Phatt City to perform at 2022 Stephen G. Lyons Celebration hosted by the Yadkin Arts Council.
The Yadkin Arts Council will present the annual Stephen G. Lyons Celebration this year on June 25. This highly anticipated scholarship fundraising event, hosted in honor of the late Yadkin Arts Council Executive Director Stephen G. Lyons, will feature dinner, drinks, desserts, and a live show with local favorite band Phatt City, outside on the plaza of the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center.
The purchase price of each ticket includes appetizers, dinner, and dessert. Each guest will receive two free drink tickets for wine and beer bar. Additional drinks tickets will be available for purchase at the event.
Lyons was the Co-Director of the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center with his wife, Susan Lyons, from 2007 to 2014. He gave seven years of selfless service before his passing in June 2014. Lyons had a passion for wine and a love of good food and music. It seems therefore appropriate to celebrate him by enjoying good wine, food, and music in the very place where he gave so much of his time and efforts. Proceeds from this event will go to fund the Stephen G. Lyons Scholarship for the Performing Arts – this award is given to a graduating high school senior in Yadkin County. This year’s class of 2022 recipient was Sophia Luper.
This year’s music will feature Phatt City playing the best of beach music, R&B, Motown, and dance music. The band consists of nine members, including a full horn section of trumpet, tenor sax, trombone, and bari-sax. Along with a rhythm section, there are three lead singers in the group, with one being female.
Tickets are $40 per person and may be purchased on the Arts Council website yadkinarts.org or at the Yadkin Cultural Arts Center Box Office from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., Monday-Friday. For more information call 336-679-2941.
The Yadkin Cultural Arts Center is located at 226 E. Main St. in Yadkinville.
