Greenville, South Carolina sister city of Bergamo, Italy

Il Greenville, la cittą gemellata di Carolina del sud di Bergamo, Italia

 

Falls Park and the Reedy River Falls
Falls Park on the Reedy is the home to Reedy River Falls , one of the great downtown waterfalls in the nation! This beautiful riverside park features a spectacular world-class pedestrian bridge that spans 380 feet across the falls, a beautiful public garden and two amphitheaters for gatherings and events. Visitors are invited to stroll the scenic trails, enjoy seasonal flowers, attend outdoor performances and picnic along the river.

 

The BI-LO Center
The BI-LO Center is a state-of-the-art sports facility and entertain-ment complex. The facility, with 16,000 seats and 298,000 square feet of performance and seating space, hosts world-class concert tours, ice shows, wrestling and family entertainment. The arena is also home to the Greenville Grrrowl hockey team.  Clemson University also plays a number of basketball games here.  The BI-LO Center has hosted the ACC basketball tournament along with the NCAA Sweet 16.    

Theaters and Performing Arts
Whether you're looking for a symphony concert, the ballet, or a Broadway show, you will find these downtown at the peace Center for the Performing Arts, located on the banks of the Reedy River. The Peace Center hosts internationally renowned artists and touring companies as well as performances by the Greenville Symphony.

Greenville's four theater groups also call downtown home. Centre Stage, the Greenville Little Theater, SC Children's Theater and the Warehouse Theatre offer theater-goers a variety of dramatic and musical entertainment. 

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The West End Historic District
Travel across the South Main Street Bridge and you will enter the West End Historic District. Known as the arts and entertainment center of the city, the West End District is anchored by the West End Market and the newly renovated Falls Park . While visiting the West End, you can browse through the shops in the West End Market and surrounding streets, dine in one of the area' s unique restaurants, enjoy a theater performance, or view the progress of the construction of a world-class pedestrian bridge across the Reedy River Falls. Be sure to return next year to see the bridge and gardens, scheduled to be in full bloom in April 2004.  

 

 

The first week of October means it's time for Fall for Greenville!  People from all across the Upstate crowd Main Street in Downtown Greenville to enjoy live music, games, rides and, of course, the food!  The streets of Downtown are alive with excitement as folks stroll through the heart of town enjoying fare from over forty restaurant-vendors and the music of over forty local and regional musical groups eminating from five stages.  At the same time, they can cheer their favorite world-class cyclist as the speed along, featuring many Tour de France contestants and other top professionals

Notable people from Greenville

  • Kevin Garnett, professional basketball player.
  • Jay Haas and Bill Haas, professional golfers.
  • "Shoeless Joe" Jackson (1889-1951),Major League baseball player with the third-highest career batting average in history.
  • Peabo Bryson, singer.
  • Edwin McCain, pop/rock singer-songwriter.
  • Sarah Reese, singer in the Boston Opera under Sarah Caldwell, a pioneer female orchestra conductor.
  • Aaron Tippin, country music star.
  • Jessie Jackson (1941-), two-time presidential candidate, civil rights activist, and Baptist minister.
  • Orlando Jones, actor.
  • Lucas Glover, professional golfer

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