What's Happening in Charleston, SC - October, 2018 Edition
October has arrived and, after a close call with Hurricane Florence last month, the fall weather is looking very nice for all kinds of activities in the Charleston area. Here is our October calendar of events:
1-7: 35th Annual MOJA Arts Festival, multiple Charleston area venues
1-31: Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch & 103.5 WEZL Corn Maze, Highway 17N, Mount Pleasant
3: Garden Concert Series: Amythyst Kiah and the Marshgrass Mamas, The Gibbes Museum of Art, Charleston
3-7: 35th Annual Alan Fleming Senior Open Clay State Championship Tennis Tournament, Seabrook Island
4-28: Preservation Society of Charleston's The Fall Tours: Homes, History & Architecture, multiple Charleston area venues
5-11/30: Charleston Arts Festival, multiple Charleston area venues
6: An Intimate Evening with Kristin Chenoweth, Gaillard Center, Charleston
6: 6th Annual Chucktown Showdown, Brittlebank Park, Charleston
6: Swanky Southern Soirée, Country Club of Charleston
7: Idlewood Revival: A Tribute to the Allman Brothers Band, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
7: NeedtoBreathe: Forever on Your Side Tour, Volvo Car Stadium, Daniel Island
7: Scrumptious Summerville Kitchen Tour, President Circle, Summerville
7: Inaugural Taste of North Charleston, ExQuis Event & Conference Center, North Charleston
7: Family Farm Fest, Joseph Fields Farm, Johns Island
7: 15th Annual Charleston Oktoberfest, MUSC Health Stadium, Daniel Island
7: Enchanting Princess Storytime, 34 West Theater Company, Charleston
9: Eddie Izzard: Believe Me Tour, Gaillard Center, Charleston
9: Jonny Lang, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
11: Steven Wright, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
11-13: 2nd Annual James Sawers Jr. Speaker Series, Synagogue Emanuel, Charleston
12-13: Hot Air Balloon Festival & The Victory Cup Polo Match, Hyde Park Farm and Polo Club, Ravenel
13: Lowcountry Trail Half Marathon and 5K, Johns Island County Park
13: Oktoberfest, St Matthew’s Lutheran Church, Charleston
13: The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones with the CJO, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
13: 2018 Edisto & Beyond Tour of Historic Plantations, Churches & Graveyards, Edisto Island area
13: 3rd Annual East Cooper Speakeasy – Prohibition for a Cause, Sweetgrass Event Center, Mount Pleasant
13: Fall Reggae Jam, Music Farm, Charleston
13-14: Autumn on the Ashley Arts and Craft Fair, Magnolia Plantation and Gardens, Charleston
14: 4th Annual Tale of the Fish Dinner, Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms
14: 7th Annual HALOS Oyster Roast, Harborside East, Mount Pleasant
14: 27th Annual Latin American Festival, Wannamaker County Park, North Charleston
15: SCORE Charleston 8th Annual Captain’s Choice Golf Tournament, Charleston National Golf Club, Mount Pleasant
16-21: Les Misérables, North Charleston Performing Arts Center
17: Blues Traveler: Accelerated Nation Tour, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
17: 5th Annual Whiskey After Dark, The Cedar Room, Charleston
17-24: Free Verse Poetry Festival, multiple Charleston area venues
17-4: Of Mice and Men, Dock Street Theatre, Charleston
18: Kathleen Madigan: Boxed Wine and Bigfoot, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
19: Opening Reception - Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South, Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art, Charleston
19: Lodges of Hope 4th Annual Charity Golf Tournament, Legend Oaks, Summerville
19: Trixie Mattel: Super Bowlcut, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
19-28: Alice in Wonderland, South of Broadway Theatre, North Charleston
19-28: The Crucible, Flowertown Players, Summerville
20: 2018 Outdoor Project Block Party Festival, Tradesman Brewing Company, Charleston
20: Follypalooza 2018, Center Street, Folly Beach
20: 3rd Annual Rum Rootz: Taste of The Caribbean, The Schoolhouse, Charleston
20: Blessings: An Evening with René Marie, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
21: An Evening with Chris Robinson Brotherhood, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
21: Children's Day Festival, Park West Recreation Complex, Mount Pleasant
21: Meet Nicholas Sparks! Every Breath Book Tour, Gaillard Center, Charleston
21: Festival of Mountain Music, East Beach Conference Center, Kiawah Island
23: Emanuel Ax, Gaillard Center, Charleston
23: End Child Trafficking Documentary Premiere, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
24-28: 2018 Colour of Music Festival, multiple Charleston area venues
25: Light and Dark: A Little History of the Negative / Lecture by Geoffrey Batchen, CofC School of Science and Mathematics, Charleston
25-4: Coastal Carolina Fair, Exchange Club Park, Ladson
27: Dogtober Fest, Freshfields Village, Kiawah Island
27: The Tenors: Fan Favorites Tour, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
27: James Island Connector Run & Festival, Cannon Park, Charleston
27: Fall Festival, Towne Centre, Mount Pleasant
28: 5th Annual Coffee Cup, Memminger Auditorium, Charleston
28: An Evening with Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen, Gaillard Center, Charleston
28: King Lear (a national Theatre of London broadcast), 34 West Theater Company, Charleston
29: Adam Devine: Weird Life Tour 2018, Charleston Music Hall, Charleston
30: Charleston 7in7, Sottile Theatre, Charleston
31: Waka-Ween, Omar Shrine, Mount Pleasant
