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Annual Events

Visit Hobcaw Barony to see Bellefield Plantation, built in
1936 by heiress Belle W. Baruch, and her beloved stables. There is something happening year round on the Hammock Coast.
Public access to the 16,000-acre property, now a wildlife The following are some of the area’s popular annual events.
preserve known for its research, education and conservation, JANUARY Indigo Choral Society
is available only through guided tours. Tours include the Lee Minton Signature July 4th Concert
Hobcaw House, built in 1930 by Bernard Baruch for a winter Concert Series Georgetown
hunting retreat and visited by Winston Churchill, Franklin Pawleys Island
Roosevelt and other leaders of the 20th century. Hobcaw FEBRUARY July 4th Parades & Fireworks
Barony also hosts many additional tours and programs, such Marshi Gras SEPTEMBER
as hikes, oyster roasts and boat rides. Current offerings and Murrells Inlet Marshwalk Atalaya Arts & Crafts Festival
registration are available at HobcawBarony.org. Murrells Inlet
While tours of the Hobcaw Barony property require MARCH Downtown Pawleys Island Live
Plantation Tour of Homes
reservations, free ecology programs based on the beach, Pawleys Island, Georgetown Pawleys Island
marsh and forest can be experienced without reservations Wooden Boat Show
at the Hobcaw Barony Discovery Center. Within the center, Race for the Inlet OCTOBER
discover a 1,200-gallon aquarium and marsh midden, pine Murrells Inlet Pawleys Island
and cypress ecosystem exhibits, as well as information on Luck of the Marshwalk Festival of Music and Art
the property’s history and research. Music & Theater Murrells Inlet Pawleys Island, Litchfield
The newest museum in Georgetown is the West End Pawleys Island is known for the Pawleys Island Festival of Wooden Boat Show
Heritage Center, a repository of photographs and videos of Music and Art (PIFMA), one of the East Coast’s most beloved APRIL Georgetown
Blessing of the Fleet
many of Georgetown's West End community, its notable music festivals. Now in its 30th year, PIFMA showcases Georgetown
African American citizens and memorabilia from Howard nationally acclaimed artists such as award-winners Tavares, Harvest Home Weekend Festival
Brookgreen Gardens
High School, Georgetown’s black high school during the Atlanta Rhythm Section, The Temptations Revue, and Shag Dance Festival
years of segregation. Beginnings: A Chicago Celebration, who will headline the Georgetown Surfrider Chili Cook-off
Another early 20th century historic site is Atalaya, 2020 festival. PIFMA attracts thousands of locals Winyah Bay Heritage Festival Murrells Inlet
designed as a working artist’s haven and used as a winter and visitors each fall to hear the music and enjoy Georgetown Halloween on the Marshwalk
home by the founders of Brookgreen Gardens. Copied from the performances. Murrells Inlet
a Spanish Moorish fort and now part of Huntington Beach The Long Bay Symphony presents classical works, pops Tour de Plantersville
State Park, Atalaya is open year-round, and is especially and youth programs for symphony patrons in Georgetown Georgetown NOVEMBER
vibrant during the annual Atalaya Arts and Crafts Festival. and Horry counties as well as in Brunswick County, N.C. MAY Murrells Inlet Oyster Festival
For more information, visit www.atalayafestival.com. Symphony Series and Pops performances are held at the Blessing of the Inlet Murrells Inlet
MBHS Music & Arts Center. Chamber Orchestra concerts Murrells Inlet
Parks & Gardens are presented in various locations and churches in the area. Pawleys Pavilion Reunion Georgetown Bridge2Bridge Run
Georgetown
Across Highway 17 from Atalaya and Huntington The Swamp Fox Players produce four live theater Pawleys Island
productions each season at the historic Strand Theater in
Beach State Park, Brookgreen Gardens, a National Historic Georgetown. The Strand Cinema, a division of the Swamp Fox Taste of Georgetown
Landmark, is home to the most significant collection of Players, offers Academy awarding-winning films, foreign films JUNE Georgetown
Pawleys Island Fest
American Figurative sculpture in the world with more than and documentaries. Litchfield DECEMBER
2,000 works by over 450 artists in the permanent collection. Nights of a Thousand Candles
Much of the art is sited throughout the award-winning Other Entertainment in the Area Carolina Country Music Festival Brookgreen Gardens
botanical gardens. Brookgreen also has an accredited zoo and It’s just a short trip from the Hammock Coast into Myrtle Myrtle Beach Christmas Parades & Tree Lightings
Lowcountry history center. Explore this extraordinary place Beach, which offers entertainment options worthy of its status JULY
through daily programs, by walking the gardens, hiking the as a resort destination. From the EdVenture Children’s Museum Murrells Inlet Boat Parade Christmas Lighted Boat Parade
Lowcountry Trail and traveling by pontoon boat deep into to the Burroughs-Chapin Art Museum to the House of Blues Murrells Inlet Georgetown Harbor
the preserve. There is so much to do that tickets are good for and all the theaters with Vegas-style shows, you will not lack Event information may change due to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Confirm details
seven consecutive days. for cultural opportunities on South Carolina’s Grand Strand. with event organizers.

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