Saturdays in Saxapahaw
Saturdays in Saxapahaw 2024
The weekly festivities include performances by local bands and a thriving Farmer’s Market with fresh local produce, eggs, baked goods, flowers, honey, locally produced microbrews, handmade arts and crafts, food trucks, ice cream and more! Festivities take place every Saturday with the market opening at 5pm and music going from 6 to 8pm from the first Saturday in May through first Saturday in September. Admission is free though donations are appreciated, organizers will have our famous “Swan Buckets” on stage each week and Swan Venmo information posted for the bands! Please give what you can to these wonderful musicians!
SATURDAYS IN SAXAPAHAW LINEUP
May 4 - Haw River Festival featuring Mahalo Jazz, Travis Williams Group and The New Potatoes - from 4-8PM, music starts at 4:15pm!
May 11 - Big Fat Gap (followed by Barn Dance inside the Ballroom)
May 18 - Tray Wellington
May 25 - John Howie Jr. and the Rosewood Bluff
June 1 - Skylar Gudasz
June 8- Paul McDonald and the Mourning Doves
June 15 - Magic Al ft. Lou Hazel
June 22 - Country Cruel
June 29 - XOXOK
July 6 - Drew Foust & The Wheelhouse
July 13 - Nat Myers
July 20 - The Carolina Cutups
July 27 - Alamance Jazz Band
August 3 - Django Haskins
August 10 - Shirlette Ammons
August 17 - Charles Latham and the Borrowed Band
August 24 - Fust
August 31 - Country Soul Songbook
September 7 - Caique Vidal & Batuque
Things To Know About Saturdays in Saxapahaw
No Smoking and No Dogs or other animals allowed (sorry!)
ADA recognized Service Animals are allowed but only those trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability
Blankets, lawn chairs, and coolers are permitted
No Guns allowed on the property (which is private)
No Soliciting
BE KIND and UNDERSTANDING to others! This is a free, fun, volunteer run community event. We do it because we love it - let’s all take care of each other and be safe
Safety:
2 members of the police department will be helping with traffic and and two EMS members of the Eli Whitney Fire Department will be onsite as well each week.
Parking: (Scroll Down for Map)
The main parking meadow of the past is now the new Hawbridge Upper School. There is parking in their lot outside the school.
Parking is available behind the Saxapahaw Museum in a gravel lot.
There are new designated parking areas on Pine and Hilltop near and just past the Water Tower.
There is a parking area to the right of Paperhand Puppet and Haw River Canoe/Kayak.
There is a large parking area on Saxapahaw Island (closes at 9pm).
There is a large parking lot at the Saxapahaw United Methodist Church across the bridge.
PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE ROAD or in people’s yards or driveways or blocking residential gates. We love our community and we ask that you respect that people live and work here and need to be able to feel that their homes and property are not affected by people coming in for the event. Cars parked in any of these spaces or over the white line on the road will be towed. We have been warned. Now you have as well.
Rainy Days:
If it is storming or raining, and if is not an event happening at Haw River Ballroom, we will move the show inside. However, if an event is happening inside Haw River Ballroom, we will have to cancel the event. We will make the call by 4:00 on Saturdays and announce on all our social media accounts should we have to cancel the event.
Accessibility:
There is very limited parking for vehicles with a handicap permit right next to the site (there will be a policeman right there with a police car and they can help). There are no chairs or seating provided but you are welcome to bring your own and/or we have a section for wheelchairs next to the stage on the flat tarmac.
Thanks to Saxapahaw Rivermill and Jordan Properties for supporting Saturdays in Saxapahaw and making the space available. Thanks to the Saxapahaw General Store, Haw River Farmhouse Ales, and to Malik Walker and Anna Elder for helping to organize this event and the market, and thanks to the Haw River Ballroom for hosting, planning, and underwriting the event.
