2025 South Carolina - September 2025 Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events (See also: 2018 - 2017)
September 4-6, 2025 South Carolina Apple Festival Westminster, South Carolina The annual festival will celebrate the beginning of apple harvest season in Oconee County, the largest apple-producing area in the state. Apple baking contest, rodeo, talent show, parades, arts & crafts, entertainment and rafting on the Chattooga River. September 6, 2025 - Charleston Food Truck & Craft Beverage Festival North Charleston, South Carolina Food Truck Festivals of America. Noon -6:00pm General Admission. September 18-20, 2025 31st Annual Yemassee Shrimp Festival Yemassee, South Carolina Lighted parade, music, amusement rides, fireworks, street dance, mud run, and lots of shrimp to eat. September 18-21, 2025 Euphoria - Greenville, South Carolina Food, wine, and music event. A Southern Exposure Experience, raises money for non-profit organizations while offering attendees a higher state of food, wine, and music. September 18-21, 2025 Columbia's 38th Annual Greek Festival Columbia, South Carolina Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral. The annual event with live Greek music, cultural exhibits, theatre production, folk dances, and Greek delicacies made for You! September 26-27, 2025 50th Annual Irmo Okra Strut Festival Irmo, South Carolina The festival is now a two day event featuring Okra Strut Parade, okra eating contest, a street dance, arts, crafts, rides, entertainment, and amusements, petting zoo, and plenty of food. See Okra Man in person! The Okra Strut Festival is managed by a board of committee members appointed by the Irmo Town Council and we are proud to say, 'we are the nation's original celebration of Okra.' Attendance: 55,000.
September 27, 2025 - Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival Columbia, South Carolina Presented by Sustainable Midlands, the Palmetto Tasty Tomato Festival is a celebration of locally grown food – the people who grow it, the restaurants who place it on their menus, the markets that sell it, and the people who eat it! September 27, 2025 21st Annual Irish Italian International Festival North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Featuring food from local restaurants, two stages of live entertainment, street performers, art & craft vendors, and dance groups all surrounding an Irish Italian International theme. Restaurants will compete for the title of Best Entrée, Best Decorated, and Best Dessert. Festival goers can join in friendly competitions from a spaghetti eating competition to a Lego contest! Attendance: 15,000. September 30-October 5, 2025 Orangeburg County Fair Orangeburg, South Carolina Includes carnival rides, a midway with games and food, crafts, livestock competitions, shows and live music. 2018 South Carolina - September 2018 Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events waiting for new datesSeptember 1-2, 2018 Annual Beach, Boogie & BBQ Festival Myrtle Beach, South Carolina THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2018. 2017 South Carolina - September 2017 Food & Wine Festivals, Shows & Local Events waiting for new datesSeptember 30, 2017 - 33rd annual Kiwanis Chili Cook Off Hilton Head Island, South Carolina Hilton Head’s local competition adheres to the strict tenet of “Anything Goes”. From alligator to chicken to possum along with the more traditional fixins, you will find a bit of everything at the Chili Cookoff. There are two types of judging for the competition. First, the general public is allowed to vote for the best chili in both professional and amateur categories. A group of honorable judges determine the best chili in a separate judging. |