Shakedown Jam block party returns to Park Circle Nov. 14

A free block party with live music and a vendor market returns to Park Circle on Nov. 14.

Shakedown Jam's 2nd Annual Park Circle Block Party runs from noon to 5 p.m. in front of Commonhouse Aleworks, according to a Post and Courier report. The Reckoning, a Grateful Dead tribute act, headlines the courtyard stage. Robert Corbett's Just Groove opens and closes the afternoon.

More than 20 regional artisans and vendors will line the street in a Shakedown Street marketplace.

A nonprofit that puts instruments in kids' hands

Part of the afternoon benefits Rock 'n Roll Rescue, a Lowcountry nonprofit that gives instruments to children ages 9 to 14 in underserved Charleston-area schools. Music promoter Bunky Odom founded the organization, which gained nonprofit status in February 2024, according to a Charleston Magazine feature.

Kids who receive instruments own them outright. Odom told Charleston Magazine that the personal ownership matters. "That instrument now belongs to them," he said. "They can take it home and play it all summer, even if it may drive their parents a little crazy."

Rock 'n Roll Rescue made its first donations to six children at Baptist Hill Middle School in 2025 and has since made dozens of deliveries throughout the Lowcountry, according to the organization's website. In May 2026, the nonprofit gave five new instruments to students at Allegro Charter School of Music during a presentation featuring Charlton Singleton, vocalist and trumpeter for the Grammy-winning Gullah band Ranky Tanky.

The organization partnered with Darius Rucker for the 2025 Riverfront Revival and participated in fundraising at the April 2026 High Water music festival, raising nearly $100,000 between the two events, according to Charleston Magazine.

For more information about the block party, contact Lorrie Griggs at Eskimo Advertising.