What’s happening in GVL this weekend? August 11 – 13, 2017

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Here are all of the events you need to know about this weekend August 11 – 13 in Greenville, SC. Plan your weekend accordingly.

FRIDAY:

MustDo: Greenville Heritage Main Street Fridays presented by Pepsi | Soul Service | 5:30 – 9:30 p.m.

ForKids: Switch-a-roos Children’s Consignment Sale | TD Convention Center | Friday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Free | Shop 200,000 new and gently used children’s toys and clothes for all ages.

Listen: Tides in Transit W/ Not Cops and the Apartment Club | Radio Room | 8 p.m. – 1 a.m.


SATURDAY:

Race: Salvation Army Superhero 5K | Saturday, 8 – 10 a.m. at 424 Westfield St. | Race deadline is Friday | $30 for adults, $20 for teens, and $10 for youth.

Listen: Future Chord Fest | The Spinning Jenny | 1 p.m. – 1 a.m. | $10 – 15 | Come jam out to all day to bands like Junior Astronomers and Brother Oliver

Art: TR Town & Art Crawl | Main St. Travelers Rest | 5 – 9 p.m.

Dance: Upstate International Salsa at Sunset | Graham Plaza at The Peace Center | 6 – 10 p.m. | Free

Health: Bendy Birds Yoga w/ Darby Wilcox | Birds Fly South Ale Project | 12 – 1 p.m. | $10

Shop: Really good, really big, really cheap book sale | Greenville Literacy Association at 225 S. Pleasantburg | August 12, 8:30 a.m. – August 13, 4 p.m. | Get there early to beat the book-hungry crowds

Party: Luau Block Party feat Caribbean Steel & Narragansett | Upstate Craft Beer Co. | 5 – 8 p.m. | Fresh shish kabobs + $3 ‘Gansett brews


SUNDAY:

Laugh: Greenville 85 South Live Comedy Show | The Comedy Zone | 8 – 11 p.m. | $25

Bunch: The Mimosa funniest people you know comedy show | Velo Fellow | 1 – 3 p.m. | $10 to get in the door + $12 gets you bottomless mimosas 🥂.

Health: Barre Evolution in-store class | Lululemon | 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. | Free

Listen:

  • Summer Concert Series: Lowes Foods at Five Forks (Simpsonville) | 1 – 4 p.m. | Brother Oliver
  • Sundays Unplugged | Chapman Cultural Center | Paul Bowman | 1 – 5 p.m. | Every Sunday

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