Did you miss the cash giveaway? Over on Instagram, I shared a video of me hiding some cash in a spot you’ll all recognize. Less than an hour later, a lucky follower found it and posted their loot! I plan to do this again in the future just to share my appreciation for you readers, so make sure you’re following that account so you don’t miss the next drop! As for events, it’s a relatively slow week. There’s still plenty going on, but there aren’t a ton of “big” events. The exception to that is music. This week is packed with music of all types!

Enough of the chit chat, let’s get to the good stuff!

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Events

1. 👑 Princess for a Day

Little ones can live out their royal dreams at this dress-up experience. Meet your favorite princesses, get glammed up from real salon professionals, enjoy crafts, face painting, magic activities and more. There will even be an appearance from Pumpkin the sport horse!

• Location: GA Convention & Trade Center

• Date: Saturday, August 9

• Time: 9:00 AM–12:00 PM

• More Info: Princess for a Day

2. 🧃 Bluebelle Junior CEO Expo

Support the next generation of young entrepreneurs. Bluebelle is teaming up with the Chattahoochee Valley Learning Resource Center at this special event. Enjoy over 120 local vendors plus back to school sales inside, then step outside for food trucks, beverages, The Icy Girl and more!

• Location: Bluebelle Mercantile

• Date: Saturday, August 9

• Time: 11:00 AM–3:00 PM

• More Info: Junior CEO Expo

3. 🍽️Family Movie Night at Renfroe’s Market

Ok so yes - I know this isn’t in Columbus, and yes, I know the image above says it was last weekend. I keep an eye on things going on in our neighboring towns and will include one from time to time. As for the date, it was originally scheduled for last weekend but got rained out and was reschedule to this Saturday. So, grab your lawn chair and join them at Renfroe’s for a movie under the stars. They’ll be showing Zootopia and will have $1 popcorn along with at least 1 food truck and Grandma Val’s lemonade.

• Location: Renfroe’s Market (Smiths Station)

• Date: Saturday, August 9

• Time: 7:00 PM

• More Info: Movie Night featuring Zootopia

4. 🎉 Back to School Bash at Highside

School is officially back in session for just about everybody (except Brookstone I think?) but you can still experience a few Back-to-School events this weekend with this being one of them. There will be local merchants, a beer tasting, live music from Brittney Allen and a mini soccer pitch with the Columbus United Football Club.

• Location: Highside Market

• Date: Saturday, August 9

• Time: 1:00 PM–4:00 PM

• More Info: Back to School Bash

5. 🚴 Full Moon Ride

This is a recurring event, but I’m not sure everybody knows about it. Starting at 8PM, enjoy an easy, leisure ride with all your new friends in Columbus! If you’re not a big biker, don’t worry about it, they’re only going a few miles and keep it to a conversational pace. There will be music and a beverage stop along the way. Ride-On-Bikes will be doing half-off rental prices for those that don’t have their own bike, so don’t let that stop you.

• Location: Ride On Bikes

• Date: Saturday, August 9

• Time: 8:00 PM

• More Info: Full Moon Ride

Music

I don’t know if I’ve just been missing a lot of stuff or if there is something going on this weekend, but there seems to be about 3x as much live music this week as normal!

• Jake Hess & Dalton Davis - Saturday, August 9, 8:00 PM, at The Bottom

• Lee Daniel Music - Thursday, August 7, 6:00 PM, at Deorio’s

• Frankie Mincey - Friday, August 8, 9:30 PM, at The Loft

• Sally Brown Band - Friday, August 8, 8:00 PM, at Wild Wing Cafe

• Jack Banks Special - Saturday, August 9, 8:00 PM, at Sissy’s Place (Phenix City)

• Dixie Red - Saturday, August 9, 9:30 PM, at The Loft

• Glenn Ole Opry - Saturday, August 9, 7:00 PM, at Glenn Anthony Baptist Church

• Midnight Satellite - Saturday, August 9, 8:30 PM, at Wild Wing Cafe

• Sweet South Music Revival - Recurring Every Wednesday, 7:30 PM, at The Loft

Sports

• ⚾️ Clingstones vs Trash Pandas - It’s a slow week for sports so it’s the Clingstones show!

  • Thursday, August 7th, 7:05 PM

    • Thirsty Thursday

    • First Responders Night

    • Military Discount

  • Friday, August 8th, 7:05 PM

    • Friends of Amos Children’s Hospital Night

    • Princess Night

    • Fireworks Friday

  • Saturday, August 9th, 6:05 PM

    • Replica Jersey Giveaway

    • Kids Run the Bases

  • Sunday, August 10th, 1:05 PM

    • Sunday Funday (and Kids Run the Bases)

    • Fuzzy’s Kid’s Club

    • Giving Sundays

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