What to do in South Carolina: April Events (2026)
Photos by Sean Rayford
Welcome to my monthly guide on what to do in South Carolina. This isn’t an exhaustive list but rather — one curated by a photojournalist who has been covering the Palmetto State since 1997.
If you’re looking for parades, festivals, fairs, concerts, or unique events that are fun — this is it. Some of these might make great photography opportunities. This go around is heavy on the live music.
APRIL 1 - APRIL 15, 2026
April 1 / Columbia - Game & Garden Soiree at SC State Museum
April 1-10 / Charleston - The Charleston Festival
April 3 / Columbia - ANIME RAVE at New Brookland
April 4 / Greenville - iMAGINE Upstate STEAM Festival
April 4 / Columbia - Girls' Night In: Steppin' Out
April 4 / Columbia - REMEMBER SPORTS w/ Youbet + Mina Roth at New Brookland
April 4 / West Columbia - Riverwalk Rabbit Run 5K
April 4 / Columbia - Club Terraform hosted by DJ Misstep at Art Bar
April 4 / Clemson - EWB Clean Water Classic (Disc Golf)Club Terraform hosted by DJ Misstep
April 4 / Charleston - Scarhaven at Royal American
April 4 / Charleston - A Tribute to JJ Cale at Pour House
April 5 / Charleston - CupcakKe w/ DJ Shae Balboa at Music Farm
April 7 / Columbia - SC Philharmonic Chamber Crawl at Art Bar
April 7 / Charleston - Kanika Moore & The Brown Eyed Bois at Pour House
April 8 / Greenville - Jordan Smart & Willy Tea Taylor with Jodi Jones at Radio Room
April 9 / Columbia - Juvenile with The 400 Degreez Band at The Senate
April 9 / Charleston - Snarky Puppy at Charleston Music Hall
April 9 / Greenville - CupcakKe at Radio Room
April 10 / Greenville - Walker Montgomery at Radio Room
April 10-11 / Charleston - Boombox & Polish Ambassador at Pour House
April 10 / Columbia - Dog’s Out The Cage Tour // Mountain Grass Unit at The Senate
April 10 / Columbia - Cutthroat Freakshow, Horse Breakfast, F*ckin Nothin, Sean Thomson, Kamikaze Copilot at the Spaze
April 10 / Charleston - Juvenile with The 400 Degreez Band at Charleston Music Hall
April 10 / Charleston - Sounds of BlackFox at Royal American
April 10 / Charleston - United We Dance at Music Farm
April 10-12 / St. George - World Grits Festival
April 10-11 / Columbia - Governor's Cup Road Race
April 10-11 / Spartanburg - Hub City Hog Fest
April 10 / St. George - Great Blue
April 10 / Columbia - Dance Party with the Grays at Art Bar
April 10 / Columbia - COPPELIA, Ann Brodie's Carolina Ballet
April 10 / Newberry - You are a Good Man Charlie Brown Presented By Newberry College at Newberry Opera House
April 11 / Charleston - Tom Mackell at Royal American
April 11 / Mt. Pleasant - Plantasia
April 11 / Columbia - Carne Con Papas, Holyroller, Rosie and the Ratdogs at Art Bar
April 11 / Columbia - River Monster Fest at the Spaze
April 11 / Greenville - Southern Roots: A BBQ Reunion
April 11 / Greenville - Cosmic Charlie at Radio Room
April 11 / Greenville - Mac Arnold Cornbread & Collard Greens Blues Festival
April 11 / Greenville - Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk
April 11 / Greenville - Greenville Heart Walk
April 11 / Columbia - Southern Garden Party
April 11 / Myrtle Beach - Socastee Heritage Festival
April 11 / Lexington - Midlands Spring Native Plant Sale
April 11 / Charleston - Walk MS: Charleston
April 11 / Charleston - Level X: Video Game Girl at Music Farm
April 11 / Charleston - The Earth Wind & Fire Tribute Band at Charleston Music Hall
April 12 / Greenville - Tacos 'N Tequila Fiesta
April 12 / Columbia - they are gutting a body of water at New Brookland
April 12 / Myrtle Beach - Monday After the Masters
April 12 / Charleston - Extra Chill Presents: Girls to the Front at Pour House
April 13 / Greenville - M. Judson Books Presents Offsite Book Launch with Mamie Morgan at Radio Room
April 13 / Charleston - Taj Mahal & The Phantom Blues Band at Charleston Music Hall
April 13 / Charleston - Tigers Jaw w/ Hot Flash Heat Wave & Creeks at Music Farm
April 13-21 / Charleston - Charleston Jazz Festival
April 14 / Charleston - MARIS w/ Babe Club at Pour House
April 15 / Charleston - Rick Springfield at Charleston Music Hall
April 15 / Charleston - Bad Suns w/ little image at Music Farm
April 15 / Greenville - Tommy Castro & The Painkillers – Closer To The Bone Tour at Radio Room
April 16 / Columbia - MARIS at New Brookland
April 16 / Greenville - Ally Venable at Radio Room
April 16 / Columbia -Kamala Harris at The Township
April 16 / Charleston - Boot Scootin’ Boogie Nights at Pour House
April 16-25 / Rock Hill - Come-See-Me Festival
April 16 / Charleston - Kenny Wayne Shepherd at Charleston Music Hall
April 16 / Charleston -The Heavy Heavy w/ Tounds at Music Farm
April 17 / Charleston - Two Feet with Brothel at Music Farm
April 17/ Charleston - Al Di Meola Acoustic Quartet at Charleston Music Hall
April 17 / Charleston - Golf For Autism
April 17 / Charleston - Martin Sexton at Pour House
April 17 / Charleston - Guilt Ridden Troubadour at Royal American
April 17 / Manning - Puddin' Swamp Festival
April 17 / Greenville - The Heavy Heavy at Radio Room
April 17 / Columbia - Cubs Album Release w/Company and Mechanical River at Art Bar
April 17 / Columbia - Danielle Howle, Brian K & The Parkway, The Water Kickers at New Brookland
April 17 / Columbia - The SteelDrivers at The Senate
April 17 / West Columbia - Meeting Street Music Fest
April 17 / Orangeburg - Purple Martin Festival
April 17 / Spartanurg - Spartanburg Heart Walk
April 17 / Columbia - Columbia International Festival
April 17 / Columbia - Vinyl Are My Pants, The Transonics, Stegotor, Kevin K and the Bowery Kats at Art Bar
April 18 / Charleston - Lowcountry Cajun Festival
April 18 / Charleston - Interstellar Echoes at Pour House
April 18 / Charleston - Danilo Pérez + The Charleston Jazz Orchestra at Charleston Music Hall
April 18 / Charleston - Oleg + Loser Chris at Royal American
April 18 / Newberry - Taj Majal at Newberry Opera House
April 18 / Mauldin - Mauldin Blues & Jazz Festival
April 18 / Greenville - Reedy River Run
April 18 / Greenville - AJ Lee & Blue Summit at Radio Room
April 18-19 / Clemson - Spring Fling
April 18 / Anderson - South Carolina Chili Cook-Off Championship
April 18 / Rock Hill - Spring Plant Sale: Earth Day Birthday
April 18 / Aiken - Earth Day Aiken
April 18 / West Columbia - Theatre for Youth Festival
April 18 / Charleston - Charleston Honey Bee Expo
April 18 / Columbia - Hearts of Gold Gala
April 18 / Columbia - AVETT BROTHERS & MIKE PATTON at The Township
April 18 / Columbia - Dexter and The Moonrocks at The Senate
April 19 / Columbia - Rend Collective Live at The Senate
April 19 / Columbia - Yom HaShoah Commemoration
April 19 / Charleston - Herlin Riley Quartet + Gullah Collective at Charleston Music Hall
April 19 / Charleston - Spafford at Pour House
April 19 / Greenville - Cannabitch Drag Brunch at Radio Room
April 19 / Greenville - Kids That Fly & Post Sex Nachos at Radio Room
April 19 / Columbia - Blues by the Sea
April 19 / Spartanburg - SPYO: Spring Concert
April 20 / Charleston - Graham Nash at Charleston Music Hall
April 20-26 / Charleston - Charleston Cocktail Week
April 20-25 / Columbia - Volunteer Week - United Way
April 21-26 / Myrtle Beach - Myrtle Beach International Film Festival
April 21 / Charleston - Leonid & Friends at Charleston Music Hall
April 21 / Columbia - Walk a Mile in Our Shoes
April 21 / Charleston - Danny Brown w/ Midwxst and Chase USA! at Music Farm
April 22-26 / Columbia - Columbia Food and Wine Festival
April 22-26 / Charleston - Art Charleston
April 23 / Charleston - Connor Wood at Charleston Music Hall
April 23 / Charleston - iFiveK
April 23 / Charleston - Hogslop String Band at Pour House
April 23 / Charleston - Babes Against the Machine w/ Issues at Music Farm
April 23 / Newberry - Country Gongbang at Newberry Opera House
April 23 / Greenville - All Your Friends- The Indie Party at Radio Room
April 24 / Greenville - Easy Honey w Homemade Haircuts at Radio Room
April 24 / Columbia - Wine Tasting at Riverbanks Botanical Garden
April 24 / Columbia - FLATLAND CAVALRY at The Township
April 24 / Columbia - Taylorville – An Unofficial Live Tribute at The Senate
April 24-35 / Pickens - Pickens Azalea Festival
April 24 / Walterboro - Colleton County Rice Festival
April 24/ Charleston - Lacuna Coil at Music Farm
April 24 / Charleston - The Thing with The Simplicity at Pour House
April 24 / Charleston - Thrifters & Drifters Artisan Market at Royal American
April 24 / Charleston - One Irish Rover: Van Morrison Tribute Band at Charleston Music Hall
April 24-30 / Lake City - ArtFields
April 24-26 / Charleston - Black Food Truck Festival
April 24-26 / Manning - Striped Bass Festival
April 24 / Columbia - GATECREEPER w/ Eternal, Dying Remains
April 24 / Columbia - Superchunk w/ Rosali at New Brookland
April 24 / Greenville - Hope Ball
April 24 / Spartanburg - Stone Soup Storytelling Festival
April 24-25 / Blythewood - Blythewood Spring Championship Rodeo
April 24-25 / Chester - South Carolina Square & Round Dancers Convention
April 24 / Columbia - SC Historic Preservation Conference
April 24-25 / Ridgeville - Natchez-Kusso Pow Wow
April 25-26 / Edgefield - Heritage Trail Pottery Tour & Sale
April 25 / Newberry - Lee Rocker of The Stray Cats at Newberry Opera House
April 25 / Charleston - Panchiko at Charleston Music Hall
April 25 / Charleston - Polyrhythmics at Pour House
April 25 / Charleston - The Saint Cecilia at Royal American
April 25 / Columbia - Doomtooth Presents Heemeyer, Firenest, Crone Bog, Darko Duran, w/DJ Misstep at Art Bar
April 25 / Greenville - Knot Your Kind and Nookie at Radio Room
April 25 / Columbia - FLOETRY at The Township
April 25 / Charelston - Walk for Autism-Charleston
April 25 / Greenville - Mutt Strut
April 25 / Aiken - Run United
April 25 / Georgetown - Live Release Flounder Tournament
April 25 / Columbia - Lower Richland Sweet Potato Festival
April 25 / Greenville - Earth Fest
April 25 / Greer - Greer Goes Global International Festival
April 25 / Columbia - Cocky Trot
April 25 / Sumter - Wounded Warrior 5K
April 25 / Spartaburg - American Dreams
April 25 / Columbia - Walk for Water - Columiba
April 25 / Charleston - Bright Ideas 5K
April 26 / Charleston - Blessing of the Fleet & Seafood Festival
April 26 / Charleston - Hunter Hayes at Charleston Music Hall
April 26 / Greenville - ShalomFest
April 26 / Greenville - Shinyribs with Schaefer Llana at Radio Room
April 26 / Edgefield - J Day Offroad Dirt Bike Race
April 26 / Irmo - Sharpvue Irmo International Festival
April 28 / Greenville -Nonpoint at Radio Room
April 28 / Newberry - Newberry Jazz Big Band at Newberry Opera House
April 28/ Charleston - Animals As Leaders w/ Jonathan Scales Fourchestra at Music Farm
April 25 / Charleston - Shinyribs at Pour House
April 29 / Greenville - The Queers at Radio Room
April 29-30 / North Charleston - North Charleston Arts Fest
April 29 / North Charleston - TEDxCharleston
April 29/ Charleston - TEDxCharleston (symphony) at Charleston Music Hall
April 29 / Columbia - CROWDER at The Township
April 30/ Anderson - Great Anderson County Fair
April 30/ Greenville - Greenville Cycling Classic
April 30/ Greenville - Raven at Radio Room
April 30/ Abbeville - Abbeville Spring Festival
April 28 / Newberry - Magic Rocks! at Newberry Opera House
April 30/ Columbia - Midlands Clay Spring Sale
April 30/ Charleston - Silversun Pickups at Charleston Music Hall