Tennessee General Assembly honors Songwriter Bobby Keel of Clarksville
July 6, 2021
Clarksville, TN – Members of the Tennessee General Assembly have honored Clarksville songwriter Bobby Keel for his “many contributions to country music and the craft of songwriting.”
The Joint House Resolution was sponsored by Representative Curtis Johnson, R-Clarksville, and unanimously approved by the House and Senate in March.
Bobby Keel, right, accepts a framed Joint House Resolution from Rep. Curtis Johnson. At left is Keel’s son, Robby Murphy. (Marlin Huddleston)
Customs House Museum celebrates Women’s Suffrage, Twenty Years of Cumberland Furniture Guild
August 18, 2020
Clarksville, TN – August has been a month of exciting change exhibit-wise at the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center. Two new, highly anticipated exhibitions are now up for the public to visit: The Power of Women: Celebrating the Suffrage Movement and Practice Makes Perfect: Twenty Years of the Cumberland Furniture Guild.
This month the country will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage, and Clarksville has plenty of history to share on the subject.
Practice Makes Perfect: Twenty Years of the Cumberland Furniture Guild
Bikers Who Care annual Toy Run set for September 19th
August 10, 2020
Clarksville, TN – On Monday, August 10th, 2020, Bikers Who Care Director Bill Langford announced that this year’s BWC Toy Run will take place Saturday, September 19th, 2020.
Riders are encouraged to arrive at Liberty Park at 11:00am. They will depart for their scenic journey through Clarksville at 1:00pm and arrive at Appleton Harley-Davidson about 30 minutes later.
Clarksville Parks and Recreation says Downtown Market to open at McGregor Park, May 16th
April 28, 2020
Clarksville, TN – The Clarksville Parks and Recreation Department announces that the Clarksville Downtown Market will open May 16th, 2020 at a new home on the banks of the Cumberland River.
McGregor Park North Extension, behind O’Charley’s on Riverside Drive, will be the site of the popular weekly event until further notice while concerns over the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic are ongoing.
Trey Stroud, Downtown Market Manager, said the new site provides more space and enhanced ability to follow social distancing guidelines.
Clarksville Downtown Market will open May 16th with Reduced Vendors in North Extension of McGregor Park.
Roxy Regional Theatre to hold GALA 37, September 14th
August 24, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Roxy Regional Theatre is proud to be entering their 37th season of presenting professional live theatre here on the corner of Franklin Street and First Street in Historic Downtown Clarksville. The Roxy invites you to celebrate with them at GALA 37 on Saturday, September 14th, 2019.
Join the Roxy at 6:00pm for cocktails by MB Roland Distillery — paired with Bruschetta with Fresh Tomatoes & Basil and Fruit Skewers — while you place your bids in our silent auction of diverse and original artwork and specialty gift baskets.
Cooling at the Cave back, bigger than ever
July 31, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The Friends of Dunbar Cave hosted its annual Cooling at the Cave on Saturday, July 27th, 2019, drawing what some said was the largest crowd ever for the event that takes the citizens of Clarksville more than half-a-century back in time.
Hundreds enjoyed the music of Clarksville’s own Cumberland Winds Jazz Project, under the direction of Mike Ritter. The band set up near the mouth of the cave, from which spills cool air year round. A feature that decades ago made Dunbar Cave the most popular venue in town.
Friends of Dunbar Cave hosted its annual Cooling at the Cave, with a live musical performance by Clarksville’s own Cumberland Winds Jazz Project.
Delightfully Nutty Comedy “Charley’s Aunt” plays the Roxy Regional Theatre, July 12th – July 27th
July 1, 2019
Clarksville, TN – The delightfully nutty British farce “Charley’s Aunt” opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, July 12th, at 8:00pm, complete with young lovers, mistaken identity, eccentric characters and lots of hilarious twists and turns along the way.
Fans of Oscar Wilde’s comedies and the British sitcom Fawlty Towers — and those who simply love to laugh — will not want to miss the latest entertainment offering coming to the corner of Franklin Street and First Street in Historic Downtown Clarksville.
Ryan Bowie, Bryan Plummer and Ian Alexander Erbe star in “Charley’s Aunt” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, July 12th – July 27th.
Hilltop Supermarket’s 2019 Dwayne Byard Memorial BBQ Cook Off to be held May 3rd and 4th
May 2, 2019
Clarksville, TN – Hilltop Supermarket will be holding their annual Dwayne Byard Memorial BBQ Cook Off this Friday and Saturday, May 3rd and 4th. This event is held in honor of Dwayne Byard who past away in 2015.
Friday night is the Kids Cook-Off and live music. The BBQ Cook Off will be on Saturday.
Annual Dwayne Byard Memorial BBQ Cook Off to be held at Hilltop Supermarket this Friday and Saturday, May 3rd and 4th.
David Adjmi’s Historical Comedy “Marie Antoinette” plays the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 12th – April 27th
April 1, 2019
Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – How’s a queen to keep her head in the middle of a revolution? This month, Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre, the Roxy Regional Theatre, is taking audiences from Versailles to the guillotine with a stylistic and satirical retelling of the life and final days of the most famous queen of France.
A contemporary twist on a historical tale, David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette” opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, April 12th, at 8:00pm.
Lucy Given stars in David Adjmi’s “Marie Antoinette” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, April 12th – April 27th
Harper Lee’s American Classic “To Kill A Mockingbird” plays the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 8th – March 23rd
February 26, 2019
Roxy Regional Theatre
Clarksville, TN – One of the most enduring pieces of American literature takes to the stage of Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre, the Roxy Regional Theatre, this spring.
Based on Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coming-of-age novel about a man wrongly convicted and persecuted for a crime on the basis of his skin color, “To Kill A Mockingbird” opens at the Roxy Regional Theatre on Friday, March 8th, at 8:00pm.
In keeping with the theatre’s traditional pay-what-you-can opening night, all tickets not pre-sold at the full price will go on sale at 7:30pm that evening for a $5.00 minimum donation.
John Adkison stars as Atticus Finch alongside Katie Stafford and Georgia Litaker, sharing the role of Scout, in Harper Lee’s “To Kill A Mockingbird” at the Roxy Regional Theatre, March 8th – March 23rd.
