Beaufort’s premiere summer event, the 10 day 67th Annual Beaufort Water Festival, kicks off this Friday evening in Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park in downtown Beaufort bringing our summertime celebration of Lowcountry culture that locals wouldn’t miss for the world and that has tens of thousands of visitors making a special trip to experience each year.
Now in its 67th year, the Beaufort Water Festival brings family friendly activities, sporting events, daily & nightly concerts, kid’s fun, fireworks displays and lots more.
If you like dancing, live music, touring shrimp boats, enjoying huge parades or even having dinner surrounded by the entire community, the Annual Beaufort Water Festival has been a can’t-miss event for hundreds of thousands of folks over the decades. There’s even an arts & crafts market that runs every day for your shopping pleasure, and a sponsor’s expo so you can meet some of the local businesses who have helped make this year’s Water Festival happen.
Tickets are available for purchase on the day of each ticketed event. Visit this link for your tickets and info.
If you’re heading downtown, and we know you will be, parking can sometimes be hard to find so the Water Festival provides a free shuttle from Beaufort Town Center to the downtown waterfront. Here’s a link to the shuttle information, and link to our downtown Beaufort parking map.
If you’re looking for an official Annual Beaufort Water Festival t-shirt, you can find the Big D’s Royal Tees booth set up along the marina in the vendor market. They’ll have every size and color that you could want, and then some.
Also, please make sure that you dress for the weather. With average temperatures in the mid-90s and the humidity making it feel even hotter, it’s best that you dress lightly, and bring both sunscreen and an umbrella. The umbrella may be necessary because we tend to get a stray thunderstorm on hot July days here in the Lowcountry. If the sky opens up, you’ll be happy that you brought it. Take it from us, we know from experience.
Please note that some of the events come with a few rules about your attendance and what you can and cannot bring with you. Visit this link to get the info on an event-by-event basis.
Remember, there will be a whole lot of people in downtown. Please be kind and patient, and enjoy yourselves while making memories of your summer fun in Beaufort SC.
Please note that some events are adult only, and most events come with a few rules about your attendance and what you can and cannot bring with you.
