What to do in South Carolina: February Events (2026)
Photos by Sean Rayford
POSTPONED: Feb 5 / Columbia - Kamala Harris at The Township Auditorium
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.
FEB. 1 - FEB. 15, 2026
Feb 3 / Columbia - Pat Benetar at The Township Auditorium
Feb 3 / Greenville - Koffin Kats with Small and The Bitterman at Radio Room
Feb 3 / Greenville - T.C. Costello at The Cook’s Station
Feb 3 / Charleston - Bronwyn Keith-Hynes at The Pour House
Feb 3 / Charleston - Taper’s Choice w/ Rich Ruth at at The Pour House
Feb 4 / Charleston - The Reckoning at The Pour House
Feb 4 / Charleston - Vincent Antone w/ Croozshipp at The Pour House
Feb 4-7 / Charleston - Colour of Music Festival
Feb 5 / POSTPONED Columbia - Kamala Harris at The Township Auditorium
Feb 5 / Columbia - Ashley Pezzotti: Koger Center Live in the Lobby
Feb 5 / Columbia - Sweetheart City at Boyd Plaza
Feb 5 / Greenville - Logan Crosby with Brody Clementi at Radio Room
Feb 5 / Greenville - Andy McKee at the Peace Center
Feb 5 / Charleston - Electro Lust at The Pour House
Feb 5 / Charleston - Joshua Jarman, Jared Pettey’s, Ectomorphs, Social Void, Oldsoul at Music Farm
Feb 5-8 / Upstate South Carolina - Winter Chautauqua - (Ernest Hemingway portrayed by John Dennis Anderson)
Feb 6 / Greenville - Cottage Chemistry st Radio Room
Feb 6 / Columbia - Trustus Gala: An Evening in the Woods
Feb 6 / Columbia - Live from the 803 feat. PuffIsLove, Chrisso, & Comedian Pudgee at the Koger Center 2nd Floor Gallery
Feb 6-8 / Aiken - Aiken Antique Show
Feb 6-7 / Newberry - Ritz Fest
Feb 6-7 / Columbia - Babylon (film) Fest
Feb 6 / Charleston - Lightwstch w The Boonies + Safety Coffin at The Royal American
Feb 6 / Charleston - The Movement at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 6 / Charleston - Jimmy Landry and Friends at The Pour House
Feb 6 / Charleston - Hot In Herre: 2000s Dance Party at Music Farm
Feb 6-7 / Charleston - The 8th Annual Bob Marley Birthday Celebration at The Pour House
Feb 7 / Hilton Head - Freedom Day Celebration
Feb 7 / Charleston - MC DAVO & SABINO at Music Farm
Feb 7 / Charleston - Ode to Billie Holiday, Tonya Nicole + The Charleston Jazz Orchestra at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 7 / Charleston (Folly Beach) - Save the Light Half Marathon & 5K
Feb 7 / Charleston - Five Door Sedan w Dog Named Squid & Channel Bluff at The Pour House
Feb 7 / Charleston (Summerville) - Oyster Roast
Feb 7 / Charleston - Owen and the Smokes at The Royal American
Shovels and Rope perform Feb 28 in Greenville and Feb 20-21 in Charleston, South Carolina.
Feb 7 / Aiken - Fashion for Compassion Gala
Feb 7 / Spartanburg - Hub City Empty Bowls Soup Day
Feb 7 / Greenville - Sugar! (System of a Down Tribute with Mishaps (Misfits and Danzig Tribute)
Feb 7 / Hilton Head - SouperBowl of Caring
Feb 7 / Columbia - Sam Barber at The Township Auditorium
Feb 7 / Columbia - Marcel Anderson at Chayz Lounge
Feb 7 / Columbia - PERREO BOWL Noche de Reggaeton Hip Hop EDM Halftime Hits
Feb 7 / Columbia - Dog Daze 5K
Feb 7 / Charleston - Pup Bowl IX
Feb 7 / Columbia - Cola Rosé Shower
Feb 7 / Columbia - Cascades, Razorgrade, Crone Bog, Volvulus at the Spaze
Feb 7 / Charleston - Ode to Billie Holiday: Tonya Nicole + The Charleston Jazz Orchestra - Charleston Music Hall
Feb 8 / Spartanburg - SYPO Winter Concert
Feb 8 / Charleston - Shucked & Sauced
Feb 8 / Charleston - Sierra Club Lunz Group Oyster Roast
Feb 8 / Greenville (Furman) - Sing. Dance. Play.
Feb 9 / Charleston - American Aquarium with River Shook at Music Farm
Feb 10 / Charleston - Langhorne Slim w Laney Jones and the Spirits at Music Farm
Feb 10 / Greenville - Midgets With Attitude – Mini-Slam at Radio Room
Feb 10 / Greenville - Hell’s Kitchen at The Peace Center
Feb 12 / Charleston - Winterteeth, Babe Club, Emma Grace, & Channel Bluff at Music Farm
Feb 11-12 / Columbia - SC Arts Day
Feb 12-13 / Charleston - South Carolina Ballet Presents: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 12 / Columbia - American Aquarium w River Shook at The Senate
Feb 12 / Greenville - The Reverend Horton Heat with Pleasure Chest
Feb 12 / Charleston - Winterteeth, Babe Club, Emma Grace, & Channel Bluff at Music Farm
Feb 12 / Charleston - Ward Buckheister Trio ft Stachia Simmons & Krystal Halvorson at The Pour House
Feb 12 / Charleston - Carls w Acid Hawk, The Inhibitors at The Pour House
Feb 12 / Charleston - Railroad Earth at Music Farm
Feb 13 / Columbia - DEMOLA LIVE! at The Senate
Feb 13-15 / Charleston - Southeastern Wildlife Exposition
Feb 13 / Columbia - John Russos Almost Dead at The Township
Feb 13 / Columbia - Night to Shine
Feb 13 / Columbia - Emo Night Valentines Dance w/ Brand New Eyes + DJ Olive Arden at New Brookland
Feb 13 / Greenville - Stop Light Observations with Tomorrow’s Problem
Feb 13 / Charleston - The Simplicity w TOUNDS and Reverse Cowgirl at The Royal American
Feb 13 / Charleston - Swamptooth LP Release Show at The Pour House
Feb 13 / Charleston - Tell Me Lies The Fleetwood Mac Experience at The Pour House
Feb 14 / Greenville - K-Pop Demon Ravers Kids’ Rave at Radio Room
Feb 14 / Greenville - Music For The Masses Dark Wave Anti- V-Day
Feb 14 / Greenville - Legends of Laughter at Bon Secours Arena
Feb 14 / Charleston - The Midnight City Emo Valentine at Music Farm
Feb 14 / Charleston - Edwin McCain at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 14 / Charleston - Wilmot w Bedroom Division + John Wood at The Royal American
Feb 14 / Charleston - Domocile at The Pour House
Feb 14 / Charleston - David Murphy – For My Peeps at The Pour House
Feb 14 / Columbia - Treaty Oak Revival at Colonial Life Arena
Feb 14 / Columbia - 80s Lover’s Ball at New Brookland
Feb 14 / Columbia - Nick Sweat and the Phantom Headlights, Olympic Goal, Plaid Overdrive, Kamikaze Copilot at The Spaze
Feb 14 / Columbia (Lexington) - Lake Murray Polar Plunge
Feb 14 / Columbia - Mardi Gras Columbia
Feb 14 / Columbia - Cupid's Chase 5K
Feb 14 / Charleston - Cupid's Chase 5K
Feb 14 / Greenville - Cupid's Chase 5K
Feb 14 / Conway - Cupid's Chase 5K
Feb 15 / Greenville - Wade Forster at Radio Room
Feb 15 / Conway - Conway Porchfest
Feb 15 / Charleston - The Grass Is Dead at The Pour House
Feb 15 / Charleston - INZO w Blookah & Spenny at Music Farm
Mardi Gras in Columbia (Feb 14)
FEB. 16 - FEB. 28, 2026
Feb 16 / Charleston - ShinN (members of LIVE, Blind Melon, Shiner, Unified Theory & Afghan Whigs) at The Pour House
Feb 17 / Greenville - Good Terms with Alex Melton, Sunhouse and Normal People at Radio Room
Feb 17-22 / Beaufort - Beaufort International Film Festival
Feb 17 / Charleston - Solid Country Gold at The Pour House
Feb 17 / Charleston - Vincent Neil Emerson w Willam Prince at The Pour House
Feb 17 / Charleston - Keb’ Mo’ Charleston Music Hall
Feb 19 / West Columbia - Oyster Roast
Feb 19 / Charleston - Kanola; Celebrating Mardis Gras at The Pour House
Feb 19 / Charleston - Leftover Salmon at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 19 / Charleston - DJ Meredith Marks at Music Farm
Feb 18 / Columbia - INZO with Blookah & SPENNY
Feb 18 / Greenville - Psyclon Nine with Clockwork Echo and Our Frankenstein at Radio Room
Feb 19 / Greenville - Eddie 9V with Andrew Scotchie at Radio Room
Feb 19 / Greenville - The 5 Browns at The Peace Center
Feb 19 / Charleston - A Night for the Children Gala at The Francis Marion Hotel
Feb 20 / Charleston - Ms. Pat at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 20-21 / Charleston - Mardi Crawl at Park Circle
Feb 20 / Charleston - Shelby Means & Maya De Vitry at The Pour House
Feb 20 / Charleston - Shovels & Rope w Mechanical River at The Pour House
Feb 20 / Charleston - Ace Hood w Duke Deuce and Dizzy Wright at Music Farm
Feb 20 / Columbia - Honestav – Hard to Love Tour w Jayy Wick at The Senate
Feb 20 / Columbia - Blackberry Smoke at The Township
Feb 20 / Conway - IGGAD Research Symposium: Gullah Foodways
Feb 20 / Greenville - Mo Lowda & The Humble with Deaf Andrews and The Band Solstice at Radio Room
Feb 20 / Greenville - Winter Jam at Bon Secours
Feb 21-22 / Aiken - Battle of Aiken
Feb 21 / Greenville - Leftover Salmon at The Peace Center
Feb 21 / Greenville - C. Shreve The Professor (Album Release) with Bedroom Division + John Wood at The Royal American
Feb 21 / Greenville - Enrage Against The Machine with Razorgrave and Blindstrike
Feb 21 / Greenville - Sweetheart Charity Ball at the Greenville Convention Center
Feb 21 / Charleston - Zoso: The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 21-22 / Charleston (Folly Beach) - Sea and Sand Festival
Feb 21 / Charleston - Shovels & Rope w Indianola at The Pour House
Feb 21 / Charleston - Rock the Block
Feb 21 / Charleston - Linney w DEZ & Kai Blonde at Music Farm
Feb 21 / Columbia - Vincent Neil Emerson at New Brookland
Feb 21 / Columbia - Briscoe at New Brookland
Feb 21 / Columbia - South Carolina Foodways Program at SC History Center
Feb 22 / Charleston - Chefs' Feast at Trident Tech
Feb 22 / Charleston - Drew & Ellie Holcomb t Charleston Music Hall
Feb 22 / Columbia - When a Woman’s Fed Up at The Township
Feb 22 / Columbia - Advance Base & more at The Spaze
Feb 22 / Greenville - Astral Drag Brunch at Radio Room
Feb 22 / Greenville Dave Matthews Tribute Band at Radio Room
Feb 23 / Charleston - LAUNDRY DAY with Satchel Shure at Music Farm
Feb 22-28 / Hilton Head - Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest
Feb 23 / Greenville - Butcher Babies with Eva Under Fire and Blackwater Drowning
Feb 24 / Greenville - Smile Empty Soul and Primer 55 with Makes My Blood Dance and Saving Darkness at Radio Room
Feb 24 / Charleston - Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers at The Pour House
Feb 24 / Charleston - The Deslondes w The Lostines at The Pour House
Feb 25 / Greenville - Shadowgrass at Radio Room at Radio Room
Feb 25 / Charleston - Chris Botti Charleston Music Hall
Feb 25-28 / Aiken - Heart Show with Women's Heart Board
Feb 26 / Greenville - Nik Parr & The Selfless Lovers at Radio Room
Feb 26 / Greenville - Bailey Zimmerman at Bon Secours
Feb 26 / Columbia - Ty Myers at The Township
Feb 26 / Charleston - Deaf Andrews w The Third Floor & Winterteeth at The Pour House
Feb 26 / Charleston - Kelsey Waldon & The Muleskinners w Taylor Hunnicutt at The Pour House
Feb 26 / Charleston - Get Out Me Swamp at Music Farm
Feb 26 / Charleston - Chatham County Line at The Pour House
Feb 26 / Charleston - J. Roddy Walston w Dog Named Squid at The Pour House
Feb 27 / Columbia - Cottage Chemistry - A Heated Rivalry Dance Party
Feb 27 / Greenville - Fudge at The Royal American
Feb 27 / Charleston - Carolopolis Awards
Feb 27 / Charleston - ERNEST w Cody Lohden at Charleston Music Hall
Feb 27 / Charleston - WonkyWilla w Sloth at Music Farm
Feb 27 / Greenville - Abbey Road Live! – Beatles Tribute
Feb 27 / Spartanburg - Voices of a Nation at Twichell Auditorium
Feb 28 / Greenville - Mike Viola at Swanson’s Warehouse with Drumming Bird and Kick.Snare.Crash
Feb 28 / Greenville - Shovels & Rope at Radio Room
Feb 28 / Columbia - Uplifting Voices Conference at SC Archives & History Center
Feb 28 / Charleston - Isle of Palms Polar Plunge
Feb 28 / Charleston - WORK IT! 90s/2000s R&B And Hip Hop Night! at Music Farm
Feb 28 / Charleston - Tan and Sober Gentlemen at The Pour House
Feb 26 / Charleston - Dangermuffin at The Pour House
Feb 28 / Charleston - Connor Kelly & The Time Warp at The Royal American
Feb 28 / Charleston - Cinderella Day
Feb 28 / Richburg - Joy of Gardening Symposium
Feb 28 / Columbia - Cody Johnson at Colonial Life Arena