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The water festival is the biggest festival every year in Beaufort, South Carolina. This is the last week of the festival, and it all comes to an end this weekend.
The schedule includes a wide variety of events from arts & craft market, air show, grande parade, boat parade and blessing, dog demonstrations and much much more.
For more details regarding the schedule check out our special events page for the Beaufort Water Festival
This week it’s time again for the popular Palette and Palate Stroll in Charleston, South Carolina. If you’re like me and enjoy the finer things in life – fine arts, fine wine, food and fine women – this event is something you don’t want to miss. It’s one of the most anticipated food and arts events in Charleston.
Read more on our special events page for Palette and Palate Stroll, Charleston
BREW WITH A VIEW: A SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD DELIGHT
On Tuesday July 13, 2010, the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, SC, it’s time for another Sustainable Seafood event – this time the event will include craft brews as well. It will be a special night where you get to indulge in seafood and special brews at the Riverside terrace overlooking the Charleston Harbor at the South Carolina Aquarium. All the fun is for a good cause, because proceeds from the event will go towards the South Carolina Aquarium’s conservation and education programs.
The special evening will feature sustainable seafood prepared by five of Charleston’s finest chefs, drinks, and a magnificent view. You get to taste a variety of sustainable seafood dishes prepared by the chefs from Fleet Landing, Pearlz, Slightly North of Broad, the Restaurant at Middleton Place and the Boathouse. In addition, there will also be a selection of beer samplings, courtesy of Highland Brewing Company, Brooklyn Brewery and Full Sail Brewing Company.
Tickets for the evening are $25 per Aquarium member, $35 per Aquarium non-member, and all guests must be of ages 21 or older. Advance reservations and payment are required. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (843) 577-FISH (3474).
Hootie & The Blowfish – In Concert at the Family Circle Cup
The Family Circle Cup
Daniel Island, SC
Come out to the Lowcountry’s biggest party on August 11, 2010, Â when Charleston’s favorite band returns for the eighth consecutive Homegrown Concert. Â This concert is always sold out, so don’t hesitate or wait – you need to buy your tickets today! (Link at the bottom of this post!)
The band has asked fans to bring school supplies to the event. Â All school supplies are donated to local schools.
Hootie & the Blowfish,  Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker, and Jim “Soni†Sonefeld, have sold more than 25 million albums since they started back in 1994.  The band established the Hootie & the Blowfish Foundation to support children of South Carolina through supporting school music programs.
Doors: 6:00pm
Show: 7:00pm
How about spending a relaxing Wednesday evening at one of Charleston’s most beautiful gardens? In July the popular Summer Wine Stroll at Middleton Place takes place on July 7, July 14, and July 21.
Enjoy a leisurely walk through America’s oldest landscaped gardens while sampling a variety of summer wines at Middleton Place. During each wine stroll Middleton Place will host the wine tasting in a different garden location.
Wine tasting in the gardens of Middleton Place takes place on Wednesdays from from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Cost is $10.00 per person and reservations are not required for the event.
Summer Wine Strolls every Wednesday through September.
For more information visit www.middletonplace.org or call (843) 556-6020.
