2015 Freeboot Friday Dates & Music Lineup Announced | Eastern NC Now

Greenville's favorite fall event is back for its 16th season as the official pep rally to home ECU football games.

ENCNow
News Release

    GREENVILLE, NC     Greenville's favorite fall event is back for its 16th season as the official pep rally to home ECU football games.

    Freeboot Friday is Uptown Greenville's signature fall event attracting an average of more than 4,000 attendees to Five Points Plaza every Friday night before a Saturday home football game. The series provides an array of offerings including live music, a beer and wine garden, kid's activities, food offerings onsite and free rides aboard the Jolly Trolley.

    With Wells Fargo as the presenting sponsor, this season promises to be the best yet with new offerings in the kid's area, an expanded food section, and unique entertainment for each event.

    Freeboot Friday is kicking off the season with Chalwa, a reggae band based out of the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. Chalwa, formed in 2005 by Dennis Berndt, plays a blend of high-energy new school and old school roots of reggae, which they are excited to bring to Freeboot Friday.

    "We are super stoked to be playing at an event which holds so much tradition for East Carolina," says Berndt. "Chalwa is going to create that island reggae vibe so the Pirates will have no problem winning on Saturday. Go Pirates!"

Save the dates for this season's Freeboot Fridays and the following line-up of incredible bands:

September 4: Chalwa

September 25: Natural Wonder

October 16: The Fabulous Bel Airs

November 6: Caroline Dare / Psylo Joe


    Don't forget to take advantage of the free Uptown Game Day Shuttle on ECU Pirate home game days. The shuttle will run on every home game day 3 hours before, during, and 2 hours after the game with stops at Five Points Plaza, Sup Dogs and the top of College Hill.

    For more information about Freeboot Friday, visit www.uptowngreenville.com.


    For more information about Uptown Greenville, go to uptowngreenville.com or call Director Bianca Shoneman at (252) 561-8400. Contact Carl Rees, Economic Development Manager with the City of Greenville at crees@greenvillenc.gov or (252) 329-4510 or Kelsey Anderson - (828)329-5309, Kelsey@uptowngreenville.com
Go Back


Leave a Guest Comment

Your Name or Alias
Your Email Address ( your email address will not be published )
Enter Your Comment ( text only please )




Second Tour The Region, Neighboring Counties Lucky To Be Here


HbAD0

Latest Neighboring Counties

A North Carolina State Senate race is heading for a recount after the two pro-Trump Republicans come down to a two vote margin.
This is simply a failure of will, and we are here to help impose that will today, so that to me is the simple punchline," said State Treasurer Brad Briner. "I appreciate the leaders of Rocky Mount being here, but we need to get to a place where there is the will to fix a very, very serious problem.”
A federal judge will not issue an injunction blocking local Watauga County election districts created by the Republican-led North Carolina General Assembly.
The FBI has captured Alejandro “Alex” Rosales Castillo, who is on the 10 Most Wanted Fugitive list and wanted in connection with a 2016 murder in Charlotte.
A major redevelopment project planned in Morehead City has been scrapped following strong public opposition over the use of eminent domain.
In the coming months, the North Carolina Supreme Court will decide whether a class-action lawsuit can move forward against Raleigh over water and sewer impact fees.
Former congressman Wiley Nickel made his candidacy for the office of Wake County district attorney official this week, with his Tuesday announcement.
Groups representing North Carolina's travel and tourism industry support a lawsuit against Currituck County at the North Carolina Supreme Court.
Plaintiffs in a $16 million class-action lawsuit against Raleigh challenged the city's legal tactics in a new state Supreme Court filing.

HbAD1

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is asking the North Carolina Supreme Court to overturn a lower court order that would force the school system to pay into a retirement fund for campus police.
Members of the North Carolina Rural Health Association (NCRHA) visited Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14, 2024, to meet with elected officials and advocate for policies to improve access to care in rural areas.
The US Supreme Court will not take the case of Virginia-based owners of a Dare County beach home who challenged the county's COVID-related shutdown in 2020.
The North Carolina State Fair is set for the Raleigh state fairgrounds from October 12-22, 2023
A $2.5-billion-dollar bond referendum is slated to be placed on the November ballot this year, as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) looks for support to fund 30 different projects in the school district.
Five Asheville-area residents are suing the city in federal court for refusing to appoint them to the local Human Relations Commission. The residents claim they were rejected because they are white.
Federal grant expands midwifery care for North Carolina
Pirates achieve historic sponsored activities funding

HbAD2

 
 
Back to Top