Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 11

Relish in rides at county fair, Family Kingdom

▪ Horry County Fair, daily through Sunday – including “$10 Tuesday,” 2-11 p.m., with $10 wristbands for unlimited rides – at Myrtle Beach Speedway, at 455 Hospitality Lane, across from Tanger Outlets, off U.S. 501, north of Myrtle Beach, just past S.C. 31. Regular daily admission (not including rides) $5 ages 12 and older; $3 ages 5-11, 65 and older, and anyone with military ID; and free ages 4 and younger. 843-236-0500 or www.myrtlebeachspeedway.com/hcfair/.

▪ Opening week at Family Kingdom Amusement Park, 300 S. Ocean Blvd., Myrtle Beach, including 1-8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. Free admission, and wristbands – not including go-carts, zip lines and trampoline – are $27.95 plus tax (or $16.10 total for local residents with ID, sold only in the office under Swamp Fox roller coaster), and individual ride tickets cost $1.15 plus tax each, with 2-5 tickets needed per ride. 843-626-3447 or www.familykingdomfun.com.

CCU stages host for movie, percussion concert

Coastal Carolina University has two special events on the main campus, accessed from U.S. 501 or S.C. 544 in Conway. Details at 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts:

▪ “Zero Dark Thirty” in “War & Society Flm Series, 5 p.m. in The Coastal Theater, in Lib Jackson Student Union A-110. Free.

▪ CCU Percussion Ensemble Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m. April 11 in Wheelwright Auditorium. $7.

Lecture covers shark tooth searching

The “Sand Bar Lecture Series” concludes for spring with “Shark Tooth Hunting,” with Ashley Oliphant, author of “Shark Tooth Hunting on the Carolina Coast.” Details at 910-579-1016 or www.museumplanetarium.org.

Details: 6 p.m (book signing at 5:30 p.m.) at Museum of Coastal Carolina, 21 E. Second St., Ocean Isle Beach, N.C. – open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Saturday this week. Free with admission: $9.50 ages 13-61, $8.50 ages 62 and older, $7.50 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger.

Valentine brings laughs to Comedy Cabana

Gary Valentine, a comedian whose on-screen roles include “The King of Queens,” will entertain for one night. Details at 843-449-4242 or comedycabana.com.

Details: 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. at Comedy Cabana, 9588 N. Kings Highway, just north of Myrtle Beach. $17.50 or $20.

This story was originally published April 10, 2017 at 5:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on April 11."