Festivals & annual events January: Taste of Folly Folly Beach merchants and restaurants will have booths offering their wares and portions from their menus. For the kids there will be a 20-foot inflatable slide, face-painting, balloon animals and cupcake decorating. February: Annual Folly Gras New Orleans style Mardi-Gras on Folly Beach. Parade, Food, Music and Fun. March: Pub Crawl In the tradtion of a pub crawl, all interested parties 21 and older are invited to “crawl” to six local bars on Folly Beach. Each participant will be given a stamp card that contains a spot for each bar on the crawl. As participants reach each check point and purchase a drink of their choice, they will be provided with a respective stamp. Get stamps from all six bars to be eligible for prize giveaways. March: Tides of March An annual renaissance festival featuring arts and crafts as well as live theatrical productions. april: Sea & Sand Festival Where else could you enter a hula hoop competition? This festival also sponsors a 5K Fun Run, Skate or Walk. May: Wahine Surf Classic One of the largest all-women surf competitions on the East Coast which takes place at Folly Beach’s infamous “Washout” OctOber: Fine Arts Festival See some of the finest artists in the south compete in the judged art show during this festival. You may also attend live theatrical performances as well as an arts & craft show. OctOber: Follypalooza Follyapalooza is a cancer benefit that raises money for the MUSC Hollings Cancer Center Patient Relief Fund, and also supports our own Folly Beach cancer patients going through treatment. Money raised from the festival will go directly to these great causes. DeceMber: Christmas Parade Arts & Crafts show and sale from 10 to 5 at the Folly River Park. Come watch the parade and do some holiday shop- ping. Everything for sale is hand made by the artists and make very unique gifts. shOpping & restaurants Folly Beach offers an eclectic shopping experience with everything from beach balls to vintage clothing, tee shirts to surf boards and ice cream to fine wines and cheeses. There is truly something for everyone, with great prices too! For food, you’ll find it all, from cozy local breakfast hideaways, fun lunch spots and gourmet dinners. You’ll never leave Folly Beach hungry. You are here! Just Minutes from Downtown Charleston ACCOMMODATIONS AND ATTRACTIONS: www.follybeachsouthcarolina.org THE FOLLY BEACH TURTLE WATCH PROGRAM: www.follyturtles.com OFFICIAL CITY WEB SITE www.cityoffollybeach.com VISIT: www.follybeachsouthcarolina.org The Edge of America Closest beach to historic Charleston, South Carolina FOlly beach cOMe visit