Piccolo Spoleto
The festival is scheduled for May 23- June 8, 2025.
Annually presenting over 500 performing, literary, and visual arts events, the 17-day Piccolo Spoleto Festival transforms Charleston into an exhilarating celebration of the cultural vitality and diversity of the South Carolina Lowcountry. With a focus on accessibility and community participation in the arts, Piccolo Spoleto runs concurrently with Spoleto Festival USA.
At this time, we are issuing Proposal Forms to those that submitted an Interest Form and may be a good fit for the festival.
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Piccolo Spoleto Sand Sculpting Competition
This year the Piccolo Spoleto Sand Sculpting Competition is on Saturday, June 7, 2025. It will NOT be on the Memorial Day Weekend. As always, we have to concern ourselves with the tides, and the weekend of June 7th works out to be the best. The event will be on Front Beach at the Isle of Palms, SC. MORE INFO
Categories Include:
- Adult: Ages 21 & up
- Young Adult: Ages 15-20
- Family: at least 1 adult and 1 young adult/child
- Children: Ages 14 & under
Judging & Award Times:
- Children’s: Judging at 10:30am and Awards at 11am
- Young Adult: Judging at 11:30am and Awards at 1pm
- Family: Judging at 11:30am and Awards at 1pm
- Adults: Judging at 12pm and Awards at 1pm
For more information, call the Recreation Department at (843) 886-8294 or email Kelsey Marsh, Recreation Supervisor or sandsculptures4fun@yahoo.com
REGISTER BY June 5, 2025 at 3:00pm
MOJA Arts Festival 2025
The festival is scheduled for September 25 – October 5, 2025.
The MOJA Arts Festival is an annual multi-disciplinary festival produced and directed by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs, presented in partnership with the all-volunteer MOJA Planning Committee, who assist with event planning, fundraising, and advocacy.