• The event will be held at Muddy River Distillery in Mount Holly and feature 17 Gaston County arts organizations. • Tickets are $35, or $25 for Arts Council members, and include a drink ticket and snacks.

The Gaston Arts Council is holding a fundraiser to showcase the various arts organizations in the community.

The fundraiser, to be held June 12 from 6-9 p.m. at Muddy River Distillery in Mount Holly, will feature 17 organizations that support the arts in Gaston County, said Steph Newman, chair of the Board of Directors for the Gaston Arts Council.

"As we have been getting ourselves back out into the community and really figuring out where we as an arts council fit into the landscape of the arts community within Gaston County, it really became clear that our role was really to be tha

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