Marietta Garden Party returns Friday
May is tourism month and the season officially kicks off with the second annual Marietta Merchants Garden Party this Friday and Saturday.
“We were really excited when the merchants decided to expand the Merchants and Artists Walk to the second weekend in May,” said Kelly Blazosky, executive director of the Marietta and Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau.
“In general, the Merchants Walk is well established and has gained in popularity,” she said. “We have people (from out of town) call and ask when the next event is because they have been in town when one was going on and they would like to come again.”
Tourists and residents alike have enjoyed the Merchants and Artists Walks, typically held on the second Friday evenings of June, July and August.
The Garden Party was added last year to the itinerary as a result of talks between the Riverside Artists Gallery, 188 Front St., and the Marietta Area Merchants Association.
Benefit concert
The Blues, Jazz and Folk Music Society is holding a benefit concert for the Hippodrome/Colony Historical Theatre Association at 9 p.m. Saturday in the ballroom of the Lafayette Hotel at 101 Front St., Marietta.
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PARKERSBURG—Auditions will be held at the Smoot Theatre for an upcoming production of Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes” as part of the theater’s fifth annual Camp Broadway.
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PARKERSBURG—St. John Central Grade School in Churchtwon will present a performance of “Alice in Wonderland” at 7 p.m. Friday at the Smoot Theatre in downtown Parkersburg.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $2.
Music on the Levee returns Friday
Music will once again ring out at the Ohio River levee this weekend with the return of Music on the Levee.
Concerts will be performed from 7 to 9 p.m. each Friday and Saturday through Sept. 13 on the levee in downtown Marietta.
‘Rendezvous on the River’ returns May 7
PARKERSBURG—A visit to Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park is like stepping back to another century, and another dimension will be added with the gathering of mountain men and other pioneers for the first event of the island’s summer season.
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