Fourth of July in Marietta
As our nation’s birthday approaches, here is a list of what those still in the ‘Etta can do this weekend.
July 3rd – 15th Annual Red, White, and Blues Festival – 6 to 10 PM – Music starts at 7 PM
Taking place at the Lafayette Hotel, there will be plenty of “blues, brews, and BBQ’s” to go around. $5 dollar admission to get in. Â Bring your own chairs, but not your own coolers, mmkay?
July 4th – 5th Annual Marietta Wing Thing – 6 to 9 PM
For those that enjoyed the Rockin’ Rib Fest that happens before Sternwheeler, this stands to be just as good (if not better). Â Also happening at the Lafayette Hotel parking lot, several local and out-of-town restaurants compete for several awards (and your taste buds). Â Admission is listed as being $10 on the Marietta Times website, or $5 plus cost of wing tickets on the Marietta CVB site. Â Also, there will be a wing-eating contest for those brave souls that want to tempt fate.
July 4th – Marietta Fireworks – 10 PM
Dodging all possible reason, you’ll have to head to the Washington County Fairgrounds to enjoy 4th of July fireworks. Â Why they arn’t having them at the levy, where the Wing Thing is basically happening, I don’t know. Â But if you want to see fireworks, it’ll cost you $5 for the “best seats to see the fireworks” in the Fairgrounds Grandstands.
P.S. Â For those of you in Akron, the Rib, White, and Blue festival is shaping up to be pretty good. Â There’s a Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute band in town tonight, and good ribs and food the rest of the weekend, leading up to the big fireworks show Saturday night. Â There may be a $5 admission fee sometime throughout the festival, so be ready for it.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009
Categories: Events, Marietta, Off Campus
Tags: 4th, 4th of July, Akron, and Blue, Barbeque, BBQ, Blues, Brews, Etta, Fairgrounds, Festival, Fireworks, Food, Fourth, Fourth of July, Lafayette Hotel, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Marietta, Marietta College, Music, Ohio, Parking Lot, Red, Rib, Sternwheeler, Tribute Band, Washington County, White, Wing Thing, Writing on the Mall
Concert Series Begins On Campus
Apparently the college has decided to hold a concert series in the newly-christened Kremer Amphitheater this summer. Â Here’s the scoop directly from college.
June 29, 2009 — Marietta College kicks off the Kremer Amphitheatre Concert Series on Wednesday with a two-hour concert by the talented rhythm and blues artist Dav “Fathead” Davis.
“We invite the students, staff, faculty, their families and the Marietta community to this free outdoor concert in our new amphitheatre,” said David Travis, Director of Student Activities & Greek Life at Marietta College. “We had Dav ’Fathead’ Davis perform for our Coffee House Series during the academic year and he was probably the best musician I’ve heard in years.”
The Offices of Residence Life and Student Activities & Greek Life sponsor the Kremer Amphitheatre Concert Series.Â
Davis, who sings and plays the electric piano, will be accompanied by his band. The seasoned performer has been entertaining for more than three decades.
The concert will be from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Kremer Amphitheatre, which is located outside of the new Legacy Library. Travis said guests can bring blankets on which to sit and free sodas will be available to concert goers.
The second installment of the series features a performance by the Fleetwood Mac tribute band, Enchanted. That concert is planned from 6 to 8 p.m. on July 29.
“We hope to draw enough of a crowd to these two concerts so we can expand the series next year to four performances,” Travis said.
Enchanted entertains throughout Ohio by playing a wide range of bands and singers from Evanescence to The Doobie Brothers and Pink to Journey. They are most known for their Fleetwood Mac tributes.Â
“Enchanted is also a very talented group of musicians and they really capture the sound of Fleetwood Mac,” Travis said.
In case of inclement weather for either performance, the concert venue will be changed to the Gathering Place, which is located on Marietta College’s campus at the corner of Butler and Seventh streets.
–Brenda Puckett
College Relations
It looks interesting, but it remains to be seen if the community will come, since the student body isn’t really around right now. Â But a good idea none-the-less. Â I’d like to see more things like this in the early Fall and late Spring.
Posted by Patrick_H Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Categories: Campus, Marietta, Music
Tags: Dav Davis, Enchanted, Fleetwood Mac, Gathering Place, Kremer Amphitheater, Legacy Library, Marietta, Marietta College, Ohio, R&B, Rhythm and Blues, SUmmer, Summer Concert Series, Tribute Band, Writing on the Mall
