Carolina Children’s Festival
April 5, 2008
11AM - 5PM
Festival Park
This event celebrates our children, and showcases a wide variety of opportunities available to enrich our children’s lives.
Boys and Girl Scouts
Face Painting
Lexington Youth Theater
Music
Lexington Police Department Children Safety
PART– Information Appalachian Express
Story Time
Discovery Place
Martial Arts Demonstrations
Information for NC Zoo, PBS, UNCTV, Victory Junction
Carolina Panthers Mascot Sir Purr
Free admission— Donations and Food and Supplies encouraged
Music on the Lawn Series
April 5-6 - For more details contact Charlie Alexander
April 13< - For more details contact Charlie Alexander
April 20 - For more details contact Charlie Alexander
April 26-27 - For more details contact Charlie Alexander
Spirit Song Concerts
April 6th – “Dancing with God” presented by Arts Alive- Burlington First United Methodist Church (Love offering admission) Time: 3PM - 4:30PM (food/supplies donation encouraged)
April 13th – “Piano Concert” performed by Ms. Barbara Lister-Sink from Linwood, concert pianist and on staff at Salem College Grace Episcopal Church (Love offering admission) Time: 3PM - 4:30PM (food/supplies donation encouraged) NOTE: This performace has been postponed. Keep checking the website for make up performance date.
April 20th- “Gullah Spiritual Celebration” performed by the Magnolia Singers from Charleston, SC sharing their Gullah culture and the spirit of God in their music. St. Stephen United Methodist Church (Love offering admission) Time: 3PM - 4:30PM (food/supplies donation encouraged)
Carolina Country Nights Concert
April 11, 2008
5PM - 11PM
Festival Park
Country music has roots here in the Carolinas. Lexington is fortunate to have very talented country entertainers. This Event brings Lexington's own Gary & Lee Hedrick and the Dime a Dozen Band and the Hickory Area (Hudson, NC) Tim Hall and Buffalo Country together on stage for this concert.
Gates open at 5pm till 10:30pm Tickets are $8.00 in advance - $10 at the gate.
Taste of Lexington Festival Park is located on East 2nd and 3rd Aves.behind the Civic Center.
“Shaggin Off Main” Beach Music Festival
April 12, 2008
Noon - 9PM
Festival Park
Everyone in the Carolinas knows that shaggin is in our blood. Some lucky Carolinians also have it in their feet. So, with the festival park being a short distance off main street “Shaggin Off Main” is a fitting name for this day long beach music festival. Musicians include:
Part Time Party Time Band
Poor Souls
Summer Daze
The Catalinas
Gates open at Noon till 8:30pm Tickets are $5.00 in advance - $8 at the gate.
Taste of Lexington Festival Park is located on East 2nd and 3rd Aves.behind the Civic Center.
So, dust off your dancing shoes, come hungry and have fun.
Night of Carolina Blues
April 18, 2008
7 - 10PM
Civic Center
There are many genres of music across the Carolinas. The “Night of Carolina Blues” will bring Ms. Pat “Mama Blues” Cohen to Lexington for this unique evening. Ms. Cohen lives in Spencer, NC where she relocated after Hurricane Katrina. Her talent and charm will create an incredible experience as we transform the Civic Center ballroom into a French Quarter club or a pub on the streets of Wilmington for this magical evening. Tickets are $10.
Taste of Lexington Wine and Jazz Festival
April 19, 2008
Noon - 7PM
Festival Park
New for 2008, the “Wine and Jazz Festival” offers visitors another “Taste” of Lexington. This event celebrates Lexington’s position along the Yadkin Valley in the midst of the vineyards and wineries that dot the landscape, not only along the valley, but across the Carolinas. Also, we have invited a list of wonderful jazz talent from across both Carolinas to create an afternoon of great wines and jazz music.
WINERIES: Childress Winery, Duplin Winery, Lake James Cellars, Native Vines, Banner Elk Winery, Dennis Vineyards, Chateau Laurina, Weathervane Winery, Thistle Meadow
JAZZ ARTISTS: Sweet Dreams, Sabra Cellas, Joe Robinson, Celine Berman and JazzTracks
Tickets are $20.00 (Tasting) / $10.00 General Admission
Taste of Lexington Festival Park is located on East 2nd and 3rd Aves.behind the Civic Center.