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What's Happening in Charleston - April 2023 (Events)

Posted By: Alan Donald In: Events
Date: Thu, Mar 30th 2023 3:04 pm

APRIL 2023 EVENTS


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Get ready for an event-filled April! Aside from the 19 different festivals going on this month, there are also three major sporting events and a variety of events and activities catering to all interests, not to mention the seasonal farmers markets are back! Some of the bigger events on our list include: 50th Flowertown Festival (1st-2nd), Lowcountry Strawberry Festival (1st-8th*), 76th Annual Festival of Houses & Gardens (1st-16th), Founders Day Festival (8th), 3rd Annual Spring Roll Challenge & Food Truck Festival (8th), Gospel Fest 2023 (9th), Sundown Festival (12th), High Water Festival (15th-16th), 17th Annual Blues by the Sea (16th), 8th Charleston Jazz Festival (20th-23rd), World Grits Festival (21st-23rd), Lowcountry Cajun Festival (22nd), Black Food Truck Festival (22nd-23rd), Charleston Cocktail Week (24th-30th), 48th Colleton County Rice Festival (28th-29th), and Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival (30th). 


The three major sporting events happening are the 46th Cooper River Bridge Run (1st), Credit One Charleston Open tennis tournament (1st-9th) and the 26th Charleston Race Week (20th-23rd, sailing). Notable holidays this month include April Fool’s Day (1st), Palm Sunday (2nd), Good Friday (7th), Passover (5th-13th), Easter Sunday (9th), and Earth Day (22nd). Don’t forget that the tax filing deadline is Tuesday, April 18th this year. We’ve listed many local weekly and individual events below and provided links so you can find out more. Take a look at what’s listed and get out there and have fun! 

**Click on the event to access it's link***


WEEKLY EVENTS IN APRIL:


Mondays - Saturdays: Blackbird Market, Blackbird Farms & Market, Johns Island
Tuesdays: Mount Pleasant Farmers Market, Moultrie Middle School
Tuesdays: Shag Night on the Village Green, Freshfields Village, Kiawah Island
Tuesdays: Colleton Farmers Market, Market Pavilion, Walterboro 
Tuesdays - Saturdays: Fields Farm Produce Market, Johns Island
Tuesdays - Sundays*: Live Jazz, Forte Jazz Lounge, downtown Charleston
Wednesdays: Laughway to the Weekend, Theatre 99, downtown Charleston
Wednesdays: Awendaw Green Barn Jams, Sewee Outpost, Awendaw
Wednesdays: SWEAT Yoga Fitness Series with Athleta, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
Wednesdays: Garden Strolls and Wine Tasting, Middleton Place, West Ashley
Wednesdays: The Sound of Charleston, Circular Congregational Church, downtown Charleston
Wednesdays (starting 4/19): West Ashley Farmers Market, Ackerman Park, West Ashley 
Wednesdays & Saturdays: Early Morning Bird Walks, Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel
Thursdays: Moncks Corner Farmers Market, Regional Recreation Complex, Moncks Corner 
Thursdays: Live Under The Oaks, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
Thursdays (not 4/27): Dinner a la Art, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
Thursdays - Saturdays: Tour & Flight Demonstration, The Center for Birds of Prey, Awendaw
Fridays: Fossil Friday, The Charleston Museum, downtown Charleston
Fridays & Saturdays (not 4/11): Take the Funny & Run, Theatre 99
Fridays & Saturdays: Live Music, Holy City Brewing, North Charleston
Saturdays: Charleston Farmers Market, Marion Square, downtown Charleston
Saturdays: Sea Islands Farmers Market, Charleston Collegiate Campus, Johns Island
Saturdays: Food Trucks & Live Music, Firefly Distillery, North Charleston
Saturdays: Summerville Farmers Market, behind Summerville Town Hall
Saturdays: Weekend Wine-Down, Deep Water Vineyard, Wadmalaw Island
Saturdays: Yoga In The Garden, Brookgreen Gardens
Saturdays*: Goose Creek Farmers & Artisans Market, Goose Creek City Hall
Saturdays (not 4/29): Goat Yoga Class, Flowertown Charm Farm, Summerville 
Saturdays (not 4/8): Saturday Story Time In The Rabbit Hole – Silly Stories, Charleston Library Society, downtown Charleston 
Sundays: Holy City Farmers Market, Holy City Brewing
Sundays: Sunday Brunch Farmers Market, The Charleston Pour House, James Island
Sundays (not 4/9): Sunday Brunch & Bluegrass Pickin’ Parlor, Commonhouse Aleworks, North Charleston
Sundays (not 4/9): Figure Drawing Sessions, Redux Contemporary Art Center, downtown Charleston


INDIVIDUAL EVENTS IN APRIL:

Several area venues have too many one-off events and activities on their April 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, Gibbes Museum of Art and The Windjammer.

4/1: Boys & Girls Club Easter Egg Palooza, The Salvation Army Community Center, West Ashley
4/1: Doggie Easter Egg Hunt, Park Pets, North Charleston
4/1: Easter Egg Hunt Family Fun Event, The Dill Sanctuary, James Island 
4/1: Annual Goose Creek Easter Egg Hunt, Dogwood Park
4/1: Beaufort Bonnet Bunny Bonanza, The Beaufort Bonnet Company, Kiawah Island 
4/1: The Reformation, Summers Corner Performing Arts Center, Summerville 
4/1: CSO POPS 4: Let’s Dance!, Charleston Gaillard Center, downtown Charleston 
4/1: Collectively Disconnected, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
4/1: Septima, PURE Theatre - Cannon Street Arts Center, downtown Charleston
4/1: The Thorn, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
4/1: Andrew Bird, Charleston Music Hall, downtown Charleston
4/1: 46th Cooper River Bridge Run, begins on Coleman Blvd., Mount Pleasant
4/1: Kids Drum Circle, The Pour House, James Island
4/1: Dance in Bloom, Sottile Theatre, downtown Charleston 
4/1: Sweetgrass Basket Workshop with Henrietta Snype, Drayton Hall, West Ashley
4/1: Interwoven Community Workshop, Redux Contemporary Art Center, downtown Charleston
4/1-2: God of Carnage, Queen Street Playhouse, downtown Charleston 
4/1-2: Monster Jam, North Charleston Coliseum 
4/1-2: 50th Annual Flowertown Festival, The Summerville Family YMCA 
4/1-8*: Lowcountry Strawberry Festival, Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant
4/1-9: Credit One Charleston Open Women’s Tennis Tournament, Credit One Stadium, Daniel Island 
4/1-16: Un/Natural Selections: Wildlife in Contemporary Art, Gibbes Museum of Art, downtown Charleston
4/1-16: 76th Annual Festival of House & Gardens, multiple venues, downtown Charleston 
4/1-22*: Can’t Buy Me Love, 34 West Theater Co., downtown Charleston
4/1-24: Rodin: Contemplation and Dreams, Brookgreen Gardens
4/1-6/4: America’s First Museum: 250 Years of Collecting, Preserving & Educating - Part I, The Charleston Museum, downtown Charleston
4/2: Easter Egg Hunt at Emeline, downtown Charleston 
4/2: Natural Egg Dyeing with Local Artist Daisy McClellan, The Charleston Museum
4/2: Toby's Earth Month Island Wide Spring Sweep, Folly Beach 
4/2: Chamber Music Charleston: Salon Series, South Carolina Society Hall, downtown Charleston
4/3: Sarah Chang performs with College of Charleston Orchestra, Sottile Theatre 
4/4: MEET THE MAKER | Dr. Tonya M. Matthews, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, downtown Charleston
4/4, 4/8, 4/22, 4/29: Charleston Battery home soccer games, Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant 
4/5: Photo Walks, Brookgreen Gardens
4/5: Restorative Yoga, CornerCopia Market, James Island
4/5: One Night of Queen, Charleston Gaillard Center
4/5: Kid Tours: Firefighting, The Charleston Museum
4/5: The Not Scholastic Boozy Book Fair, Frothy Beard Brewing Co., West Ashley
4/6: Bundle & Ice Dye Workshop, Redux Contemporary Art Center 
4/6: New Jack City, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
4/6: Live Music With Jasmine Commerce, Commonhouse Aleworks, North Charleston 
4/6: Paint & Sip: The Lodge, The Inn at Middleton, West Ashley 
4/6: Toast Under the Oaks, Johns Island County Park
4/6: Starlight Yoga, Mount Pleasant Pier
4/6-8: Mt. Joy, The Windjammer, Isle of Palms
4/7: First Friday Artwalk, multiple galleries, downtown Charleston
4/7: The Town Market on James Island Spring Fling, James Island Town Hall
4/7: First Friday BBQ & Bluegrass, Commonhouse Aleworks
4/7: Spring Concert, Village Green, Kiawah Island
4/7: Gullah Burial Practices, McLeod Plantation Historic Site, James Island
4/7: Art Walk in the Creek, Central Creek Park, Goose Creek
4/7: Andy Grammer, The Riviera Theater, downtown Charleston 
4/7: Sounds on the Square, Nexton Square, Summerville
4/7-8, 4/12, 4/15: SC Stingrays home hockey games, North Charleston Coliseum
4/7 & 4/21: Spring Concert Series, Central Creek Park, Goose Creek
4/8: Easter Egg Hunt Family Event, Sonrise Christian Church, Summerville
4/8: Five Loaves Cafe Summerville Bunny Brunch & Egg Hunt, Five Loaves Cafe, Summerville 
4/8: Easter Egg Grab, Edisto Beach Baptist Church, Edisto Island
4/8: Fly Fishing Film Tour, Charleston Music Hall
4/8: Rocket Piano Man, Forte Jazz Lounge, downtown Charleston 
4/8: Founders’ Day Festival, Charles Town Landing State Historic Site, West Ashley
4/8: Yoga in Waterfront Park, Daniel Island 
4/8: Sunrise Yoga, Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel
4/8: Museum on the Road, Holy City Brewing, North Charleston 
4/8: 3rd Annual Park Circle Spring Roll Challenge & Food Truck Festival, Firefly Distillery, North Charleston
4/8: Sip & Stroll on the Drayton Hall Landscape: A Charleston Wine & Beer Event
4/8: Rosie the Riveter Performance by the Vintage Vixen Dolls, Dorchester Heritage Center, Ridgeville
4/8: Spring Art & Craft Market, Next door to the Edistonian General Store, Edisto Island
4/8: Spring Starlight Cinema, Freshfields Village, Kiawah Island  
4/9: Farm Easter Egg Hunt & Egg Decorating, Flowertown Charm Farm, Summerville
4/9: Easter in the Park, Hampton Park, downtown Charleston 
4/9: Gospel Fest 2023, Riverfront Park, North Charleston
4/9: Second Sundays w/ Symone – Drag Brunch!, Commonhouse Aleworks
4/9: 2nd Sunday on King Street, multiple venues, downtown Charleston
4/11: Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox, Charleston Music Hall
4/11: The Men of the Massachusetts 54th & 55th, Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve, Folly Beach
4/11: Unwined with Watercolor, Redux Contemporary Art Center
4/11-16, 4/25-30: Charleston RiverDogs home baseball games, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park, downtown Charleston
4/12: Sundown Festival, Night Heron Park, Kiawah Island 
4/12: Coffee with an Author: Brittany Butler, Charleston Library Society, downtown Charleston
4/12: The Lone Bellow, The Riviera Theater
4/12-30: Once On This Island, The Historic Dock Street Theatre, downtown Charleston
4/13: Monticello Through the Lens of Thomas Jefferson’s Personal Library, Charleston Library Society 
4/13: Paws on The Patio, Burtons Grill + Bar, Mount Pleasant
4/13: The Science of Happiness: A Workshop with Author C. Brooks, The Riviera Theater
4/13: Awendaw Farmers & Artisans Market, Middleton & Maker Village BBQ, Awendaw
4/14: Black Jacket Symphony: Tom Petty’s Full Moon Forever, Charleston Music Hall
4/14: Let the Good Times Roll! - The Music of Ray Charles, Forte Jazz Lounge
4/14: Charleston National Tartan Day Dinner, Laura Alberts Restaurant, Daniel Island
4/14: Lighthouse Inlet Bird Walk, Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve
4/14: Kiawah Art & House Tour, Kiawah Island
4/14-15: CSO Masterworks 8 Fri: The Titans, Charleston Gaillard Center
4/14-16: Marcus; or the Secret of Sweet, Sottile Theatre 
4/14-30*: Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Historic James F. Dean Theatre, Summerville
4/15: Charleston Walk for Autism, Hampton Park Gazebo 
4/15: Scottish Performing Arts Classic, Saint James Anglican Church, James Island
4/15: Abstract Painting Class, CornerCopia Market
4/15: David Cross: Worst Daddy In The World Tour, Charleston Music Hall
4/15: The Fighting Lady Turns 80, Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Mount Pleasant
4/15: Understanding Rice Culture, Caw Caw Interpretive Center
4/15: Charleston Honey Bee Expo, Brittlebank Park, downtown Charleston
4/15: Cars & Coffee, Freshfields Village
4/15-16: High Water Festival, Riverfront Park, North Charleston
4/15-16: Ride the Lowcountry, Awendaw Town Park, Francis Marion National Forest, & downtown Charleston 
4/15-16: Charleston Punk Flea Market, Omar Shriners Club, Mount Pleasant
4/16: The Baddest Show in Town “The Rock Opera: Rock from when Rock Rocked”, Charleston Music Hall
4/16: Hotrods Honeys 2023, Stars and Strikes, Summerville
4/16: 17th Annual Blues by the Sea, Freshfields Village  
4/17: The Wallflowers, Charleston Music Hall
4/18: Sally Bedell Smith on the Marriage that Saved the Monarchy, Charleston Library Society 
4/19: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
4/20: Wine on the Piazza, Edmondston Alston House, downtown Charleston
4/20: Paint & Sip: Spring Rooster, Estuary Beans & Barley, Johns Island
4/20: Third Thursdays, Historic Downtown Summerville
4/20: April Sip & Stroll, Freshfields Village
4/20-23: 26th Charleston Race Week, Charleston Harbor
4/20-23: 8th Charleston Jazz Festival, multiple venues, downtown Charleston & North Charleston
4/20-5/13: Compulsion: Or the House Behind, PURE Theatre
4/21: Edisto Natchez-Kusso 46th Annual Pow Wow, 984 US-78, Ridgeville
4/21: Harlem Globetrotters, North Charleston Coliseum
4/21-22: American Ballet Theatre: Giselle, Charleston Gaillard Center
4/21-23: World Grits Festival, 110 South Parler Avenue, St. George
4/22: From Birds to Batteries: An In-depth Ecology & Historical Walking Tour of Battery Pringle, The Dill Sanctuary
4/22: Earth Day Festival, Brookgreen Gardens
4/22: Lowcountry Cajun Festival, James Island County Park
4/22: Mullet Haul Trail Run, Johns Island County Park  
4/22: History & People of Laurel Hill, Laurel Hill County Park, Mount Pleasant
4/22: Alligator Adventure, Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston 
4/22: Lights and Love, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre 
4/22: 90’s Bar Crawl on King Street, multiple venues, downtown Charleston 
4/22: Charleston Spring Wine Festival, Charleston Harbor Cruise Terminal, downtown Charleston
4/22: March for Babies, Hampton Park
4/22: Cookin’ in the Creek, Goose Creek City Hall
4/22-23: Black Food Truck Festival, Exchange Park FairGrounds, Ladson
4/23: Modern Punch Needle!, Redux Contemporary Art Center
4/23: Best Of Carolina Bridal Show Presented By Charleston Bride Guide, Holy City Brewery
4/24-30: Charleston Cocktail Week Festival, multiple venues around the great Charleston area
4/25: Exploring Palmetto Islands County Park, Mount Pleasant
4/25: Home Free: Road Sweet Road Tour, Charleston Music Hall
4/25: Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer With Rakesh Chaurasia - As We Speak, Charleston Gaillard Center
4/26: Exploring The Joy (And Art) Of Writing!, Redux Contemporary Art Center
4/26: Art of Design, Gibbes Museum of Art
4/26-27: Bluey’s Big Play, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
4/27: Gibbes on the Street, Gibbes Museum of Art
4/27: Paint & Sip: Country Blooms, Two Blokes Brewing, Mount Pleasant
4/27: Blackberry Smoke, Charleston Music Hall
4/27: Cheers on the Pier, Mount Pleasant Pier
4/27: Charleston Green Drinks, Palmetto Brewing, downtown Charleston
4/28: 2 Miles Ahead: The Hospitality Tour, Charleston Music Hall
4/28: Live at the Gibbes, Gibbes Museum of Art
4/28: The Hawks Nest Grand Opening & 50th City of Hanahan Anniversary Celebration, 1173 Williams Lane
4/28-29: 48th Colleton County Rice Festival, Festival Area, Walterboro
4/28-29: Chamber Music with CSO: Brahms Horn Trio w/ Wendy Chen, Charleston Library Society 
4/29: Lily’s Burlesque, Charleston Music Hall
4/29: Intro to Natural Dyeing Workshop, The Dill Sanctuary 
4/29: Super Heroes, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
4/29: Soul II Soul Tour, North Charleston Coliseum
4/29: Dancing on the Cooper, Mount Pleasant Pier
4/29: La Master Chorale’s Lagrime Di San Pietro (Tears Of St. Peter), Charleston Gaillard Center
4/29: Plantasia 2023: A Market for Plant Lovers, Magnolia Community Garden, West Ashley
4/29: Spring Concert with Chamber Music Charleston, Drayton Hall 
4/29-30: Brookgreen Gardens Art Festival
4/30: Artisan Fair, Gibbes Museum of Art 
4/30: Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival, Memorial Waterfront Park, Mount Pleasant
4/30: Little Feat: Boogie Your Spring Away, Charleston Music Hall
4/30: Sunset Harbor Cruise Fundraiser, Shem Creek, Mount Pleasant
4/30: Ben Folds & A Piano, Charleston Gaillard Center
4/30: Street Food Finder Festival, Firefly Distillery 
4/30: Spring Floral Arranging Workshop, Drayton Hall 
4/30: Chamber Music Charleston: Edisto Island Concert, The Presbyterian Church on Edisto


* 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!