Weekend Ticket: ‘Cue the train cars, food, tunes, technology and spooky stories | News
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What do competition crickets, music, robots, vintage cars and local ghost stories have to do with each other? This weekend all events with these things take place.
Visit Rockin ‘the Rails at the Museum and Railroad Historical Center in Greenwood on Fridays only. Enjoy live music, catering, and a tour of fully restored carriages at this ticket-based event. Call 864-229-7093.
The absolutely free and family-friendly iMAGINE Lakelands STEAM Festival will only take place on Saturday. It explores how areas like art and engineering intersect, with lots of hands-on fun.
Later, on Saturday evening, the Humane Society of Greenwood’s Wag & Jam concert will take place at Uptown Market. Tickets at eventbrite.com.
Abbeville’s Hogs and Hens Festival is Friday and Saturday. Admission is free.
The fourth annual Greenwood Ghost Walk also takes place in Uptown on Friday and Saturday. To check the availability of hiking reservations / tickets, send an SMS or call 864-321-2695.
If singer-songwriting is your passion, give Greenville-based Darby Wilcox and her peep show bandmates some Greenwood love during Saturday’s highly anticipated Wag & Jam. It’s a ticket benefit concert in support of the Humane Society of Greenwood.
Darby Wilcox and The Peep Show, as well as Susto from Charleston, will be on their feet for this open air concert at Uptown Market. It’s going to be a great night for indie uptown for sure.
Wilcox, now 35, has been part of the Greenville music scene since she was 18 when she started performing on open mic nights.
Your current band has evolved over the past six or seven years and even has a Greenwood connection to musician Steven Cathcart on Pedal Steel. Wilcox and The Peep Show have also recorded new songs in Cathcart’s studio.
Wilcox’s soulful singing and fearlessly honest songwriting have won their fans and nods from the likes of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.
“My music is very raw and emotional,” explains Wilcox. “I’ve made music all my life and grew up listening to classical and church music. But I taught myself to play the guitar when I was 12 or 13, and that’s when I started writing songs. “
During the show, listen to four brand new songs that will eventually appear on a new EP that promises to be a little “more electric” than Wilcox previously did, including their 2018 LP, 11:11.
“The band really started to consolidate in 2016,” said Wilcox. “My music is like a timestamp.”
Among the four new tracks is “Ten Ways to Cope”.
“It’s about leaving a partner who wanted me to be there, but at the time I couldn’t even be there for myself,” said Wilcox. “… It’s about coping, not the healthiest way. … Many of the songs are like life lessons for me. “
Wilcox said the pandemic gave her much-needed time to focus on important things, including her own struggles with addiction and sobriety.
“I’ve been sober since May 2020,” said Wilcox. “I used the silence of the pandemic to gain consistency and to get into an established routine. I played 15 to 21 shows a month before that and worked all the time. … The area I work in revolves around being in a bar. I guess where I am right now. Perspective and honesty are my core. “
But wait, there’s more!
Local musician and Sunny 103.5 FM radio host Austin Landers keeps us updated on who’s playing live in and around the Lakelands every weekend. Be sure to stop by:
Today at 6pm, Landers are playing Good Times Brewing and Granger and Nic are playing Howards on Main. Also today Matt Buckland will play TW Boons at 8 p.m.
On Friday at 6.30 p.m., Lola Grace Flynn’s plays on Maxwell. Justin Anderson plays Howards on Main at 8 p.m.
Surrender Cobra plays Howards on Main on Saturday at 6 p.m. Also at 6 p.m. the gates will open for Susto, with special guests Darby Wilcox and The Peep Show playing HSOG’s Wag & Jam in the Uptown Market.
Have fun. Stay out there safe this weekend.
Contact St. Claire Donaghy at 864-943-2518.
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