Friday, June 16th at 8:00 PM – Ghost Town Blues Band are based out of Memphis, TN and is an American blues and blues rock band. They have released 5 albums since 2010. Their album “Shine” reached number 1 on the US Billboard Top Blues Albums Chart. The band’s stage show and energy is unparalleled […]
Saturday, June 17th at 8:00 PM – GRAMMY Nominated Eric Gales, also known as Raw Dawg, is an American blues rock guitarist, originally hailed as a child prodigy. As of 2022, Gales has recorded 19 albums for major record labels. His latest album, “Crown,” was nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album. Tickets for Thursday and […]
The Asheboro/Randolph County Branch of the NAACP is celebrating Juneteenth next month with several events. A Juneteenth Memorial will be erected on Thursday, June 15; Friday, June 16; and Monday, June 19, in front of the Historic Randolph County Courthouse. The Memorial honors those individuals in Randolph County who were bought or sold into slavery. […]
On Monday, there will be a march at 3 p.m. from Greater St. John’s Baptist Church, 819 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Asheboro, the site of Civil Rights training and activism in the 1960s, to the Memorial where flowers will be laid at the base of the Memorial to honor those who were enslaved.