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Events

Upcoming Events

Scroll our calendar to find the perfect events during your stay or plan your stay around one of our fantastic events. With substantial diversity and community pride, there’s an event every weekend; festivals every month. There’s something for everyone in the family… food festivals, arts and entertainment showcases, cultural, historical and contemporary events. Holiday happenings for every season including the July Celebration on Lake Murray a top 10 Southeast Event. With so many events to offer, you will probably have to extend your stay in Lake Murray Country.

Event Series Soda City Market

Soda City Market

Main Street Columbia, SC 1300-1600 Main Street, Columbia

Soda City Market is Columbia’s weekly Main Street event inspired by traditional European street markets. In partnership with Founders Federal Credit Union, we’re open every Saturday morning 9 a.m. –1 p.m., year-round, rain or shine! Find everything you need to nourish your brain, body, and belly—helping establish our city as the real southern hotspot for locals […]

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Annual Herb Festival at the Lexington County Museum

Lexington County Museum 231 Fox Street, Lexington

Join the Lexington County Herb Bunch on Saturday March 25th from 9 am to 3 pm for the 12th Annual “It’s All About Herbs” Festival. Festival admission is free for all. Activities include a plant sale with many varieties of herbs, herb and plant related vendors, food vendors, and free herb mini-demonstrations. For more information […]

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Event Series Columbia International Festival

Columbia International Festival

SC State Fairgrounds 1200 Rosewood Drive, Columbia

The Columbia International Festival showcases the music, culture, food and performing arts of the various cultures, nationalities, races and language groups represented in South Carolina. The event brings all of the area's international communities together to build better community/race relations between various ethnic/cultural/language groups and with the South Carolina community at large. ​Learn about the […]

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Event Series Columbia International Festival

Columbia International Festival

SC State Fairgrounds 1200 Rosewood Drive, Columbia

The Columbia International Festival showcases the music, culture, food and performing arts of the various cultures, nationalities, races and language groups represented in South Carolina. The event brings all of the area's international communities together to build better community/race relations between various ethnic/cultural/language groups and with the South Carolina community at large. ​Learn about the […]

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Arts & Draughts-Spring Edition at Columbia Museum of Art

Columbia Museum of Art 1515 Main Street, Columbia

Celebrate the return of spring with your favorite museum party! Enjoy beer from Weco Bottle & Biergarten, live music, D.I.Y. art projects, scavenger hunts, unique perspective tours, and a variety of food vendors. Cash-only bar. $15 / $8 for members. Join or renew that night and get in free.

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Event Series Soda City Market

Soda City Market

Main Street Columbia, SC 1300-1600 Main Street, Columbia

Soda City Market is Columbia’s weekly Main Street event inspired by traditional European street markets. In partnership with Founders Federal Credit Union, we’re open every Saturday morning 9 a.m. –1 p.m., year-round, rain or shine! Find everything you need to nourish your brain, body, and belly—helping establish our city as the real southern hotspot for locals […]

Free
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Revolutionary War Day at the SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum

SC Confederate Relic Room & Military Museum 301 Gervais Street, Columbia

For eight long years, the young United States – which at the start of the conflict wasn’t even formed yet, and had no army, navy, or national government – was at war with the greatest superpower in the world. And we won.And as celebrated as Bunker Hill and Yorktown deservedly are, most of the battles took place right here […]

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Event Series Pork in the Park-Newberry, SC

Pork in the Park-Newberry, SC

Memorial Park-Newberry 1000 Boyce St, Newberry

Newberry’s Pork in the Park is a Southern Barbecue Network sanctioned event, making the talent that much greater, and the judging that much tougher! This annual event will feature mouth-watering BBQ from across the southeast. We will be hosting live music for you to enjoy as you take a seat in Memorial Park to feast on the […]

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Annual Blythewood DOKO Rodeo

Blythewood Rodeo Arena 10433 Wilson Blvd, Blythewood

The 14th Annual Blythewood DOKO Championship Rodeo presented by The Town of Blythewood Bull Riding Barrel Racing Cowgirl Breakaway Roping Tie Down Roping Saddle Broncs Bareback Broncs Team Roping Steer Wrestling NEW LOCATION! 10433  WILSON BLVD, BLYTHEWOOD, SC  Friday, April 19 and Saturday, April 20, 2024. Gates Open at 5:30 and the Rodeo starts at 7:30 […]

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