Kingsport Events

MLK YOUTH BINGO

January 14 – 4:30pm

V.O. Dobbins, Wheatley St. (Besides Basketball Court)

For more information, please contact Johnnie Mae Swagerty (423) 429-7553.

MLK SENIOR BINGO

January 15 – 7pm

V.O. Dobbins, Wheathley St. (Besides Basketball Court)

Please bring a door prize. For more information, please contact Johnnie Mae Swagerty (423) 429-7553.

MLK YOUTH SUMMIT

January 15 – 10am – 3pm Kingsport Center for Higher Education

6th – 12thgradestudents learn about “Achieving Your Dream through Education, Leadership and Service” For registration information, please contact Tongai Maodzwaor Linda Calvert at nescc-off-inc-excl@northeaststate.edu.

MLK DAY PARADE (IN-PERSON)**

— Because of inclement weather, the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade in downtown Kingsport, the annual King Luncheon at the V.O. Dobbins Community Center and the annual Candlelight Vigil at Shiloh Baptist Church, scheduled for Monday, have been postponed. The events are now scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5.

The parade will begin at noon (gathering at 11:15 AM at East Sevier Avenue and East Center Street.

The MLK Luncheon Drive-Through outside the Douglass Community Room at V.O. Dobbins Community Center will begin at 1 p.m.

 The MLK Candlelight Vigil will begin at 6 p.m. at Shiloh Baptist Church in Kingsport (it will still be livestreamed).

February 5 – 11:15am – 1pm

Center & E. Sevier Street

For more information, please contact

Bishop Ronnie Collins (423) 956-0675.

MLK LUNCHEON

February 5 – 1pm

V.O. Dobbins, Wheatley St. (Besides Basketball Court)

Riverview Community Room Presented by South Central Kingsport For more information, please contact Johnnie Mae Swagerty (423) 429-7553.

MLK CANDLELIGHT VIGIL

February 5 – 6pm

Shiloh Baptist Church

For more information, please contact Rev. Kenneth Calvert(423) 534 – 7626.