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, York Seafood, S.C. 5, York. Details: 803-328-1654.

▪ Hornets Nest Girl Scout Council will hold informational meetings about Girl Scouts noon-2 p.m. Saturday at Redeeming Grace Presbyterian Church, 4800 Charlotte Highway, Lake Wylie, and 3-5 p.m. Saturday at Riverview Presbyterian Church, 124 Sutton Road, Fort Mill. Details: hngirlscouts.org.

▪ Lesslie Rural Fire Tax Board, 7 p.m. Monday at Lesslie Fire Department, 3191 Lesslie Highway, Rock Hill. Open to the public.

▪ York County Marine Corp League’s local detachment, The Olde English Leathernecks, 7 p.m. Tuesday at Veterans of Foreign Wars, 732 W. Main St., Rock Hill. The league consists of Marine veterans, FMF Corpsmen and associates. Details: 803-517- 7253.

▪ Rock Hill Music Club, 4 p.m. Sept. 14 at Ebenezer Presbyterian Church, 2132 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill. Program by organist Justin Addington.

Classes

▪ Grace Community United Methodist Church free English classes, 9:30 a.m. Mondays at 1190 Gold Hill Road, Fort Mill. Details: 803-548-4078.

▪ Rock Hill Parks, Recreation and Tourism is offering “Acting Up Beyond the Stage” for ages 6-16 of all skill levels at Emmett Scott Recreation Center, 801 Crawford Road, Rock Hill. Classes: 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday and Sept. 23. Registration is $100 with a $30 monthly fee or $15 per class. Details and registration: 803-329-5661.

Reunions

▪ Residents of the Aragon Mill Village in the 1940s-’60s will have a reunion, 1-4 p.m. Saturday at Northside Baptist Church fellowship hall, Rock Hill. Bring a covered dish, finger foods or drinks to share. Details: 803-475-2210, 843-337-2183, 864-445-3400 or 803-351-0003.

▪ The family reunion for descendants of John and Mary Elizabeth Jones Dunlap of the Fishing Creek community, noon Saturday at Jackson’s Cafeteria, Heckle Boulevard, Rock Hill. Details: 803-366-3339.

▪ Emmett Scott High School Class of 1967 September birthday fellowship dinner, 5:30 p.m. Mondayat Ruby Tuesday’s, Rock Hill.

▪ Rock Hill High Class of 1959, 1 p.m. Tuesday at Golden Corral, Anderson Road, Rock Hill, for lunch and fellowship. All classmates, spouses and friends invited.

Support group

▪ Affirmation of York County, a faith-based support group for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, their families and friends, meets 7 p.m. Tuesday at Epiphany Lutheran Church, 2370 W. Main St., Rock Hill. A transgender workshop Oct. 18 will feature two transgender pastors. Details: 803-417-0954, 803-547-6042, or affirmationofyc@gmail.com.

This story was originally published September 7, 2017 at 9:09 AM with the headline "What’s happening in York, Chester, Lancaster counties."