What's Happening in Charleston? December 2018 Edition (Part 1)
The December holiday season is upon us … and is it ever an eventful one! There is something to do for everyone on your list, whether it’s taking the kids to see Santa (he really gets around the Lowcountry!), finding unique gifts at area holiday markets, attending any number of performances and New Year’s Eve celebrations with your special someone (but, unlike Santa, you can only be at one place at any one time!), and so much more! See for yourself on our December calendar of events and let us know what activities you decide to partake in this month:
1: Breakfast & Visits with Santa, Felix C. Davis Community Center, North Charleston
1: Charleston Horticultural Society’s Holiday Greens Sale, South Windermere Center, West Ashley
1: Crafty Bastards Arts and Craft Fair, Joe Riley Stadium, Charleston
1: Holiday Makers Market, Helena Fox Fine Art, Downtown Charleston
1: Holiday Street Festival, Front Beach, Isle of Palms
1: Holiday Swing: A Charleston Jazz Tradition, Charleston Music Hall, Downtown Charleston
1: The Center for Birds of Prey Photography Day, Awendaw
1: Ugly Sweater 5K, The ARK of SC, Summerville
1-2: 26th Annual Christmas Made in the South!, Exchange Park, Summerville
1-2: 81st Annual Christmas Candlelight Service at The Citadel, Summerall Chapel, Charleston
1-2, 6-8, 13-16: School of Rock, Flowertown Players Community Theatre, Summerville
1-2, 8-9, 15-16: Charleston Holiday Market, Marion Square, Downtown Charleston
1-2, 8-9, 15-16, 21-23: SEA The Magic: Scuba Claus Returns to the Great Ocean Tank, SC Aquarium, Downtown Charleston
1, 8, 15: Spirituals Concerts at Drayton Hall, West Ashley
1, 8, 15, 22, 29: Johns Island Holiday Market, Charleston Collegiate School, Johns Island
1-19: A Christmas Carol, Dock Street Theatre, Downtown Charleston
1-31: Moonshine County Christmas, 34 West Theater Company, Downtown Charleston
1-1/1: 29th Annual Holiday Festival of Lights, James Island County Park
2: Bird Jam at Awendaw Green, Sewee Outpost, Awendaw
2: City of Charleston Holiday Parade, Broad St. to Calhoun St., Downtown Charleston
2: City of Charleston Tree Lighting Ceremony, Marion Square, Downtown Charleston
2: Holiday Sip & Shop, Drayton Hall, West Ashley
2: Lauren Daigle: The Behold Christmas Tour, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
2: Sweets with Santa, Gaillard Center, Downtown Charleston
2: Wine Under The Oaks, Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant
3: Charleston Mercury Presents: Shay McNeal on The Road to Trump, Charleston Library Society, Downtown Charleston
3-1/1: Christmas at Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant
4: CLS Holiday Bazaar, Charleston Library Society, Downtown Charleston
4: Holiday Brass with Doc Severinsen and Phil Smith, Gaillard Center, Downtown Charleston
6: Dylan Thomas’ Christmas in Wales, Montague Terrace at the North Charleston Coliseum
6: Holiday Hoedown, Cypress Hall at Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston
6, 8, 9: Holy City Messiah - Downtown Charleston, Mount Pleasant, Summerville
7: Christmas with Kem, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
7: Christmas 1860 at the Edmonston-Alston House, Downtown Charleston
7: Harry Connick Jr., Gaillard Center, Downtown Charleston
7: Holiday Puppet Sing-A-Long, G.M. Darby Building, Mount Pleasant
7-8, 14-15, 21-22: Candlelight Tours At Nathaniel Russell House, Downtown Charleston
7-9, 13-16, 18-22: The 1940’s Radio Hour, Footlight Theatre, Downtown Charleston
7, 14, 21, 26, 30: The Sound of Charleston...From Gospel To Gershwin Holiday Specials, Circular Congregational Church, Downtown Charleston
8: Blue Christmas Indigo, Gibbs Museum, Downtown Charleston
8: Charleston City Market ‘Frozen’ Tree Lighting, Anson Park, Downtown Charleston
8: Charlie Claus Toy Drive & Movie Night, Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Stadium, Charleston
8: Dorchester Under The Crown, Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site, Summerville
8: Folly Beach Christmas Parade, Folly Beach streets
8: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Big Band Holidays, Gaillard Center, Downtown Charleston
8: Mount Pleasant Holiday Market & Craft Show, Mount Pleasant Farmers Market Pavilion
8: North Charleston Christmas Festival and Parade, Felix C. Davis Community Center & East Montague Avenue, North Charleston
8: Sea Life by Starlight: Havana Nights, SC Aquarium, Downtown Charleston
8: Shuckin’ on the Cooper, Mount Pleasant Pier
8: 28th Annual Reindeer Run 5K, East Bay Street, Downtown Charleston
8: 37th Annual Holiday Parade of Boats, Charleston Harbor
8: 41st Annual Kiawah Island Golf Resort Marathon and Half Marathon, East Beach Village, Kiawah Island
8: Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
8: Family Yuletide in the Stableyards, Middleton Place, West Ashley
8-9, 15-16, 22: Mingle with Kringle, James Island County Park, James Island
8-9, 13-16, 18, 20-23: The Charleston Christmas Special 2018, Charleston Music Hall, Downtown Charleston
8, 15: Junie B. in Jingle Bells, Batman Smells!, Dock Street Theatre, Downtown Charleston
