River District Canal Cruises
Wednesdays-Sundays, June 2-August 29 (summer hours)
Canal Turning Basin - Dock and 14th Streets
$5 adults, $4 seniors & children 5-12, age 4 and under free with adult
Wednesday-Saturday Noon-7pm, Sunday Noon-5pm
Enjoy 40-minute historically narrated tours of the James River & Kanawha Canal along the historic Canal Walk in one of our covered boats, which accommodates up to 35 passengers and departs on the hour from the Turning Basin, between 14th and Dock Streets in downtown Richmond's River District.
For more information call 804-788-6466 or 804-649-2800 or visit www.venturerichmond.com.
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Last Friday Cheers of the Season!
6:00-9:30pm
Brown's Island
Admission is $2 for ages 13 and over, free for children age 12 and under
Venture Richmond's signature summer concert series, Friday Cheers, presented by Coors Light and Yuengling, is back on Brown's Island for its 26th season and promises to feature some of the nation's hottest touring acts that may only be in the Region once this summer, along with some regional favorites.
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Coors Light and Yuengling
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The New 103.7 The River, 96.5 The Planet, K95, The New Hot 100.9, Plan 9 Music, Pepsi, Richmond Marriott Hotel and Style Weekly
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June 25 - The Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker w/ Whirlybyrd
Walker first became a professional entertainer in his native Nashville in the late 1950s, recording with hit producer Ted Jarrett and appearing nightly at the New Era Club, one of the South's leading black nightclubs. Walker spent most of the 1960s and '70s in New York, performing frequently at the Apollo Theater and Small's Paradise when the original funk scene coalesced. Fronting various bands, including the underrated Little Charles & the Sidewinders, Walker released singles for Chess, Decca, and a number of smaller labels. The records' quality endured and are now prized among collectors. After the recordings gained notice in Europe's Northern Soul scene, Walker found steady solo work overseas, and he lived in England and Spain before returning to Music City in the 1990s. The Dynamites are far from being alone in their second millennium pursuit of rekindling funk's original flames. A renaissance of funk and soul is snatching up listeners from coast to coast and beyond. A furious and unrelenting barrage of stripped-down, rhythmic R&B and swinging soul, Kaboom! is the aptly titled full-length debut by Nashville funk band The Dynamites. Bill Elder (a.k.a. Leo Black) is the troupe's founder, bandleader, guitarist, primary composer, arranger, and producer.
www.myspace.com/thedynamitesband
For more information on the Friday Cheers concert series, visit www.venturerichmond.com
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6.23.2010
