DARLINGTON - A group working to restore a historic opera house downtown is hosting a day of tours and festivities Saturday, Aug. 11.
The Driver Opera House Event Day offers tours of the historic building, located at the corner of Main Street and Ann Street above the Bargain Nook Thrift and Resale Store, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Enter the opera house through the Blue Door Barbershop, 117 W. Ann St.
Shuttle bus service will be provided between the Driver Opera House and Darlington Festival Grounds (located near the Piggly Wiggly parking lot).
On the festival grounds from noon to 5:30 p.m., there will be games for kids, a dunk tank, an inflatable house, a Driver Opera House historical tent, a silent auction and face painting by Jill Winslow.
Caricature artist Kevin Wilder will be on-site noon until 4 p.m.
Fifteen musicians and entertainers will be performing throughout the day on the festival grounds, including Briana Hardyman (noon), Elypsys (1 p.m.), Katie Calvert and Sydney Brandt (2:30 p.m.) and the Okee Dokee Brothers (4:30 p.m.).
In the case of rain, the alternate site is the pavilion behind Piggly Wiggly.
The Driver Opera House Event Day offers tours of the historic building, located at the corner of Main Street and Ann Street above the Bargain Nook Thrift and Resale Store, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. Enter the opera house through the Blue Door Barbershop, 117 W. Ann St.
Shuttle bus service will be provided between the Driver Opera House and Darlington Festival Grounds (located near the Piggly Wiggly parking lot).
On the festival grounds from noon to 5:30 p.m., there will be games for kids, a dunk tank, an inflatable house, a Driver Opera House historical tent, a silent auction and face painting by Jill Winslow.
Caricature artist Kevin Wilder will be on-site noon until 4 p.m.
Fifteen musicians and entertainers will be performing throughout the day on the festival grounds, including Briana Hardyman (noon), Elypsys (1 p.m.), Katie Calvert and Sydney Brandt (2:30 p.m.) and the Okee Dokee Brothers (4:30 p.m.).
In the case of rain, the alternate site is the pavilion behind Piggly Wiggly.