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22nd Annual Chili Cook-off

What’s better than a bowl of good chili? How about several bowls of good chili? You can enjoy all the chili you can eat and more at the Kiwanis Club’s 22nd Annual Chili Cook-off, scheduled to begin at noon on October 7th at Honey…


8th Annual Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival

As the heavy air of a Lowcountry summer has just about out-stayed its welcome, the droopy lids of summer lift in anticipation of the freshened air and renewed energy that comes with autumn, making it the perfect time for the 8th Annual Bluffton Arts &…


A Salute to Beer - First Annual Beer Fest Comes to Buffton

Mark Weisner knows his beer. A beer enthusiast, he’s even visited Belgium to try the country’s renowned Trappist and abbey beers. Twice. He had to go back. “I’ve been to Belgium twice, and the reason I’ve been to Belgium twice is to drink beer,” said Weisner,…


April 2012: Charity Corner - 2012 Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest: David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation Fundaraiser set for April 28th

The fifth annual Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest, sponsored by the David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation, is set to take place on April 28, 2012, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., at Shelter Cove Community Park. The popular, family-friendly event serves as the foundation’s annual fundraiser…


April 2013: B-Social

2013 LOW COUNTRY HEART WALK Are you a heart disease or stroke survivor-or do you know someone who is? The American Heart Association wants to walk with you. On Saturday, April 13, over 2,000 people will take to the streets for the American Heart Association’s Low Country…


B-Social: 2013 Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest

The sixth annual Hilton Head Island Seafood Fest, sponsored by the David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation, takes place Friday, April 5, 2013, 5-8 p.m., and Saturday, April 6, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Shelter Cove Community Park. The family-friendly event serves as the foundation’s annual fundraiser…


Beaufort Festiv-ALE

What could be better than spending a sunny day strolling along the water sipping a cold beer? How about spending two days sampling dozens of finely crafted brews from around the world and helping out a couple of good causes at the same time? “Beaufort Festiv-ALE…


Bring on Spring!

March is upon us, Think Spring! And also make your plans to enjoy the Hilton Head Island Wine and Food Festival. The annual celebration starts on Wednesday, March 11 and ends with the Hilton Head Island St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday, March 15. Events…


Bring on the Bettinardi!

Brian Gay Heads to Harbour Town, April 12 – 18, to Defend his Verizon Heritage Title Brian Gay, winner of the 2009 Verizon Heritage, made tournament history when he seized the title with an unprecedented 10-stroke lead (score of 64). He walked away with his $1,026,000…


Change of the Celebratory Guard - Bluffton Rotary adopts the Bluffton Village Festival

“It was all very innocent in the beginning” said Babbie Guscio, owner of The Store on Calhoun Street, who founded the Bluffton Village Festival in 1978. She’s right; it seems the best celebrations always start out that way. “We needed a social event,” she said,…


Coligny Halloween Carnival

“It will be a Happy Halloween,” says Renay McClain, marketing director of Coligny Plaza. “It’s a childhood fantasy Halloween come true.” McClain is referring to the annual Coligny Plaza Halloween Carnival, on the evening of Oct. 27. The public is invited to Coligny’s kiosk…


Community Festival at Honey Horn

This year, the museum will host the 6th annual Community Festival at Honey Horn on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and 21.




Concours d' Elegance - Has Anyone Seen My Duesenberg?

Trick question: What was the capital of independent auto manufactures in America in the first half of the 20th Century? Think Auburn, Stutz, Duesenberg, Marmon, Cord and Pierce-Arrow. If you are a real car buff, the answer is easy. Indiana! These were the cars that rode…


February 2012: Our Town - Swirl, Sip & Savor: 27th Annual Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival

It’s time to raise your glass. The 27th Annual Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival is coming March 5-10—an event that rolls out the red and white carpet of grapes, celebrating its most tasteful bouquet of competition, culinary complements and wine complexities. Like a…


February 2013: Our Town- Winefest

Wine glasses will be raised, repeatedly, across the entire island in early March as the six-day Hilton Head Wine & Food Festival returns with an expanded lineup of education programs, chef dinners, home tours and auctions for fans of the vine, culminating in the big…


Follow the 'Lead Dog' To South Beach for Fall Festivals & Events

The fall and winter is the time for new beginnings at Hilton Head Island’s South Beach Marina. Just as the tide flows in and out on Hilton Head’s 14 miles of beaches, there is a seasonal ebb and flow to the bustle of activity on the…


Food, Fun, Friends, Music, and More...What's Not to Love About a FESTIVAL?!

Take just about any subject (e.g. water, dog, roofing) or food item (e.g. shrimp, crab, turnip) and add the word festival to it and you are almost guaranteed a crowd-drawing, crowd-pleasing event. Talk about marketing power! So what exactly constitutes a festival? When did festivals…


Helicopters and Humvees Cause a Mighty Roar

Hilton Head Island’s 25th St. Patrick’s Day parade definitely got off to a “roaring” start as two Apache helicopters did a dramatic flyover along the parade route and two military Humvees, from the Third Infantry Division of Ft. Stewart, Georgia, headed off the popular island…


Here She Comes, Miss America(IX)!

She’s stunning, graceful and possesses a remarkable talent that does not involve flaming batons. Her name is Miss America IX, and she holds the unique distinction of being the first hydroplane, or speedboat, in the world to exceed 100 miles per hour. Miss America IX…


Hilton Head Island: Italian Heritage Festival

The posters for the upcoming Hilton Head Island Italian Heritage Festival are hard to miss. Striking, to say the least. Advertisements for the event feature a whimsically tilted replica Harbour Town Lighthouse, suggestive of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the famous bell tower in Italy’s…


HILTON HEAD SEAFOOD FEST • APRIL 25 EVENT TO SUPPORT CANCER RESEARCH, ISLAND RECREATION.

January 21, 2009 – Coligny Plaza and The David M. Carmines Memorial Foundation announced that they will sponsor the second annual Hilton Head Island Seafood and Arts Festival, April 25. After a 20 year hiatus, the festival resurfaced in 2008 hosting record…


Hilton Head Seafood Festival Returns

April 26 event to support cancer research, Island Recreation Every life, no matter how brief, serves a purpose, leaving behind a footprint on hearts touched along the way. David M. Carmines is a good example of a young man, who though no longer with us here…


Hospitality Association believes in a community that excels at word of mouth

The Hilton Head Area Hospitality Association (HHAHA) believes in a community that excels at word of mouth advertising. That invaluable medium for distributing information to guests and visitors translates into a cost savings for anyone planning to attend one of the Association’s destination events…


Livin’ a Coastal Dream: 2008 Beaufort Water Festival

It’s time for the annual Beaufort Water Festival. July 11 ushers in ten days of fun, sun, friends and family and, yes, water sports. But it’s not about the water. Even though most of the events take place in the Waterfront Park along the Beaufort…


MARCH 2011: Charity Corner - WINGFEST: 16th Annual Festival Signals Beginning of Spring

Get your napkins—heck, forget napkins—your paper towels, industrial-strength wipettes and full-frontal bibs handy for the 16th Hargray WingFest on March 19, arguably Hilton Head Island’s largest annual one-day festival.




MARCH 2011: Our Town - HILTON HEAD WINE AND FOOD FESTIVAL: One of the Southeat's Most Notable Wine Affairs

Since we have no Major League baseball team and no Opening Day to mark spring’s arrival, let’s have a glass of wine instead. “Winefest is kind of like our Opening Day,” said Julie Musselman, the woman in charge of planning the Hilton Head Island Wine…


March Calendar

Le Petit Cabaret with Casey Colgan March 27, 6pm Tickets: $155 and $190 each Arts Center of Coastal Carolina An evening of imaginative cuisine, French wines, exotic auction items and GREAT songs, all to support the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina’s Education and Outreach programs. Contact Info:…


Music to Your Mouth

Palmetto Bluff’s nationally touted Music to Your Mouth festival celebrates the very best in Southern cooking. The most prominent chefs from the Southern food scene (and a few from beyond) converge on The Bluff in November to pair up with farmers, writers, musicians, and producers…


Music To Your Mouth - Behind The Scenes

Just a couple of weeks ago I woke in a cold sweat. However, once I realized that it was indeed just a dream that our event headliner (Gail Simmons, from Bravo TV’s Top Chef) didn’t show, I was able to relax a little. Palmetto Bluff’s…


OCTOBER 2012: OUR TOWN

Joe Cain doesn’t have anything against Cajun cooking. It’s just that he discovered last year that a Cajun festival might not be right for Hilton Head Island. Burgers and beer, however—now that’s a different story. So, when last year’s Cajun Fest fell a little flat, and…


Our Town: UnCork the Festival

The 2013 Hilton Head Island Wine & Food Festival, presented by The Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa is gearing up for the 28th Annual event which will be held March 4-9, 2013. One of the pre-festival events is Uncork the Festival, taking place…


September 2010: OUR TOWN - Seafood Jazz And Brew

If you can’t be everything to everyone, then just expand the range of what you are. That might seem simple, but it appears to be working for Hilton Head Island’s Seafood, Jazz and Brew Festival, now in its third year. For those with discriminating palettes,…


Shuck & Jive - Fall Festival on the Half Shell

What’s the best part about fall festivals on the island? That’s right: more weekends to spend together celebrating Hilton Head! And just guessing that most islanders are always up for some oysters and down for some good music, Hilton Head Island’s fifth annual Oyster Festival…


SOCIAL BUTTERFLIES: Innately Extroverted The Life Of The Party. FUN.

Just a small collection of photographs from some of the most recent social events on Hilton Head! YACHT HOP RELAY FOR LIFE SUPERIOR HEATING & AIR CONTEST WINNER HILTON HEAD SEAFOOD FEST GRAND OPENING / RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY OF URNGE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS ART MARKET ********** Are you a “Social Butterfly?” Send us photos…


Taste of the Season

An Annual Culinary Delight There’s no better way to usher in the holiday season than with great food and fun times at Taste of the Season, the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce’s annual holiday food tasting extravaganza. With 40 local restaurants and food service establishments offering…


The Hilton Head Oyster Festival and Turkey Trot

In mid-November, as the rest of the world is prepping for what The Farmer’s Almanac says will be a colder than average winter, residents of Hilton Head Island are busy wondering if their cold-weather flip flops are still in the garage. Getting outside when the…


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