Category Archives: Community
Old-Time Weekend Jam Fest this weekend
Celebration of old-time music, Appalachian culture scheduled at Hagood Mill
PICKENS — Dust off your banjo, pack your tent and head to the mountains for a 
weekend steeped in tradition.
The Old-Time Weekend Jam Festival will be back at the Hagood Mill Historic Site on April 18-19, bringing two days of toe-tapping music, hands-on heritage experiences and family-friendly fun in the scenic Blue
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Courier Community Calendar 4-16-25
• Dacusville Lions to host monthly bingo
The Dacusville Lions Club will be hosting Bingo night on the second Thursday of each month at the Lions Building in Dacusville, located at 1384 Thomas Mill Road.
The next Bingo session will be Thursday, April 10. There are set to be 10 games beginning at 7 p.m., and proceeds will go toward funding community events and other community needs.
The games should conclude around 9 p.m. Bingo night will be a family-friendly event,
Holly Springs Center to host community homecoming in May
PICKENS — On May 3, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. the Holly Springs Center will celebrate its past and its future by hosting a community homecoming, showcasing its current 
programming as a community center featuring a preschool and mountain arts program while welcoming back alumni of
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Azalea Festival is April 25 and 26
Festival committee to donate to Pickens High Backpack Program
PICKENS — The Pickens Azalea Festival gives back to the Pickens community each year once the festival is over. The 
Pickens Azalea Committee typically chooses a local organization to support with a monetary donation. This year, the group chose to provide assistance to the Pickens High School Backpack Program.
According to PHS senior guidance counselor Ansley Cudd, the Pickens High School Backpack Program began years ago
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Misseijer wins annual Azalea Fest art contest
PICKENS — The Pickens Azalea Festival uses student artwork each year for all print advertisements and on the offical Azalea Festival t-shirts.
This year’s winner of the Azalea Festival art contest is Pickens High School junior
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Courier Community Calendar 4-9-25
• LOWV set to meet April 15 in Clemson
“How to Run a Troll Farm: The Evolution of Disinformation,” a program of the League of Women Voters Oconee and Pickens Counties, is set to be held at 4 p.m. April 15 at the United Methodist Church at 300 Frontage Road in Clemson.
The presenters will be Darren Linvill and Patrick Warren, co-directors of the Clemson University Watt Family Innovation Center Media Forensics Hub. They will describe the changing nature of how foreign states attempt to influence Western politics. Discussion will include specific tactics countries like Russia and China use to manipulate social discourse, using real-world examples. This program is open to the public.
• Dacusville Lions to host monthly bingo
The Dacusville Lions Club will be hosting Bingo night on the second Thursday of each month at the Lions Building in Dacusville, located at 1384 Thomas Mill Road.
The next Bingo session will be Thursday, April 10. There are set to be 10 games beginning at 7 p.m., and proceeds will go
Legacy Home Of Recovery to host fundraising event
The Legacy Home of Recovery Board of Directors are excited to announce Legacy Home’s Annual Benefit and Celebration: 
Struggle to Strength on Thursday, April 3 at The Barn at Abundant Blessings Farm in Liberty from 6 – 9 pm. The doors will open for seating at 5:30 pm. In addition to dinner, the night will include an introduction and history of The Legacy Home of Recovery; powerful stories of life transformation from men in recovery who have resided at Legacy; and recognition some of Legacy Home’s key
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CMHA Harden Scholarship applications now accepted
PICKENS — The Cannon Memorial Hospital Auxiliary is offering a $1,000 scholarship to a graduating high school senior or 
a member of the community who is entering or furthering a career in a medical field.
The John Harden Scholarship was established in memory of Dr. John M.
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Courier Community Calendar 3-26-25
• Porter’s Chapel to host Chili Cook Off
Are you ready to try some mouth-watering chili? If you love chili and want to enjoy a great time, Porter’s Chapel will be the place to be this Saturday, March 29.
All are invited to enjoy lunch and the church’s first-ever Chili Cook Off.
The event will be held from noon-3 p.m. and there will be many chili recipes to try in a taste-testing that visitors will help judge.
Chili will be eat in or take out, and the meal will include a bowl of chili, slaw, cornbread and dessert. Porter’s Chapel is located at 152 E. Preston McDaniel Road in Pickens.
• Dacusville Lions to host monthly bingo
The Dacusville Lions Club will be hosting Bingo night on the second Thursday of each month at the Lions Building in Dacusville, located at 1384
