MAKE THE MOST OF THE COAST

Old and new traditions delight at the 37th Annual Town of Mount Pleasant Children’s Day Festival! Families will enjoy carnival rides, inflatable slides, live entertainment, pony rides, games, and many other activities!  Admission and all activities are free. Free parking is available at Cario Middle School and Charles Pinckney/Laurel Hill as well as Kids Teeth – shuttles run all day or simply use the school’s cut-through for a nice short walk! Join the Facebook discussion about this event.

Performance Schedule on East Cooper Medical Center Stage

NOVANT HEALTH STAGE

12:00   Mayor Will Haynie
        Wando Varsity Dance Team
12:30   LowCo Suzuki Guitar
1:00     Palmetto Twirlers
1:30     Creative Edge Dance Center
2:00     Rick Hubbard "King of Kazoo" Show
3:00     COK/SM Jr Pom
3:30     Charleston Dance Works
4:00     Bach to Rock
4:30     The Dance Arts Studio

Food & Concessions Available for Purchase

• FOOD: Charleston Festival Foods ~ Crazy Chris’s Concessions Hot Dog Cart ~ Mazycks Grille ~ Mi Lindo Oaxaca Taqueria ~ Mac Daddy ~ Mike’s Chicken Salad ~ Top Shelf Catering – Zeus Grill & Seafood
• CONCESSIONS & LITE BITES: King of Pops ~ Mabel Mae Bakery ~ Nothing Bundt Cakes ~ Pelican’s SnoBalls ~ Pure Fluff ~ T&T Kettle Korn ~ The Crazy Mason Milkshake Bar ~ The Ice Cream Team

Thank you to our event sponsors!

Novant Health ~ 101.7 Chuck FM ~ Angela Holbert State Farm ~ Bach to Rock ~ Balloon Therapy Charleston ~ Body 20 Mt. Pleasant ~ Charleston Adventure Forest ~ Charleston Bath Expert ~ Charleston Black Cab Company ~ Charleston Orthodontics ~ Charleston Taekwondo ~ Coastal Kids Dental & Braces ~ Code Ninjas ~ Mount Pleasant ~ Eyeglass World ~ Godbod Fitness LLC ~ Graze Craze ~Habits For Health, LLC ~ John Price Law Firm ~ Life Essentials Health Center ~ Mount Pleasant Family Martial Arts ~ Mt. Pleasant Radio ~ New York Life ~ Preferred Home Services ~ Premier Martial Arts ~ School of Rock Mount Pleasant ~ South Carolina Federal Credit Union ~ Sweetgrass Pediatrics ~ The Learning Experience Mount Pleasant ~ The Warehouse Dance Studio ~ Tweedle Beedle Baby + Children’s Store ~ WeLead Martial Arts

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The annual Holiday Market & Craft Show combines all the goodies from our traditional food market such as locally grown fresh produce, baked goods, hot food, and homemade preserves with handcrafted gifts created by local artisans. Come see this year’s wonderful assortment of Christmas ornaments, glasswork, whimsical crafts, and a wide variety of original art by locally recognized potters, artists, craftsmen, and photographers. Join the Facebook discussion for this event.

Activities

Live entertainment with a holiday twist will kindle the holiday spirit throughout the market. Children’s activities will include balloon art, caricature drawings, and a visit with Santa Claus, who will listen to Christmas wishes and hand out surprises. The annual Holiday Market provides the perfect opportunity for customers to complete their holiday shopping and purchase original pieces from talented local artists. As always, admission and parking are free and all residents and visitors are welcome to delight in this unique shopping experience.

Brilliantly lit floats and community groups will march up West Coleman Boulevard as the Mount Pleasant Christmas Light Parade sets sail to the delight of thousands of residents and visitors. The festivities begin at 5:30 p.m. with a spectacular Pyrotecnico fireworks show, immediately followed by the start of the parade at Live Oak Dr. traveling south and ending at the intersection of W. Coleman Blvd. and Patriots Point Rd.

Coleman Boulevard Road Closure Schedule:

• Whilden St. to Pherigo St. closes at 4:00 p.m. for the lineup
• Whilden St. to Patriots Point Rd. closes at 5:00 p.m.
• Ravenel Bridge off-ramp onto Coleman Blvd. closes at 5:00 (all traffic diverted to Highway 17)
• Patriots Point Rd. from Coleman Blvd. to Harry Hallman Blvd. closes at 5:00 (all Patriots Point and hotel/golf course traffic will divert onto Harry Hallman)

To help ensure we have a safe event, the Town of Mount Pleasant requests that drone pilots not fly over or along the parade route. Pilots are reminded that the Federal Aviation Authority requires a Part 107 Waiver if they are going to fly at night or fly over people. You can learn more about drone operations at https://www.faa.gov/uas/.

How to enter the 29th Annual Town of Mount Pleasant Christmas Light Parade:

The Mount Pleasant Recreation Department will host the 5th Annual Sweetgrass Half Marathon at 7:30 am Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. The race begins and ends at the Park West Recreational Complex in Mount Pleasant.

Runners start at the Mount Pleasant Recreation Complex and run through the picturesque Carolina Park neighborhood. This is a flat and fast course. Runners enjoy marsh views along Darrell Creek on the way to completing the Half Marathon. View the Sweetgrass Half Marathon course on MapMyRun.

The annual “Running of the Weenies” will take place at 11:00 AM at the Park West Recreation Complex.