By Patrick Dowling The seventh annual Mayfest on Main Festival will be held May 12, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., on Main Street from Hillside Drive to Ocean Boulevard in North Myrtle Beach. The popular festival offers live musical acts; street entertainers; arts, crafts and food vendors; a community stage; and a children’s area. The Main Stage [...]
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Myrtle Beach State Park To Hold Park Palooza April 7
By Ann Malys Wilson Get outside and have some fun while participating in an extravagant array of nature related activities at Myrtle Beach State Park. Various programs will continuously run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Toss a cast net, throw a boomerang, plant a tree, learn how to set up a campsite from Bass [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Make Plans Now For Azalea Fest In Wilmington, N.C.
By Connie Nelson Azaleas, azaleas everywhere! It must be springtime in Wilmington, North Carolina and its island beaches! Each year in April when the landscape is dominated by thousands of brilliant pink, white, and purple azaleas, Wilmington pays homage to these dazzling flowers during the annual North Carolina Azalea Festival, a five-day celebration that ushers [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day In Downtown Conway
By Hillary Howard Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Downtown Conway with the second annual Gathering of the Green on March 17 at 5 p.m. in the Conway Farmers Market. The Gathering of the Green features a St. Patty’s costume contest, live music, a taste of Conway, silent auction, fire breathers, stilt walkers, great entertainment, loads [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Myrtle Beach Celebrates Annual Can-Am Days March 10-18
By Nora Hembree Battle This March the Myrtle Beach area is celebrating the 51st annual Canadian-American Days by welcoming Canadian and American visitors with a lineup of fun events, giveaways, discounts and concerts taking place along the Grand Strand. From March 10-18, Can-Am Days attendees can choose from a variety of largely free events and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Three Weekend Events In Wilmington
By Connie Nelson This year there are three great reasons to visit Wilmington, North Carolina’s Historic River District and Island Beaches in early February with three signature events that create one enticing weekend: the thirty-second annual North Carolina Jazz Festival (Feb. 2-4), the Wilmington Wine & Chocolate Festival (Feb. 3-5), and the Wilmington Garden Show [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art Announces Poster Competition
By Sarah George The Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art is now accepting entries until March 16 for its poster design competition to advertise their twenty-second annual event. The winning design will be used in promotional materials, including a poster and tee shirts that will be sold during the festival. The winning designer will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Georgetown Chamber Holds Logo Contest For Coastal Brew Fest
The Georgetown County Chamber is scheduled to host its inaugural Coastal Brew Fest on Friday, April 27. The event will feature brewers from across the Carolinas, local food vendors and bands for the one-day event. All are encouraged to submit their ideas for the inaugural logo to be used for Coastal Brew Fest, the first [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Coastal Uncorked Names Wise As Executive Director
By Amanda Himmelsbach Representatives of Coastal Uncorked Food, Wine & Spirits Festival recently announced that Sara Wise has been named executive director for the Festival. Wise’s responsibilities include organizing and managing event coordination for all Coastal Uncorked events. Wise joins Coastal Uncorked as an established event planner and corporate trainer. She is owner of The [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winyah Bay Heritage Festival Rescheduled For March
By Cindy Thompson The Winyah Bay Heritage Festival will be held the first weekend of March this year instead of the usual month of January. Milder temperatures and the shift from two locations to one were contributing factors for moving the date. The weekend festivities will begin on Friday, March 2 with the premier of [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winter Events At Brookgreen Gardens
By Helen Benso Brookgreen Gardens comes to life amid the soft glow of more than 5,000 hand-lit candles and thousands of sparkling lights during its Nights of a Thousand Candles. You can catch the final nights of the annual event on Dec. 15, 16 and 17. Here’s what else is happening during and after the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Winning Poster, Cocktail For Coastal Uncorked Festival Announced
Representatives for Coastal Uncorked Food Wine & Spirits Festival, recently announced the official cocktail of Coastal Uncorked. Christa Brown and Jeffrey Ray, mixologists from the House of Blues, defended their title and won the competition for the second year in a row with the creation of the “Ciroc Gummy Berry Martini.” The People’s Choice Award [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Wrightsville Holds Annual Flotilla & Fireworks Nov. 25-26
It ends with a bang! A grand finale of fireworks illuminates the seacoast harbor at the conclusion of a three-day Thanksgiving Weekend tradition as the North Carolina Holiday Flotilla returns into homeport, Wrightsville Beach, N.C. From the arrival of Santa and a quaint town tree lighting ceremony to a magical floating boat parade, the twenty-eighth [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Organizers Tally N.C. Oyster Fest Results
The thirty-first annual N.C. Oyster Festival was held at Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. on Oct.15 and 16. Thousands descended over the high rise bridge to the island where oyster shucking, food vendors, arts and crafts booths, entertainers, family activities and more awaited them. Headlining the entertainment was national country performer Josh Kelley. According to organizers, [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Market Common’s Nutcracker Fair Seeks Vendors
Coastal Youth Ballet Theatre (CYBT) has announced its second annual Nutcracker Fair, a pre-Christmas exhibition at Valor Park in Market Common in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Last year’s fair ushered in the holiday season with live entertainment, dozens of arts, crafts and retail merchants, as well as food vendors. This year’s fair is scheduled for Saturday, [...]
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By Dariel Bendin Road Trip: Summer’s Last Blast Blues Festival She D’Ambrosio is a talent scout, booking agent and all around lover of blues music. It’s been on her bucket list for quite some time now to put together a blues festival for the Upstate of South Carolina, and this month it’s finally come to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Fall S.O.S. Is All About Fun Sept. 16 – 25
By Dariel Bendin When the subject of conversation is a ten-day adult party that takes over a town in the south, you know you’re talking about S.O.S. in the Ocean Drive section of North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The 2011 S.O.S. Fall Migration starts Thursday, Sept. 16 and runs full board through Sunday, Sept. 25. Most [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Lumina Daze Event Recalls Old Wrightsville Beach
By Connie Nelson Turn back the hands of time and relive Wrightsville Beach of the 1930s through 1960s on Sunday, August 28 from 4 until 10 p.m. during the thirteenth Lumina Daze Celebration at the Blockade Runner Resort (275 Waynick Blvd.). A nostalgic evening of wholesome fun is in store for all who attend this [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Craftsmen’s Summer Classic Returns To Beach August 5 – 7
Locals and tourists alike will enjoy thousands of works by hundreds of the country’s finest craftspeople and artists when they return, August 5, 6 and 7, to fill the Myrtle Beach Convention Center with “Made in America” at its best. It will be the twenty-ninth year for the popular Craftsmen’s Summer Classic Arts and Crafts [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Pawleys Island Festival Announces 2011 Venue And Lineup
By Sarah George The Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art has selected Brookgreen Gardens as the host for the main musical events of the 2011 festival to be held Sept. 18 through Oct. 2. Festival organizers have also released the complete list of cultural events for the two-week event, which will draw spectators from [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Conway Celebrates National Tourism Week With Events And Activities
By Foster Hughes The City of Conway will join hundreds of cities, states and travel-related businesses nationwide in recognition of the 28th annual National Tourism Week, to be held May 7-15. Designated by Congress and established by presidential proclamation in 1983, the event celebrates the value and scope of the nation’s $704 billion travel and [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Blue Crab Festival Celebrates 30th Anniversary
By Craig Hill This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the Blue Crab Festival in Little River, S.C. Thirty years ago, several local artists decided to host a street party to celebrate the local fishing and fishermen operating from the Little River waterfront. They included Arts and Crafts made by local artisans as well. From [...]
Read the rest of this entry »FAME Festival Will Rock With Sista Otis April 30
By TBone Terry Downtown Myrtle Beach will be alive next Saturday, April 30th. Chubby Checker will be doing the twist at the old Pavilion site for the Beach Music Festival while our own Sista Otis will be rocking Broadway Street just a few blocks over at the second annual free FAME Festival. The FAME Festival [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Socastee Heritage Festival Celebrates 300 Years Of Being There April 30
By Amy Weaver So-CASS-tee. SOCK-uh-tee. SOCK-uh-tees. Socrates. Most of the time I smile and ignore the massacred pronunciation of my hometown, although I do occasionally offer the correct sock-uh-STEE, or in some cases SOCK-uh-stee. It makes me wonder what else people are missing about Socastee besides how to say it. Today Socastee is known mainly [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Rivertown Music & Arts Festival In Downtown Conway May 7
By Hillary Howard Sol Driven Train will headline the 25th Annual Rivertown Music & Arts Festival in Downtown Conway on May 7. The 25th Annual Rivertown Music & Arts Festival will be held May 7 from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. in Downtown Conway, S.C. Great music, art and a variety of cuisine choices will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Blessing Of The Inlet Festival Celebrates 15 Years As Inlet Tradition May 7
On May 7, Blessing of the Inlet at Belin United Methodist Church, Highway 17-Business, Murrells Inlet, will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary as one the Inlet’s most revered festivals. The festival is held annually on the first Saturday in May from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. and has grown to attract thousands of participants. “When we [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Kick-Off To Mother’s Day Weekend NASCAR Races May 5
By Nick Hooker The NASCAR Nationwide Series Royal Purple 200 and NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Showtime Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway are almost here and to kick-off the thrill-filled weekend are two exciting events. What better way to open up the famed NASCAR Mother’s Day weekend competition than a race-themed festival with parade and a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »United Way Partners With Myrtle Beach Area Chamber To Beat Guinness World Record
By Julie Kopnicky A week after celebrating the success of its annual fundraising campaign with the help of many volunteers and donors, United Way of Horry County is excited to announce that it will be this year’s premier charity partner of the Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce’s Beach Music Festival on Saturday, April 30. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Calling All Chiliheads & Volunteers!
By T-Bone Terry Jones The Second Annual FAME Festival (Food-Arts-Music-Entertainment) is looking for chili cooks and volunteers for its outdoor festival on Saturday, April 30. The festival will take place on West Broadway Street in historic downtown Myrtle Beach, S.C.. CASI (Chili Appreciation Society International) is having the Southeastern Regional Chili Cook-off at this festival. [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Pawleys Island Festival Of Music And Art Seeks Artists For 2011 Poster Competition
By Denise Blackburn The Pawleys Island Festival of Music and Art is now accepting entries until March 9 for its poster design competition to advertise their 21st annual event. The winning design will be used in promotional materials, including a poster and tee shirts that will be sold during the festival. The winning designer will [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Save The Date For N.M.B. St. Patty’s Day Parade On March 12
By Patrick Dowling The 23rd Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival will be held Saturday, March 12, on Main Street in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The parade begins promptly at 9 a.m. and the festival runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Last year more than 25,000 people turned out to [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Happy New Year, Wabbits! B&C Art Museum Kicks Off The Year Of The Rabbit February 5
By Dariel Bendin Oddly enough, our friend, Bugs Bunny, conceived back in 1940, wasn’t even born in the Year of the Rabbit. Instead, according to the Chinese Zodiac, that wascally wabbit is a definitive Dragon – lively, energetic and extremely lucky! This year the Chinese New Year – official start to the Year of the [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Cheerio! Low Country Blues Bash Feb. 3 – 19
By Dariel Bendin Blues aficionados from the Carolinas, Georgia and all over the southeastern U.S. will soon be making their way toward Charleston, S.C. for the twenty-first annual Lowcountry Blues Bash, which begins Feb. 3 and rocks on through Feb. 19. Not officially part of the Blues Bash, but warmly welcomed by the local blues [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Southeastern Wildlife Exposition 2011 Feb. 18 – 20
Now in its 29th year, the Southeastern Wildlife Exposition (SEWE) is one of the largest wildlife art and nature events in the nation, attracting more than 30,000 attendees to beautiful Charleston, SC each year. The dates for the upcoming event are February 18-20. SEWE ’11 will offer diverse exhibits and events in venues throughout downtown [...]
Read the rest of this entry »3rd Annual Brunswick Stew Cook-Off Seeks Vendors
By Kelly Mathews The Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to participate in the newest tradition in Brunswick County; the 3rd Annual Brunswick Stew and Que, to be held February 5, 2011 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Planet Fun/Starz Grille in Shallotte. This event is perfect for the entire family and will feature a [...]
Read the rest of this entry »2011 Winyah Bay Heritage Festival Jan. 15 & 16
By Jill Santopietro The 2011 Winyah Bay Heritage Festival will be held the weekend of January 15 and 16 in Georgetown. The festival is a tribute to and celebration of the rich history and offerings of the Winyah Bay region, from hunting and fishing to conservation and preservation of this beautiful area. Two venues, the [...]
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