SHE HUSTLES, an event from The Creative Coast, is happening on May 19th, 2022 at the Front Porch Improv (210 W. Victory Drive in Savannah) starting at 6:00 pm! This spring’s event will feature a keynote speaker with an inspiring story and a panel discussion between influential entrepreneurs and leaders from diverse industries. The Creative Coast will be announcing the speaker and panelists over the coming weeks leading up to the event. 

The doors will open at 6:00 pm for networking over wine and hors d’oeuvres and will kick off with emcee and Creative Coast Executive Director Jennifer Bonnett at 6:45 pm. Tickets can be purchased online only for $20 per person (+ a small Eventbrite fee). Creative Coast Community Members receive a 50% discount on tickets using a code previously emailed to them. Visit https://thecreativecoast.org/programs/shehustles to learn more and grab your tickets today!

Step One is proud to be part of our great Savannah Community!
We continue to celebrate STEP ONE local heroes!
We would like to invite military, first responders, medical workers to join us for the 31st Grab & Go Meals for Local Heroes event. During the event we will present award to our May Step One Local Hero!
Food truck will be at CDJRF South Savannah from 11am-2pm.
Every month we will award and celebrate community members that make a difference.
We all know more than one: maybe it’s your neighbor, family or team member, maybe a nurse, first responder, teacher or an amazing person from the grocery store?
Tell us more about people who make a difference every day. Nominate them for a chance to become a STEP ONE local hero and they can receive a $500 gift card, a weekend in a Jeep Gladiator and dinner on us.
Nominate your local hero by sending an email to steponelocalhero@steoponeauto.com.
We encourage you to sign up!
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Looking forward seeing everyone!
We Step Together!

An evening to support Savannah Jazz, the Jazz History Exhibit, Festival, Concerts, and Education. Food, drinks, and dancing to live swing jazz. Auction of great items including art, vacations, and more!

Connecting Veterans and Resources while strengthening the local veteran community.

Date: Saturday, May 21, 2022

Time: 9am – 5pm

Location: J.F. Gregory Park Richmond Hill, GA

Vets United is the combining of local veteran and servicemember resources, working together to deliver those resources to our guests directly. These resources include Veteran Service Officers, Veterans Administration, Colleges, Career Opportunities, Non-Profit Organizations, and Group Related Therapies such as such motorcycle organizations and running groups. Rather than having servicemembers and veterans searching around town, the internet, or social media for the assistance that they need or for a group that they could provide assistance to, we want them to become a guest of Vets United. Our guests will find an abundance of local resources in one location.

Not only is our goal to provide resources to our guests and guests to our resources, ultimately we want to boost the community. To ensure our guests are happy and want to stick around, as well as boost the family environment for our military and veteran community, we will provide entertainment at no costs. This entertainment includes live music, inflatables, and more. Bring you and your family some lawn chairs to stick around to enjoy the entertainment before or after checking out our vendors. No worry about food either. We will have food trucks onsite, providing an excellent selection for the entire family. We will work with our food vendors to keep the costs to our guests low.

Thomas and Hutton will be hosting this amazing Motors For Moms Car Show to benefit single mothers in Chatham County. Join us for cars, food trucks, music, and fun all for a great cause!

Our vision at Shelter From the Rain is to create a community of strong, economically independent single mothers through education, mentorship, personal & professional development, homeownership, health, and wellness.

​Help move single moms towards economic mobility by supporting this event today! Your participation will allow Shelter From the Rain to set single moms up for success. For tickets, visit Motors4Moms.com

Join us in celebrating FIVE years on 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟭 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝟰-𝟴𝗽𝗺. We’ll have Savannah’s own Charlie Fog Band, Smashed Savannah food truck on-site, and FUNdraising for Emmaus House! Drink for a GREAT cause. Ghost Coast is giving back $1 from every drink sold to Emmaus House and its mission. We’ll also be releasing a limited edition Spirit for the BIG day! More details coming soon. Cheers you soon! 

Join us for Business on the Move at Merchant’s on Bee. Merchants on Bee is Savannah’s largest antique, vintage, and makers market, featuring over 100 indoor vendors! You’ll find remarkable furniture, decor, art, handmade items, and much more. The evening will include great networking, drinks, small bites, and the opportunity to shop this fascinating store!

Men Against Sexual Violence! Grab your most comfortable heels and meet at the Bandstand at Forsyth Park. The Teal H.E.A.L. (Help End Assault with Love) Walk distinctively allows Mary’s Place to inspire support from males to join the effort to end sexual violence to all victims we serve and bring awareness of the struggles they face. Participants can register for $25 and are encouraged to raise additional funds from family, friends, and colleagues or form a team! Participants walk around Forsyth Park in high-heel shoes, symbolizing the steps victims take toward healing. Females, you can participate too, by providing support to males on their journey.

A Teal HEEL award will be presented to the group and individuals with the most funds raised. Each year more people in the community are joining in the walk and assisting in supporting the Mary’s Place Mission. Teal HEAL is a playful opportunity for men to raise awareness in their community about a severe issue. It’s not easy walking in someone else’s shoes, but it’s a light-hearted event that gets the community talking about gender relations and sexual violence. It is critical to have open communication and fight the stigma associated with rape and sexual assault. Many victims live in silence for a lifetime – never disclosing their assault and, worse, never getting the help they need. As a result, victims never heal, and perpetrators are never stopped or held accountable. While men are victims too, many are also fathers, husbands, sons, and brothers of women who have been assaulted and feel paralyzed by the thought of an assault against their loved one and experience feelings of inadequacy because they feel they cannot help. What can you do? Join us in this walk and take a unified stand against all forms of sexual violence!

*Each participant acknowledges with their registration that Mary’s Place of the Coastal Empire is in no way responsible for any injury while on-site at Forsyth Park*

The Savannah Area Chamber’s Military Affairs Council will honor local service members at our annual Military Appreciation Luncheon on Thursday, May 26 at The DeSoto Savannah. An outstanding service member from each branch of the United States Military will be recognized, along with the sacrifices made by all who have taken the oath to protect our great nation. Please join us as we honor these brave men and women.

The speaker is: Lieutenant Colonel Bolton, Garrison Commander of Hunter Army Airfield

Plant Riverside District – which is known as Savannah’s Entertainment District – will host a special “Savannah Salutes” Memorial Day Weekend Celebration on Friday, May 27 through Monday, May 30 along Savannah’s historic riverfront at 400 W. River St. This family-friendly, patriotic event is free and open to the public.

The four-day “Savannah Salutes” Memorial Day Weekend Celebration at Plant Riverside District will offer free live music as well as live aerial performances by Cirque Divina and food and drink options for all ages. Featured performers include Charleston’s premier party band Super Deluxe on Friday, May 27 at 7 p.m.; blues, soul and funk band Earthtonez on Saturday, May 28 at 7 p.m.; Laiken Love and the Fellowship of Love on Sunday, May 29 at 1 p.m.; Bluffton, S.C.’s Whitley Deputy Band on Sunday, May 29 at 7 p.m.; and favorite local rock band Individually Twisted on Monday, May 30 at 7 p.m.

Additional highlights include awe-inspiring live performances by Cirque Divina on Friday, May 27 and Saturday, May 28 at 8:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 29 at 8:30 p.m. in Montgomery Park. Plant Riverside District will also present nightly fountain shows at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. in Martin Luther King, Jr. Park featuring patriotic music and a special salute to the U.S. armed forces.

Throughout the holiday weekend, Plant Riverside District’s iconic smokestacks, fountains and other landmarks will be illuminated with red, white and blue lights after dark. Memorial Day food and drink specials will be available throughout the holiday weekend at Plant Riverside District’s exceptional restaurants.

Guests are invited to bring their own blankets to enjoy a Memorial Day weekend picnic at Plant Riverside District or can purchase blankets on-site.

For more information about the 2022 “Savannah Salutes” Memorial Day Weekend Celebration at Plant Riverside District or to view a complete entertainment schedule, visit www.plantriverside.com.

TIME & LOCATION

May. 27th, 2022 @ 8:00pm
Enmarket Arena 620 Stiles Ave, Savannah, GA 31415

EVENT DETAILS:

KANE BROWN EXTENDS BLESSED & FREE TOUR

WITH A STOP IN SAVANNAH, GA AT ENMARKET ARENA ON MAY 27!

5X AMA Winner Brown Adds Dates To Headlining Run Starting With First Ever Stadium Show In Brown’s Hometown, Chattanooga TN

Award-winning entertainer Kane Brown announced additional tour dates for his nationwide Blessed & Free Tour, kicking off with his first-ever stadium show in his hometown of Chattanooga, TN on May 7th at Finley Stadium. The tour will visit Savannah, GA at Enmarket Arena on May 27! The news was announced this morning ahead of the Kane Brown Live from the El Rey Theatre, Brown’s global live stream concert with Amazon Music. Fans can tune in tonight at7 p.m. PST/9 p.m. CST on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch, on Prime Video, and within the Amazon Music mobile app via Twitch, using the Amazon Music live streaming functionality. The show will also be available to watch for a limited time on Prime Video following the live stream.

The initial run of the Blessed & Free Headlining Arena Tour included all NBA basketball arenas, making the “breakthrough entertainer” (AP) the first country artist to headline every NBA basketball arena in a single tour. In addition to Brown’s hometown of Chattanooga, TN the next leg of the Blessed & Free tour will head to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New Hampshire, and Connecticut.  The Blessed & Free Tour will also make stops at previously announced festivals Patriotic Fest in Virginia Beach and Hangout Fest. Walker Hayes, Chase Rice, and Raelynn join as support acts. The tour is being promoted by AEG Presents.

The 2022 Thunderbolt Blessing of the Fleet is proudly presented by the Town of Thunderbolt along with community sponsors and partners.  This glorious festival pays tribute to Thunderbolt’s local shrimping and fishing industry, offering live music, a morning parade, vendors, food trucks, a beer garden, free activities, raffle prizes, and of course the fleet blessing conducted by Bishop Parkes from St. John The Baptist Church along the beautiful Wilmington riverfront.

Town of Thunderbolt’s
Blessing of the Fleet
Saturday, May 28, 2022
Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Location: River Drive

TIME & LOCATION

May. 29th, 2022 @ 8:00pm
Enmarket Arena 620 Stiles Ave, Savannah, GA 31415

EVENT DETAILS:

Erykah Badu and JaRule will play the Enmarket Arena in Savannah, GA on May 29th! Hosted by A-Train & Genedotcom. Poetry by Moses West.

Website Optimization & Google Ads | April 7

With over 3.5 billion Google searches happening each day, it is more important than ever for your business to show up in relevant searches. During this session, we will focus on ways you can improve your website for search engine optimization, as well as how to run successful Google Ads campaigns. Both of these strategies can help your website rise in search engine rankings and help your company be found by consumers.

Social Media Marketing & Ads | June 2 

With the exponential growth of social media platforms, including them in your marketing strategy is a must today. During this session, we will focus on determining which platforms your business should utilize, how to develop content for them, as well as how to run ads that generate sales. Tips and tools from this workshop can be utilized to enhance your approach to marketing your company.

Email Marketing | August 4

With the growth of social media and other digital marketing avenues, it can be easy to overlook email marketing. However, this form of communication has the highest return on investment of all digital marketing tactics. During this session, we will discuss how to develop a strong contact list, how to write effective content, and how to use automation to encourage sales. 

Website Analytics | October 6

A key part of your digital marketing strategy should not only be optimizing your website but measuring the results it produces. Google Analytics is the top platform for analyzing website performance, and it is free to use. During this session, we will walk through setting up your Google Analytics account, understanding the information it provides and developing reports to monitor your site’s performance. 

All sessions will be held from 9:00am-12:00pm at 316 E. Bay Street Savannah, GA 31401

Purchase one workshop or the bundle to save!

Pre-registration is required!

Digicon: The Series | University of Georgia SBDC

PLACE11 Gateway Blvd
Savannah, GA US 31419DESCRIPTION

Join us in the fight to beat childhood cancer! The Karl DeMasi Sports Report and Coaches for Cancer are proud to host the 5th Annual Coaches for Curing Cancer 5K/10k  walk/run race to Beat Childhood Cancer in Savannah Georgia on Saturday, June 4th, 2021 and will begin at 7:30 a.m. at the Howe 2 Run Specialty store.

Coaches for Curing Cancer is raising funds through charitable events to support cancer patients, their families, and cancer research.

$25 Regular pricing until June 1st

• $30 Late registration until June 2nd
• $35 Packet Pickup and Event day price

Add $5 for 10k

Location: 11 Gateway Blvd Savannah – Howe 2 Run – Packet Pickup available Friday 11 to 6 or race morning 6:30 am

Join us on June 4th, 2022 we take a trip back 100 years to the 1920s for a party unlike any that Savannah has seen for decades. Break out your best 1920s glamour and join us at Ghost Coast Distillery, Savannah’s first distillery since just before prohibition. Guests will be treated to an evening of live jazz music, dancing, 1920s era-specific hors d’oeuvres, photo ops and of course booze, served up by event host Ghost Coast Distillery. Those wondering what to wear can look to 1920s glamour & attire which organizers highly recommend. Other suggestions would be to wear black, white, gold and pearls.

A highlight of the evening will a live jazz band, a must for any prohibition-era-themed event. Jazz great Stephanie Nakasian will be front and center with her vocals; she is an internationally recognized touring and recording artist specializing in jazz and the great American songbook with the New York Times calling her work “vocal virtuosity.” Stephanie has toured with jazz legend Jon Hendricks and has appeared with luminaries such as Pat Metheny, Bobby McFerrin, Phil Woods, Chris Botti, Harry Allen, and many more at major venues and festivals all over the world and has recorded 15 CDs and authored 3 books. Her late husband was renowned jazz pianist Hod O’Brien and their daughter is super jazz vocal star, Veronica Swift. Stephanie’s band is a stellar group of local musicians led by bassist Karl Kimmel who spent 38 years directing bands at the famed Omni Homestead resort in Virginia. Bill Smith will be on guitar and Aaron Jennings on drums to bring a swinging entertaining and fun performance on June 4th.

Attendees are encouraged to bring canned goods for a Charity Canned Food Drive. Every two cans donated will be exchanged for a raffle ticket that will make donors eligible to win donated raffle prizes. Afterward, canned goods will be given to Emmaus House which provides hearty meals and basic services to the hungry and those in need in Savannah.

A commemorative metal hip flask will be given to the first 200 people who purchase adv. tickets online. In addition, all tickets will include a complimentary Gatsby-themed cocktail (one per attendee), made with Ghost Coast Distillery liquor. Doors open at 8:00 pm EDT on Saturday, June 4th with live music starting at 8:30 pm and the event ending at midnight, 21 with valid I.D.

TICKETS: www.ticketfairy.com/event/gatsby-gala

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Markster Con Productions produces a wide variety of adult-aged geek and alternative-themed events in Savannah as well as around the SouthEast. In addition to the June 4th Gatsby Gala, Markster Con produces Savannah’s infamous Vampire Ball, selling out previous years, as well as the magical Wizard Prom. In 2019 and again in 2020 Markster Con’s Wizard Pub Crawl was voted “BEST PUB CRAWL IN SAVANNAH” by readers of the Connect Savannah weekly newspaper.

Gatsby Gala host Ghost Coast Distillery is located at 641 Indian Street and is Savannah’s first legal distillery since prohibition, in the heart of vibrant Downtown. They make some of the South’s finest craft spirits including over 20 different award-winning liquors and cordials with their cocktail room open Thursdays through Sundays in Georgia’s oldest city.

Join us as we take a trip back 100 years to the 1920s for a party unlike any that Savannah has seen for decades. Break out your best 1920s glamour and join us at GHOST COAST DISTILLERY Savannah’s first distillery since just before Prohibition: LIVE MUSIC: That’s right live jazz music! We’ll have 1920s-era music via a live JAZZ BAND so wear comfy dancing shoes. Jazz great Stephanie Nakasian, an internationally recognized touring and recording artist specializing in jazz and the great American songbook, will be front and center with her vocals! Learn more about Stephanie at StephanieNakasian.com PHOTOS: Make sure to commemorate the evening in photos. We’ll have a Featured Photographer on hand PLUS Roaming Photographers to help snap those candid moments as the event unfolds. HORS D’OEUVRES: No speakeasy worth its booze would neglect to serve up some era-specific hors d’oeuvres throughout the night to its patrons. GATSBY GAZETTE: Printed just for this event, Savannah’s GATSBY GAZETTE will be a great keepsake, an actual newspaper, with 20s era-specific stories filling the pages, as well as details about the Gatsby Gala that you’ll need to know about. ENTERTAINMENT: Make sure your shoes are dance worthy! The band will be playing jazz music from the Roaring 20s with some newer tunes peppered in throughout the evening for your enjoyment. Feel free to show off your best dance moves – you can always blame it on the booze. BOOZE: What would a GATSBY GALA be without locally made booze by Ghost Coast Distillery, Savannah’s first distillery since just before prohibition? There will be a variety of 1920s-themed cocktails available from the bar. CHARITY FOOD DRIVE: As part of a charity drive organizers will be collecting canned goods redeemable for raffle tickets to win donated prizes. Every 2 cans donated equals 1 raffle ticket, the more cans donated means more raffle tickets! All canned goods will be given to EMMAUS HOUSE which provides hearty meals and basic services to the hungry and those in need in Savannah……ALSO…… FREE GATSBY GALA FLASK (9 oz): The first 200 ticket purchasers will receive a beautiful 9 oz. stainless steel GATSBY GALA hip flask that they can take home and use for those times when alcohol might not be so easy to get access to. COMPLIMENTARY GATSBY GALA COCKTAIL: All tickets include a Gatsby-themed cocktail, made with Ghost Coast Distillery booze!
Prohibition is over and all are welcome to dip their bill. Follow the rules and everything will be jake. Break the rules and you’ll get the bum’s rush:
HOUSE RULES:
♦︎ Leave heaters, gats, rods, and roscoes at home.
♦︎ In the event of a raid by the coppers, drink fast.
♦︎ Do not discuss politics, religion, or upcoming heists.
♦︎ Keep it civil. Fisticuffs will not be tolerated.
♦︎ Boozehounds will be bounced.
♦︎ Dips, Sharpers, and Grifters: Leave your work outside.
♦︎ Confine your flirting to the pro skirts. Leave other men’s (and women’s) squeezes alone.
♦︎ Don’t be a wise guy and think you can get in if you are under 21 (we’ll check IDs)
♦︎ Do not leave the joint with liquor. Drink up or leave it.
♦︎ No pants made of blue denim, better known as jeans, or common streetwear will be allowed so dress like you were going to toss a few back with Capone himself! Produced by MarksterCon – the company that brought Savannah the VAMPIRE BALL (the previous two year’s sold out) as well as the Savannah WIZARD PROM. For other upcoming Savannah events visit CrawlSavannah.com EVENT QUESTIONS:
markstercon.savannah@gmail.com TICKETING QUESTIONS:
markstercon.tickets@gmail.com

www.ticketfairy.com/event/gatsby-gala

We’re celebrating our 5 year anniversary and want to share the celebration with you! Join us for a huge family-friendly celebration – there will be live entertainment, food trucks, a kid zone, and other fun surprises!

– 5 years of serving the community
– 5 years of growth
– 5 years of forging new friendships
– 5 years of accomplishments
– 5 years of stepping together

Date: June 5, 2022
Time: 11am – 4pm
Location: Daffin Park Savannah Georgia
Keep an eye out for more information on this event coming soon!

This year’s gala will be held at Savannah Station. Cocktails will begin at 6 pm with the program following promptly at 6:30 pm. Your continued support and sponsorship help educate our community about sexual assault, sexual assault prevention, and enable Mary’s Place to support survivors of sexual assault.

Rape Crisis Center of the Coastal Empire Inc – Mary’s Place Gala 2022 (networkforgood.com)

TIME & LOCATION

Jun. 16th, 2022 @ 7:00pm
Enmarket Arena 620 Stiles Ave, Savannah, GA 31415

EVENT DETAILS:

Brooks & Dunn Reboot Tour 2022 with special guests Jordan Davis and Tyler Braden is coming to Savannah on June 16!

Sips at the Station is a monthly networking charity event at Ardsley Station. Every 3rd Tuesday of the month all ticket and raffle proceeds from the event go to a different charity.

January – Savannah Repertory Theatre
February – Hospice Savannah
March – Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
April – Savannah CASA
May – Forsyth Farmers’ Market
June – Savannah Crime Stoppers
July –
August –
September –
October –
November –

TEDxSavannah — an independently organized, day-long celebration of ideas worth spreading based on the international TED talk phenomenon — is back with a live and in-person event. TEDxSavannah welcomes the public to enjoy live presentations from area residents and official TED Talk videos designed to spark deep discussion.

The TEDxSavannah theme for 2022 is Standard Deviation, with speakers exploring the topic from a wide range of perspectives. Each TEDxSavannah speaker is limited to a maximum of 12 minutes to present an original talk influenced by the theme and of interest to the Savannah community.

TICKETS: Tickets are currently on sale for $95, which include a stellar line-up of speakers, seating, parking, breakfast, a boxed lunch, snacks and coffee. To purchase tickets, please visit tedxsavannah.com