What's Happening in Charleston - January 2020 Edition

Posted By Alan Donald @ Jan 1st 2020 2:20pm In: Events

I can finally see 2020! What better way to bring in the new year - other than sticking to your resolutions - than having some fun at any number of events planned across the Charleston area. You can start with a Polar Plunge or maybe a 5K! And don't forget that Martin Luther King Jr Day is on the 20th, so go check out the parade, music and fun at Marion Square! Here is your January 2020 calendar of events:
1: Race the Landing 5K New Year's Day Pajama Run, Charles Towne Landing
1: First Day Hike, Colonial Dorchester State Historic Site, Summerville
1: 7th Annual Bill Murray Look-A-Like Polar Bear Plunge, Folly Beach
1: Dunleavy's Pub 2020 Polar Plunge, Sullivan's Island
1: Polar Bear Plunge, Sanctuary Beach, Kiawah Island
1-3/15: Lights of Magnolia, Magnolia Plantation, West Ashley
2: Harlem Globetrotters, North Charleston Coliseum
3: Holiday Candlelight & Sara Rutledge Dinner, Middleton Place, West Ashley
3-5, 7, 10-11, 17-19, 31: Stingrays hockey home games, North Charleston Coliseum
4: Lettuce Elevate Tour, Charleston Music Hall, downtown Charleston
4-5: South Carolina Lowcountry Civil War Show and Sale, Omar Shrine Temple, Mount Pleasant
5: The Funniest Man in America: James Gregory, Charleston Music Hall
5: Save the Light 2020 Oyster Roast, Bowens Island
8: Grace Potter, Charleston Music Hall
9-19: Charleston Restaurant Week, various participating restaurants
10 & 11: Bach's Brandenburg, Gaillard Center, downtown Charleston
11: Keith Sweat & Friends, North Charleston Performing Arts Center (PAC)
11: Charleston Marathon, starting in downtown Charleston
11: 7th Annual Snowboard Rail Jam, Mex 1, West Ashley
11: Oyster Roast for Sea Turtles, Coastal Expeditions, Mount Pleasant
11: Oysters on the Point with Thomas Champagne with Friends, Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, Mount Pleasant
11-12: Love & Southern D!scomfort, Charleston Music Hall
12: Seventh Annual Oyster Roast, Palmetto Island County Park, Mount Pleasant
14: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Gaillard Center
15: 6th Annual Polar Bear Plunge, Charleston Southern University, North Charleston
15-18: Charleston Comedy Festival, multiple locations
18: Taste of Folly, Folly Beach
18: Off-Road Duathlon, Laurel Hill County Park, Mount Pleasant
19-20: St. Paul & the Broken Bones, Charleston Music Hall
20: 2020 MLK Parade, Marion Square, downtown Charleston
21: 103.5 WEZL "Concert for the Kids", Charleston Music Hall
22: Three Dog Night Live in Concert, Charleston Music Hall
23: From Russians with Love, Gaillard Center
23-26: 6th Annual Charleston Jazz Festival, various locations
24: Lighthouse Oyster Roast, Summerville Country Club, Summerville
24-26: Charleston Boat Show, Charleston Area Convention Center, North Charleston
25: The Great Amazing Race, James Island County Park
25: Women & Willie: A Tribute to Willie Nelson, Charleston Music Hall
25: Monty Alexander Trio + Jane Monheit + Freddy Cole + Charleston Jazz Orchestra, Gaillard Center
25: North Charleston Pops! Songs & Stories of Neil Diamond, North Charleston PAC
25-26: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, Dock Street Theatre, downtown Charleston
25-26: Monster Jam, North Charleston Coliseum
26: The Lowcountry Oyster Festival, Boone Hall Plantation, Mount Pleasant
30: The Black Jacket Symphony Presents Led Zeppelin's "Houses of the Holy", Charleston Music Hall
30: The 66th Carolopolis Awards, Riviera Theatre, downtown Charleston
31: Todd Snider, Charleston Music Hall
31: Bandstand, Gaillard Center
31: 17th Annual A Night in the Valley, Trident Technical College, North Charleston