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5:00PM
MUSIC

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, But Banjos Saved My Life • This is a storytelling solo show. A true story that chronicles Keith Alessi’s cancer journey and how he went from being a public company CEO, famous in that world of business, to Playing the banjo. It is a story about the healing power of music and how music ( banjos) healed him physically, mentally and spiritually. The audience will be inspired to get back to the creative things they have been putting off, and how telling and sharing your story can walk you through anything. 

7:00PM
THEATER

Big Mama's the Musical • In a deeply segregated era, Big Mamas: The Musical tells the story of black performers who were contracted with the T.O.B.A which stood for Theatre Owner’s Booking Association. A contract with T.O.B.A. meant steady work. Performers called it “doing Toby time” because the living conditions were so rough and the pay was so meager. However, they sung their songs in true vaudeville tradition and made light of their everyday struggles. As a result, the Big Mamas overcome and inspire us all. 

7:30PM
THEATER

A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embyro's • The Void Theatre presents A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embryos – Em and Belle, a lesbian couple, are the happy new parents of a son named Rory. Belle harvested her eggs and carried the baby, with a friend providing the sperm. However, the procedure resulted in six embryos, and the couple must now decide what to do with the remaining five. Belle wants another child, but Em demurs. Do they donate the embryos to another couple or to science, or let them be destroyed? The play shows their lives over a decade, as they grapple with this decision and their changing lives. 

7:30PM
THEATER

Shakespeare's Magic Show • A fun and lively interactive 55 minute family friendly show of the ideas and skills used in performing Shakespeare. Full of his plays and sonnets plus, magic tricks, you will leave entertained and mystified along with an appreciation on how this playwright can be lifelong companion in understanding the human condition.

7:30PM
COMEDY

Take the Funny and Run • Live improv comedy at Theatre 99 is Charleston’s funniest tradition! Shows at Theatre 99 are improv parties where audience members laugh until it hurts.

8:00PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

9:30PM
COMEDY

Salty Tales • From the watery depths of Georgia and Atlanta’s Dad’s Garage Theatre, comes Salty Tales! Starring Amber Nash (Archer) and Matt Horgan (Dad’s Garage), Salty Tales is a completely improvised maritime tale of lust, love and the supernatural in a seaside fishing town!

10:30AM
MUSIC

Concerts at the Citadel - Patriotic Music • Howie Carillon Thematic Concert Series.  Michael Varnadore, carillonneur, will play the 59 Bell Carillon – one of the largest instruments in North America.  On the campus of The Citadel, 171 Moultrie Street.  All concerts at 10:30am.  Outdoor seating – rain or shine.  Chairs on a first come basis or bring a blanket and sit under the great oak trees.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Viva Vivaldi - NC Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players • Join the NC Baroque Orchestra players for an exhilarating program showcasing the effervescent and heart rendering music of Vivaldi & Corelli.

4:00PM
COMDY

Clean Improv Comedy Show • Have you ever been to an improv show and thought, “I’d love to bring my 10 year old, but it’s just not clean enough for them”? Well, now we’ve got you covered! Theatre 99 is presenting a one hour hilarious short form show that is clean as a whistle. No need to take cover from “F” bombs. This show is chock-full of fun and is just as side-splittingly funny as what you’ve come to expect at Theatre 99. 

5:00PM
MUSIC

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, But Banjos Saved My Life • This is a storytelling solo show. A true story that chronicles Keith Alessi’s cancer journey and how he went from being a public company CEO, famous in that world of business, to Playing the banjo. It is a story about the healing power of music and how music ( banjos) healed him physically, mentally and spiritually. The audience will be inspired to get back to the creative things they have been putting off, and how telling and sharing your story can walk you through anything. 

5:00PM
MUSIC

Lowcountry Voices presents “By The Rivers of Babylon: Honoring the African American Spiritual” • Lowcountry Voices presents “By The Rivers of Babylon: Honoring the African American Spiritual” with special guest artist, Clarissa Newby-Phillips. Admission free, donations accepted

6:00PM
COMEDY

Salty Tales • From the watery depths of Georgia and Atlanta’s Dad’s Garage Theatre, comes Salty Tales! Starring Amber Nash (Archer) and Matt Horgan (Dad’s Garage), Salty Tales is a completely improvised maritime tale of lust, love and the supernatural in a seaside fishing town!

7:00PM
THEATER

Big Mama's the Musical • In a deeply segregated era, Big Mamas: The Musical tells the story of black performers who were contracted with the T.O.B.A which stood for Theatre Owner’s Booking Association. A contract with T.O.B.A. meant steady work. Performers called it “doing Toby time” because the living conditions were so rough and the pay was so meager. However, they sung their songs in true vaudeville tradition and made light of their everyday struggles. As a result, the Big Mamas overcome and inspire us all. 

7:00PM
THEATER

Master Class • Charleston Opera Theatre’s Master Class is a pyrotechnical theater—fireworks in a contained space where Maria Callas is brought back to life in Sturm und Drang. Inspired by a series of master classes the great diva conducted at Juilliard toward the end of her career, this drama puts Maria Callas at center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students—”victims” as she calls them—into giving the performances of their lives while revealing her own. As she slips off into memories, we experience her days at La Scala, her marriage to Meneghini, and her great doomed love for Aristotle Onassis.

7:00PM
MUSIC

Cantorial Concert • To celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Reform Judaism in America, students and faculty from The Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music at Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City will be visiting Charleston. They will be bringing five cantorial students to participate and perform at KKBE in celebration of the founding of American Reform Judaism in Charleston. Koleinu, KKBE's choir, will be participating with musicians from the Charleston community. 

7:30PM
THEATER

A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embyro's • The Void Theatre presents A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embryos – Em and Belle, a lesbian couple, are the happy new parents of a son named Rory. Belle harvested her eggs and carried the baby, with a friend providing the sperm. However, the procedure resulted in six embryos, and the couple must now decide what to do with the remaining five. Belle wants another child, but Em demurs. Do they donate the embryos to another couple or to science, or let them be destroyed? The play shows their lives over a decade, as they grapple with this decision and their changing lives. 

7:30PM
THEATER

Deathtrap by Ira Levin • Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the final moment.

7:30PM
MUSIC

The Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra • The GSYO features 60 of the most advanced high school musicians from across North Carolina, including strings, winds, brass, and percussion. Free admission. West Ashley High School, 4060 West Wildcat Boulevard.

8:00PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

8:00PM
COMEDY

The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company • No scripts!  All improv!  This high-energy comedy improv show is entirely based on your audience suggestion so every show is different. It’s the longest running show in Charleston. The Have Nots! (Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares) will perform their unique brand of improv comedy AND you never know who will join them on the stage! 

8:00PM
THEATER

The Wolves • The Wolves by Sarah Delappe is and award winning play that follows a team of fierce young women soccer players going through their pre-game rituals as they navigate the struggles of adolescence amid real-world issues and interpersonal drama.

2:00PM
MUSIC

Gershwin and Jazz • In this special series finale, we have assembled an all star cast of Charleston entertainers to highlight the City’s rich jazz history and, of course, the timeless music of George Gershwin, who wrote “Porgy and Bess” on Folly Beach in 1919. 

2:00PM
THEATER

Deathtrap by Ira Levin • Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the final moment.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Vive La France - NC Baroque Orchestra • Violinists David Wilson and Janelle Davis present a lovely selection of works by French composers Michel Corrette, Jean-Marie Leclair and Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. The program also includes a sublime suite by Robert de Visee for solo theorbo, and a suite by Jean Henri D’Anglebert for solo harpsichord.

4:00PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

4:00PM
MUSIC

Harmonia Children's Choir • Harmonia Children’s Choir, under the direction of Scott and Suzanne Atwood is an ensemble comprised of students from Christ Our King-Stella Maris School. They will present a program of time-less sacred classics by classical composers as well as African American Spirituals and Folk-tune inspired hymns and songs. Free Admission, donations accepted.

5:00PM
MUSIC

Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me, But Banjos Saved My Life • This is a storytelling solo show. A true story that chronicles Keith Alessi’s cancer journey and how he went from being a public company CEO, famous in that world of business, to Playing the banjo. It is a story about the healing power of music and how music ( banjos) healed him physically, mentally and spiritually. The audience will be inspired to get back to the creative things they have been putting off, and how telling and sharing your story can walk you through anything. 

5:00PM
MUSIC

Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra • The Charleston Symphony Youth Orchestra showcases nearly one hundred young musicians ages 9-18, from over twenty schools throughout the Lowcountry. CSYO and CSYS engage and inspire young musicians in a collaborative environment, where students strive for excellence with the highest quality performing arts education, and offer unique opportunities for growth through mentorship from Charleston Symphony musicians. Free to attend.

5:00PM
MUSIC

Music She Wrote • Chamber Music at St. Stephen’s presents “Music, She Wrote: An Exploration of Music by Women Composers.” This special event will showcase the incredible contributions of women in the musical field, which will include the works of Clara Schumann, Cécile Chaminade, Jeanine Tesori, St. Hildegard von Bingen, Undine Smith Moore, Joan Szymko, and more. Free to attend

7:00PM
THEATER

Master Class • Charleston Opera Theatre’s Master Class is a pyrotechnical theater—fireworks in a contained space where Maria Callas is brought back to life in Sturm und Drang. Inspired by a series of master classes the great diva conducted at Juilliard toward the end of her career, this drama puts Maria Callas at center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students—”victims” as she calls them—into giving the performances of their lives while revealing her own. As she slips off into memories, we experience her days at La Scala, her marriage to Meneghini, and her great doomed love for Aristotle Onassis.

7:00PM
MUSIC

Sounds Like Teen Spirit by School of the Arts & Academic Magnet High School • Teacher and musician John Cusatis has been performing popular music around Charleston for three decades. For this show he has recruited approximately forty classically trained School of the Arts students and a dozen Academic Magnet Students to perform a tribute to the 1990s, which will include a chronological narrative of the decade interwoven between the performances to provide a cultural context for the songs. Free to attend at Hampton Park.

7:30PM
Theater

Deathtrap by Ira Levin • Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the final moment.

7:30PM
THEATER

A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embyro's • The Void Theatre presents A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embryos – Em and Belle, a lesbian couple, are the happy new parents of a son named Rory. Belle harvested her eggs and carried the baby, with a friend providing the sperm. However, the procedure resulted in six embryos, and the couple must now decide what to do with the remaining five. Belle wants another child, but Em demurs. Do they donate the embryos to another couple or to science, or let them be destroyed? The play shows their lives over a decade, as they grapple with this decision and their changing lives. 

12:00PM
MUSIC

Peter Kfoury & Kurt Lamkin • Immerse yourself in the Global Music vibe with soothing and thoughtful sounds from West Africa to the Near East to American Jazz. Kurt and Peter will play both together and solo, so in this concert you will find music to move to, meditate to and just plain feel good to! Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

12:00PM
MUSIC

The Charleston Men's Chorus Memorial Day Concert • Join us for an unforgettable Memorial Day Concert with the Charleston Men's Chorus, where powerful voices unite to pay tribute to the heroes who have served our nation. Experience a musical journey as the chorus delivers a performance, celebrating the spirit of patriotism and honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Vivaldi's Four Seasons • One of the great masterpieces of the baroque, or any era. The vibrant acoustics of Old Saint Mary’s will make this an unforgettable experience. Violinist Micah Gangwer and members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra will delight us with this thrilling performance.

3:00PM
THEATER

Musings from the Bar • Saddle on up to the theater and listen to a few tales from the Bar. Donnie Exelbierd, long time bartender at one of Charleston’s favorite restaurants, Muse, will take you for a story-telling adventure with some humor, some seriousness, and some comforting musings. Find out what your local bar can mean to you! 

3:00PM
MUSIC

New South Festival Singers • The New South Festival Singers, created as Gwinnett Festival Singers and known from 1998-2015 as William Baker Festival Singers Atlanta, have performed to capacity audiences at Piccolo Spoleto annually since 1989. Free to attend at the Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Piccolo Spoleto Rising Stars • The New South Festival Singers, created as Gwinnett Festival Singers and known from 1998-2015 as William Baker Festival Singers Atlanta, have performed to capacity audiences at Piccolo Spoleto annually since 1989.

7:30PM
Theater

Deathtrap by Ira Levin • Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the final moment.

12:00PM
MUSIC

The Mike Fritz Trio • The Mike Fritz Trio specializes in the  Great American Songbook–but they are so much more!  Led by vocalist/pianist Mike Fritz, this highly acclaimed quartet can easily navigate the far reaches of American jazz, whether it’s swing, stride, bebop, modal, fusion, or jazz funk. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
MUSIC

German Chocolate - NC Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players • The scrumptious music of JS Bach and two of his predecessors Johann Rosenmuller and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer. Violinist Janelle Davis will be joined by the continuo team in Johann Heinrich Schmelzer’s compelling Sonata Quarta and Violinist David Wilson brings us Bach’s famous Chaconne.

4:00PM
THEATER

Staged Readings • Staged readings of the Todd McNerney 15th Annual National Playwriting contest finalists. Previous winning plays have come from notable playwrights including Caridad Svich (lifetime Obie award winner), Sheila Cowley, Arthur M. Jolly, James Still, William Missouri Downs, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Free admission.

5:00PM
THEATER

Master Class • Charleston Opera Theatre’s Master Class is a pyrotechnical theater—fireworks in a contained space where Maria Callas is brought back to life in Sturm und Drang. Inspired by a series of master classes the great diva conducted at Juilliard toward the end of her career, this drama puts Maria Callas at center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students—”victims” as she calls them—into giving the performances of their lives while revealing her own. As she slips off into memories, we experience her days at La Scala, her marriage to Meneghini, and her great doomed love for Aristotle Onassis.

5:00PM
MUSIC

The Journey of a Song • Lowcountry songwriters Danielle Howle, Sam Rae and Mike Kaufman present their songs (and the stories behind them) in the historic Circular Church. Each of these seasoned performers is known for drawing audiences in close, creating community through the shared experience of music.

7:30PM
Theater

Deathtrap by Ira Levin • Comfortably ensconced in his charming Connecticut home, Sidney Bruhl, a successful writer of Broadway thrillers, is struggling to overcome a dry spell resulting in a string of failures and a shortage of funds. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from a student in the seminar he has been conducting at a nearby college—a thriller that Sidney recognizes immediately as a potential Broadway smash. Deathtrap provides twists and turns of devilish cleverness and offers hilariously sudden shocks in such abundance that audiences will be spellbound until the final moment.

7:30PM
Theater

Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • This program contains some of Poe’s best and most loved works told by six master storytellers.  Join Threshold Rep as they perform these haunting tales for you, and immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America’s greatest writers.  The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe’s poems and short stories.

12:00PM
MUSIC

Jonathan Kammer • Jonathan Kammer is saxophone fixture in Charleston who regularly is featured on Picollo Spoleto’s Spotlight Concert Series. Come listen to Kammer joined by one of Charleston’s central gigging guitarists, Noah Jessup, for an hour of swinging jazz standards for saxophone and guitar. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

2:00PM
MUSIC

The Poet Sings • The Poet Sings. Music set to the poetry of Mary Baker Eddy for Soprano, Tenor and Piano.  A wonderful offering of familiar hymns and new compositions.  Hälis Rünk, soprano & Brett Hunter, tenor with Michael Varnadore, piano.  First Church of Christ, Scientist, 137 Moultrie Street.

3:00PM
MUSIC

The Golden Age of the Spanish Guitar • Guitar virtuoso Ulyana Machneva will take us on a musical journey through time playing many of the great masterpieces for the classical guitar. Five centuries of guitar music not to be missed.

4:00PM
THEATER

Staged Readings • Staged readings of the Todd McNerney 15th Annual National Playwriting contest finalists. Previous winning plays have come from notable playwrights including Caridad Svich (lifetime Obie award winner), Sheila Cowley, Arthur M. Jolly, James Still, William Missouri Downs, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Free admission.

5:00PM
THEATER

Master Class • Charleston Opera Theatre’s Master Class is a pyrotechnical theater—fireworks in a contained space where Maria Callas is brought back to life in Sturm und Drang. Inspired by a series of master classes the great diva conducted at Juilliard toward the end of her career, this drama puts Maria Callas at center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students—”victims” as she calls them—into giving the performances of their lives while revealing her own. As she slips off into memories, we experience her days at La Scala, her marriage to Meneghini, and her great doomed love for Aristotle Onassis.

5:00PM
MUSIC

Piano Works of Florence Price • Internationally renowned recording artists and pianists, Gregory Thompson and Meisha Whitlock, will present some of the most major piano solo and piano duo works written by Florence Price (1887-1953). 

7:30PM
Theater

Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • This program contains some of Poe’s best and most loved works told by six master storytellers.  Join Threshold Rep as they perform these haunting tales for you, and immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America’s greatest writers.  The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe’s poems and short stories.

7:45PM
MUSIC

Distances: Chamber Music Concert featuring Caroline Leigh Halleck (saxophone) & Greg Hankins (piano) • A bold duo of classical saxophone and piano blurs the boundaries between musical styles and genres with unique self-made arrangements, works influenced by folk music from around the Mediterranean, as well as standards of the classical saxophone repertoire. 

8:00PM
COMEDY

Laughway to the Weekend • Come laugh it up with us halfway to the weekend! This improv comedy show will feature 3 acts of hilarious improv comedy. 

10:30AM
MUSIC

Concerts at the Citadel - Musicals & Movies • Howie Carillon Thematic Concert Series.  Michael Varnadore, carillonneur, will play the 59 Bell Carillon – one of the largest instruments in North America.  On the campus of The Citadel, 171 Moultrie Street.  All concerts at 10:30am.  Outdoor seating – rain or shine.  Chairs on a first come basis or bring a blanket and sit under the great oak trees.

12:00PM
MUSIC

Lime and Coconuts • As the Sierra Club Oyster Roast band on Bowen’s Island for 15 years, Lime and the Coconuts brings a joyful hip swaying sound to the Lowcountry. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Bach to Bach Sonatas for Violin and Obligato Harpsichord • NC Baroque Orchestra Chamber players David Wilson, violin and Elisabeth Wright, harpsichord join up for a program of sublime music of JS Bach. These sonatas showcase these two instruments equally and present the genius of Bach’s contrapuntal compositions.  Not to be missed.

4:00PM
THEATER

Staged Readings • Staged readings of the Todd McNerney 15th Annual National Playwriting contest finalists. Previous winning plays have come from notable playwrights including Caridad Svich (lifetime Obie award winner), Sheila Cowley, Arthur M. Jolly, James Still, William Missouri Downs, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Free admission.

4:30PM
MUSIC

Bill Wilson Band • Housing Authority of the City of Charleston presents Bill Wilson Band. Free Admission. 

6:00PM
MUSIC

The In-Between in Concert • The In-Between ensemble opens communication between the two art worlds of classical and jazz music to highlight the shared qualities and enjoy exploring the differences. 

7:00PM
MUSIC

Oscar Rivers Quartet • The quartet performing this afternoon features Oscar Rivers on piano, Kat Keturah on vocals, Paul Gelpi on bass and Donald Fields on drums.

7:30PM
Theater

Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • This program contains some of Poe’s best and most loved works told by six master storytellers.  Join Threshold Rep as they perform these haunting tales for you, and immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America’s greatest writers.  The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe’s poems and short stories.

7:30PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

7:30PM
COMEDY

Mary Kay has a Posse • Charleston’s original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny!  Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules.  “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper  If you are easily offended or feel that a woman’s place is in the kitchen, stay home. 

12:00PM
MUSIC

Alva Anderson • Let’s Duet, The Magic of Two!  Jazz and circle song duets featuring Alva Anderson and Brett Belanger. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Jacob Fuhrman -Harpsichord- Suites & Variations from Buxtehude, Böhm, & Bach • J.S. Bach used two basic methods to build large pieces from sets of smaller ones: the dance suite and variation set. This program aims to set works of Bach in both of these genres alongside works that were likely his models, as both Georg Böhm and Dietrich Buxtehude were major influences on the young Bach.

4:00PM
THEATER

Staged Readings • Staged readings of the Todd McNerney 15th Annual National Playwriting contest finalists. Previous winning plays have come from notable playwrights including Caridad Svich (lifetime Obie award winner), Sheila Cowley, Arthur M. Jolly, James Still, William Missouri Downs, and Donnetta Lavinia Grays. Free admission.

4:00PM
MUSIC

The 4th Annual Scottish Performing Arts Classic • The Classic is composed of three separate world-class competitions, with competitors coming from Canada, Scotland, and the United States.

5:00PM
Theater

Cognac and Roses, A Toast to Edgar Allan Poe • This program contains some of Poe’s best and most loved works told by six master storytellers.  Join Threshold Rep as they perform these haunting tales for you, and immerse yourself in the intoxicating imagination of one of America’s greatest writers.  The show runs ninety minutes and consists of eleven of Poe’s poems and short stories.

7:00PM
THEATER

Big Mama's the Musical • In a deeply segregated era, Big Mamas: The Musical tells the story of black performers who were contracted with the T.O.B.A which stood for Theatre Owner’s Booking Association. A contract with T.O.B.A. meant steady work. Performers called it “doing Toby time” because the living conditions were so rough and the pay was so meager. However, they sung their songs in true vaudeville tradition and made light of their everyday struggles. As a result, the Big Mamas overcome and inspire us all. 

7:00PM
THEATER

Musical Theatre Review • Theatre comes alive with the magic of musical theatre. Get ready to sing along to your favorite tunes in a dynamic musical revue featuring the incredible talents of our students, faculty, staff, and alumni. This event promises to be a celebration of community and the enduring allure of Broadway. See you there!

7:00PM
MUSIC

The Charlestones Sing Everything • The Holy City's favorite a cappella quartet presents a program of 8 musical genres, including Renaissance, sacred hymns, spirituals, musical theatre, country, patriotic, jazz, and pop! Don't miss this eclectic 90-minute performance at this beautiful and historic St. John's Lutheran Church!

7:30PM
THEATER

Shakespeare's Magic Show • A fun and lively interactive 55 minute family friendly show of the ideas and skills used in performing Shakespeare. Full of his plays and sonnets plus, magic tricks, you will leave entertained and mystified along with an appreciation on how this playwright can be lifelong companion in understanding the human condition.

7:30PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

7:30PM
THEATER

A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embyro's • The Void Theatre presents A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embryos – Em and Belle, a lesbian couple, are the happy new parents of a son named Rory. Belle harvested her eggs and carried the baby, with a friend providing the sperm. However, the procedure resulted in six embryos, and the couple must now decide what to do with the remaining five. Belle wants another child, but Em demurs. Do they donate the embryos to another couple or to science, or let them be destroyed? The play shows their lives over a decade, as they grapple with this decision and their changing lives. 

8:00PM
THEATER

The Wolves • The Wolves by Sarah Delappe is and award winning play that follows a team of fierce young women soccer players going through their pre-game rituals as they navigate the struggles of adolescence amid real-world issues and interpersonal drama.

8:00PM
COMEDY

Take the Funny and Run • Live improv comedy at Theatre 99 is Charleston’s funniest tradition! Shows at Theatre 99 are improv parties where audience members laugh until it hurts.

8:00PM
THEATER

Crowns • This gospel musical is set to lift your spirits as it tells a moving and celebratory story in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. The production shows that hats tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning.

10:30AM
MUSIC

Concerts at the Citadel - Music for Children • Howie Carillon Thematic Concert Series.  Michael Varnadore, carillonneur, will play the 59 Bell Carillon – one of the largest instruments in North America.  On the campus of The Citadel, 171 Moultrie Street.  All concerts at 10:30am.  Outdoor seating – rain or shine.  Chairs on a first come basis or bring a blanket and sit under the great oak trees.

2:00PM
THEATER

Crowns • This gospel musical is set to lift your spirits as it tells a moving and celebratory story in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. The production shows that hats tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning.

2:30PM
THEATER

Shortwave Kitsch: Freedom of Screech • Step into a bygone era with Shortwave Kitsch, presenting a captivating radio show that seamlessly merges the charm of 1940s radio programs with a modern artistic twist. Each performance is a journey through time featuring two enthralling episodes, making every show a double feature of suspense, humor, and historical richness. 

3:00PM
MUSIC

Viva Vivaldi - NC Baroque Orchestra Chamber Players • Join the NC Baroque Orchestra players for an exhilarating program showcasing the effervescent and heart rendering music of Vivaldi & Corelli.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Samba Beats • Embark on a musical journey to the vibrant streets of Brazil with Charleston-based, Porto Seguro. With Alva Anderson’s soulful voice as the centerpiece, backed up with impressive instrumentals and solid grooves, the band delivers a heartfelt tribute to Brazilian bossa nova, samba, choro, and MPB tunes. Free admission at Gage Hall.

4:00PM
COMEDY

Mary Kay has a Posse • Charleston’s original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny!  Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules.  “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper  If you are easily offended or feel that a woman’s place is in the kitchen, stay home. 

4:00PM
THEATER

A Yank in Scotland • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. 

5:00PM
MUSIC

Distances: Chamber Music Concert featuring Caroline Leigh Halleck (saxophone) & Greg Hankins (piano) • A bold duo of classical saxophone and piano blurs the boundaries between musical styles and genres with unique self-made arrangements, works influenced by folk music from around the Mediterranean, as well as standards of the classical saxophone repertoire. 

6:00PM
COMEDY

Impro Theatre’s “Tennessee Williams Unscritpted” • Passionate smoldering secrets lurch beneath the surface of genteel society – and explode in a climax of accusation, confession and consequence. Inspired by Tennessee Williams’ masterful storytelling and delicious language, Impro Theatre starts with a single audience suggestion and builds improvised full-length plays that are hilarious, yet tragic as a Southern belle’s broken heart.

7:00PM
THEATER

Big Mama's the Musical • In a deeply segregated era, Big Mamas: The Musical tells the story of black performers who were contracted with the T.O.B.A which stood for Theatre Owner’s Booking Association. A contract with T.O.B.A. meant steady work. Performers called it “doing Toby time” because the living conditions were so rough and the pay was so meager. However, they sung their songs in true vaudeville tradition and made light of their everyday struggles. As a result, the Big Mamas overcome and inspire us all. 

8:00PM
COMEDY

The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company • No scripts!  All improv!  This high-energy comedy improv show is entirely based on your audience suggestion so every show is different. It’s the longest running show in Charleston. The Have Nots! (Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares) will perform their unique brand of improv comedy AND you never know who will join them on the stage! 

8:00PM
THEATER

Crowns • This gospel musical is set to lift your spirits as it tells a moving and celebratory story in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. The production shows that hats tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning.

8:00PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

7:30PM
THEATER

A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embyro's • The Void Theatre presents A Workshop Production: Goodnight Embryos – Em and Belle, a lesbian couple, are the happy new parents of a son named Rory. Belle harvested her eggs and carried the baby, with a friend providing the sperm. However, the procedure resulted in six embryos, and the couple must now decide what to do with the remaining five. Belle wants another child, but Em demurs. Do they donate the embryos to another couple or to science, or let them be destroyed? The play shows their lives over a decade, as they grapple with this decision and their changing lives. 

7:30PM
THEATER

Shortwave Kitsch: The Passive Agressive Living Dead • Step into a bygone era with Shortwave Kitsch, presenting a captivating radio show that seamlessly merges the charm of 1940s radio programs with a modern artistic twist. Each performance is a journey through time featuring two enthralling episodes, making every show a double feature of suspense, humor, and historical richness. 

7:30PM
MUSIC

Classical Pride Charleston • This concert is a celebration of LGBTQIA+ voices both past and present! Featuring the Singers of Summerville, the Palmetto Peace Choir, soloist Gary Powell, and a String Orchestra, with conductor Ryan Pagels. 

2:00PM
MUSIC

Baklava Express • Baklava Express is a NYC based Middle Eastern fusion project, led by Oud player and composer Josh Kaye. The band performs original music, heavily influenced by both Mizrahi and Ashkenazi traditions as well as those traditions of the broader Middle East and Easter Europe.

3:00PM
THEATER

The Wolves • The Wolves by Sarah Delappe is and award winning play that follows a team of fierce young women soccer players going through their pre-game rituals as they navigate the struggles of adolescence amid real-world issues and interpersonal drama.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Shakespeare's Stage Band - The Spartina Consort • Shakespeare’s plays were originally laced with music. This program features instrumental and vocal selections by composers well known to Shakespeare such as John Dowland, Tobias Hume,  and Robert Johnson. The Spartina Consort will feature treble viol, bass viol, voice,  recorder,  and harpsichord. The sounds and rhythms of Renaissance England will come back to life in this delightful program.

4:00PM
THEATER

Crowns • This gospel musical is set to lift your spirits as it tells a moving and celebratory story in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. The production shows that hats tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning.

4:00PM
COMEDY

Finch Boys Improv • Good improv groups often feel like family. This one actually is family! Timmy Finch, veteran of The Have Nots! Comedy Improv and nine-time winner of Charleston’s Best Local Comic teams up with his best friend and son Cahal to deliver quick witted, feel good, made up family fun. Come see an old man and the next generation. GOOD TIMES!!!

4:00PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

4:00PM
MUSIC

Oh Happy Day Gospel Music with Special Guest Ann Caldwell • This not to be missed performance presents a heartfelt and energetic presentation of traditional songs, hymns and Negro spirituals. Music of Mahalia Jackson, Paul Robeson, and more are included.  The Bright Family Singers and ensemble will inform you about the history of gospel music and will captivate you with powerful choral and solo renditions. Special guest artist, Lowcountry favorite Ann Caldwell will join the cast to sing spirituals and demonstrate the Gullah dialect.

6:00PM
COMEDY

Mary Kay has a Posse • Charleston’s original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny!  Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules.  “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper  If you are easily offended or feel that a woman’s place is in the kitchen, stay home. 

6:00PM
MUSIC

The Amernet String Quartet • Praised for their “intelligence” and “immensely satisfying” playing by the New York Times, the Amernet String Quartet has garnered recognition as one of today’s exceptional string quartets and are Ensemble-in-Residence at Florida International University in Miami.

7:00PM
THEATER

Musings from the Bar • Saddle on up to the theater and listen to a few tales from the Bar. Donnie Exelbierd, long time bartender at one of Charleston’s favorite restaurants, Muse, will take you for a story-telling adventure with some humor, some seriousness, and some comforting musings. Find out what your local bar can mean to you! 

7:00PM
THEATER

Under the Lights • This perennial Piccolo favorite highlights original College of Charleston student works. A series of ten-minute plays written by and performed by CofC students, Under the Lights features winners of the Franklin B. Ashley Playwriting Award, the Todd McNerney Student Playwriting Award, the David Lee Nelson Hope Award and The Pages Festival.

8:00PM
COMEDY

Impro Theatre’s “Tennessee Williams Unscritpted” • Passionate smoldering secrets lurch beneath the surface of genteel society – and explode in a climax of accusation, confession and consequence. Inspired by Tennessee Williams’ masterful storytelling and delicious language, Impro Theatre starts with a single audience suggestion and builds improvised full-length plays that are hilarious, yet tragic as a Southern belle’s broken heart.

12:00PM
MUSIC

Lindsey Pasko • Italian-American singer-songwriter Lindsey Pasko is inviting you to come close as she bravely shares an intimate performance with you, free of frills and distraction, without guard or pretense, Lindsey and her guitar. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Vivaldi's Four Seasons • One of the great masterpieces of the baroque, or any era. The vibrant acoustics of Old Saint Mary’s will make this an unforgettable experience . Violinist Micah Gangwer, and members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra will delight us with this thrilling performance .

5:00PM
MUSIC

Classical Guitarist, Michael Lindsey, Performs J.K. Mertz: Bardenklänge • Accomplished classical guitarist Michael Lindsey performs selections from Bardenklänge, a monumental collection of character pieces written for classical guitar by Romantic composer J.K. Mertz.

6:00PM
Film

Film Screening: "The Way to Happiness" • Saül Birnbaum is a “hidden child”, separated from his parents at the age of 6 to escape the upcoming Shoah. He traveled by a Kindertransport abroad, from Vienna to Brussels. In 1986, Saül is on the road to resilience, he tries to reinvent his life. On the stage of the Délicatessen he owns, the 7th Art triumphs every day. With his protégé Joakin, a young Chilean director who fled Pinochet, they decide to write the story of Saül’s childhood and make a film of it. But love comes knocking on his door and confronts him about his past.

7:00PM
THEATER

Musings from the Bar • Saddle on up to the theater and listen to a few tales from the Bar. Donnie Exelbierd, long time bartender at one of Charleston’s favorite restaurants, Muse, will take you for a story-telling adventure with some humor, some seriousness, and some comforting musings. Find out what your local bar can mean to you! 

7:00PM
THEATER

Under the Lights • This perennial Piccolo favorite highlights original College of Charleston student works. A series of ten-minute plays written by and performed by CofC students, Under the Lights features winners of the Franklin B. Ashley Playwriting Award, the Todd McNerney Student Playwriting Award, the David Lee Nelson Hope Award and The Pages Festival.

7:00PM
Theater

Whore's Eye View • Whore’s Eye View is a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective. Weaving history, comedic storytelling, and the wisdom of lived experience, Kaytlin Bailey artfully unpacks the complex, age-old stigma of the oldest profession, underpinning a status quo designed to keep women in their place.

10:30AM
MUSIC

Concerts at the Citadel - Hymns & Sprituals • Howie Carillon Thematic Concert Series.  Michael Varnadore, carillonneur, will play the 59 Bell Carillon – one of the largest instruments in North America.  On the campus of The Citadel, 171 Moultrie Street.  All concerts at 10:30am.  Outdoor seating – rain or shine.  Chairs on a first come basis or bring a blanket and sit under the great oak trees.

12:00PM
MUSIC

Top Notes • The Top Notes Piano Quartet performs 8-hand music ranging from Bernstein to Beethoven enlivened with wit, humor and commentary. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
THEATER

Musings from the Bar • Saddle on up to the theater and listen to a few tales from the Bar. Donnie Exelbierd, long time bartender at one of Charleston’s favorite restaurants, Muse, will take you for a story-telling adventure with some humor, some seriousness, and some comforting musings. Find out what your local bar can mean to you! 

3:00PM
MUSIC

Mozart in the Afternoon • Members of the Charleston Symphony will perform the complete Eine Klein Nachtmusick as well as other dazzling chamber music by the greatest of all musical geniuses.

5:00PM
MUSIC

Christopher Laughlin, Classical, Flamenco, and Fingerstyle Guitar • Classical, flamenco, and fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Christopher Laughlin performs a wonderfully varied program, including timeless classics by Albeniz and Tarrega, fiery flamenco works by Paco de Lucia and Paco Pena, and inventive arrangements of popular music for guitar and special effects by Guns 'N Roses, U2, Billie Eilish, The Beatles, and more!

6:00PM
FILM

Film Screening: "The Nita Zita Project" • This is the extraordinary story of outsider artists, Nita & Zita, who blazed a trail to international stardom, and then became eccentric recluses, weaving their mythology into the very fabric of New Orleans. The Nita & Zita Project is a tale of marginalized women who lived by their own rules. Nita & Zita were Jewish immigrants on the fringes of society, burlesque dancers, and trailblazers. Join us for a tale of mystery, intrigue, glamour, stardom, poverty, loneliness, and most of all, the extraordinary love and devotion of sisters.

7:00PM
Theater

Whore's Eye View • Whore’s Eye View is a mad dash through 10,000 years of history from a sex worker’s perspective. Weaving history, comedic storytelling, and the wisdom of lived experience, Kaytlin Bailey artfully unpacks the complex, age-old stigma of the oldest profession, underpinning a status quo designed to keep women in their place.

7:30PM
THEATER

A Yank in Scotland • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. 

12:00PM
MUSIC

Demetrius Doctor • A journey of introspection and motivation through solo piano.  A solo piano performance of original compositions and arrangements by Demetrius Doctor. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
MUSIC

The Golden Age of the Spanish Guitar • Award winning guitarist, Ulyana Machneva, will take us on a musical journey covering five centuries of music for the classical guitar. The amazing acoustics of Old Saint Mary’s will provide a perfect setting for this program. Not to be missed.

5:00PM
MUSIC

Piccolo Guitar Series at Circular - Alejandro Rowinsky, World Music • Alejandro Rowinsky performs a wide repertoire of guitar works, a blend of traditional and modern classical music as well as pieces from contemporary and twentieth century Latin American guitar composer. His original music is composed with a fusion of world influcences, including classical, world, Spanish, Latin American, Italian, Pop.

6:00PM
THEATER

In Love and Death • College of Charleston current and past Theatre students will collaborate in a dynamic and fast-paced series of scenes from Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies and histories.

6:15PM
MUSIC

The Peacock & The Snake: Collaborative Performance Between Music and Visual Art • Collaborative performance between music and visual art. Caroline Leigh Halleck, saxophone & electronics; Alessandro Roma, visual art.

7:30PM
COMEDY

Mary Kay has a Posse • Charleston’s original all-female improv comedy group! Part talk show format (similar to The View), part long form improv, ALL funny!  Bitingly witty, unpredictable, and politically incorrect, the ladies of “Posse Talk” break all the rules.  “An unforgettable night of laughing ’til your face hurts.” Charleston City Paper  If you are easily offended or feel that a woman’s place is in the kitchen, stay home. 

9:00PM
COMEDY

Laughway to the Weekend • Come laugh it up with us halfway to the weekend! This improv comedy show will feature 3 acts of hilarious improv comedy. 

12:00PM
MUSIC

Ann Caldwell • Songs and Stories of the Lowcountry – Ann Caldwell, Jazz and gospel vocalist. Ann brings a unique rhythm to every, beat and word. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

12:00PM
MUSIC

Christopher Laughlin, Classical, Flamenco, and Fingerstyle Guitar • Classical, flamenco, and fingerstyle guitar virtuoso Christopher Laughlin performs a wonderfully varied program, including timeless classics by Albeniz and Tarrega, fiery flamenco works by Paco de Lucia and Paco Pena, and inventive arrangements of popular music for guitar and special effects by Guns 'N Roses, U2, Billie Eilish, The Beatles, and more!

2:00PM
THEATER

In Love and Death • College of Charleston current and past Theatre students will collaborate in a dynamic and fast-paced series of scenes from Shakespeare’s comedies, tragedies and histories.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Vivaldi's Four Seasons • One of the great masterpieces of the baroque, or any era. The vibrant acoustics of Old Saint Mary’s will make this an unforgettable experience. Violinist, Micah Gangwer, and members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra will delight us with this thrilling performance.

6:15PM
MUSIC

The Peacock & The Snake: Collaborative Performance Between Music and Visual Art • Collaborative performance between music and visual art. Caroline Leigh Halleck, saxophone & electronics; Alessandro Roma, visual art.

7:30PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

8:00PM
COMEDY

RaaaatScraps • RaaaatScraps is a fully improvised show from NYC. One lucky audience member will be interviewed by the cast and have their life be the inspiration for a show that opens and closes in the same night.

12:00PM
MUSIC

Leah Suarez • Vocalist Leah Suárez sings and swings her take on Favorite jazz standards from the American Songbook, inspired by recordings of Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Sarah Vaughan, and Carmen McRae. Free event at Circular Congregational Church.

3:00PM
MUSIC

Mozart in the Afternoon • Members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra will perform the complete Eine Kleine Nachtmusick as well as other dazzling chamber music by the greatest of all musical geniuses.

5:00PM
THEATER

A Yank in Scotland • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. 

7:00PM
THEATER

Big Mama's the Musical • In a deeply segregated era, Big Mamas: The Musical tells the story of black performers who were contracted with the T.O.B.A which stood for Theatre Owner’s Booking Association. A contract with T.O.B.A. meant steady work. Performers called it “doing Toby time” because the living conditions were so rough and the pay was so meager. However, they sung their songs in true vaudeville tradition and made light of their everyday struggles. As a result, the Big Mamas overcome and inspire us all. 

7:00PM
DANCE

It's Itself • Annex Dance Company presents It’s Itself, an evening-length work straddling themes of the spiritual world and the human world and questioning the desire to place lingual descriptions on dance and art. 

7:30PM
COMEDY

Take the Funny and Run • Live improv comedy at Theatre 99 is Charleston’s funniest tradition! Shows at Theatre 99 are improv parties where audience members laugh until it hurts.

7:30PM
THEATER

ALONE… Tales from Edgar Allan Poe – A Multimedia Performance • Experience the mysterious and thrilling tales of Edgar Allan Poe like never before in this stunning fusion of live theatre, immersive visuals, and haunting music. ALONE… challenges audiences to explore the depths of their own emotions, fears, and desires while inviting them to enter a world where anything is possible, where the boundaries between reality and fantasy are blurred, and where the human mind is both a source of wonder and discovery.

9:30PM
COMEDY

RaaaatScraps • RaaaatScraps is a fully improvised show from NYC. One lucky audience member will be interviewed by the cast and have their life be the inspiration for a show that opens and closes in the same night.

2:00PM
MUSIC

The Sound of Charleston • Experience the music that helps define Charleston’s history and unique charm. The longest running musical show in Charleston history features a diverse mix of gospel, Gershwin, jazz, Civil War songs, and light classics. Performers include John Tecklenburg, Ann Caldwell, Carl Bright, CSO artists Charles Messersmith and Jessica Hall-Dambaugh, and many more.

2:00PM
DANCE

It's Itself • Annex Dance Company presents It’s Itself, an evening-length work straddling themes of the spiritual world and the human world and questioning the desire to place lingual descriptions on dance and art. 

3:00PM
MUSIC

The Golden Age of the Spanish Guitar • This program is being presented in conjunction with the Historic Beaufort Foundation at the John Mark Verdier House, listed as a National Historic Landmark. Award winning guitarist, Ulyana Machneva, will present  a program of five centuries of music for classical guitar that will replicate the salon concerts of colonial Charleston, Beaufort, and Savannah. *Seating is limited- Please book early.

4:00PM
COMEDY

DOOZY • This improv show features Dan O’Connor (Impro Theatre), Edi Patterson (The Righteous Gemstones), Brandy Sullivan (Theatre 99) and Greg Tavares (Theatre 99) doing improvised scene after scene based entirely on audience suggestions. Buckle up because this show a doozy!

5:00PM
THEATER

A Yank in Scotland • Join Paul O’Brien, and Bonnie Prince Charlie, in the telling of one man’s story of loss and discovery as he searches for mystery, meaning, and a lost wallet in the Highlands of Scotland. 

6:00PM
COMEDY

RaaaatScraps • RaaaatScraps is a fully improvised show from NYC. One lucky audience member will be interviewed by the cast and have their life be the inspiration for a show that opens and closes in the same night.

6:00PM
MUSIC

Charleston Gospel Choir • Now in its twenty-fifth year, the Charleston Gospel Choir celebrates and performs gospel, spirituals, and sacred music. The Choir presents a Tribute to the Queen of Soul & Gospel: Aretha Franklin Concert as part of Piccolo Spoleto 2024.

6:00PM
DANCE

It's Itself • Annex Dance Company presents It’s Itself, an evening-length work straddling themes of the spiritual world and the human world and questioning the desire to place lingual descriptions on dance and art. 

7:00PM
THEATER

Big Mama's the Musical • In a deeply segregated era, Big Mamas: The Musical tells the story of black performers who were contracted with the T.O.B.A which stood for Theatre Owner’s Booking Association. A contract with T.O.B.A. meant steady work. Performers called it “doing Toby time” because the living conditions were so rough and the pay was so meager. However, they sung their songs in true vaudeville tradition and made light of their everyday struggles. As a result, the Big Mamas overcome and inspire us all. 

7:00PM
MUSIC

Cantores Charleston: Angel Voices Ever Singing • The King’s Counterpoint’s chamber ensemble Cantores Charleston is excited to bring audiences a concert of heavenly vocal music that spans the centuries, with glorious selections dating from the Medieval period right up to today. 

8:00PM
COMEDY

The Have Nots! Comedy Improv Company • No scripts!  All improv!  This high-energy comedy improv show is entirely based on your audience suggestion so every show is different. It’s the longest running show in Charleston. The Have Nots! (Timmy Finch, Brandy Sullivan and Greg Tavares) will perform their unique brand of improv comedy AND you never know who will join them on the stage! 

2:00PM
MUSIC

Cantores Charleston: Angel Voices Ever Singing • The King’s Counterpoint’s chamber ensemble Cantores Charleston is excited to bring audiences a concert of heavenly vocal music that spans the centuries, with glorious selections dating from the Medieval period right up to today. 

2:00PM
MUSIC

Shakespeare on the Steps – “In Love and Death” • The King’s Counterpoint’s chamber ensemble Cantores Charleston is excited to bring audiences a concert of heavenly vocal music that spans the centuries, with glorious selections dating from the Medieval period right up to today. 

4:00PM
MUSIC

Keys For A Cause • A unique and fun entertainment experience featuring your requested songs performed by some of the coolest and funniest piano players anywhere. Enjoy beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages, and some amazing BBQ from Swig-N-Swine. Sing-along and join in the fun.