#GVLWeekender: April 27 – 29, 2018

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Friday | April 27

Listen: Jukebox 45 | 5:30 – 9:30 p.m. | Greenville Heritage FCU Main Street Fridays presented by Pepsi | NOMA Square | Classic Oldies live in concert 🎶

Dish: Strawberry Festival | 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. | Swamp Rabbit Café and Grocery | Celebrate the sweetest time of the year with a strawberry-centric festival

  • BBQ Cook-off & Festival | 6 p.m. – Saturday 4 p.m. | Project Host | Plenty of tasty barbecue competitions, live music, vendors + games for kids

Active: Spring into Working Out | 7 p.m. | Generation Chiropractic | 579 Haywood Rd.| Free workout session for any fitness level | Be sure to bring a water bottle, towel and yoga mat

  • 2018 Walk At Lunch Day | 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Reedy River Falls Historic Park and Greenway | All walkers are eligible to win a YETI cooler, YETI tumbler, cornhole board + more | Free

Festival: Spartanburg Spring Fling | April 27 – 29 | Downtown Spartanburg | Food, live music, arts & crafts, a car/bike show and bike race, zip line + cornhole 🎉 | Free

Cause: Hope Ball | 7:30 p.m. – 12 a.m. | Poinsett Club | A black-tie fundraiser for the Cancer Society of Greenville County, with dinner, cocktails + live music | Tickets

Arts: One-Stop Open Studios Retrospective | 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Metropolitan Arts Council | 16 Augusta St | See the works of 95+ local artists who have been a part of the annual Open Studios weekend between 2002 – 2017 |

Saturday | April 28

Party: Noche Latina | 5 – 9 p.m. | ASADA | 903 Wade Hampton Blvd | Spanish paella and charcuterie boards by Daniel Lopez, the owner of Time to Taste Catering, a Sangria bar, and salsa dance lessons

  • Village of West Greenville Spring Block Party | Saturday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. | Live music, tons of vendors, yoga sessions + food from The Anchorage, kuka juice, and Naked Pasta and beer/wine from Growler Haus Village of W Gvl | Free

Network: Third Annual Women’s Leadership Symposium | 8:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. | One Liberty Square Building, 17th Floor | Young professional women, this is for you | $35

Health: Plant Based Nutrition Workshop | 10 – 11:30 a.m. | Pelham Medical Center | Come learn how to clean your diet. Recipes will be provided. | $15

Causes: Washington Center’s 12th Annual Run, Walk, + Roll | 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. | Lakeside Amphitheater | Furman University | Cheer on the kids of the Washington Center as they race to the finish line | $15+

Shop: Spring Flea | 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Swamp Rabbit Café & Grocery | Shop with over 40 vendors selling everything from jewelry to art

  • Shop the Lot | 10 a.m.– 6 p.m. | The Rock House Antiques | Antique + vintage dealers from Greenville + beyond fill the parking lot with never-before-seen treasures and sale items. | Sale continues Sunday from 12 — 5 p.m.
  • Spring Used Book Sale | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Merovan Center

ForKids: Bingo Dash | 9 a.m. | Fluor Field | Bingo with a dash of scavenger hunting thrown in the mix | $20

Pets: Mutt Strutt | 8:30 a.m. | Downtown Greenville | Walk it out with your fave pup 🐶 | $25 (+fees)

WaterCooler: Furman Women’s Lacrosse vs. Wofford | Furman University | 12 p.m.

Sunday | April 29

Causes: Toss for Wishes | 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. | Upstate Craft Beer | Make-A-Wish will host a cornhole tournament to support children + families of the upstate. Toss a bean bag for Make-A-Wish (and great prizes). | $50 for teams of 2

Listen: Queen of the South Poetry Slam | 7:30 – 10:30 p.m. | Coffee Underground | *Finger snaps*

Music: Pan Harmonia Concert | 3 – 5 p.m. | Greenville Center for the Creative Arts | $20

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