Upstate Annual Events and Festivals

The Great Anderson County Fair, April 30 - May 5

Abbeville's Spring Festival, May 2 - 4

Piedmont Plant and Flower Festival, Greenville, May 2 - 5

Spartanburg Downtown Criterium Bicycle Race, First weekend in May, May 3

Greer Family Fest, Greer, May 3 - 4

Food TRuck Rodeo, Travelers Rest May 3-4

Spring Fling, Spartanburg, First weekend in May, May 3 - 5

Liberty Automotive Showcase and Festival, Liberty, May 4

Fountain Inn 26th Annual Horse Show and Family Fun Derby Day, Fountain Inn, May 4

Strawberry Festival, Slater, May 4

Artisphere, Greenville, May 10 - 12

16th Annual Blue Ridge Fest, Pickens, May 10 

Greenville Urban Farm Tour, Greenville, May 10 

BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation, May 16 - 19

Greek Festival, Greenville, May 17 - 20 

Armed Forces Day Celebration at Hagood Mill, Pickens, May 18

Plum Hollow Alternative Music Festival, Campobello, Last weekend in May, May 23  - 25

Freedom Weekend Aloft, Simpsonville, May 24 - 27

Greenville Scottish Games, Greenville, May 25

Seneca Fest, Seneca, May 25

June 2013

46th Annual South Carolina Festival of Flowers, Greenwood, June 1 - 30

Greenville International Film Festival, June 5 - 9

Craftin' On the Square, Laurens, June 8

The Mighty Moo Festival, Cowpens, June 12

Chautauqua Festival of Free Interactive Theater, Greenville, June 14 - 23

Main Street Father's Day Car Show, Anderson, June 15

Chattooga River Festival, Long Creek, Dates to be determined

Festival of Stars, Independence Celebration, Ninety Six, June 28 

July 2013

Hillbilly Day, Mountain Rest, July 4

Red, White & Boom, Spartanburg, July 4

Red, White and Blue Festival, Greenville, July 4

South Carolina Festival of Discovery, Greenwood, July 11 - 13

South Carolina Peach Festival, Gaffney, July 11 - 13, 19, 20

Roper Mountain Blueberry Festival, Greenville, Dates to be determined

Carolina Panthers Training Camp, Spartanburg, late-July to mid-August,  Dates to be determined 

August 2013

Williamston Spring Water Festival, August 23 - 24

52nd South Carolina Apple Festival, Westminster, August  24 - September 7 

September 2013

Rudy's 16th Annual Bluegrass Festival in the Woods, Belton, September 19 -21

Art in the Park, Greenville, Dates to be determined

AutumnFest at the Market, Greenville, September 20 - 22

Euphoria, Greenville, September 26 -29  

Festival of Quilts, Seneca, Dates to be determined

Founders Day Festival Music, Pickens, Dates to be determined

Labor Day Family Fun Festival, Simpsonville, Dates to be determined

Wofford College: Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

Harvest Day Festival, Inman, Dates to be determined

Michael Gaffney Day: A Founders Celebration, Gaffney, Dates to be determined

Birchwood Center Annual Arts and Crafts Day, Pickens, Dates to be determined

Due West Fall Festival, Dates to be determined

National Hunting and Fishing Day at Duke's World of Energy, Seneca, Dates to be determined

October 2013

Upper South Carolina State Fair, Easley, October 18-31

Carolina Foothills Heritage Fair, Fair Play, Dates to be determined

Moonshiner's Reunion and Mountain Music Festival, Campobello, Dates to be determined

Squealin' on the Square 2013, Laurens, Dates to be determined

FestiFall at Walnut Grove Plantation, Roebuck, Dates to be determined

Battle of Kings Mountain Anniversary, Blacksburg, Dates to be determined

Greer Station Oktoberfest, Greer, Dates to be determined

Click646 Oktoberfest, Greenwood, Dates to be determined

Annual Aunt Het Family Fall Festival, Fountain Inn, Dates to be determined

Spartanburg International Festival, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

Belton Standpipe Heritage & Arts Festival, Belton, Dates to be determined

Union County Dragway Fall Bash 2013, Dates to be determined

Fall for Greenville, Greenville, Dates to be determined

28th Annual Greenville Museum Antiques Show, Dates to be determined

32nd Annual Autumn Candlelight Tour, Ninety Six, Dates to be determined

Heritage Arts and Music Festival, Seneca, Dates to be determined

Biketoberfest, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

Fall Harvest Festival in Pendleton, Pendleton, Dates to be determined

Pumpkintown Pumpkin Festival, Pumpkintown, Dates to be determined

9th Annual Starburst Storytellers' Festival, Anderson, Dates to be determined

Iva Fall Festival, Dates to be determined 

Sugarfoot Festival, Honea Path, Dates to be determined

Art O'berfest 2012, Abbeville, Dates to be determined

Walhalla Oktoberfest, Walhalla, Dates to be determined

Euro Auto Festival 2012, Greer, Dates to be determined

Clinton Fall Festival, Dates to be determined

Seay Family Reunion and Genealogy Day, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

Indian Summer Festival, Pacolet, Dates to be determined

Annual Hagood Mill Storytelling Festival, Pickens, Dates to be determined

Thanks for Giving Jam in the Park, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

Croft State Park's NEEWOLLAH Weekend, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

Boo in the Zoo, Greenville, Dates to be determined

7th Annual Greenville Rec's Enchanted Tracks, Taylors, Dates to be determined

Chapman Cultural Center 5-Year Anniversary Festival and Open House, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

Travelers Rest: Art on the TRail, Travelers Rest, Dates to be determined

Fall for Liberty, Dates to be determined

Denver Downs Farm Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch, Anderson, Dates to be determined

Strawberry Hill USA Fall Tours 2012, Chesnee, Dates to be determined

November 2013

South Carolina Christmas Tree Association's Trees for Troops and Farm Locator  

Balloons Over Anderson Hot Air Balloon Festival, Anderson, Dates to be determined

Foothills Skills & Crafts  Show, Greenwood, Dates to be determined

Intertribal Pow-Wow, Gaffney, Dates to be determined 

City of Spartanburg Veterans Day Parade, Date to be determined

Union Veterans Day Parade, Date to be determined

City of Chesnee Veterans Day Parade, Date to be determined

Kings Mountain Veterans Day Encampment, Blacksburg, Dates to be determined

Selugadu V, Hagood Mill, Pickens, Date to be determined

Battle of Blackstock's Anniversary Celebration, Date to be determined

Liberty Holiday Bazaar, Date to be determined

Spartanburg County Foundation's Community Thanksgiving Service, Date to be determined

Buffalo Christmas Parade, Date to be determined

December 2013

South Carolina Christmas Tree Association's Trees for Troops and Farm Locator  

A Dickens of a Christmas, Spartanburg, Tuesday after Thanksgiving. Date to be confirmed.

Hollywild Animal Park Holiday Lights Safari, Wellford, Date to be confirmed.

Anderson Lights of Hope, Date to be confirmed.

Roper Mountain Holiday Lights, Greenville, Date to be confirmed.

St. Francis Holiday Festival of Trees, Greenville, Date to be confirmed.

Converse College Annual Lessons and Carols, Spartanburg, Date to be confirmed.

Downtown Anderson Tree Lighting, Date to be confirmed.

Wofford Singers Christmas Concert, Date to be confirmed.

Greer Christmas Tree Lighting, Date to be confirmed.

Christmas on Limestone, Date to be confirmed.

Christmas at Presbyterian College, Clinton, Date to be confirmed.

Christmas at Ashtabula Plantation, Pendleton, Date to be confirmed.

Abbeville Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Greenville Poinsettia Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Limestone College 28th Annual Christmas on Campus Celebration, Date to be confirmed.

Jonesville Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

City of Belton Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Inman Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Town of 96 Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Clinton Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Easley "Home for the Holidays" Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Gray Court Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Laurens Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Mauldin Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

City of Pickens Christmas Tree Lighting, Date to be confirmed.

Christmas Tree Lighting in Cada Park, Chesnee, Date to be confirmed.

Greer Jaycees Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Greenwood Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

City of Anderson Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Lockhart Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Christmas Season High Tea at the Historic Ballenger House, Seneca, Date to be confirmed.

Enoree Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Christmas at Presbyterian College, Clinton, Date to be confirmed.

Lyman Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Westminster Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Santa's Workshop at Ram Cat Alley, Seneca, Date to be confirmed.

Carlisle Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

West Union Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Gaffney Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Calhoun Falls Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Blacksburg Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Boiling Springs Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Pacolet Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Reidville Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Duncan Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Travelers Rest Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Ware Shoals Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Hickory Tavern Fire Department Country Christmas, Date to be confirmed.

Union Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Woodruff Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Chesnee Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Mount Olive Christmas Parade, Waterloo, Date to be confirmed.

Slater-Marietta Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Spartanburg Christmas Parade, Date to be confirmed.

Christmas at Ashtabula Plantation, Pendleton, Dates to be determined.

Fountain Inn Spirit of Christmas Past Festival, Dates to be determined.

A Yuletide Celebration & Celtic Christmas Concert, Pickens, Date to be determined. 

Anderson Lights of Hope, Date to be determined. 

St. Francis Holiday Festival of Trees, Greenville, Date to be determined. 

GAIHN (Greenville Area Interfaith Hospitality Network) Carriage Rides, Dates to be determined

Holiday Hope, Greenville, Date to be determined.

January 2014

Young Appalachian Musicians' (YAM) Winter Jubilee, Pickens, Date to be determined.

Cowpens National Battlefield Celebration, Gaffney area, Dates to be determined

Ringin' in the New Year at Hagood Mill, Pickens, Dates to be determined

Greenville Technical College Ice on Main, Greenvile, Dates to be determined

February 2014

15th Annual Retrofest benefiting Piedmont Red Cross, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

African-American Heritage Day, Pendleton, Dates to be determined

Chase Away the Blues, Greenville, Dates to be determined

Spartanburg Art Museum's Art & Antiques Show, Spartanburg, Dates to be determined

March 2014

Bridesmaid's Ball benefiting Upstate Homeless Coalition, Greenville, Dates to be determined

Reedy River Run and Post-Race Party, Greenville, Dates to be determined

Hagood Mill's 6th Annual Kids Fest, Pickens, Dates to be determined

Upstate Spice of Life Food & Fitness Fest, Greenville, Dates to be determined

Easley Spring Fling, Dates to be determined

Clemson Easter Bunny Half-Marathon, 5K and Easter Egg Hunt, Dates to be determined

Spartanburg Parks Easter Egg Scramble, Duncan, Dates to be determined 

Earth Day in South Carolina, Dates to be determined

Mayberry Comes to Westminster, Dates to be determined

Project Host BBQ Cook-off and Festival, Greenville, Dates to be determined

Central Railroad Festival, Pickens County, Dates to be determined

The Great Anderson County Fair, Dates to be determined