May 29, 2024 • 15 mins
Step into the heart of Statesville this June and immerse yourself in a variety of events celebrating everything from history to music to the great outdoors! We'll whisk you away on a journey through time with a Juneteenth story walk and craft event at Lake Norman State Park—perfect for families. Feel the boom of musket fire at Fort Dobbs, and lace up your hiking boots for a ranger-led adventure on National Trails Day. Art aficionados, prepare to be dazzled at Art in the Park, where the pulsing beats of live bands and an array of local food trucks complement the masterpieces on display.
But that's just a taste of what's in store. Our episode brims with the spirit of Juneteenth as we explore a bustling downtown celebration with engaging vendors, and enthralling performances—including a live show by the Insomniacs. We'll give you exclusive insights into the Unity Center's educational events and historic bus tours that shed light on our town's rich past. And for those whose hearts beat in rhythm, Make Music Day promises a symphony of sounds throughout Statesville's streets. For thrill-seekers, we haven't forgotten you—join us for the chills of Haunted Statesville Ghost Tours, now available to brave souls all year round. Be prepared for a June stacked with dive-in movies, taco nights, and a vibe that promises something extraordinary for everyone.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You're not going to want to miss June in Statesville
, north Carolina.
Tune in now, as Richard and Ido, our featured event rundown.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Welcome to Discover Statesville, the show that takes
you on a captivating journeythrough the heart of one of
North Carolina's most charmingtowns.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Welcome back everybody to Discover
Statesville.
It's Richard and I's favoritetime of the month and that is
when we get to do the cool eventrundown the things that are
coming up.
I cannot believe it's Junealready.
Oh it's crazy.
But I'm excited that it'ssummer.
I love summer and June.
Too hot, too hot, actually myfavorite, and I think I've said
(00:34):
this before spring and fall.
But all the fun that comes withsummer is pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Absolutely I like long days.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Lots of fun happening in June in Statesville, North
Carolina.
And you know, when we ended ourMay rundown, we went ahead and
talked about art in the parkbecause we wanted people to know
about it, with it coming up onJune 1st.
But what?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I didn't realize is we have?
Speaker 1 (00:55):
lots of things happening on June 1st.
Kicking off with our friendsover at Lake Norman State Park,
they are doing a cool Juneteenthstory walk and craft.
So it's an indoor story walk,not their normal outdoor one.
An indoor story walk and craftsto help celebrate Juneteenth.
So take a break from the heat.
Were you setting us up for thatwhen you were saying it was hot
(01:15):
?
Take a break from the heat andwalk around inside the Visitor
Center.
Lake Norman State Park has anamazing Visitor Center in there
and enjoy a reading Floydcooper's juneteenth um for
maizey.
That is going to be posted onthe walls for a story walk.
Uh, and they are going to havea juneteenth craft flag making
(01:35):
station um set up during thatsame time.
So don't miss that on thatthat's, that's for.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
that's for four days in a row, right, yeah, oh cool.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, Great June 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Awesome yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
That same Saturday, june 1st, out at Fort Dobbs they
will be hosting the 263rdanniversary of Grant's campaign,
which is ultimately sort of tocommemorate a battle that took
place there in 1761 with theCherokee and Colonel James Grant
.
But they'll have musket firingdemonstrations and just lots of
(02:11):
different activities out there.
That's 10 to 4, $2 admissionSaturday June 1st out of Fort
Dobbs.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
If you haven't been to Fort Dobbs, it is worth a
visit, even if you have been toFort Dobbs, Reconstructed Fort
the only, I think, in thesoutheast of the French and
Indian War.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yeah, very cool.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Right here in Statesville.
It's worth a trip Back to ourfriends at Lake Norman State
Park.
You probably know this NationalTrails Day in June, but they
are hosting Lano's Trail DayHike.
So they're inviting you out tojoin a ranger on a hike to
celebrate National Trails Day.
So you'll be going out andhiking the Lakeshore Trailhead
(02:51):
in honor of National Trails Day.
So for more information, checkout their visitor center, give
them a call there at the LakeNorman State Park.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yeah, and that whole trail is beautiful compared to
all the developed areas of thelake.
You at least have this one sortof pristine gem there on Lake
Norman, which is awesome.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
That sounds like a great time, but I don't want to
miss Art in the Park.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
That's right.
So Saturday June the 1st, theRecreation and Parks Department
partner with the Iredell ArtsCouncil to host Art in the Park
out at Martin Luther King JrPark.
That event is from 11 to 3.
It's a free event.
There'll be food trucks outthere, red Buffalo will be on
site.
We will have lots of differentartists set up.
(03:31):
Some may be creating art, somemay be selling art, some may
just have a sculptureinstallation or something along
those lines.
We've worked with the folksfrom Grassroots Entertainment
Group to coordinateentertainment for that day.
So we'll have bands performingon the main stage there in the
amphitheater There'll be a Rootsin the Round session.
Danny Carr's acoustic band isgoing to perform.
(03:52):
We also have artists performingor musicians performing down at
the Eastside Shelters.
So just a great day of variousforms of art.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Yeah, Grassroots has rounded up no pun intended, they
are a great lineup.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
They have Over 10 bands, those guys are a
phenomenal resource here in thiscommunity and they've done a
great job for us.
So yeah, please put that onyour calendar.
11 to 3, like I say, it's afree event out at Martin Luther
King Jr Park, formerly LakewoodPark, in case you don't know
where that is.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, and if you want to see the full lineup, head
out to recreationstatesfullncnetand click on the featured event
to see the full lineup outthere.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yes, the interweb stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, back to live music.
Always fun stuff going on atthe Iredell Arts Council.
On June 5th, in the IredellArts Council listening room,
it'll be live music from Wickerand Jones.
Yes, so that's a blues band.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
They're awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Danny Wicker, Mel Jones.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Yeah outstanding.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
And that's a blues band.
They're awesome.
Danny Wicker, mel Jones, yeah,outstanding.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And that's with the team from Piedmont Folkways,
also a great group.
Yeah, that's been a greatpartnership that the Arts
Council's formed with PiedmontFolkways.
They do a show every Wednesdaynight and so about two months
ago they came to the ArtsCouncil and wanted to start
doing their Wednesday nightshows in the old jail.
So we've been happy to havethem as a partner and it's
working out really well.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
More people working together.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I love it, that's right, yeah, so also at the Arts
Council will be the thirdinstallment of the Art and Soul
series, which is a that issponsored by Grace Baptist
Church, and so on this they'llhave Fry Gillyard, who is a
former Southern editor at theCharlotte Observer and writer in
residence at the University ofSouth Alabama, and he'll share
(05:30):
some readings from his works,and then Steve Shoemaker, who is
the pastor at Grace Baptist,has some Q&A, asked some
questions.
The first two have been amazingand just really
thought-provoking and greatconversations, and so put that
on your calendar as well.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Something for everyone at the arts council.
Um, who's ready for piedmonthealth care friday after five in
june?
Um, downtown states willdevelopment in the chamber.
The organizers there had tomake a last minute cancellation.
Um, they didn't want you tomiss out, so they uh have a
rescheduled date from May 3rd onJune 14th and then also the
(06:09):
June 7th, two days in June.
So they're going to have onJune 7th.
They are going to have Kids inAmerica, that's right.
So it's a totally 80s tributeband taking the stage on June
7th and then on June 14th wouldbe that original from May 3rd,
the Ultimate 90s Gump Fiction.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
I love this description.
Kids in America isn't just aband.
It's a musical odyssey thatstarted with our shared passion
for the unforgettable decade ofthe 80s.
I'm going to be there, I'm in,yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
We're there, we're there.
So thanks to those guys fororganizing a great event for the
community and visitors alike.
Piedmont Healthcare, fridayAfter 5.
And then, one thing I do loveabout summer is the summer
baseball leagues, and I'm soproud that Statesville has the
Statesville Owls here.
So they kicked off.
(07:01):
They had their opener last week, last week, they kicked off in
May, this past month in May, butthey're playing their home
games at West Iredell HighSchool June 7th, 10th, 9th, 20th
, every week.
Every week they're having ahome game in June and you can go
(07:24):
on to Discover Statesville andfilter the calendar and look for
our category called Root forthe Home Team and follow along
and find out how you can get outand support local sports and
local baseball.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
That's awesome Who-de-who.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, who-de-who.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Let's see.
At the Iretal Arts Council, theFull Bloom Film Festival is an
international film festival thattakes place here every
September.
So the Full Bloom Film Festivalis an international film
festival that takes place hereevery September.
But for the past couple ofyears we've hosted a monthly
film series to try to keepmomentum in between the annual
International Film Festival.
So the June installment forthat will be the film Amazing
(08:00):
Grace, which is basically adocumentary about Aretha
Franklin, and so it's going tobe outstanding.
That's on June the 11th at 7o'clock.
All right, oh, I'm next too.
There's a lot of stuff herethere is.
So Piedmont Folkways anotherperformance, this time with
Michael Federer and Tom Kuhn.
(08:22):
Same thing.
That'll be at the Idle ArtsCouncil in the old jail
listening room.
That's on June the 12th at 730.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Gosh, richard, there's nothing to do in
Statesville.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
North Carolina.
I know We'll just sit aroundall the time, can't?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
believe it.
And then we're excited to sharenext week's guest Tune.
In next week we are going tohave Pete Barger from Southern
Distilling, the co-founder ofSouthern Distilling, with us and
he is going to be talking aboutthe Southern Distilling Summer
Cruisin'.
It's my understanding they'regoing to have 70 plus.
(08:54):
I'm not going to say this right, but older cars.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
He said really any car.
Yeah, really any car.
I may, I may put the Subaru ondisplay.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
I was thinking that's something you could do, but
it's going to be a great nightof entertainment.
They're going to have thecruising the car cruising
classic car cruising, but foodtrucks.
Great night of entertainment,um, they're going to have the
cruising the car cruisingclassic car cruising, but food
trucks, live music.
And they're going to be havinga limited edition great race
single barrel barrel release.
But this cruising is a party umto send pete off on the great
(09:29):
race.
It's the second annual um, Ithink, eight-day across-country
race.
So you won't want to misstuning in next week to hear
about all that from Pete.
But get the summer cruise in onyour calendar, which is June
13th.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
And that single barrel release is just that day
right.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So if you're a collector, yeah, and there's
still time.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
You said all vehicles are welcome to register.
So go out tosoutherndistillingcom and if
you're interested in registeringyour car, but if not, just come
out and have a good time withus, we'll be there.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Outstanding.
Yeah, June the 19th will be theannual Juneteenth celebration
here in downtown Statesville.
They got a couple things goingon, Well, actually.
So June 19th is Juneteenth.
On June 19th they'll be hostingthat's the, I think where
they're having their educationalpiece at the Unity Center.
They're also hosting some bustours of the Green Street,
(10:26):
Garfield Street area.
There is limited seating andyou can register online for
those.
And then June 22nd, in downtownStatesville, will be the annual
Juneteenth celebration.
That's right in front ofMitchell Community College, at
the end of West Broad Street, 11am to 6 pm, and there will be
tons of vendors, tons of food,art, education, entertainment,
(10:49):
kids activities.
It will be a full day ofcelebrating Juneteenth and
really the entertainment will beoutstanding and they'll you
know they're spoken wordthroughout the day.
They'll have dance troupesthroughout the day.
Our good friends Tevin andCapria with Insomniacs are
helping coordinate a portion ofthe entertainment and I imagine
we'll be performing as well.
It's just a really great, superdiverse celebration in downtown
(11:12):
Statesville, so I encourageeveryone to come and participate
.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Yeah, and not to give away everything they're doing,
but I'm excited to share that intwo weeks, after we speak to
Pete, my favorite human being,kevin, is going to be back in
studio here with us with MrElamin.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Elamin, elamin, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
They're going to be here talking all things
Juneteenth this will be a goodtime.
Yeah, you won't want to missthat episode, so we're looking
forward to having them with us,but mark your calendar.
That Juneteenth Statesvillecommittee is doing a really good
job.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
They do an outstanding job.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
They plan all year, they do an outstanding job and
I'm so excited they moved theirevent down in front of Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Woods, and it's growing every year.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Yeah, yeah.
So then, something new toStatesville this year Downtown
Statesville Development inpartnership with the Arts
Council right, because it'ssomething that the State Arts
Council was leaning into butMake Music Day in Downtown
Statesville.
So Downtown Statesville, theway I understand it, is going to
come to life, with musicians inthe stores on the sidewalks,
(12:18):
there's going to be alldifferent things to do that
surround music.
So they said that they'rejoining over 1,000 cities and
120 countries that are going tobe doing this to be part of the
biggest music celebration ever.
Yeah, so excited that we'releaning into that.
Make Music Day in downtown.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Statesville and that is on June 21st and it's super
cool.
I think it might have beenstarted in France, but yeah,
it's something that's existedfor a long time, so super cool
that downtown Statesvilledecided to bring it here.
Yeah, musicians lining thestreets, in the retailers and I
think a lot of it too, and Idon't know all the details yet,
but I think a lot of it is alsoencouraging other people to come
(12:59):
out and be able to make music,so you might have an area that
you know.
Maybe there's an area that'sgot a bunch of kazoos out and
you know people can go and playkazoos, or just see you playing
the bongos.
I have a big gym bae.
It's relegated to a top shelfin the closet.
(13:19):
There you go, yeah.
And then I also want to mentionthe Haunted Statesville Ghost
Tours.
That's no longer just anOctober event.
They happen all throughout theyear, so lots of opportunity
there.
Tickets are $15.
They do two tours each eveningon the fourth Saturday from
March to September, but it'sreally cool, yeah, if you
(13:40):
haven't done it, they do a greatjob hosting the tours and
they're really engaging and it'sa lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
And we've said this before.
But even if you have done it,it's done now by the historic
Sharp players Keith Ryan and histeam, and it wasn't always done
by them before.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
So, even if you've seen it before, it's time to see
it again.
Yeah, learn more about theghosts as time goes on.
We've seen more ghosts.
Yes, more stories to tell.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Yeah, yeah.
Well, that wraps up our list,but, like we say every time, I
think there's over 1,300 eventson the list.
In June, recreation Parks hasan amazing lineup.
You guys are launching yourdive-in and drive-in movie
series.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Dive-in movies.
Yeah, Not drive-in, but moviesin the park Movies in the park.
You've got to park and walkover, but yeah, we've got stuff
going on all summer long and allof it is detailed on the
website.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Yeah, recreationstateswellncnet,
You're not going to want to missthat.
And for a full list of acomprehensive list of calendar
events in Statesville, NorthCarolina or the greater
Statesville area, go tostateswellnccom and click on the
calendar right there.
You won't want to miss a thing.
Live music happening severalnights.
Several nights, Taco nightsthing.
(14:53):
Live music happening severalnights several nights, taco
nights, poetry nights, bingo youhad me at taco.
Yeah, it's happening inStatesville, North Carolina.
Guys, Don't miss it.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
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You can email us at discover atstatesvillenccom.
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Catch us next week as wecontinue on our journey to
uncover the hidden gems,culinary adventures,
entertainment, and to beinspired and enlightened as we
(15:24):
Discover Statesville.
You're not going to want to miss June in Statesville
, north Carolina.
Tune in now, as Richard and Ido, our featured event rundown.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
Welcome to Discover Statesville, the show that takes
you on a captivating journeythrough the heart of one of
North Carolina's most charmingtowns.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
Welcome back everybody to Discover
Statesville.
It's Richard and I's favoritetime of the month and that is
when we get to do the cool eventrundown the things that are
coming up.
I cannot believe it's Junealready.
Oh it's crazy.
But I'm excited that it'ssummer.
I love summer and June.
Too hot, too hot, actually myfavorite, and I think I've said
(00:34):
this before spring and fall.
But all the fun that comes withsummer is pretty amazing.
Speaker 3 (00:40):
Absolutely I like long days.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
Lots of fun happening in June in Statesville, North
Carolina.
And you know, when we ended ourMay rundown, we went ahead and
talked about art in the parkbecause we wanted people to know
about it, with it coming up onJune 1st.
But what?
Speaker 3 (00:54):
I didn't realize is we have?
Speaker 1 (00:55):
lots of things happening on June 1st.
Kicking off with our friendsover at Lake Norman State Park,
they are doing a cool Juneteenthstory walk and craft.
So it's an indoor story walk,not their normal outdoor one.
An indoor story walk and craftsto help celebrate Juneteenth.
So take a break from the heat.
Were you setting us up for thatwhen you were saying it was hot
(01:15):
?
Take a break from the heat andwalk around inside the Visitor
Center.
Lake Norman State Park has anamazing Visitor Center in there
and enjoy a reading Floydcooper's juneteenth um for
maizey.
That is going to be posted onthe walls for a story walk.
Uh, and they are going to havea juneteenth craft flag making
(01:35):
station um set up during thatsame time.
So don't miss that on thatthat's, that's for.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
that's for four days in a row, right, yeah, oh cool.
Speaker 1 (01:44):
Yeah, Great June 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Awesome yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:47):
That same Saturday, june 1st, out at Fort Dobbs they
will be hosting the 263rdanniversary of Grant's campaign,
which is ultimately sort of tocommemorate a battle that took
place there in 1761 with theCherokee and Colonel James Grant
.
But they'll have musket firingdemonstrations and just lots of
(02:11):
different activities out there.
That's 10 to 4, $2 admissionSaturday June 1st out of Fort
Dobbs.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
If you haven't been to Fort Dobbs, it is worth a
visit, even if you have been toFort Dobbs, Reconstructed Fort
the only, I think, in thesoutheast of the French and
Indian War.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Yeah, very cool.
Speaker 1 (02:26):
Right here in Statesville.
It's worth a trip Back to ourfriends at Lake Norman State
Park.
You probably know this NationalTrails Day in June, but they
are hosting Lano's Trail DayHike.
So they're inviting you out tojoin a ranger on a hike to
celebrate National Trails Day.
So you'll be going out andhiking the Lakeshore Trailhead
(02:51):
in honor of National Trails Day.
So for more information, checkout their visitor center, give
them a call there at the LakeNorman State Park.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yeah, and that whole trail is beautiful compared to
all the developed areas of thelake.
You at least have this one sortof pristine gem there on Lake
Norman, which is awesome.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
That sounds like a great time, but I don't want to
miss Art in the Park.
Speaker 3 (03:11):
That's right.
So Saturday June the 1st, theRecreation and Parks Department
partner with the Iredell ArtsCouncil to host Art in the Park
out at Martin Luther King JrPark.
That event is from 11 to 3.
It's a free event.
There'll be food trucks outthere, red Buffalo will be on
site.
We will have lots of differentartists set up.
(03:31):
Some may be creating art, somemay be selling art, some may
just have a sculptureinstallation or something along
those lines.
We've worked with the folksfrom Grassroots Entertainment
Group to coordinateentertainment for that day.
So we'll have bands performingon the main stage there in the
amphitheater There'll be a Rootsin the Round session.
Danny Carr's acoustic band isgoing to perform.
(03:52):
We also have artists performingor musicians performing down at
the Eastside Shelters.
So just a great day of variousforms of art.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
Yeah, Grassroots has rounded up no pun intended, they
are a great lineup.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
They have Over 10 bands, those guys are a
phenomenal resource here in thiscommunity and they've done a
great job for us.
So yeah, please put that onyour calendar.
11 to 3, like I say, it's afree event out at Martin Luther
King Jr Park, formerly LakewoodPark, in case you don't know
where that is.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
Yeah, and if you want to see the full lineup, head
out to recreationstatesfullncnetand click on the featured event
to see the full lineup outthere.
Speaker 3 (04:28):
Yes, the interweb stuff.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yeah, back to live music.
Always fun stuff going on atthe Iredell Arts Council.
On June 5th, in the IredellArts Council listening room,
it'll be live music from Wickerand Jones.
Yes, so that's a blues band.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
They're awesome.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Danny Wicker, Mel Jones.
Speaker 3 (04:48):
Yeah outstanding.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
And that's a blues band.
They're awesome.
Danny Wicker, mel Jones, yeah,outstanding.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
And that's with the team from Piedmont Folkways,
also a great group.
Yeah, that's been a greatpartnership that the Arts
Council's formed with PiedmontFolkways.
They do a show every Wednesdaynight and so about two months
ago they came to the ArtsCouncil and wanted to start
doing their Wednesday nightshows in the old jail.
So we've been happy to havethem as a partner and it's
working out really well.
Speaker 1 (05:08):
More people working together.
Speaker 3 (05:09):
I love it, that's right, yeah, so also at the Arts
Council will be the thirdinstallment of the Art and Soul
series, which is a that issponsored by Grace Baptist
Church, and so on this they'llhave Fry Gillyard, who is a
former Southern editor at theCharlotte Observer and writer in
residence at the University ofSouth Alabama, and he'll share
(05:30):
some readings from his works,and then Steve Shoemaker, who is
the pastor at Grace Baptist,has some Q&A, asked some
questions.
The first two have been amazingand just really
thought-provoking and greatconversations, and so put that
on your calendar as well.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
Something for everyone at the arts council.
Um, who's ready for piedmonthealth care friday after five in
june?
Um, downtown states willdevelopment in the chamber.
The organizers there had tomake a last minute cancellation.
Um, they didn't want you tomiss out, so they uh have a
rescheduled date from May 3rd onJune 14th and then also the
(06:09):
June 7th, two days in June.
So they're going to have onJune 7th.
They are going to have Kids inAmerica, that's right.
So it's a totally 80s tributeband taking the stage on June
7th and then on June 14th wouldbe that original from May 3rd,
the Ultimate 90s Gump Fiction.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
I love this description.
Kids in America isn't just aband.
It's a musical odyssey thatstarted with our shared passion
for the unforgettable decade ofthe 80s.
I'm going to be there, I'm in,yeah.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
We're there, we're there.
So thanks to those guys fororganizing a great event for the
community and visitors alike.
Piedmont Healthcare, fridayAfter 5.
And then, one thing I do loveabout summer is the summer
baseball leagues, and I'm soproud that Statesville has the
Statesville Owls here.
So they kicked off.
(07:01):
They had their opener last week, last week, they kicked off in
May, this past month in May, butthey're playing their home
games at West Iredell HighSchool June 7th, 10th, 9th, 20th
, every week.
Every week they're having ahome game in June and you can go
(07:24):
on to Discover Statesville andfilter the calendar and look for
our category called Root forthe Home Team and follow along
and find out how you can get outand support local sports and
local baseball.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
That's awesome Who-de-who.
Speaker 1 (07:37):
Yeah, who-de-who.
Speaker 3 (07:40):
Let's see.
At the Iretal Arts Council, theFull Bloom Film Festival is an
international film festival thattakes place here every
September.
So the Full Bloom Film Festivalis an international film
festival that takes place hereevery September.
But for the past couple ofyears we've hosted a monthly
film series to try to keepmomentum in between the annual
International Film Festival.
So the June installment forthat will be the film Amazing
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Grace, which is basically adocumentary about Aretha
Franklin, and so it's going tobe outstanding.
That's on June the 11th at 7o'clock.
All right, oh, I'm next too.
There's a lot of stuff herethere is.
So Piedmont Folkways anotherperformance, this time with
Michael Federer and Tom Kuhn.
(08:22):
Same thing.
That'll be at the Idle ArtsCouncil in the old jail
listening room.
That's on June the 12th at 730.
Speaker 1 (08:29):
Gosh, richard, there's nothing to do in
Statesville.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
North Carolina.
I know We'll just sit aroundall the time, can't?
Speaker 1 (08:34):
believe it.
And then we're excited to sharenext week's guest Tune.
In next week we are going tohave Pete Barger from Southern
Distilling, the co-founder ofSouthern Distilling, with us and
he is going to be talking aboutthe Southern Distilling Summer
Cruisin'.
It's my understanding they'regoing to have 70 plus.
(08:54):
I'm not going to say this right, but older cars.
Speaker 3 (09:00):
He said really any car.
Yeah, really any car.
I may, I may put the Subaru ondisplay.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
I was thinking that's something you could do, but
it's going to be a great nightof entertainment.
They're going to have thecruising the car cruising
classic car cruising, but foodtrucks.
Great night of entertainment,um, they're going to have the
cruising the car cruisingclassic car cruising, but food
trucks, live music.
And they're going to be havinga limited edition great race
single barrel barrel release.
But this cruising is a party umto send pete off on the great
(09:29):
race.
It's the second annual um, Ithink, eight-day across-country
race.
So you won't want to misstuning in next week to hear
about all that from Pete.
But get the summer cruise in onyour calendar, which is June
13th.
Speaker 3 (09:46):
And that single barrel release is just that day
right.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
That's right, that's right.
Speaker 3 (09:51):
So if you're a collector, yeah, and there's
still time.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
You said all vehicles are welcome to register.
So go out tosoutherndistillingcom and if
you're interested in registeringyour car, but if not, just come
out and have a good time withus, we'll be there.
Speaker 3 (10:05):
Outstanding.
Yeah, June the 19th will be theannual Juneteenth celebration
here in downtown Statesville.
They got a couple things goingon, Well, actually.
So June 19th is Juneteenth.
On June 19th they'll be hostingthat's the, I think where
they're having their educationalpiece at the Unity Center.
They're also hosting some bustours of the Green Street,
(10:26):
Garfield Street area.
There is limited seating andyou can register online for
those.
And then June 22nd, in downtownStatesville, will be the annual
Juneteenth celebration.
That's right in front ofMitchell Community College, at
the end of West Broad Street, 11am to 6 pm, and there will be
tons of vendors, tons of food,art, education, entertainment,
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kids activities.
It will be a full day ofcelebrating Juneteenth and
really the entertainment will beoutstanding and they'll you
know they're spoken wordthroughout the day.
They'll have dance troupesthroughout the day.
Our good friends Tevin andCapria with Insomniacs are
helping coordinate a portion ofthe entertainment and I imagine
we'll be performing as well.
It's just a really great, superdiverse celebration in downtown
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Statesville, so I encourageeveryone to come and participate
.
Speaker 1 (11:15):
Yeah, and not to give away everything they're doing,
but I'm excited to share that intwo weeks, after we speak to
Pete, my favorite human being,kevin, is going to be back in
studio here with us with MrElamin.
Speaker 3 (11:31):
Elamin, elamin, yeah.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
They're going to be here talking all things
Juneteenth this will be a goodtime.
Yeah, you won't want to missthat episode, so we're looking
forward to having them with us,but mark your calendar.
That Juneteenth Statesvillecommittee is doing a really good
job.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
They do an outstanding job.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
They plan all year, they do an outstanding job and
I'm so excited they moved theirevent down in front of Mitchell.
Speaker 3 (11:54):
Woods, and it's growing every year.
Speaker 1 (11:55):
Yeah, yeah.
So then, something new toStatesville this year Downtown
Statesville Development inpartnership with the Arts
Council right, because it'ssomething that the State Arts
Council was leaning into butMake Music Day in Downtown
Statesville.
So Downtown Statesville, theway I understand it, is going to
come to life, with musicians inthe stores on the sidewalks,
(12:18):
there's going to be alldifferent things to do that
surround music.
So they said that they'rejoining over 1,000 cities and
120 countries that are going tobe doing this to be part of the
biggest music celebration ever.
Yeah, so excited that we'releaning into that.
Make Music Day in downtown.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
Statesville and that is on June 21st and it's super
cool.
I think it might have beenstarted in France, but yeah,
it's something that's existedfor a long time, so super cool
that downtown Statesvilledecided to bring it here.
Yeah, musicians lining thestreets, in the retailers and I
think a lot of it too, and Idon't know all the details yet,
but I think a lot of it is alsoencouraging other people to come
(12:59):
out and be able to make music,so you might have an area that
you know.
Maybe there's an area that'sgot a bunch of kazoos out and
you know people can go and playkazoos, or just see you playing
the bongos.
I have a big gym bae.
It's relegated to a top shelfin the closet.
(13:19):
There you go, yeah.
And then I also want to mentionthe Haunted Statesville Ghost
Tours.
That's no longer just anOctober event.
They happen all throughout theyear, so lots of opportunity
there.
Tickets are $15.
They do two tours each eveningon the fourth Saturday from
March to September, but it'sreally cool, yeah, if you
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haven't done it, they do a greatjob hosting the tours and
they're really engaging and it'sa lot of fun.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
And we've said this before.
But even if you have done it,it's done now by the historic
Sharp players Keith Ryan and histeam, and it wasn't always done
by them before.
Speaker 3 (13:56):
So, even if you've seen it before, it's time to see
it again.
Yeah, learn more about theghosts as time goes on.
We've seen more ghosts.
Yes, more stories to tell.
Speaker 1 (14:02):
Yeah, yeah.
Well, that wraps up our list,but, like we say every time, I
think there's over 1,300 eventson the list.
In June, recreation Parks hasan amazing lineup.
You guys are launching yourdive-in and drive-in movie
series.
Speaker 3 (14:22):
Dive-in movies.
Yeah, Not drive-in, but moviesin the park Movies in the park.
You've got to park and walkover, but yeah, we've got stuff
going on all summer long and allof it is detailed on the
website.
Speaker 1 (14:33):
Yeah, recreationstateswellncnet,
You're not going to want to missthat.
And for a full list of acomprehensive list of calendar
events in Statesville, NorthCarolina or the greater
Statesville area, go tostateswellnccom and click on the
calendar right there.
You won't want to miss a thing.
Live music happening severalnights.
Several nights, Taco nightsthing.
(14:53):
Live music happening severalnights several nights, taco
nights, poetry nights, bingo youhad me at taco.
Yeah, it's happening inStatesville, North Carolina.
Guys, Don't miss it.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
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Thank you for joining DiscoverStatesville.
You can email us at discover atstatesvillenccom.
Check us out on Facebook atDiscover Statesville, NC hashtag
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Catch us next week as wecontinue on our journey to
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