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South Carolina Events 2026
South Carolina’s Lowcountry and Upstate both stay lively through December. Charleston hosts the Food & Wine Classic in mid-November, and Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant runs its pumpkin patch until November 1. Brookgreen Gardens in Murrells Inlet opens Nights of a Thousand Candles after Thanksgiving.
Up in Greenville, the Christmas Market and a Festival of Trees start November 20. Rock Hill hosts ChristmasVille in early December, and North Charleston holds a Christmas parade on December 5.
This weekend · 42 current and upcoming listings
12 on now · 30 coming up
Holiday events in South Carolina: Holiday lights · Christmas markets · Christmas events · Thanksgiving & turkey trots
42 events in South Carolina
October 2026 (14)
November 2026 (13)
December 2026 (12)
January 2027 (1)
February 2027 (2)
Recently ended (29)
These dates have passed. Each page stays up as a record until the organizer publishes new dates.
Weekend drive: Charleston Halloween weekend road trip 2026
This weekend in South Carolina
Friday to Sunday, October 30 – November 1: 13 listings with dates that overlap the weekend, counting season-long events (weekly farmers markets not counted).
- Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival — Hilton Head Island · October 31 - November 1, 2026
- Cottle FunPark Fall Festival — Hopkins · September 18 - November 15, 2026
- Thompson Farm Fall Festival — Conway · September 19 - November 1, 2026
- Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch — Mount Pleasant · September 25 - November 1, 2026
- Clinton Sease Farm Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch — Lexington · September 25 - November 8, 2026
- Southern Screams Haunted House — MACABRE 2026 — North Charleston · September 25 – November 7, 2026
- Stewart Farms Fall on the Farm — Enoree · September 26 - October 31, 2026
- Holiday Farms The Great Pumpkin Patch — Ridgeland · October 2 - 31, 2026
- SC Fear Farm — Pelion · October 2 - 31, 2026
- McLeod Farms Fall Corn Maze & Pumpkin Patch — McBee · October 3 - November 7, 2026
- West Farm Corn Maze — Moncks Corner · October 3 - November 1, 2026
- Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair — Florence · October 22 - November 1, 2026
Plus 1 more in the month lists below.
South Carolina by the numbers
USA Fest Bot has 42 current and upcoming South Carolina listings: 9 holiday parades, 6 festivals, 4 holiday lights events, 4 pumpkin patches, and 19 other listings. November 2026 is the busiest month ahead, with 13 listings starting. The cities with the most listings are Charleston (5), Columbia (5), and Greenville (4). The next fair or festival to start is Coastal Carolina Fair in Ladson, starting October 29, 2026.
Dates can change, so check the event’s website before you go.