Historic Rural Hill is hosting its 3rd Annual North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival this weekend.

Seven bands are set to perform at the event, including Brushfire Stankgrass, Milkdrive, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Sol Driven Train, Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, and Acoustic Syndicate.

The festival offers over three hours of free craft-brew tastings, a day of great music, food, and activities for the kids.

Festival-goers can catch the fun at Historic Rural Hill, located at 4431 Neck Road in Huntersville, Saturday May 11, at 11:30 a.m.

Admission ranges from $7 to $30. Click here for tickets. Designated drivers receive a discounted rate.

For more information on the Festival, call 704-875-3113.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina is hoping the public can help them click their way to a grant from Walmart by voting for them in the "Fighting Hunger Together" initiative.

This initiative is a national campaign where money is awarded to programs that get the most votes for their innovative and effective programs that help alleviate child hunger. The public will decide what organization will receive the grants through a voting campaign at www.facebook.com/walmart that includes more than 300 different hunger relief organizations from across the country.

The more votes a Feeding America food bank or partner agency gets, the better chances they have of winning the money.

The campaign kicked off April 1, and ends 11:59 pm ET on April 30.

Army Pvt. Ryan L. Davis has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values, physical fitness, and received instruction and practice in basic combat skills, military weapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training, drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armed and unarmed combat, map reading, field tactics, military courtesy, military justice system, basic first aid, foot marches, and field training exercises.

Davis is the son of Sharhonda Davis of Oak Pasture Lane, Charlotte.

He is a 2012 graduate of North Mecklenburg High School, Huntersville.