August 2019
Thursday, August 1:
Adult Movie Day
Location:
Villa Rica Public Library
869 Dallas Hwy
Villa Rica, GA 30180
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Ages 18+. Come out and watch a fun new movie. This months movie is The Finest Hours.”
Genealogy Class
Location:
Villa Rica Public Library
869 Dallas Hwy
Villa Rica, GA 30180
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Ages 18+. Registration is required. Register by calling 770-459-7012. Discover your family history and start your family tree by accessing billions of genealogy records using online resources such as Census, SSDI & Military records.”
Saturday, August 3:
Market Day – Downtown Newnan
Location:
Downtown Newnan
6 1st Ave
Newnan, GA 30263
Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “The Market will feature over 50 unique spaces, with a variety of one-of-a-kind gift items. Market Day favorites include: fresh locally grown produce, honey, jams & jellies, pottery, art, hand-woven baskets, leather products, etc.”
https://www.mainstreetnewnan.com
Girl Get Up Conference
Location:
City Station
2115 Maple Street
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Tea’s Rooms presents Girls Get Up Conference. Girl Get Up Conference is to teach teens, and women how to live in self care, restoration and feel empowered! This conference will have clinicians, authors, ministers and women who knows the importance of operating in self care, restoration, and being empowered as young women.
We as women take on the responsibilities of caring for others and often time forget how important it is to care for ourselves. This conference encourages women and young ladies to turn up the volume on their own voices, and believe in a life of endless possibilities by building confidence through clinical, spiritual, and life application on how to live a restored, empowered life.
This conference is for YOU and your young ladies as well.”
Friday, August 9:
Paint a Kindness Rock
Location:
Tracey Stallings Community Center
118 South White Street
2nd Floor, Carroll Room
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 2:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Come join us for a rock painting event hosted by the Neva Lomason Memorial Library and Carrollton Rocks Kindness! Kindness rocks are about cultivating compassion and leaving a kind message on a painted rock for someone to find. The idea is that one message at the right moment can change someone’s day, their outlook, or even their whole life. Paint rocks with us to hide, keep or donate. We will meet at the Stallings Center. Supplies are limited. Registration required.”
Saturday, August 10:
Country Music Legend Ronnie McDowell
Location:
The Wadsworth Auditorium
25 Jefferson St
Newnan, GA 30263
Time: 6:00 – 10:00 pm
Price: $30 – $40
Description: “Country Music Legend Ronnie McDowell is coming to The Wadsworth Auditorium Saturday August 10th @ 6 pm. He has hit songs like Older Women, In a New York Minute, The King Is Gone, Wandering Eyes,Watchin Girls Go By,You’re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation and many more. This is a must see show. Get your tickets now https://www.itickets.com/events/416849.”
https://www.mainstreetnewnan.com
Villa Rica August Summer Concert: The SOS Band
Location:
The MILL Amphitheater
106 Temple Street
Villa Rica, GA 30180
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 pm
Price: Admission is free, but reserved premium seating is $20 -$30 per seat
Description: “The SOS Band is coming to The MILL amphitheater in downtown Villa Rica! Yes, The official SOS Band! The MILL Amphitheater is the happening spot on Saturday, August 10, 2019 Don’t miss a night of great music, food and fun! Opening act will be The Funk Brotherhood out of Athens, GA- 7:30 pm until 8:30 pm. Admission is FREE!!!! This is a Rain or Shine Event!
Reserved seating may be purchased:
$20 +service charges Reserved Seating
$30 +service charges Premium Seating
$120 +service charges Reserved Table (Six Chairs)
$150 +service charges Reserved Tent & Table (Six Chairs)”
Sunday, August 11:
Chuck Girard in Concert
Location:
Calvary Chapel Newnan
18 Savannah St
Newnan, GA 30263
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Description: Visit the link below.
https://www.mainstreetnewnan.com
Wednesday, August 14:
Savvy Social Security
Location:
Tracey Stallings Community Center
118 South White Street
2nd Floor, Carroll Room
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 10:30 am – 1:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Certified financial planner Ray Dunlap will go through the many strategies for Social Security and how to best make your choice when it comes to this important entitlement program.”
Friday, August 16:
Painting with Bob Ross
Location:
Tracey Stallings Community Center
118 South White Street
2nd Floor, Carroll Room
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Come join us as we take a leisurely stroll and paint with Bob Ross to gather our thoughts in the quiet, misty woodlands. Program is geared towards beginners–no advanced painting skills necessary! Supplies are limited. Registration required.”
Saturday, August 17:
Back to School Splash
Location:
Longview Park
827-899 Longview Street
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “We invite you to celebrate the end of summer with us and enjoy water toys, snacks, and games. Wear bathing suits or clothes you can get wet as well as water shoes and bring a towel. Picnic lunches are welcome.”
Miss Gold Rush Pageant
Location:
The Venue
150 Stone St
Villa Rica, GA 30180
Time: 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Price: $65 per participant
Description: Visit the link below.
Sunday, August 18:
End of Summer Wine Down
Location:
Little Vine Vineyards
665 N Hulett Rd
Villa Rica, GA 30180
Time: 2:00 – 5:00 pm
Price: $23
Description: “Join ACHI WSWA Atlanta Chapter for a relaxing afternoon tour of the vineyard and wine tasting of 10 different award-winning wines at this rustic winery in west Georgia. Here is an opportunity to tour a winery right here in our own backyard. This will be a fun-filled afternoon with great company, lessons in wine tasting-how to taste, how to read wine labels, food and wine pairings, and all those things that make wine special. Fruit and cheese served. So, grab a friend and come on out! This is an adults-only event. You must be over 21 years of age to participate.”
Friday, August 23:
Amp Summer Movie Series: TopGun
Location:
The AMP
119 Bradley St
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 8:45 – 11:00 pm
Price: Free
Description: “As students at the United States Navy’s elite fighter weapons school compete to be best in the class, one daring young pilot learns a few things from a civilian instructor that are not taught in the classroom. Rated PG. Some content may not be suitable for children. Viewer discretion advised.
Grab your date and come downtown for a free movie night at The AMP! Movies start at sundown around 8:45 pm. Special thanks to our sponsors Tammie Pero: Allstate Insurance, Almon Funeral Home & Chapel, United Community Bank, & Wrens Body Shop Carrollton.”
Saturday, August 24:
Amp Summer Concert Series: Departure
Location:
The AMP
119 Bradley St
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 7:30 – 11:30 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Irish Bred Pub presents the popular Journey tribute act, Departure, at the Amp, August 24. Join us at The AMP for a FREE concert. Chairs may be set out anytime day of the show.”
Thursday, August 29:
Luncheon with Sybil Rosen, Author of Living In the Woods in a Tree
Location:
Carrollton’s Center for the Arts
251 Alabama St
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 12:30 pm
Price: $30 each
Description: “Living in the Woods in a Tree is an intimate glimpse into the life of music legend, Blaze Foley, seen through the eyes of Sybil Rosen, for whom Foley wrote his most widely known song, “If I Could Only Fly.” Rosen offers a firsthand account of their life together in a Georgia tree house during the countercultural 1970s and Foley’s transformation from reticent hippie musician to enigmatic singer/songwriter. Foley’s songs have been covered by Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, John Prine and Merle Haggard.”
Friday, August 30:
Labor Day Sidewalk Sale
Location:
Downtown Newnan
6 1st Ave
Newnan, GA 30263
Time: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Description: “The Labor Day Sidewalk Sale is an annual tradition! This is an all-day shopping event that starts on the Friday before Labor Day. During the Labor Day Sidewalk Sale, visitors are invited to walk the downtown streets and shop the best deals of the year.”
https://www.mainstreetnewnan.com
Saturday, August 31:
Sunrise on the Square 5K Road Race
Location:
Downtown Newnan
6 1st Ave
Newnan, GA 30263
Time: 8:00 am
Price: Visit link below.
Description: Visit link below.
Printer’s Summer Concert Series – Ugly Betty Band
Location:
Printer’s Ale
940 Columbia Dr
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 6:00 – 9:30 pm
Price: Free
Amp Summer Concert Series: Ben & Noel Haggard and the Strangers
Location:
The AMP
119 Bradley St
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 7:30 – 11:30 pm
Price: Free
Description: “Ben Haggard brings the music of his legendary dad, Merle, to the Amp. Join us at The AMP for a FREE concert. Chairs may be set out anytime day of concert.Special thanks to our sponsor Scott Evans Nissan and Scott Evans Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep.”
Events on Multiple Dates in August
August 1 – 29:
Art Exhibition: More Than a Trail: Exploring the Greenbelt
Location:
Carrollton’s Center for the Arts
Roush Gallery and Galleria
251 Alabama St
Carrollton, GA 30117
Price: Free
Description: “Artist Greg Crimmins’ paintings and botanical drawings delicately capture the native plants, animals and special sights along Carrollton’s GreenBelt, intimate aspects of the trail that may be missed while on a jog or bike ride. The artist has been in several regional exhibitions and has been recognized through Average Art Magazine and Adobe Design Achievement Awards.”
August 2 – 3:
Gaither Vocal Band
Location:
Mill Town Music Hall
1031 Alabama Ave S
Bremen, GA 30110
Time: 7:30 pm both nights
Price: $63 reserved; $68 premium reserved
Description: “Since the early 1990s, the Gaither Vocal Band has served as standard-bearer in the world of gospel music. Founded by legendary gospel songwriter and producer, Bill Gaither, this Grammy-winning vocal group has performed in the worlds most prestigious venues, including the Sydney Opera House, The Kennedy Center, and Carnegie Hall.
The list of men who have comprised the Gaither Vocal Band over the past 30 years reads like a “Who’s Who” among the gospel music industry’s best-loved voices, including Steve Green, Larnelle Harris, Mark Lowry, Michael English, David Phelps and many others.”
https://www.milltownmusichall.com
August 9 – 10:
Newnan Shakes Presents: Romeo and Juliet
Location:
Greenville Street Park
51 Greenville St
Newnan, GA 30263
Time: 8:00 – 9:00 pm both nights
Price: Free
Description: “Come to the Greenville Street Park to enjoy Newnan Shakespeare in the Park’s free production of Romeo and Juliet! August 9th and 10th. 8:00pm. The show runs about an hour.”
https://www.mainstreetnewnan.com
August 15 – 25:
Arsenic and Old Lace
Location:
Newnan Theatre Company
24 1st Ave
Newnan, GA 30263
Time:
August 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, & 24: 8:00 – 10:00 pm
August 18 & 25: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Price: See Newnan Theatre Company website.
Description: “The play is a farcical black comedy revolving around Mortimer Brewster and his slightly crazy family. He has two spinster aunts who have taken to murdering lonely old men by poisoning them, a brother who believes he is Theodore Roosevelt and digs locks for the Panama Canal in the cellar of the Brewster home (which then serve as graves for the aunts’ victims; he thinks that they died of yellow fever); and a murderous brother who has received plastic surgery to conceal his identity, and now looks like horror-film actor Boris Karloff. Through the midst of all this, Mortimer thinks he is ready to marry the girl next door, but, should he bring her into this madness?”
https://www.mainstreetnewnan.com
August 23 – 24:
2019 Leadership Development Conference
Location:
First Baptist Church Villa Rica
1483 US-78
Villa Rica, GA 30180
Time: Friday the 23rd at 7:30 pm – Saturday the 24th at 3:00 pm
Price: Visit the link below for more details. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2019-leadership-development-conference-tickets-62651772137?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Recurring Events Throughout the Year
Yoga with Angie Pace
Recurrence: Every Tuesday.
Location:
Tracey Stallings Community Center
118 S. White Street
Carrollton, GA 30117
Time: 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Price: Free (but donations are welcomed!)
Description: “Are you interested in developing a practice of conscious, mindful movement? Or introduce calm and quiet after a busy and stressful day? Then come join us every Tuesday at 6pm for yoga classes with Angie Pace. Class is open to beginners and all levels. There is no charge, but donations are welcomed.”
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