Events in mount pleasant

The Mount Pleasant Farmers Market is a gathering place for locals and visitors to leisurely explore the market’s treasure trove. The opening bell rings at 3:30 pm signaling the time to buy the freshest local vegetables, fruits, seafood, flowers, baked and canned goods, fresh-cooked meals, and snacks. Learn more about the people who make the market a success! Talk to the farmers who grow your food! Live music each week. Free parking.

The Mount Pleasant Farmers Market is a gathering place for locals and visitors to leisurely explore the market’s treasure trove. The opening bell rings at 3:30 pm signaling the time to buy the freshest local vegetables, fruits, seafood, flowers, baked and canned goods, fresh-cooked meals, and snacks.  Learn more about the people who make the market a success! Talk to the farmers who grow your food! Live music each week. Free parking.

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The Mount Pleasant Farmers Market is a gathering place for locals and visitors to leisurely explore the market’s treasure trove. The opening bell rings at 3:30 pm signaling the time to buy the freshest local vegetables, fruits, seafood, flowers, baked and canned goods, fresh-cooked meals, and snacks.  Learn more about the people who make the market a success! Talk to the farmers who grow your food! Live music each week. Free parking.

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The annual Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant, founded in 2004, is designed to promote and bring attention to the contributions of the Gullah Geechee people’s history, culture, traditions and their sweetgrass basket art form that originated in Mount Pleasant and continues to exist in our town and surrounding communities today. Additionally, the Sweetgrass Festival provides an opportunity for engagement, interaction and exposure to the Gullah Geechee people’s culture. Informative and interesting educational sessions will enlighten and entertain participants of all ages.

Offering free admission, entertainment and activities, the Sweetgrass Festival also provides an opportunity for local basket makers to showcase, promote and market their sweetgrass merchandise to locals as well as cultural tourists from around the country.

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Sponsors, exhibitors, basket weavers, artisans & performers please email events@tompsc.com for information. Basket weavers & artisans booth application now available! CLICK HERE

Parking & Shuttles

Parking will be quite limited at Memorial Waterfront Park. Free shuttle buses will run continually from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Riders are welcome to bring chairs and festival gear on the buses! The last buses leave the park at 3:00 p.m.

Bus 1:

Mount Pleasant Town Hall, 100 Ann Edwards Lane, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464. Parking at Town Hall is Free. The bus will stop in front of Town Hall near the CARTA Route 40 stop…ride CARTA & skip driving entirely!

Bus 2:

Cheryll Woods-Flowers Soccer Complex, 85 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464.

Omar Shrine Temple, 176 Patriots Point Road, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464.

*These offsite parking locations are a short walk to the park if you prefer not to wait for the bus!

Bus 3:

Wheelchair accessible bus will loop to all three stops: Town Hall, Cheryll Woods-Flowers Soccer Complex, and Omar Shrine Temple.

Paid Parking is available at the Ferry Wharf garage located next to the park. There is a walkway from the garage to the park.

Sweetgrass History and Mount Pleasant

In 2006, Governor Jim Hodges designated the Sweetgrass Basket-making art form as the SC Official Art Craft. With the largest percentage of the original sweetgrass basket makers living within Mount Pleasant and surrounding communities, Mount Pleasant is also known as the home of the Original Sweetgrass Basket Makers. A significant portion of Mount Pleasant Highway 17 has been designated by SCDOT as the Sweetgrass Basket Makers Highway. These are all bona fide claims that can be made nowhere else in our country.

Sweetgrass Basket & Craft Show

Stroll through the Sweetgrass Basket & Craft Show, where you will find an amazing assortment of incredible basketry along with a wide variety of hand-made arts, crafts, and jewelry. You’re sure to find plenty of unique Lowcountry creations that make great gifts for yourself and your loved ones!

A Taste of Sweetgrass Culture Dinner Experience

Returning once again, the night before the festival, the Taste of Sweetgrass Culture dinner event will be hosted by the African American Settlement Community Historic Commission in the Cooper River Room at Memorial Waterfront Park.

For information on tickets for the Taste of Sweetgrass Culture Dinner Experience or how to get involved, please email Freddie Jenkins ffirstsergeant@knology.net.

Old and new traditions delight at the 38th Annual Town of Mount Pleasant Children’s Day Festival presented by Harris Teeter! 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 (TBD)

NOVANT HEALTH STAGE

Food & Concessions Available for Purchase

Thank you to our event sponsors!

If your business is interested in being a sponsor at the 2025 Children’s Day Festival, please email events@tompsc.com.

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The Old Village 5k is offered to residents and visitors each November. More than 200 runners participate in the race throughout the picturesque Old Village. This is a must for newcomers, seasoned runners, walkers, and dogs!

The Mount Pleasant Recreation Department has proudly organized the Old Village 5k road race for more than two decades. It starts and finishes at the historic Alhambra Hall located in the Old Village of Mount Pleasant. Run or walk along the beautiful and scenic streets as you discover a past full of colonial architecture, design, and amazing harbor views. Stay and relax after the race with music, refreshments, and a raffle prize giveaway. Dogs and strollers are welcome!