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US: Walterboro, SC – A Fun-Filled Family Weekend in the Lowcountry of South Carolina
The 43rd annual Colleton County Rice Festival is a celebration of the rice planting heritage that helped found Colleton County.
Enjoy a fun-filled week of family activities in the warm Carolina sun that includes a fireworks display, live musical entertainment, arts and crafts, 5k run, food concessions, corn-hole tournament, a BMX bike show with riders performing tricks and acrobatics, a crowd favorite DockDogs® a sport in which dogs compete in distance or height while jumping from a 40 foot dock into water, as well as cultural displays and performances depicting their local heritage.
They also claim to show off the worlds largest pot of rice along with a rice cooking contest. Best of all Admission is FREE.
BMX Bike Shows – 3 shows daily
Rice Festival Parade – Saturday, April 28 @11am
Rice Festival Dog Show– Saturday, April 28 @2pm
Palmetto Dock Dogs –April 27 & 28: Competition all day and finals on Saturday afternoon
Rice Run/Walk– April 28 @ 8am
Chad Gainey Sculpture –Chainsaw Art by Chad Gainey -April 27 & 28: Hampton Street
Biggest Pot of Rice -April 27 & 28
Corn Hole Tournament– Saturday, April 28 @4pm
Live Entertainment – throughout the 2 days
Fireworks – Saturday, April 28, 2017 8:45pm: Rice Festival finale
Location: Downtown Walterboro, Walterboro, SC 29488
Dates: Fri, Apr 27 – Sat, Apr 28, 2018
Times: Fri 10am -10pm, Sat 10-7pm
Tel: 843.549.1079
ricefestival.org
For Regional Accommodations, Restaurants & Attractions: walterborosc.org