Weekends in Charleston

Pineapple Fountain

What can you do on the weekend in Charleston?  

Well, there are usually different events happening all time.

You can visit downtown and stroll along Waterfront Park and see the Pineapple fountain or all the people around the fountain.  Or you can see the many music makers along the streets of Charleston.  Go out, take a stroll and carry your camera with you.

If you needed to get inside for a little while, a visit to the Charleston Wine and Food Festival tents in Marion Square provided a great way to beat the heat of the afternoon.

 

Wine, beer, gourmet food, and other products are a great way to spend a couple of hours.  There were a lot of vendors from local wineries and restaurants to bakeries and gourmet salt makers.  Of course, there's always cheese to go with that wine.

The Wine and Food Festival lasted four days and encompassed many restaurants in the Charleston area.  "The four-day event infuses home-grown flavor with the most celebrated chefs, culinary professionals and winemakers in the world." (source)  Go Charleston!

To change it up a little, you could have visited the Captain's Comic Expo put on by Captain's Comics in West Ashley.  The expo featured comic books, artists, action figures and super heroes in the expo hall.

 As well as the comics and collectibles, there were some really good local artists:

James Hill Studios

 Then there was the costume contest. 

From Superman vs. Lex Luthor to Bobba Fett vs. Predator.  

You be the judge!

What do you do on the weekend in Charleston?  There are a lot of options out there.  All you have to do is find a newspaper and see what's going on.  There are all kinds of events to visit and places to see.  Look for a guy with a camera and it'll probably be me.  (Didn't really mean for that to rhyme)  

Come up to me and say hello and tell me if you know of any other exciting events in Charleston.