The Frugal Dater

A free concert festival is coming up for in Raleigh called Hopscotch.

The event will be called Hopscotch and will occur from September 9th-11th in multiple indoor music venues in Downtown Raleigh as well as a big “main stage” presence in City Plaza on Fayetteville Street. .

Over the past 5-10 years music festivals have become very widespread throughout the country, most of which are outside on some large vacant land. Hopscotch will be different. It will be urban and celebrate Raleigh as an emerging metropolis and a center of musical buzz. The shift towards Raleigh as the center of this buzz seems to be solidified by the Indy’s choice to hold the fest in downtown. That or the fact that Raleigh as a metropolis will bring in more attendants.

The Kansas City Symphony is holding a free concert – Pops in the Park – on labor day weekend.

Here’s the details:

The Kansas City Symphony’s free Labor Day weekend concert at The Theatre in the Park at Shawnee Mission Park celebrates American music – from West Side Story and South Pacific to Star Trek and Superman! Bring your family and friends, plus blankets and lawn chairs.

The parking lot opens at 4:30 p.m.; gates open at 5 p.m. Instrument
Petting Zoo begins at 5:30 p.m., with support from Swiss Re.

The Peachtree Latino festival will be having it’s 10th anniversary this year at the Atlanta Underground.

The Entertainment lineup includes:

Aleks Syntek
Luz Rios
PeeWee

Here’s the details:

Festival Peachtree Latino in Atlanta, Georgia has been the biggest the largest family & multicultural event in the southeast since 2000.

WHEN: August 29th 12pm – 8pm
WHERE: Underground Atlanta
COST: FREE
OFFICIAL LINK: HERE

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One of the most popular postings last year was the listings of all the free movies available around the country. We have found more of the free movies being put on by the National Geographic Society in Washington DC. Now since it’s being put on by National Geographic these won’t be films that you would usually see in major theaters but rather documentaries that are a little more insightful. If you’re into learning and documentaries then this could be a perfect weekend afternoon adventure (especially if it looks like it’s going to be a little rainy or overcast).

If you’re looking for something to do with a date on the first day of August in Baltimore then why not take advantage of the FREE Ice Cream social being held at the Jewish Museum of Maryland

Here’s the details:

Join us for an afternoon of fun that includes free ice cream, musical entertainment, face painting, balloon twisting, raffles and just plain fun.
844 East Pratt Street
Phone: 410-837-1793
2:00-5:00 p.m.

WHEN: August 1st 2pm
WHERE: The Star Spangled Banner Flag House Courtyard
COST: FREE
OFFICIAL LINK: HERE

Popularity: 7% [?]

Have you noticed lately that some of the free online dating sites are now offering paid upgrades to show that you’re serious? Well I’m going to call a spade a spade, they’re calling it being a “featured” member. I read in an article or two that the creator of Plenty of Fish, Marcus, was getting upset that he was loosing out on money because he was offering his site for free but every other dating site had some kind of pay for play option. Also that he had one of the biggest user bases. So all the sudden out of nowhere there started to be these yellow dots appearing on people’s profiles.

What they said in the Forums

If you read in the forums, most of the people (actually women) who got this upgraded status in the beginning as “Featured” members, it was given to them for free.  Some didn’t even want it when they gave it to them.

Popularity: 12% [?]

Sometimes it’s the gifts that cost nothing (and come from the heart) that can mean a whole lot more when trying to build a relationship then something semi-expensive that you ran out and got at the last minute.

We found one of those things for you, a pet safety pack from the ASPCA. It’s mainly a sticker to place on your window, however it tells emergancy workers that there are more then just people to save in case of fire or natural disaster.

Nashville isn’t usually one of the cities that we usually report on here, but I ran across this deal and it was too good to pass up on.

$5 theater tickets to go see Alice in Wonderland a performance by the Street Theater Company in Nashville Tennessee.

This is a perfect first or second date for something that’s just a little different then you’re regular dinner and a movie, especially if you’re on a tight budget these days.

A few months back somebody turned me on to a link for a new kind of online dating site that made the rest of them do kind of a 180 spin. It was called herway.com and as a guy you are not allowed to initiate the conversation. You simply place up your profile and wait for the women to contact and show interest in you.

Now I’ve done online dating for a long time, longer then I probably should admit and this totally reverses the way things happen these days where you have to take a shotgun approach to finding a date online.  Because women get so many messages (especially on the free dating sites) you can’t just write messages to the 1 or 2 ladies that catch your eye. If you do that and they don’t respond because your message gets lost in the other 50 pieces of mail they get per day then your confidence will be shot to nothing in no time. This site has the women take all the action and first steps on the men they find interesting.

As a guy you can’t even search through the profiles because as they put it… At HerWay the ladies do the searching.

Popularity: 12% [?]

We found a link to discounted AMC movie tickets in various cities (Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, WashingtonDC) that will allow you to purchase a regular AMC movie ticket for only four (4) dollars.

According to the details it’s good at any AMC®, Loews®, Cineplex Odeon, Magic Johnson, and Star theatres, excluding Canadian theatres.

If you want to see an IMAX or 3D movie there will most likely be a surcharge. however for a ticket that usually retails around $12 or more this was a deal that we had to share.

Get the official link here

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