March 2022 Events
( Copyright © 2022 The Alan Donald Team)
It’s March - Women’s History Month and Irish American Heritage Month - and spring is in the Charleston air! Mardi Gras wraps up on the 1st and don't forget about March Madness and Daylight Savings Time (begins on the 13th when clocks spring forward). We have two very long-standing annual events taking place in Charleston this month: the 75th Annual Festival of Houses & Gardens hosted by the Historic Charleston Foundation (3/16-4/9) and the Garden Club of Charleston’s 86th Annual House & Garden Tour (3/24-3/26). Two other popular events this month are the Charleston Wine + Food Festival (3/2-6) and the Charleston Bluegrass Festival (3/18-19). There are also parades and other celebrations for St. Patrick’s Day on the 17th and many more events on offer this month. 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, have fun, and stay safe!
WEEKLY EVENTS THROUGHOUT MARCH:
Mondays - Saturdays: Blackbird Market, Blackbird Farms & Market, Johns Island
Tuesdays: Colleton Farmers Market, Market Pavilion, Walterboro
Tuesdays - Saturdays: Fields Farm Produce Market, Johns Island
Wednesdays: Awendaw Green Barn Jams, Sewee Outpost, Awendaw
Wednesdays: Gullah Geechee Program Series: We Wear the Mask, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
Wednesdays & Saturdays: Early Morning Bird Walks, Caw Caw Interpretive Center, Ravenel
Wednesdays (& Thursday 3/3): The Sound of Charleston, Circular Congregational Church, downtown Charleston
Wednesdays - Saturdays: Live Jazz, Forte Jazz Lounge, downtown Charleston
Thursdays: Paws on the Patio, Dashi, North Charleston
Fridays: Food Truck Fridays, The Green Barn, Carnes Crossroads, Summerville
Fridays: Fossil Friday, The Charleston Museum, downtown Charleston
Saturdays (not 3/26): Camellia Walks, Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, West Ashley
Saturdays (not 3/26): Charleston Farmers Market, Marion Square, downtown Charleston
Saturdays: Goose Creek Farmers & Artisans Market, Goose Creek City Hall
Saturdays: Sea Islands Farmers Market, Charleston Collegiate Campus, Johns Island
Saturdays (not 3/12): Yoga, Food Trucks & Live Music, Firefly Distillery, North Charleston
Sundays: Sunday Brunch Farmers Market, The Charleston Pour House, James Island
Sundays: Sunday Figure Drawing Session, Redux Contemporary Art Center
Sundays (not 3/6): Bloom Wine Strolls, Magnolia Plantation & Gardens
Sundays (not 3/6): Holy City Farmers Market, Holy City Brewing, North Charleston
Several area venues have too many one-off events and activities on their March calendars for us to list in full below, so please follow their links to see more: Black Fedora Comedy Mystery Theatre, Charleston County Parks, Forte Jazz Lounge, and Redux Contemporary Art Center.
INDIVIDUAL EVENTS IN MARCH:
3/1: Lyle Lovett & His Acoustic Group, Charleston Gaillard Center, downtown Charleston
3/1-6: Hidden Treasures: Re-Assessing South Carolina Silversmiths, The Charleston Museum, downtown Charleston
3/1-20: Fur & Frost: Carolina Winters, The Charleston Museum
3/1-27: A Winter Wonderland in Color, The Charleston Museum
3/1-31: Lowcountry Rhythms: Resilience & Perseverance, Brookgreen Gardens
3/1-31: Textile Art: Historical, Improvisational, Reclaimed, Brookgreen Gardens
3/1-4/1: Silent Cities - Cemetery Tours, Brookgreen Gardens, Murrells Inlet
3/1-4/3: Birdwatching, The Joseph Manigault House
3/1-4/24: American Animalier: The Life and Art of Anna Hyatt Huntington, Brookgreen Gardens
3/1-8/7: A New Deal: Artists at Work, The Gibbes Museum of Art, downtown Charleston
3/1-8/7: Fighters for Freedom: William H. Johnson Picturing Justice, The Gibbes Museum of Art
3/1-10/9: William Eggleston: Photographs from the Laura and Jay Crouse Collection, The Gibbes Museum of Art
3/2: Kids Tours: The First Ladies, Charleston Museum
3/2: Juror Lecture: Young Contemporaries 2022 Exhibition, Halsey Institute of Art, downtown Charleston
3/3: Depth of Field: William Eggleston, The Gibbes Museum of Art
3/4-5: CSO Masterworks 7: Stravinsky’s Petrushka, Charleston Gaillard Center
3/4-5: Miss South Carolina USA & Teen USA, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/2-6: Charleston Wine + Food Festival, multiple venues, Charleston area
3/4-5: NightCap Music at the Charleston Wine + Food Festival, Riverfront Park, North Charleston
3/4-6, 3/11-12, 3/16, 3/25-27: SC Stingrays home hockey games, North Charleston Coliseum
3/4-5/28*: Addicted to Love, 34 West Theater Co., downtown Charleston
3/5: Gathering of the Clans, Charlotte Street Memorial Park, downtown Charleston
3/5: BBQ & Brews Festival, Carnes Crossroads Green Barn, Summerville
3/5: Come Grow with Us!, Magnolia Gardens, West Ashley
3/5: Aaron Lewis: Frayed at Both Ends, Charleston Music Hall, downtown Charleston
3/5-6: Cinderella, Sottile Theatre, downtown Charleston
3/6: Teddy Bear Picnic, Hampton Park, downtown Charleston
3/6: Exploring Color through Bundle & Ice Dying, Redux Contemporary Art Center
3/6: Pucks & Paws Night at the Carolina Stingrays, North Charleston Coliseum
3/6: Mountainfilm on Tour, Charleston Music Hal
3/7: Give Me Shelter Color 5K Run, Moncks Corner Regional Recreation Complex
3/8: Unwined with Watercolor, Redux Contemporary Art Center
3/8: An Intimate Evening of Songs & Stories with Graham Nash, Charleston Music Hall
3/9-27*: Black Pearl Sings!, Dock Street Theater, downtown Charleston
3/10: Mightier Than the Sword, Gibbes Museum of Art
3/10: 6th Annual Lip Sync for Lungs Live Battle, Firefly Distillery, North Charleston
3/10: Iliza Shlesinger Back in Action Tour, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/10: Bruce in the USA: A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen, Charleston Music Hall
3/10, 3/24: Cheers on the Pier, Mount Pleasant Pier
3/11: Lighthouse Inlet Bird Walk, Lighthouse Inlet Heritage Preserve, Folly Beach
3/11: The Simon & Garfunkel Story, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/11: 2022 Fly Fishing Film Tour, Charleston Music Hall
3/11-27: The Legend of Georgia McBride, Queen St. Playhouse, downtown Charleston
3/12: Charleston Battery home soccer season opener game, Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant
3/12: An Evening with Midori, Sottile Theatre, downtown Charleston
3/12: 18th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Block Party & Parade, East Montague, Park Circle, North Charleston
3/12: ArtFest, Mount Pleasant Towne Centre
3/12: 2022 Shamrock Shuffle, Summerville Family YMCA
3/12: 2022 Candlelight Tour, Drayton Hall, West Ashley
3/12: Charlton Singleton & Friends: “For the Love of You”, Charleston Music Hall
3/12: The ARK of SC’s Car Show, Nexton, Summerville
3/12: Bring Your Own Shuckers Oyster Roast, Firefly Distillery
3/13: Spring Artisan Market, The Waterfront, Daniel Island
3/13: 2nd Sunday on King Street, downtown Charleston
3/13: Holy City Farmers Market, Holy City Brewing, North Charleston
3/13: Theory: Say Nothing Tour 2022, Charleston Music Hall
3/15: Jimmy Eat World & Dashboard Confessional, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/15: Yeamans Hall Luncheon with Karl Gercens, Yeamans Hall, Hanahan
3/16: Chelsea Cutler: When I Close My Eyes, Charleston Music Hall
3/16, 3/30: Wine Down Wednesday, Old Towne Creek County Park, West Ashley
3/16-4/9: 75th Annual Festival of Houses & Gardens, multiple venues, downtown Charleston
3/17: Charleston St. Patrick’s Day Parade, King Street, downtown Charleston
3/17: Hibernian St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Meeting Street, downtown Charleston
3/17: Wine on the Piazza, Edmondston-Alston House, downtown Charleston
3/17: Sunset Moonrise Beach Walk, Folly Beach County Park
3/17: Steel Panther: Reserections, Charleston Music Hall
3/17-20: Everybody, Sottile Theatre
3/18: 29th Annual AIA/CSI Oyster Roast, Mount Pleasant Waterfront Park
3/18: Incubus, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/18: Yola, Charleston Music Hall
3/18-19: Charleston Bluegrass Festival, Woodlands Nature Preserve, West Ashley
3/18-4/23*: Young Contemporaries 2022 Exhibition, Halsey Institute of Art
3/19: Spring Native Plant Market, Charles Towne Landing State Historic Site, West Ashley
3/19: Adopt & Shop, Firefly Distillery
3/19: Outside Drayton Hall’s Main House Walking Tour, Drayton Hall, West Ashley
3/19: Kathleen Madigan: Do You Have Any Ranch? Tour, Charleston Music Hall
3/19: Lawrence Welk Memory Lane, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/20: Progressive Show Jumping, Johns Island County Park
3/20: Birds of Prey Photography Day, Center for Birds of Prey, Awendaw
3/20: Ovation Concert Series: Finale Concert, Sottile Theatre
3/21: C of C Orchestra Spring Concert, Sottile Theatre
3/23: TedX Charleston, Charleston Music Hall
3/23: Tyler, the Creator, North Charleston Coliseum
3/23: Slash & Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/24: Virtual Book Club: The Charleston “Freedman’s Cottage”, Drayton Hall, West Ashley
3/24: Chris Botti, Charleston Music Hall
3/24-26: 86th Annual House and Garden Tour, multiple venues, downtown Charleston
3/25: Habitat for Humanity Gala 2022, Hanahan Amphitheater
3/25: Charleston Jazz Orchestra: The ‘Suite’ Sounds of Ellington, Firefly Distillery
3/25: Gregory Alan Isakov, Charleston Music Hall
3/26: Holy City Farmers Market Pop Up at Firefly Distillery, North Charleston
3/26: Hope Trot 5K, Johns Island County Park
3/26: The Big Event, The Ponds Farmhouse, Summerville
3/26: Palmetto Park Jam, Palmetto Islands County Park, Mount Pleasant
3/26: Bird Photography, Caw Caw Interpretive Center
3/26: Spring Crafts Festival, Antiques & Artisans Village, Summerville
3/26: 2022 Walk for Water, Riverfront Park, North Charleston
3/26: Jane DO Trampoline Pop Up Trampoline Class, Firefly Distillery
3/26: Oysters on the Point with Gino Castillo and the Cuban Cowboys, Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina, Mount Pleasant
3/26: The ‘Suite’ Sounds of Ellington, Charleston Music Hall
3/26: Travis Tritt, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/26-27: Wanderlust, Sottile Theatre
3/27: Bob Dylan “Rough & Rowdy Ways”, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
3/27: Who’s Live Anyway?, Charleston Music Hall
3/28-12/18: Charleston in Sports: A Photographic History, 1890s-1960s, Charleston Museum
3/30: Exploring the Joy (& Art) of Writing, Redux Contemporary Art Center
3/30: The Wood Brothers, Charleston Music Hall
3/30: Slipknot, North Charleston Coliseum
3/31: Now Let Me Sing: Songs of Freedom and Transformation, The Gibbes Museum of Art
3/31: Charleston Spring Antiques Show Preview Party, Charleston Gaillard Center
3/31: Toast Under the Oaks, Johns Island County Park
3/31: CSO Pops 4: Dreaming of April in Paris, Charleston Gaillard Center
3/31: Postmodern Jukebox The Grand Reopening Tour, Charleston Music 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!