The foodie’s delight is returning to downtown’s Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park with the annual two-day Taste of Beaufort festival on May 6th & 7th. Local restaurants will gather in the grass at the park to cook up some of their best Lowcountry cuisine and show everyone what it tastes like to be in Beaufort SC.
The event will take over the waterfront park on Friday, May 6th from 5 to 10pm and on Saturday, May 7th from 11am to 4pm.
Admission to the event at Waterfront Park is free and festival goers can purchase tickets to use at food and beverage vendor booths. If you’re looking forward to the food, you’ll always find plenty of it including local seafood everywhere. Festival-goers enjoy the smell of fresh grilled shrimp in the air while savoring local favorites including shrimp & grits, crab cakes and lots more.
Lots of fun will be found for kids of all ages as this year’s event features face painting, a huge kid’s corner or the little ones and the big kids can have some fun learning to airbrush with the folks from Coastal Art Supply.
The music line up this year is a good one, too.
Friday night brings Departure, the popular Journey tribute band from Atlanta, GA, on stage at 730pm. Performing over one hundred shows nationally per year, Departure brings the very best of Journey to audiences of all ages.
On Saturday, the day full of live music starts with Chris Jones at 1115am, followed by the Parris Island Marine Band at 1230pm. Then it’s Liz Jane at 145pm followed by Tricky Lick Blues Band at 3pm.
The City of Beaufort presents the 2022 Run to the Table 5K Run/Walk on Saturday at 8am on Bay at Newcastle Street. The 5k course is USATF Certified the race start/finish line is on Bay Street in-between the Marina and Best Western. Register here.
Make sure you make plans to join the community at the park for the festival and get a taste of some of the best that Beaufort has to offer.
Oh….and make sure you come hungry.
