2024 SOUTH CAROLINA: APRIL 2024 Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events (See also: 2019 - 2017)
April 7, 2024 ShalomFest Greenville, South Carolina Annual Upstate SC Jewish Festival. Temple of Israel Campus. Delicious pastries, hot foods and traditional holiday treats will be offered. While savoring these delicacies, enjoy Israeli dancing, live music and exhibitions that examine different aspects of Jewish life. April 12-13, 2024 Annual World Grits Festival St. George, South Carolina Annual festival in St. George, The Grits Capitol of the World. Home of the World Famous Rolling in the Grits Contest. April 12-May 4, 2024 15th Annual South Carolina Strawberry Festival Fort Mill, South Carolina A celebration of spring... and all things strawberry! Strawberry Festival Queen, Strawberry Recipe Contest, Strawberry Ice Cream and Strawberry Pie Eating Contests, Pick Your Own Strawberries. Bike Races, Arts and Crafts, Food Vendors, Live Music, Fireworks. Family-friendly activities, including kids' rides, a rock wall, Guitar Hero, pig races, face painting. April 19, 2024 Wine Tasting at Riverbanks Botanical Garden Columbia, South Carolina Enjoy live jazz, savory light bites and the opportunity to consult wine experts and vintners. Proceeds support ongoing conservation and education efforts at Riverbanks. Rain or shine. April 20, 2024 19th Annual Soft Shell Crab Festival Port Royal, South Carolina Spring is the time for soft shell crabs and the Old Village in Port Royal is the place to get them in any form imaginable. The opportunity for soft shell crab is quick. Local restaurants will serve up varieties of soft shell crab in clever variations. If crab isn’t your thing, barbeque, burgers, ice cream, other seafood and more also will be available. Organizers expect food vendors, artists and crafters lined up on Paris Avenue. Children activities, live music and entertainment for individuals of all ages. Once again, a classic car show will feature dozens of old-school vehicles. The festival will also feature the annual crab race where we will drop 5,000 individually-numbered, floating crabs into the waters of Battery Creek near the boardwalk at 5:00 PM and the first ten crabs to cross the finish line will win cash prizes.
April 21-22, 2024 14th Annual SC State Chili Cookoff & 7th Annual Kegs and Eggs Chili Cookoff - Belton, South Carolina Sanctioned by the International Chili Society, the SC Chili Cook-off is one of the Southeast's fastest growing family events. Prizes for Red Chili, Chili Verde, Salsa, Peoples Choice and Showmanship. Proceeds benefit local charities. April 22, 2024 Earth Day - Worldwide Growing out of the first Earth Day, Earth Day Network (EDN) works with over 22,000 partners in 192 countries to broaden, diversify. April 26-27, 2024 Annual Colleton County Rice Festival Walterboro, South Carolina Celebrating when rice was king and Colleton County was the throne. A heritage festival with an arts and crafts area, parade, 5K run, and rice cooking contest. April 26-27, 2024 Annual Striped Bass Festival Manning , South Carolina A special salute to the Striped Bass, which put the area on the fishing maps of the world. Attendance: 25,000. April 28, 2024 Annual Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival Mount Pleasant, South Carolina Celebrates the historical Mount Pleasant shrimping industry with the ceremonial blessing of the shrimp fleet and a host of other family activities. 2019 SOUTH CAROLINA: APRIL 2019 Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events waiting for new datesApril 27, 2019 Sip n' Stroll - Laurens, South Carolina Wine and Beer Tasting. Join us on the historic square for a sample of wine and/or craft beer in participating businesses. Purchase your wristband at the Main Street Laurens tent, get your tasting glass and you're on your way! We invite you to join us for a taste as you stroll this awesome place! |