Firethorne sits about fifteen minutes south of Ballantyne, which is close enough that an evening event up at the country club is a reasonable Thursday-night option if you're looking for one.
Tonight from 6 to 8 p.m., Ballantyne Country Club hosts the 2nd Annual Sip & Stroll on its Event Lawn — fifty-plus local vendor tables, live music, raffles, and food and drinks for purchase. The format is walk-up: come whenever, stay as long as you like, browse the tables. Publishers Ashley and Nathan Grimm of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club previewed it earlier this month in their publishers' note as deliberately low-pressure — come for ten minutes or stay the full evening. Either works.
The vendor lineup leans Ballantyne and Matthews — boutiques, studios, restaurants, wellness practices — the small operators who fill the Stroll Ballantyne preferred-partners pages all year. For Firethorne readers, the practical question is whether it's worth fifteen minutes up Providence Road or US-521 on a Thursday. The case is straightforward: an outdoor evening on a country-club lawn, a band, real food, and fifty vendors you can browse without committing to anything. That's a respectable Thursday if your evening was otherwise open.
If you went last year's inaugural, you already know the rhythm. If you didn't, the short version: it's closer to an open-air vendor market with live music than a structured wine festival, and the cost of entry is whatever you choose to spend once you're there.
The details.
- What: 2nd Annual Sip & Stroll
- When: Tonight — Thursday, May 28, 2026 — 6 to 8 p.m.
- Where: Ballantyne Country Club — Event Lawn
- Drive from Firethorne: roughly 15 minutes north via Providence Road South or US-521
- Cost: Free to walk through; food and drinks for purchase.
- RSVP: Via the QR code in the May 2026 issue of Stroll Ballantyne Country Club, or by emailing the Stroll team at ballantyne@strollmag.com.
If you make the trip, the Event Lawn is the spot.