june 2018 – South Carolina Calendar of Events, Festivals

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Saluda River Rally
Revolving paddle trips for kayaks, canoes and tubes plus bluegrass music, food vendors, outdoor exhibits and activities

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

Piccolo Spoleto Festival
17-day celebration of the arts includes live performances, exhibits, kids' activities, and more!

Spoleto Festival USA
17-day international festival for performing and visual arts

South Carolina Fire-Rescue Conference
Training, education, exhibit hall, competitions

South Carolina Fire-Rescue Conference
Training, education, exhibit hall, competitions

South Carolina Fire-Rescue Conference
Training, education, exhibit hall, competitions

Flag Day
The anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777

South Carolina Fire-Rescue Conference
Training, education, exhibit hall, competitions

South Carolina Fire-Rescue Conference
Training, education, exhibit hall, competitions

South Carolina Fire-Rescue Conference
Training, education, exhibit hall, competitions

Father's Day
Hip, hip, hooray for dads!

Summer Solstice
6:07 AM (EDT) - The longest day of the year since the sun reaches its farthest point north of the equator

Dragonboat Beaufort
Race day with ceremony - benefits DragonBoat Beaufort's mission to fight cancer

Ag + Art Tour
Self-guided tour of farms featuring local artisans, farmer's markets, and live music

Ag + Art Tour
Self-guided tour of farms featuring local artisans, farmer's markets, and live music

Ag + Art Tour
Self-guided tour of farms featuring local artisans, farmer's markets, and live music

Ag + Art Tour
Self-guided tour of farms featuring local artisans, farmer's markets, and live music

Art Festival
Two-day festival to meet more than 60 artists and watch them while they work on pottery throwing, glass blowing, sculpture, paintings, weaving, and more

Aviation Expo
A world class air show, R/C plane demos, auto show, Veteran recognition

Beaufort River Swim
Competitive 3.2-mile swim or non-competitive 1-mile fun swim - benefits the YMCA's learn to swim program

Blackwater Summer Festival
BBQ lunch, paddling opportunities, camping, music, food, education talks, wildlife demonstrations - benefits Friends of the Edisto

Blythewood DOKO Rodeo
An IPRA championship rodeo, live music, rides for kids, food vendors - benefits local organizations

Charleston Carifest
4-day Caribbean cultural festival includes carnival street parade, performers, music, food

Children's Chance Lake Murray Poker Run
2-day event begins with a pre-run raft up with dinner then the lake poker run with lunch and dinner on Saturday - benefits Children's Chance

Columbia Fashion Week
5-days of runway shows, a vendor village, mixers, networking, and after-parties

Drift Jam
Boats tie up near Spence Island for a day of live music on Lake Murray - benefits Hidden Wounds

Floppin' Flounder 5K
5K run or walk - benefits the Sullivan's Island Fire And Rescue Department and the Charleston Running Club

Freedom Blast
Celebration of the freedoms in the US and the men and women who made it possible with music, food, kids activities and crafts, fireworks

Grace Church Tea Room and Gift Shop
Lunch served 11:30 to 2:00 - proceeds are used to support outreach efforts

Hampton County Watermelon Festival
9-day event includes contests, music, parades, rides, mud run, pageants, pet show

History Alive Festival
10-day event bringing the past life with music and live performances

Honey Jubilee & Farm Fest
3-day event includes live music and entertainment, educational programs, demonstrations, food, children's activities

Juneteenth Celebration
Explore Mitchelville as it was in the Reconstruction era through art, food, music, demonstrations - presented by the Mitchelville Preservation Project

Juneteenth Rock Hill
2-day event celebrating the end of slavery - events include food truck celebration with live music, cookout with kids' activities

Lake Wylie Splash Dash
10K/5K run and 5K walk, wheelchair racers are welcome - benefits Camp Thunderbird Scholarship Fund

Lowcountry Splash
5 mile or 2.4 mile open-water swim in the Wando River and Charleston Harbor - benefits Logan Rutledge Children's Foundation

Mighty Moo Festival
4-day event includes carnival rides, concerts, beauty pageant, sporting events, street dance, 5K, cook-off, parade, fireworks

Miss South Carolina Pageant
Preliminaries are held Tuesday through Thursday with finals on Saturday night where Miss South Carolina and Miss South Carolina Teen will be crowned

Oxygen Ball
Gourmet food, silent and live auctions, casino games, and the Upstate Dancing with the Stars competition - benefits the American Lung Association

Palmetto State Chili Cook-Off
An International Chili Society event with cooks competing in three categories, family event with kids zone - benefits local nonprofits

Party in the Pines Festival
3-day festival includes carnival rides, parade, live entertainment, food, vendors, street dance - hosted by the Whitmire Jaycees

Peach Tree 23 Yard Sale
Stretching 44 miles along SC 23 from Batesburg-Leesville to Modoc

Rhythm and Ribs Festival
2-day event with championship BBQ, live music, kid's zone, plus other food vendors - benefits local charities

Ridge Peach Festival
Parade, music, children's area with inflatables, homemade goodies, softball tournament, antique car and tractor show

River Run
A two-stage adventure race consists of a three-mile paddle on the Catawba River followed by a 5K run - benefits the Nature Navigators Endowment

SC Festival of Stars
3-day event includes live music, pageant, fireworks, food vendors, parade, contests, displays, amusement rides

Salt Games
Beach games, races, contests, live entertainment - benefits the Surfrider Foundation of the Grand Strand

South Carolina Festival of Flowers
3-day feature of this month long festival includes tours, live music, kidfest, flotilla on Lake Greenwood, displays, sporting events, 5K

Southeastern Piano Festival
Nightly concerts, international piano competition, pre-college pianists training

Southern Guitar Festival & Competition
2-day festival includes concerts, masterclasses, lectures, solo and ensemble competitions for professionals plus divisions for elementary/middle school, high school, college levels

Sporting Clays Tournament
Participants will rotate through 14 challenging sporting clay stations - benefits Ronald McDonald House Charities

StoryfestSC
Children's literary event includes presentations and book signings by authors, Readers' Theatre, storytelling, crafts, face painting, visits from Cocky and the Clemson Tiger

Sun Fun Festival
2-day event includes parade, concerts, contests, kids' area, fireworks

Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival
Experience the Gullah Geechee culture and history with entertainment, food, basket-making demonstrations and the largest showcase of sweetgrass baskets in the world

Taste of Black Upstate
Taste a diverse selection of local flavors from caterers, chefs and restaurants - portion of proceeds benefit local charities

Veterans Golf Classic
2-person teams with at least one team member being active-duty or veteran