OCTOBER 2023 EVENTS
It’s finally October and we have fall festivals galore to enjoy across the Charleston area! A few festivals to note include the The 26th Annual Awendaw Blue Crab Festival (7th), the continuation of MOJA Arts Festival (through the 8th), the Latin American Festival (8th), Children’s Day Festival (15th), India Fest (29th), as well as many fall and harvest festivals and the beginning of the Coastal Carolina Fair (15th - Nov 7). So much to do! For holidays to celebrate this month, there’s Indigenous People’s Day/Columbus Day on the 9th, Halloween on the 31st and a host of others highlighted on this page. We’ve also listed lots of weekly and individual events below so you can make the most of the fun days of fall ahead!
WEEKLY EVENTS IN OCTOBER:
Tuesdays - Sundays*: Live Jazz, Forte Jazz Lounge, downtown Charleston
Wednesdays: SWEAT Fitness with Athleta, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
Wednesdays*: Laughway to the Weekend, Theatre 99, downtown Charleston
Wednesdays: Awendaw Green Barn Jams, Sewee Outpost, Awendaw
Wednesdays & Saturdays: Early Morning Bird Walks, Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel
Thursdays: DI Acoustic Guitar Series, Waterfront Park, Daniel Island
Thursdays: Live Under The Oaks Concert Series, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
Thursdays - Saturdays: Tour & Flight Demonstration, The Center for Birds of Prey, Awendaw
Fridays & Saturdays*: Live Music & Food Trucks, Firefly Distillery, North Charleston
Fridays & Saturdays: Live Music, Holy City Brewing, North Charleston
Fridays & Saturdays*: Take the Funny & Run, Theatre 99
Saturdays: Weekend Wine-Down, Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island
Saturdays & Sundays: Live Music, Commonhouse Aleworks, North Charleston
Sundays (not 10/15): Sunday Brunch & Bluegrass Picking, Commonhouse Aleworks
FARMERS MARKETS:
Tuesdays & Saturdays: Colleton Farmers Market, Market Pavilion, Walterboro
Wednesdays: West Ashley Farmers Market, Ackerman Park
Wednesdays: St. Johns Farmers Market, St. Johns Grove, John’s Island
Wednesdays: Arts & Crafts Market, Bay Creek Park, Edisto Island
Thursdays: Moncks Corner Farmers Market, Regional Recreation Complex, Moncks Corner
Thursdays*: North Charleston Farmers Market, Exchange Park
Saturdays: Charleston Farmers Market, Marion Square, downtown Charleston
Saturdays: Sea Islands Farmers Market, Charleston Collegiate Campus, Johns Island
Saturdays: McClellanville Land & Sea Market, off of 1369 North Pinckney Street
Saturdays: Summerville Farmers Market, behind Summerville Town Hall
Saturdays: Goose Creek Farmers & Artisans Market, Goose Creek City Hall
Saturdays (10/7 & 10/21): Ravenel Depot Farmers Market, Ravenel Train Depot
Sundays: Sunday Brunch Farmers Market, The Charleston Pour House, James Island
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS IN OCTOBER:
Several area venues have too many one-off events and activities on their October calendars for us to list in full below, so please follow these links to see more: Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre, Brookgreen Gardens, Charleston County Parks, Charleston Library Society, Forte Jazz Lounge, Music Farm, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Theatre 99, The Gibbes Museum of Art and The Windjammer.
10/1: Lewis Hatch Chile Roast, Rancho Lewis, downtown Charleston
10/1: Gov't Mule - Peace... Like a River World Tour 2023, The Refinery, downtown Charleston
10/1: Walktoberfest, Commonhouse Aleworks, North Charleston
10/1: The Hope Summit 2023 Festival, Daniel Island Waterfront Park
10/1: Trey Kennedy - Grow Up Tour, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
10/1-10/8: MOJA Arts Festival, multiple venues
10/1-10/29: Fright Nights, Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens, Mount Pleasant
10/1-10/29: The Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch, Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens
10/1-10/29: West Farm Corn Maze, West Farm, Moncks Corner
10/1-11/4: Southern Screams Haunted House, Holy City Brewery, North Charleston
10/1-12/30*: Time of My Life, 34 West Productions
10/3: Play Dayz, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
10/3: Switchfoot, Charleston Music Hall, downtown Charleston
10/6: Outdoor Movie Night, Daniel Island Waterfront Park
10/6: First Friday Artwalk, multiple galleries, downtown Charleston
10/6: Town Market, James Island Town Hall
10/6: Misfit: A Gary Gulman Stand Up Comedy and Book Tour, The Riviera Theater, downtown Charleston
10/6: Yes: Classic Tales of Yes, Charleston Music Hall
10/6-10/7: Dr. David Jeremiah Live!, North Charleston Coliseum
10/6-10/22: Andrew Lippa's Wild Party, Queen Street Playhouse, downtown Charleston
10/7: The 26th Annual Awendaw Blue Crab Festival, Awendaw Municipal Park & Lake
10/7: Edisto Beach Fall Festival & Turtle Tide Art Auction, Palmetto Plaza
10/7: Pink Promenade Catwalk + Cocktails, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
10/7: Fall Festival, Goose Creek City Hall
10/7-10/8: Riverfront Revival, Riverfront Park, North Charleston
10/7-10/8: Harvest Home Weekend, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
10/7, 10/14: Charleston Battery home soccer games, Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant
10/7, 10/28: Sip & Stroll, Drayton Hall, West Ashely
10/8: Latin American Festival, Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston
10/8: Summerville Italian Feast, Hutchinson Square, Historic Downtown Summerville
10/8: 2nd Sunday on King Street, multiple venues, downtown Charleston
10/8, 10/29: Sunday Funday Brunch at Firefly, Firefly Distillery, North Charleston
10/12: Starlight Yoga, Wannamaker County Park
10/12: Paws on the Patio, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
10/13: October Starlight Cinema - Hocus Pocus, Freshfields Village, Kiawah Island
10/13-10/14: Haunted Firehouse, Hanahan Fire Station #1
10/13-10/14: 4th Annual Cookin' on the Creek BBQ Festival, Bay Creek Park, Edisto Island
10/14: Fall Pickers Hullabaloo Flea Market, Firefly Distillery
10/14: Park Circle Art Walk, North Charleston
10/14: Yoga in Waterfront Park, Daniel Island
10/14: The Southern Momma & Friends Comedy Tour, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
10/14: St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Charleston Music Hall
10/14: Oktoberfest Charleston, St. Matthews Lutheran Church, downtown Charleston
10/15: Children’s Day Festival, Park West Recreation Complex
10/15: Buddy Walk, Etiwan Park, Daniel Island
10/15: Turn Down the Valium, Vol. II, 34 West Productions, downtown Charleston
10/15: Palmetto Park Jam, Palmetto County Park, Mount Pleasant
10/15: Patti LaPone, Charleston Gaillard Center, downtown Charleston
10/15: Steve Martin & Martin Short, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
10/15: Newsboys, Charleston Music Hall
10/18: Candlelight: A Haunted Evening of Halloween Classics, Music Farm, downtown Charleston
10/18: Two Girls One Ghost, Theatre 99, downtown Charleston
10/18: Halloween Night Market + Movie Night, New Realm Brewing, Daniel Island
10/19: Summerville Dream Third Thursdays, downtown Summerville
10/19: Willie Nelson & Family, Firefly Distillery
10/19: Third Thursdays, Historic Downtown Summerville
10/19: IOP Farmers Market, front lawn of Recreation Center, Isle of Palms
10/19-10/20: Nashville Ballet, Charleston Gaillard Center
10/19-10/21: Halloween in the Swamp, Cypress Gardens, Moncks Corner
10/19-11/18: Atwater, PURE Theatre, downtown Charleston
10/20: Paul Cauthen with Colby Acuff, The Riviera Theater
10/20-10/22: Come From Away, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
10/20-11/5*: Clue on Stage, Dock Street Theatre, downtown Charleston
10/21: SC Stingrays Home Game, North Charleston Coliseum
10/21: 10th Annual North Charleston Harvest Festival, Olde Village of North Charleston
10/21: 10th Annual LUNG FORCE Run/Walk 5K, Folly Beach County Park
10/21: Magnolia Beauti-Fall Festival, Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, West Ashely
10/21: Cast Off Fishing Tournament, Mount Pleasant Pier
10/22: Disney Pixar’s Coco Live To Film Concert, Charleston Gaillard Center
10/23: Pink Martini Featuring China Forbes, Charleston Gaillard Center
10/24: Columbia City Ballet: Dracula - Ballet With a Bite, Charleston Music Hall
10/25: Wheel of Fortune Live!, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
10/25: George Thorogood & The Destroyers, Charleston Music Hall
10/26: Steve Hackett: Genesis Revisited, Charleston Music Hall
10/26-10/29: Disney on Ice Presents Mickey’s Search Party, North Charleston Coliseum
10/26-11/5: Coastal Carolina Fair, Exchange Park, Ladson
10/27: Trunk or Treat at Carolina Park, Recreation Way, Mount Pleasant
10/27-10/28: The Rocky Horror Experience, Queen Street Playhouse
10/28: Fall Food Truck Festival, Firefly Distillery
10/28: Charleston Mimosa Festival, Johnson Hagood Stadium at The Citadel, downtown Charleston
10/28: Luke Bryan, Credit One Stadium, Daniel Island
10/28: Dogtoberfest, Freshfields Village
10/28: Trick, Treat, & Trail Family Fun Run/Walk and Stroll, Wannamaker County Park
10/28: Fall Festival, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
10/29: The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Charleston Music Hall
10/29: India Fest, Marion Square, downtown Charleston
10/29: Lake Street Dive: Gather Round Sounds Tour, Charleston Gaillard Center
10/31: Trick or Treat at the Creek, Bay Creek Park, Edisto
10/31: Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Riviera Theater
10/31: GCPD’s Trunk or Treat, Goose Creek City Hall
* Event occurs on most, but not all, dates during this period.
Do you have or know of a public event planned for next month? Please share the details with us by writing to newsletter@alandonald.com. Thanks!
