When: Saturday, starts at 7:30 p.m.Where: Hasan Shriners Temple, 1822 Palmyra Road.The prom will feature food, live band and DJ. Tickets Put on dress-up clothes for a n evening of fun.Tickets: Start at $50.For more information, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-chance-ent-2-adult-prom-tickets-626600257237.
July is almost done and gone, but there’s one last summer weekend in the month, with the opportunity to catch some of what’s going on in southwest Georgia.
When: Saturday, 6 p.m.-10 p.m.Where: Pretoria Fields Brewing, 120 Pine Ave.Magnetic South plays your rock and Americana favorites at Albany’s Pretoria Fields brewery. Come enjoy some tunes while sampling the brewery’s craft beers.
When: Saturday, starts at 10 p.m.Where: The Harvest Moon, 2347 Dawson Road.Electric Junkyard is coming to rock the Moon.
When: Saturday, 5k starts at 8 a.m.,fun run and walk at 8:45 a.m.Where: 2206 Dawson Road.The Back the Blue 5k and First Responders is back. Proceeds raised go to purchase monitoring bracelets and anklets used by first responders to locate missing autistic individuals and those suffering from dementia.Sign-up cost: $25 for 5k, $15 for one-mile Donut Dash run/walk.For more informatio, go to: https://runsignup.com/Race/GA/Albany/BackTheBlue5kusa.
When: Saturday, starts at 7 p.m.Where: Deep South Fair, 2057 Hwy. 122, Thomasville.Nashville recording artist and Thomasville native Hannah Wright and her band ‘he Midnight Revelry’, along with Thomasville long-time favorites The Skinks, and regional sensation 80’s tribute band The Rock Mob will provide the entertainment for the third summer concert. The board of directors of the Tommy Grivvin Music Scholarship have partnered with Thomasville’s Families for a CURE childhoold cancer group for the 2023 Concert for Tommy event.All proceeds will benefit the group.Tickets: $20.For more information, go to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/3rd-annual-summer-concert-tickets-676233802507.
Alan has been a reporter for 30 years, including at The Moultrie Observer, Thomasville Times-Enterprise and The Albany Herald. His favorite book is “Catch-22,” and he has an Australian shepherd/American bulldog mix named Maxwell.
