#GVLWeekender: April 20 – 22, 2018

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Here’s what’s going on this weekend in Greenville, SC.

Friday, April 20

Health: 2018 Spring Senior Health & Wellness Fair | 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Simpsonville Activity + Senior Center | The Senior Health and Wellness Fair is a one-day event with a mission of promoting health + wellness + preparation resources to the age 50+ community.

Cause: Golf for Greenville | 5:00 pm | Quest Brewing Co. | Music by Charles Hedgepath, food from Keepin’ it Fresh (food truck), + cornhole | $10

ForKids: Arts Alive | 3:30 — 7 p.m. | Stone Academy | Ice cream, games, prizes, + art.

Watch: Much Ado About Nothing | 7:30 p.m. | Warehouse Theater | $35 | Show ends 5/5

Celebrate: Senior Prom | 5 — 8 p.m. | Senior Action | The event will include music, dinner, + a photo booth. No kids (or millennial) allowed. | $10

Saturday, April 21

Celebrate: 6th Annual Community Tap Craft Beer Fest | 1 — 6 p.m. | Fluor Field | $55 (+ online fees) | Cheers to the weekend!

  • City of Greenville Earth Day Event | Public Works Campus | 475 Fairforest Way | Cooking demonstrations, composting classes, workshops, and Touch-a-Truck + kids corner

TryThis: International Kite Festival | 11 a.m. — 5 p.m. | Chapman Cultural Center | Free

Active: 41st Annual TD Bank Reedy River Run | 7:15 a.m. | Downtown Greenville

Network: Coldwell Banker Caine Open House Extravaganza | 2 — 4 p.m. | Various locations across the Upstate.

Watch: Lockheed Martin Code Quest | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics | 9 a.m. | High school students compete in teams to solve programming problems.

Listen: Healing Us: Space for Black Folk to Heal and Engage Wholeness | 11:00 a.m. — 1 p.m. | Phyllis Wheatley Community | Coming together to heal the community

Cause: Beer, BBQ, and Brain Tumors | 6 — 9 p.m. | Brewery 85 | $65.39 | BBQ, Music, Beer, + a Silent Auction. All proceeds will support the Pediatric Brain Tumor Program at Ann + Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

ForKids: Spartanburg Soaring! International Kite Festival | 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Free | Chapman Cultural Center | 200 E Saint John St in Spartanburg

Buy: Mill Village Farms Spring Plant Sale | 1 – 4 p.m. | Long Branch Baptist Church | 28 Bolt Street | Plenty of flowers, herbs, tomatoes, and veggies to choose from.

Sunday, April 22

ForKids: Kids come Plant for Earth Day | 1 — 3 p.m. | Lowes Foods Five Forks

Art: Fine Art + Flora | 10 a.m. — 5 p.m. | Greenville County Museum of Art | $20 |

Cause: Taste of the Upstate | 11:30 a.m. — 2:30 p.m. | Zen | $40 | Sample food from various popular local restaurants (complete with a bloody Mary + mimosa bar). All proceeds will help benefit Fish + Loaves of Greenville.

Dish: Roast + Toast | 2 — 5 p.m. | The Rutherford | Town will present their new fall schedule accessorized with savory dishes. | $65

Listen: Outcry | 7 p.m. | Bon Secours Arena | $22.95+

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