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'Lee Street Jamboree' Returns To Downtown Greenville Saturday

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Pud Kearns with Housewarmers of Greenville discusses plans for the Lee Street Jamboree, Saturday, Sept. 18, which returns after a year's absence due to the coronavirus pandemic. A performance by the Emerald City Band of Dallas, one of the premier live dance bands in the country, is scheduled for 1 p.m. The event includes the 25th annual Cotton Patch Challenge Bike Ride, benefitting local charities, which may attract around 1,000 riders.

John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.