Explore Beaufort SC

Breakfast with Santa
2022-12-10 09:00 (America/New_York) | Morris Center For Lowcountry Heritage, 10782 S. Jacob Smart Blvd, Ridgeland, SC, 29936, US
We know he likes cookies but what does Santa eat in the mornings? Find out when you join him for a hot breakfast, story time, craft making and a photo op. Pre-registration is required for this event that’s sure to put you in the holiday spirit.

Beaufort County Free Electronics Recycling Event
2022-12-10 09:00 - 15:00 | SC
The Beaufort County Department of Solid Waste and Recycling will host two free electronics recycling events for County residents. The events will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations on Saturday, December 10:

Beaufort County Public Works, 9 Benton Field Road, Bluffton
Beaufort County Public Works, 140 Shanklin Road, Beaufort

Please STAY IN YOUR CAR during the event. Staff will unload electronics. Residential only.
Any personal computers, laptops, CRT monitors, LCD monitors, CRT televisions, non-CRT televisions, printers, hard drives, and miscellaneous electronics (cell phones, radios, and fax machines) will be accepted.
If you have questions about Beaufort County recycling events, please call the Solid Waste and Recycling Office at 843-255-2736 for more information or visit their website at www.beaufortcountysc.gov/recycle.

Pancake Breakfast with Santa
2022-12-10 10:00 - 11:30 | Sprenger Health Care Port Royal, 1810 Richmond Ave, Port Royal, SC, 29935, US
Join us for a Pancake Breakfast with Santa.
* We are asking for a donation of a canned good and we will be donating to our local food pantry.

Sip & Savor Holiday Festival & Brunch with Santa
2022-12-10 10:00 - 13:00 | The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa, 2 Grasslawn Ave, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, US
Celebrate the Holiday Season at our Sip & Savor Holiday Festival!
Tickets includes:
– Brunch with Santa
– Raffle Entry
– Photos with Santa (instant digital image)
– Letters to Santa
– Cookie Decorating
– Stocking & Ornament Decorating
– Family Gingerbread House Competition
– Jack Frost Homemade Ice-Cream
Tickets can be purchased at www.sipandsavorseaside.com

Toy Giveaway
2022-12-10 10:00 - 13:00 | Jasper County Farmers Market., 9935 JACOB SMART Blvd, Ridgeland, SC, 29936, US
Toys provided for ages 0-18. Free and open to the public. Register to attend at https://form.jotform.com/222942797445165

Holiday Events at Coligny!
2022-12-10 11:00 - 15:00, 2022-12-17 11:00 - 15:00 | Coligny Plaza, 1 North Forest Beach Drive, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, US
Join us at Coligny Plaza for these holiday events!
11:00am-1pm
Jevon Daly’s Kid Show
A Kid-Centric Storytelling Adventure JUST For The Holidays! Coligny Center Stage.
1-3pm
Live Christmas Music
Come sing along at Coligny Center Stage!
1-3pm
Pictures with Santa
At Coligny Center Stage
Plus!
Send Your Letters to Santa!
Visit Santa’s Post Office and mail
your Christmas list to the North Pole
Nightly Lights Around Coligny
Get in the Holiday Spirit with Coligny

Historic Holidays on Hilton Head Island - 2022
2022-12-10 12:00 - 16:00 | 1 Sand Shark Drive,Hilton Head Island,29926,US
Authors, Artists & Afternoon Tea
Historic Holidays on Hilton Head Island
A Celebration of Sea Island Traditions
Authors, Artists & Afternoon Tea
Saturday, December 10, 2022
12:00pm – 4:00pm
USCB – HHI Campus
Holiday Tea Service
Sweet & Savory Holiday Tastings
Cash Bar
Obtain Authors’ Signatures on Books for the Holidays
Shop with Local Artists & Basketmakers
Holiday Stories for Children (Free Milk & Cookies Too!)
$15 Entrance Fee to Support The Heritage Library
$35 Includes Entrance & Tea Service
Children Under 12 Free
Support local authors & artists, grab one-of-a-kind gifts, learn about Hilton Head Island history, enjoy shopping for the holiday season, and bring the kids!
Visit HeritageLib.org/HistoricHolidays for tickets

Madison’s Miracles, Inc Michael Kors “MK” Designer Bag Bingo!!
2022-12-10 13:00 | Agave Mexican Grill, 1430 Ribaut Rd, Port Royal, SC, 29935, US
Ten rounds of bingo for a chance to win your choice of one of ten new Michael Kors Bags! Additionally bags have been donated by some amazing Madison Angels which will be raffled off till each bag is claimed! Everyone will get one free raffle ticket at the door abs an option to purchase additional tickets and/ or bingo boards.
We will also have a 50/50 raffle where you purchase as many 50/50 tickets you want for a chance to win half the pot of money raised from the 50/50 ticket sale.
100% of the proceeds from this event goes to Madison’s Miracles, Inc which is a non profit 501(c) charity. Learn more about the charity on the website
www.Madisonsmiraclesinc.org
A taco bar will be provided!
Tickets are $45 per person. Advanced purchase is preferred. Seating is limited.
Tickets can be purchased by donating $45 to the charity on the website then comment below how many you purchased. Tickets will be sold at the door unless event sells out prior which will be noted here if that happens.
We do accept credit and debit cards at the event. Any questions please inquire! Thank you!!
Will be opening a virtual platform via zoom link for those who can’t physically attend! Your winnings will be shipped!!!! Details to follow as we get closer to the event!

Fill Up The Truck Holiday Toy Run
2022-12-10 13:00 - 17:30 | Lowcountry Celebration Park, 102 Pope Ave, Hilton Head Island, SC, 29928, US
Join us for the 1st Annual “Fill Up The Truck Holiday Toy Run”
Saturday, December 10th at 1:00PM
All Exciting Cars, Trucks, New, Classics are welcome to join!
Starting at Coligny Beach Parking Lot at 1:00pm. From there, we will cruise around the Island and out into Bluffton, on an 18+ mile route that misses almost all of the stop signs and traffic lights along the way. (I’m working on a solution to keep the group together for any we have to pass through). Our group will make 3 pit-stops for food and refreshments along the way then end at a big parking lot to show off all our rides.
Help me put smiles on lots of local kids’ faces on Christmas morning by filling up the bed of my old Ford F-100 with toys to be donated to Deep Well’s “Santa Shop”, benefiting our local families in need.
Please bring an unwrapped toy to donate!
More Information and Event Flyer Coming Soon!
Let’s make this a huge yearly event!! Please share with all your auto enthusiast friends!
All Exciting Rides Are Welcome!

Brendlen's Lowcountry Christmas Santa and Free Community Holiday Event
2022-12-10 17:00 - 20:00 | 1570 Driggers Ln, Ridgeland, SC 29936-4750, United States
Drive through Christmas light display. On Dec. 10th children can come visit Santa, decorate their own Christmas ornament, decorate cookies, there will be facepainting, hot chocolate and desserts, hot dogs, popcorn and more. This event is FREE for everyone to enjoy, but donations are welcome.

Christmas Community Sing at Washington Street Park
2022-12-10 17:00 - 20:00 | Washington Street Park
Washington Street Park Community Supper Presents “Christmas Community Sing” on Saturday, December 10th from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Washington Street Park. Featuring Cool John Ferguson, Aunt Pearlie Sue, Pastor Kevin Wiley, Natasha Robinson, Joan Linyard and more! Free admittance and refreshments – bring your own chair!!!

Port Royal Annual Christmas Golf Cart Parade & After Party
2022-12-10 18:00 | Paris Avenue in Port Royal, Paris Avenue, Port Royal, SC, 29935, United States
The annual Christmas Golf Cart Parade in Port Royal is scheduled for Saturday, December 10th at 6pm.
All participants will line up at 5:30PM at Helena Place. The parade starts at 6PM and GUESS WHAT ELSE?!?!? There will be an AFTER PARTY at Shellring Ale Works!!! Hope to see you there and we’ll “PARTY PORT ROYAL STYLE” together!

Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl
2022-12-10 19:00 | The Fillin’ Station, 57 Sea Island Pkwy, Beaufort, SC, 29907, US
The Lowcountry Jaycees invite you to an Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl.
Meet us for dinner @ The Fillin Station at 7:00pm or catch up with us at Breakwater at 9:00pm.
Throw on your ugliest holiday sweater and join us for some fun!

Book Challenges Forum, with Marjory Wentworth, Josh Malkin, AJ Davis, and Paul Bowers
2022-12-11 14:00 - 15:30 | Technical College of the Lowcountry – TCL, 921 Ribaut Rd, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
“Literature tells us to be brave. It demands it of us.”–Beaufort High School English teacher Gene Norris to his student Pat Conroy when responding to a call to ban J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye in 1962
Let’s talk about the growing number of book challenges and bans facing school classrooms and libraries, including here in Beaufort County. Where do book challenges and bans originate? How are they funded and organized? How are they addressed by school administrators and policies? What intellectual freedoms are at risk when access to educational resources is restricted or removed? Join us for a public conversation about the forces, funding, and politics surrounding banned books, censorship, and challenges to free speech and intellectual freedom. with a quartet of expert panelists: educator, activist, and former South Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth; South Carolina ACLU legal fellow and legislative advocate Josh Malkin; community education advocate, consultant, and nonprofit leader AJ Davis; and journalist Paul Bowers.
Free and open to the public, this event will be held on Sunday, December 11, at 2:00 p.m. at the Technical College of the Lowcountry’s MacLean Hall (104 Reynolds St, bldg 12, Beaufort.) All are welcome.
ABOUT THE PANELISTS
Marjory Wentworth is the New York Times bestselling author of Out of Wonder, Poems Celebrating Poets (with Kwame Alexander and Chris Colderley). Her books of poetry include Noticing Eden, Despite Gravity, The Endless Repetition of an Ordinary Miracle and New and Selected Poems. Her poems have been nominated for The Pushcart Prize seven times. She is also the co-writer of We Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel (with Herb Frazier and Dr. Bernard Powers) and Taking a Stand: The Evolution of Human Rights (with Juan E. Mendez). She is co-editor with Kwame Dawes of Seeking: Poetry and Prose inspired by the Art of Jonathan Green, and the author of the prizewinning children’s story Shackles. She served as the poet laureate of South Carolina from 2003-2017. This year, she was named a Black Earth Institute Fellow. In 2020, she was named a National Coalition Against Censorship Free Speech is for Me Advocate. Wentworth teaches courses in writing, social justice, and banned books at The College of Charleston, where she is part of the Social Justice Working Group for the Center for the Study of Slavery and the Refugee Resettlement Taskforce.
Josh Malkin joined the ACLU of South Carolina as a Legal Fellow in the fall of 2021. He comes to the ACLU deeply committed to advocating for racial and educational equity and protecting the rights of children. Prior to law school, Josh spent five years teaching middle and high school math in New Orleans East. He understands how difficult it is to be an educator even in the most favorable of climates. He finds the constant, radical attacks on the ability to learn, read, and teach very troubling, and is committed to doing all he can to both be present alongside local communities as they fight back, and make statewide information more accessible to those who do not spend an unhealthy amount of time at the statehouse.
Anjene “AJ” Davis is a resident of North Charleston in the Chicora/Cherokee community where he is the neighborhood association president. AJ is also an employee of Charleston County School District and a cofounder of Community Solutions Consulting, a consulting firm that creates and drives strategies for programs that improve equity, community engagement, citizen values, and organizational effectiveness, establish strong external partnerships for promotion of racial and social equity and inclusion, and advance equity through thoughtful community engagement, strategic partnerships, and innovative program development. AJ created and directed a parent engagement concept, Lowcountry Black Parents Association, designed to provide parents of students in high poverty schools with the skills to enhance their advocacy abilities. He earned his M.S. degree in organizational management and his B.S. in Human Services at Springfield College.
Paul Bowers is a writer, father of three public school children, and former education reporter in North Charleston, S.C. He serves as volunteer communications secretary for Charleston Democratic Socialists of America and writes a weekly newsletter at brutalsouth.substack.com.

USCB Chamber Music Concert
2022-12-11 16:00 - 18:00 | USCB Center for the Arts, 801 Carteret St, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
Join us on December 11 to usher in the holiday season with a concert featuring four engaging and emotional works. Three composers are represented with masterful summations from lifetimes of creation; the fourth composer was a youth trying to find his own unique voice. Artistic Director and pianist Andrew Armstrong, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, and cellist Edward Arron will bring the compositions to life through a blend of technical mastery, evocative colors, insightful interpretations, and high-spirited energy. Their joyful merging of these elements will create a memorable experience that exceeds the sum of its parts.

Road of Remembrance: A Praise House Experience
2022-12-11 17:30 | Penn Center, 16 Penn Center Circle West, St. Helena Island, SC, 29920, United States
Marshview Community Organic Farm’s youth program participants will be performing Road of Remberance: A Praise House Experience, on Sunday, December 11th at the Frisell Community House at Penn Center on St. Helena Island, a play written by Sarah Reynolds Green.
Doors open at 430pm, play starts at 530pm. Enjoy light refreshments and lots more!
Tickets are $15/adult and $6/child All proceeds benefit Penn Center.

Christmas Model Train Display at the Beaufort Library
2022-12-13 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-14 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-15 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-16 09:00 - 17:00, 2022-12-17 09:00 - 16:00 | Beaufort Branch Library, 311 Scott Street, Beaufort, SC, 29902, United States
Model trains will be zooming along tracks past villages and through tunnels at the Beaufort Branch Library as the Beaufort Railroaders bring classic small town village scenes to life at this year’s 29th Annual Christmas Display at the Scott Street location in downtown.
Enjoy Christmas fun from a bygone era and watch vintage Lionel and American High Flyer model trains along with small town Christmas scenery complete with churches, train depots, little people and vintage model cars on city streets.
The trains are running on a special, one week only schedule from Tuesday, December 13th thru Saturday, December 17th, from 10am to 5pm daily.
Make sure not to miss it. These model trains at the library are special, and they’ll be pulling out of the train station before you know it and won’t be back until next Christmas.
The library is located at 311 Scott Street in downtown Beaufort.

Girls Night Out At Found For Home
2022-12-15 17:30 - 19:30 | Found For Home, 2728 Depot Rd, Beaufort, SC, 29902, US
Join us for our annual girls night out with shopping, discounts, $50 gift certificate giveaway, candle making, refreshments and more!

Wine Chocolate & Crafts: Christmas at Southern Palette
2022-12-15 18:00 - 21:00 | Southern Paette, 2121 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC, 29902, United States
Join Southern Palette Art Studio on Thursday December 15th from 6 to 9pm for Wine, Chocolate and Crafts. Enjoy a Christmas themed night of wine, chocolate tasting, and oyster shell Christmas ornament decorating. Sample different wines paired with chocolates and create a beautiful keepsake ornament while listening to the best Christmas music of the season.

While you are at the studio don’t forget to check out our range of gifts available to buy. Great stocking fillers. It’s going to be Christmasy Fun!
Southern Palette is located at Beaufort Town Center, 2121 Boundary Street in Beaufort.

Migration All Around Us: How Birds Navigate the Americas
2022-12-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Fripp Island Community Center, 205 Tarpon Blvd, Saint Helena Island, SC, 29920-7362, US
Dr. Andy Jones is an expert on birds and their evolutionary history. He studies many aspects of birds, particularly bird migration. Come along for the ride of your life to learn and appreciate the miracle of bird migration that occurs across our skies every spring and fall. Learn about the many obstacles birds face along their migration routes and find out what you can do to protect their future.

Wreaths Across America Beaufort Remembrance Wreath Laying Ceremony
2022-12-17 07:00 - 10:00 | Beaufort National Cemetery, 1601 Boundary St, Beaufort, SC, 29902-3947, US
Join us as we honor our 26,000 veteran heroes buried in Beaufort National Cemetery. Part of National Wreaths Across America Day, the ceremony begins promptly at noon, but get there earlier for parking. For more information, media inquiries or to sponsor a wreath, call Location Coordinator David Edwards at 912-313-1506.
Wreaths can also be sponsored by clicking on wreathsacrossamerica.org/GA0175P. Help us reach our goal again this year.

Breakfast with the Grinch
2022-12-17 09:00 - 12:00 | 60 Okatie Village Drive Okatie, SC 29909
Come join us for Breakfast with the Grinch!

St. Helena Island Community Market
2022-12-17 09:00 - 14:00 | Penn Center, 16 Penn Center Circle West, St. Helena Island, SC, 29920, United States
Join us on Saturday from 9am to 2pm on the campus of Penn Center for our final market day of the year. We’ll have locally grown collards, kale, sweet potatoes and sugarcane. Shop for handcrafted jewelry and naturally made beauty products.

Lowcountry Holiday Craft Market at Highway 21 Drive In
2022-12-17 10:00 - 17:00 | Highway 21 Drive In, 55 Parker Drive, Beaufort, SC, 29902, United States
Looking for one of those last minute, hard to find Lowcountry-centric gifts? Then be sure to check out the Lowcountry Holiday Craft Market at the Highway 21 Drive in from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, December 17th.
Santa will be in attendance, along with local artists, craft booths, vendor booths, food and lots more.
If you wish to be a vendor, you can email lowcountryfleamarket@gmail.com with your vendor inquiry.

Christmas Classic Beer Mile
2022-12-17 13:00 - 16:00 | Shellring Ale Works, 1111 11th street, Port Royal, SC, 29935, US
Enjoy 12oz of craft beer, run a 1/4 mile and repeat!! Best Beer Mile in SC!
