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Columbia offers a wide range of recreation; exciting attractions and spectator sports; and top-notch meeting facilities.


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Apr - May
11 - 16 2012
Music in European Culture II: Romanticism in the 19th-Century from Beethoven to Richard Strauss April 11 - May 16
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By popular demand, the entertaining and educational Music 101 lecture series ...

15th Annual Black Expo May 19,2012 Be a S.T.A.R. for Charity! CCT S.T.A.R. Showcase May 20,2012 FAAAC presents Ella Fitzgerald VERSUS Sarah Vaughan May 20,2012 Members' Night Series May 25,2012 See All Events

Signature Events

January

World Beer Festival
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus
Restaurant Week Columbia

February

Columbia's Longest Days
Palladium Society's Annual Chili Cook-Off

March

St. Pat's in Five Points
Columbia International Festival
Palmetto Sportsmen's Classic
Carolina Cup
Get to the Green 5K
Columbia Marathon
Craftsmen's Spring Arts and Crafts Festival

April

Artista Vista
Congaree Art Festival
USMC Mud Run
Indie Grits Festival
Midland's Spring Plant and Flower Festival
Urban Tour
Wine Tasting at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden
Providence Heart & Sole Women's Five Miler
Celebrate Freedom Festival
Carolina Classic Home & Garden Show
Central Carolina Food & Wine Festival
Tartan Day South
River Rocks Festival
Columbia, SC Black Expo
Rhythm on the River
Rooftop Rhythms
City of Columbia's Earth Fest
Sparkleberry Country Fair
A(ugusta) Baker's Dozen
Capital City Music and Wing Fling
Five After Five
Vista After Five

May

South Carolina Book Festival
Rosewood Crawfish Festival
Lexington Wine Walk
Forest Acres Festival
Five After Five
Vista After Five

June

Vista After Five
Movies in the Park
Southeastern Piano Festival
First Thursday's On Main
StoryFest SC


July

Lexington County Peach Festival
Lake Murray 4th of July Celebration and Fireworks
Jammin' In July Music Festival
Fort Jackson's Torchlight Tattoo
Miss South Carolina Pageant
Movies in the Park
First Thursday's On Main

August

Main Street Latin Festival
Brew at the Zoo
Jubilee: Festival of Heritage
Famously Hot Music Festival
Palmetto Peanut Boil
South Carolina Peanut Party
Movies in the Park
Southeastern Toy Soldier Show
First Thursday's On Main

September

Columbia's Greek Festival
Irmo Okra Strut
Viva La Vista
Saluda Shoal's Unearth
SC Pride Parade & Festival

October

South Carolina State Fair
Balloons, Blues, and BBQ Festival
USMC Mud Run
Midland's Fall Plant and Flower Festival
Palmetto Health Foundation 5K Walk for Life
BOO at the Zoo
Riverbanks ZOOfari
Columbia Blues Festival
Italian Festival
Dracula: Ballet With A Bite
Columbia Museum of Art Black & White Ball

November

South Carolina Oyster Festival
Vista Lights
Governor's Cup Road Race
Free Times Music Crawl
Group Therapy Chili Cookoff
Veterans Day Parade
Festival of Trees
Craftsmen's Christmas Classic Art & Craft Festival
Lights Before Christmas


December

Carolina Carillion Holiday Parade
Forest Acres' Sweet Seasons
A Devine Night Out
Columbia City Ballet: The Nutcracker
Lights Before Christmas