CALENDAR: Tickets on sale for new local, social-distanced concert series

Staff reports  |  You now can get tickets to a new social-distanced concert series, Safe Sounds at Firefly, that starts June 12.  It will feature local musicians during 13 shows over seven weeks on Fridays and Saturdays.

The shows will include live music, Firefly cocktails and local food trucks.  Here’s the line up:

• June 12 & June 13 – Runaway Gin
• June 19 & June 20 – Whiskey Run and Lauren Hall
• June 26 & June 27 – The Majestics
• July 3 – The Midnight City Band. (No Safe Sounds concert on July 4.)
• July 10 & July 11 – The Yacht Club
• July 17 & July 18 – The Reckoning
• July 24 & July 25 – TBA with special guest

Since these are still unprecedented coronavirus times, the presenters have come up with ways to keep the community safe.  For example, tickets for the event are limited to 500 and no more than four tickets can be purchased at a time. Each set of four tickets will secure a spot in a 10-by-10 square, separated on all sides by 8 feet. Guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs to enjoy the concert.  You are not allowed to bring dogs, children, and outside food and drink.

“We’re lucky to have plenty of space, so even by limiting the concerts to 10 percent of our field capacity, we can still host 500 guests,” Scott Newitt, co-owner of Firefly said in a press release.

Also in effect to bolster safety:  

• All staff and vendors will be required to wear masks
• Hand sanitizer will be available throughout the distillery
• Extra bathrooms will be available with a sanitation attendant
• Extra security will enforce social distancing guidelines

Tickets are available now to anyone 21 and over at citypapertickets.com. Shows will begin at 7 p.m., with doors at 6 p.m.

Also on the calendar:  

Aquarium to open new experience on July 4.  “Monsters” is a new experience offered starting July 4 at the S.C. Aquarium.  “From micro to mega, explore the Aquarium in a whole new way,” according to promotional material.  You can also participate online in the attraction’s daily Nature Challenge, a virtual “Passport to Fun” and a “Moment of Zen” that has started.  The aquarium also offers daily education classes at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday to Friday, via its virtual network.  Learn more.

Online offerings.  Spoleto at Home offers virtual programming through June 5 that you can enjoy from the comfort and safety of your own living room! Tune in for original concerts, best-of Chamber Music hits, and insightful conversations with Festival artists. All programs are free to experience; no tickets required.  Click here to find more fun stuff to do. 

• Gibbes Museum.  You can enjoy lots of local art offerings through the website and social media accounts of the Gibbes Museum. At 10 a.m. on weekdays, the museum posts virtual readings and workshops on Facebook. Find more online.
• Avian Conservation Center.  Access videos and live streaming presentations online to learn about what’s going on at the Center for Birds of Prey. 
• More.  You can visit 500 museums across the world online through this Google amalgamation of sites.  

If you have any online events, drop us a line (editor@charlestoncurrents.com) and make sure to put “Online event” in the subject line.  Similarly, if you’ve got cool ideas for stuff to do while in isolation at home, send them our way.