For the month of September, in partnership with Uptown Cheapskate, Memorial Coliseum will offer a Golden Ticket Giveaway with one lucky person winning four tickets to 12 events for the 2024-25 season.
Along with free admission, the winner will receive free parking, $32 in concession vouchers per event, and a $50 gift card to Uptown Cheapskate. Now that’s a deal!
The winner will get to attend the Brandon Lake concert on Oct. 10, the Komets home opener on Oct. 25, a Purdue University Fort Wayne basketball game, comedian Jeff Dunham on Nov. 6, Trans-Siberian Orchestra on Nov. 15, Jurassic Quest from Nov. 22-24, a January family show, Full Throttle Monster Trucks on March 8, Disney on Ice presents Let’s Dance! on March 13, NCAA Division-III basketball championship on March 20 and March 22, Art of Scrap 10 on April 26, and the Vera Bradley Annual Outlet Sale from April 30-May 4.
You have until Thursday, Oct. 3, to enter. The winner will be announced at noon on Friday, Oct. 4.
For more info and to get signed up, head on over to memorialcoliseum.com.
Watch Christmas Story with its star
A Christmas Story is a beloved holiday classic enjoyed by fans every year.
Running on a 24-hour loop on TNT and TBS on Christmas Eve into Christmas Day, the movie captures the nostalgia and charm of being a child during the holiday season and the fascination of a Red Rider BB Gun, of course.
But of all the times you’ve seen the movie, can you say you’ve ever seen it on a big screen? I’m not talking about Uncle Randy’s 75-inch Toshiba. I’m talking a movie screen.
Well, on Thursday, Dec. 19, you will have the opportunity to do just that when Embassy Theatre welcomes An Evening with Peter Billingsley & A Christmas Story.
The evening will include a screening of the 1983 film and a moderated question-and-answer where Billingsley (Ralphie) will share stories from the movie set, behind-the-scenes photos, and memories from the Christmas classic.
How cool is that? Not only are you taking in a film, but you get to ask the legend himself a question.
Each screening will feature a Toys for Tots fundraiser and a leg lamp giveaway to a lucky winner. Plus, a limited number of pre-show meet and greet tickets are available.
Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com, fwembassytheatre.org, and at the Embassy box office.
For those not keeping up with Billingsley, his career spans four decades where he has achieved success in front of and behind the camera, producing such films as the first Iron Man, The Break-Up, Four Christmases, and directing Couples Retreat.
He also rehashed his Ralphie character for last year’s A Christmas Story Christmas.
Kidd G stopping at Eclectic Room
Model, singer, and TikTok star Kidd G is set to perform at The Eclectic Room in Angola on Nov. 15 with special guest Anella Herim.
Hailing from Columbus, Georgia, Kidd G masterfully merges hip-hop and country and draws inspiration from Juice WRLD and Post Malone, creating a unique and eclectic sound.
He earned a viral hit on social media with his 2020 country-rap single, “Dirt Road.”
Tickets can be purchased via ticketweb.com.
Swing by Union 12 for Fall Fest
Our friends at Union 12, E. 7563 Lincolnway Road in Columbia City, will have their annual Fall Fest on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 3-8 p.m.
The day will include fall activities like line dancing, a petting zoo, mini pig racing, fall-themed cocktails and beverages, food trucks, vendors, and live music by StraitJack.
Yee haw!
Celebrate 1-year anniversary at Proof
Proof, 1915 S. Calhoun St., will celebrate their 1-year anniversary Friday, Sept. 27, from 4:30-11 p.m.
If you haven’t been to the Calhoun Street establishment, this is the time to do so. The evening will include new food features, a sneak peek at their fall menu, and live music on the patio by Andy Pauquette at 6:30 p.m. And you can raise a glass to new whiskeys being released.
Reservations can be made at prooffortwayne.com. Patio tables are first come, first served.
