Plethora of June activities
Everything from professional cornhole to long-distance cycling and aerobatic competitions.
Greater Rome Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lisa Smith doesn’t want to hear anybody talk about not having something to do in Rome during June. The CVB Board of Directors learned Wednesday that there is a plethora of activity on the calendar for Rome during the month of June alone, from sporting events to the annual Shakespeare Festival which actually started last night.
The Shakespeare Festival opened with performances of The Complete Works of Shakespeare at Makervillage and will continue a two-week run at the Town Green on Tuesday with a performance of “Macbeth.” Five different plays will be featured throughout the two-week-long festival at different downtown Rome locations.
Marketing specialist Kristi Kent scrolled through a series of events which include the Coosa River Basin Initiative Big Float on June 2. CRBI is trying to set a record for the longest continuous float group on the Etowah River.
The Bike Ride Across Georgia participants will be rolling into Rome on June 2. Over 1,000 riders are expected for the event which formally kicks off Sunday when riders leave Rome for Dalton on their way across the mountain region of North Georgia.
Thursday, June 7, the Rome Jazz Ensemble featuring singer Curtis Reed, will do a free “Georgia’s Got it All” concert at the City Auditorium on Broad Street in downtown Rome.
The Southeast Aerobatic Championships Bear Creek Bash will be held at Richard B. Russell Regional Airport on June 7-9. America’s top aerobatic pilots will use the competition as a tune-up for the world championships that are coming up in Romania in August.
The Coosa Valley Fairground will welcome the American Cornhole League to Rome for a regional professional cornhole tournament June 8-9. Professional, yes, you read that right, professional cornhole players, as many as 300, from four southeastern states will be in Rome for the competition.
The Cave Spring Arts festival is slated for June 9-10 at Rolater Park in Cave Spring.
The Clocktower Classic handcycling races will return to Rome on June 16-17 with a hill climb at Fouche Gap Saturday morning June 16, followed by the Downtown Criterium Saturday night. The Technology Parkway time trial race will be held Sunday morning, June 17.
On June 22, cyclists participating in a Texas to Florida bike ride to raise funds for leukemia research will roll through Cave Spring and Rome. Organizers plan a lunch break around 11 a.m. that day in Rolater Park in Cave Spring.
The Rome-Floyd Parks and Rec Department will start their Movies in the Park series June 23 in Ridge Ferry Park with a screening of “Jurassic Park,” marking the 25th anniversary of the release of the blockbuster film classic.