Greenville Events
Events going on around Greenville and surrounding areas
2009 Event Schedule
Downtown Alive
- Piazza Bergamo, Main Street, Greenville
- March-June: 5:30-8:30 p.m. | July-August: 5:30-9 p.m. Thursdays
- Free - Main Street Events
March 19: Jamie McLean Band March 26: Crowfield April 2: Matt MacKelcan April 9: The Patrick Smith Band April 16: Lipbone Redding April 23: William F. Gibbs April 30: Kellin Watson May 7: Gary Pfaff & The Heartwells May 14: Sol Driven Train May 21: Spencer Durham May 28: Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers June 4: RetroVertigo June 11: Ten Toes Up June 18: Marvin King & The Blues Revival Band June 25: The Work July 2: Sonia Leigh July 9: Tyler Reeve July 16: GOLDEN July 23: The Shane Pruitt Band July 30: No Second Troy Aug. 6: Josh Phillips Folk Festival Aug. 13: Wilsin Aug. 20: The Beggars' Guild Aug. 27: Tim Brantley Friday's by the Fountain
- City Hall, Main Street, Fountain Inn
- 6:30 p.m. Fridays
- May 15-Aug. 31
- Free - www.myspace.com/fridaysbythefountain
Larkin's Rhythm on the River
- Peace Center Amphitheater
- 7 p.m. Thursdays
- $5-$10 - www.rhythmontheriver.com
May 14: The Embers May 21: Mark Roberts & The Breeze May 28: The Flashbacks June 4: The Tams June 11: Fantastic Shakers June 18: The Shades June 25: Craig Woolard July 2: Chairmen of the Board July 9: The Out-of-Towners July 16: Band of Oz July 23: Billy Scott July 30: Encore Aug. 6: The Catalinas Aug. 13: The Entertainers Aug. 20: Band of Gold Aug. 27: Fabulous Kays Sept. 3: Coastline Band Lunchtime Live!
- Greer City Park Amphitheater
- 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Wednesdays
- April 22-June 24
- Free - www.cityofgreer.org
Main Street Jazz
- Hyatt Regency Plaza Deck, Main Street, Greenville
- 5:30-9:30 p.m. Fridays
- Free - Main Street Events
March 20: Elliot & The Untouchables March 27: True Blues April 3: Whitney Walters & The Sound April 10: Encore April 17: The Breeze Kings April 24: Mac Arnold & Plate Full O' Blues May 1: Gas House Mouse May 8: Southern Crescent May 15: Wanda Johnson & Shrimp City May 22: Annie Sidley May 29: Peggy Ratusz & Daddy Longlegs June 5: Blisterin' Hot Beach Boogie and Blues Band June 12: Ms. Jones & The Velvetones June 19: The City Street Band June 26: Chocolate Thunder July 3: Nightcrawlers July 10: One Leg Up July 17: Robbie Ducey Band July 24: The Cazanovas July 31: Jumpstreet Aug. 7: Chicago Joe Jones Aug. 14: The Professors of Soul Aug. 21: Groove Planet Aug. 28: Electric City Blues Band Sept. 4: Michael Wolf & The Voodoo Brothers Sept. 11: Firecracker Jazz Band Sept. 18: Black Tie Affair Sept. 25: The Gypsy Souls Music by the Lake
- Furman University lakeside amphitheater
- 7:30 p.m. Thursdays
- Free - www.furman.edu/depts/music/events/MusicbytheLake09.html
May 28: "Marches from Around the World" June 4: "Hooray for Hollywood" June 11: "The Phantom of the Opera" June 18: Spartanburg Jazz Ensemble June 25: "Rhapsody in Blue" July 2: "For Amber Waves of Grain" July 9: The Matt Olson Quartet July 16: South Carolina Suzuki Institute Fiddlers July 23: "A Night in the Vienna Woods" July 30: "Magical Mystery Tour: The Music of the Beatles" Aug. 6: Swing Shift Combo Music Hour at the Clock Tower
- Clock Tower, South Main Street, Simpsonville
- 7:30 p.m. Saturdays
- Third and fourth Saturdays in June, July and August
- Free
Music in the Woods
- Paris Mountain State Park Amphitheater
- 6-9 p.m. Saturdays
- Free with $2 park parking fee - www.myspace.com/musicinthewoods2009
April 26: Reunion Tour May 3: Michael King May 10: Jonathan Edwards May 17: Andrea Miller May 24: Holly Belle May 31: Jacob Johnson June 7: The Malah June 14: Austin Webb & The Robins June 21: Phyllis Tanner-Frye June 28: Jim Bell / O Mello Cello Tree July 5: Charles Hedgepath July 12: Wasted Wine July 19: Tripp Seay July 26: Noel Thrasher Aug. 2: Neil Brooks Aug. 9: Lucy Allen & Marshall Goers Aug 16: Fine Arts Ramblers Aug. 23: Jazz the Ripper Music on the Market
- Market Square, Easley
- 7 p.m. Fridays
- May 1-29 and June 12-19
- Free - http://www.easleyevents.com
Reedy River Nighttime Concert Series
- Peace Center Amphitheater
- 7-9 p.m. Wednesdays
- Free - www.greenvillesc.gov/visitors/rrncs.asp
June 3: PictureMeFree June 10: Robbie Ducey Band June 17: Fernandina June 24: Mystic Vibrations July 1: Last Road Bluegrass July 8: Josh Roberts & The Hinges July 15: Gas House Mouse July 22: Pinna July 29: Southern Crescent Aug. 5: The Jef Chandler Band Aug. 12: The Dirty Audibles Aug. 19: Angela Easterling Aug. 26: True Blues Upstate Shakespeare Festival
- Reedy Park Stage, Greenville
- 7 p.m. Thursday through Sunday
- Free - http://upstateshakespearefestival.org/
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- May 21 - May 24, May 28 - 31, June 4 - June 7, June 11 - June 14
- Richard III
- July 9 - July 12, July 16 - 19, July 23 - 26, July 30 - August 2
Tunes on Trade
- Trade Street, Greer
- 7-10 p.m. Fridays
- June 19-July 24
- Free - www.greerculturalarts.com
Annual Events
Fall for Greenville
Freedom Weekend Aloft
Greenville Crawfish Boil
Greenville Scottish Games
Mauldinfest
Return to the Green
Upper S.C. State Fair
