2025 SOUTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 2025
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
(See also: 2024 - 2019 - 2017 - 2015 )
September 30-October 5, 2025
Orangeburg County Fair
Orangeburg, South Carolina
October 3-4, 2025
Annual Beaufort Shrimp Festival
Beaufort, South Carolina
Savor the best fresh-caught shrimp in the world during the Annual Beaufort Shrimp Festival, featuring unique shrimp dishes from the region’s foremost restaurants and chefs. Free Admission. Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Attendance: 10,000. October 4, 2025 Annual Gaston Collard & BBQ Festival
Gaston, South Carolina
Come join the fun at the Gaston Collard and Barbeque Festival. Free rides, vendors, exhibitors, crafters, entertainment, auction and lots more! October 4, 2025 Spartanburg International Festival
Spartanburg, South Carolina
People from more than 75 countries reside in Spartanburg, South Carolina and more than 100 international businesses make Spartanburg their home. In 1985 the City of Spartanburg hosted its first International Festival to celebrate Spartanburg's diverse community, today the International Festival has expanded its International connection to reach a more global audience attendance. The Spartanburg International Festival is held each fall in beautiful Barnet Park. More than 12,000 people attend annually to celebrate and explore the world through food, music, dance, folk art and more. Attendance: 12,000. October 4-5, 2025 Harvest Home Weekend
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Two days filled with live entertainment and outdoor activities! The popular scarecrow-building contest, hayrides, pumpkin painting patch, face painting, blacksmith, and gourd-making demonstrations are just a few of the events that make this a terrific way to spend a fall weekend!
October 8-19, 2025 South Carolina State Fair
Columbia, South Carolina
Recognized as one of the TOP 50 Fairs in the United States. The fair features nationally recognized entertainment in the grandstand, stages with a variety of acts such as comedy, bands, dancers, local entertainment and entertainment from across the state. The midway is provided by North American Midway Entertainment (NAME). Art, home arts, horticultural, agricultural and livestock competitions exhibits draw both rural and urban crowds. The South Carolina State Fair strives to provide a clean, safe, family-oriented atmosphere, while offering fun, food, recreation, education, and great competitive exhibit opportunities for all to enjoy. Famously Hot Chef Showdown; Donkey & Mule Shows; Special Flower Show; Home & Craft Demos; One Eared Cow Glass Showcase; Agriculture, Cattle, Dairy Goats, Sheep, Small Stock; Midway, Entertainment, Rides, Midway Games, etc. October 10-12, 2025 Kingstree Pig Pickin' Festival
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The best way to eat hot-off-the-fire barbecue. Also other activities like a barbecue cook-off, tennis and golf tournaments, a car show, a lancing tournament, children's activities, fireworks show, and live music performances. October 10-12, 2025 Fall for Greenville: Taste, Tunes & Taps
Greenville, South Carolina
Discover a world of tempting tastes, sights and sounds, as mouthwatering aromas carry you along downtown Greenville's Main Street. With over 40 of Greenville's finest restaurants showcasing almost 200 menu items, Fall for Greenville offers something for everyone. October 10-19, 2025 21st Annual Historic Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival - Bluffton, South Carolina
A myriad of activities, showcasing the locally harvested seafood, delicious Low Country cuisine, rich history, great art and Southern hospitality found only in Bluffton, known for its quirky art community and natural river beauty. There is truly something for everyone! October 11, 2025 42nd Annual Sweet Potato Festival
Darlington, South Carolina
The longest-running festival in Darlington County (since 1983), the SC Sweet Potato Festival now attracts audiences of over 30,000 people. Attractions include games for the children, crafts, music, live entertainment, a car show and plenty of food, including sweet potato pie! Sponsored by the Pilot Club of Darlington. Admission is free. Held the second Saturday in October each year on the Public Square in downtown Darlington. Attendance: 30,000. October 11-12, 2025 20th Annual Little River ShrimpFest
Little River, South Carolina
Located on the historic waterfront in beautiful Little River, this festival provides a family oriented party that is fun for all ages. Entertainment includes arts and crafts vendors, live music all day and a famous Shrimp Cookoff. October 13-17, 2025 - National School Lunch Week - Nationwide
School Nutrition Association. October 14-18, 2025 Union County Agricultural Fair
Union, South Carolina
Carnival rides, live entertainment, midway for food and games, exhibits and livestock. October 17, 2025 Kickin’ Chicken Wing & Chili Fest
Florence, South Carolina
Enjoy Live Music while sampling Wings and Chili from local competitors. With excellent craft and domestic beer selections, it’ll be a deliciously good time! October 18, 2025 46th Annual Loris Bog-Off Festival
Loris, South Carolina
Chicken bog is a pilau dish made of rice, chicken, celery, spices, and often sausage. Over 200 craft, retail, and food vendors, chicken bog cooking contest, live music, fireworks, children's pavilion and much more. Come visit Loris for a day of fun. October 25, 2025 Pendleton Fall Harvest Festival
Pendleton, South Carolina
Talented crafters and artists as well as merchants and collectors will be selling their wares. Live music, Food vendors, old-fashioned games including a pie-eating contest and corn shucking. October 25, 2025 Charleston Beer Fest - Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston Beer Fest is back and expanding even further with more breweries, more music, bigger acts, more food and more games and activities! The best beer festival in the Lowcountry - all for a great cause, helping those living with HIV/AIDS here in our community.
2024 SOUTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 2024
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 4-5, 2024 Annual Squealin' on the Square
Laurens, South Carolina
KCBS State Championship BBQ Cook Off, great lineup of entertainment, Little River Bridge run/walk, wine tasting, arts, Great American Bake Sale. Decorate your wheels for the All Wheels Parade.
2019 SOUTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 2019
Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events
events waiting for new datesOctober 13, 2019 - Taste of Charleston - Charleston, South Carolina
The Charleston Restaurant Foundation (CRF) is pleased to announce the return of Taste of Charleston, taking place at Riverfront Park. One hundred percent cashless, this new and improved culinary event is the first in Charleston to use RFID wristbands, allowing guests to preload points to be redeemed for bites and sips from over 40 of Charleston’s most beloved restaurants. Live entertainment, a new Charleston Cultural Center, Kid’s STEAM Kitchen area, Private Cabanas for elevated event experience and a special VIP section with chef demos will take the Taste of Charleston to new heights and allow guests to experience the very best of the city’s award-winning dining scene.
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