Greenville kicking off 2019 Downtown Event Series

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The city of Greenville kicks off its Downtown Event Series on March 21-22 with the season-opening nights of Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive presented by Clemson MBA and Greenville Heritage Main Street Fridays presented by Pepsi. The free weekly events are held at Noma Square and feature live music, special events and children’s activities.

Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive presented by Clemson MBA opens its 24-week event season on March 21 with The Grateful Brothers. The season includes 20 new bands, 15 from the Upstate. Highlighted performances include Mystic Vibrations, Mark Webb Jr. and Randomonium on the Carolina Foothills Federal Credit Union Stage. The event series serves as the single largest fundraiser for the Metropolitan Arts Council, a local organization providing support and other vital services to individual artists, arts organizations and arts education programs, according to a news release.

This year’s event will feature Beats and Bites, with food trucks rotating every Thursday. In addition, this season of Piedmont Natural Gas Downtown Alive will again feature the Gimme the Gig contest. Local bands can submit links to their music online, allowing fans to cast a vote for their favorite band. The band receiving the largest number of votes will ultimately earn a paid gig at the series on Aug. 29, as well as studio time at Sit-n-Spin Records. Complete details will be released prior to the contest’s start date in May.

Greenville Heritage Main Street Fridays presented by Pepsi begins its season March 22 with The Night Affair Band. The season will feature 28 bands, 17 of which are new to the series.