Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on May 24

▪ EASY ESCAPE: 14th annual Bluegrass and Country Music Hoe Down finale, at Lone Star Barbecue & Mercantile, 2212 State Park Road, Santee, off Interstate 95, Exit 98, with Rockabilly Blues Band 11:45 a.m.-1:15 p.m., Billy Isgett 1:30-2, and Russell and Holly Blackwood 2:15-3:15. Free. 803-854-2000 or www.lonestarbbq.net.

▪ “Destination Turtle DNA,” for ages 8 and older, covering nesting characteristics of sea turtles, 2-2:30 p.m. at Myrtle Beach State Park (open 6 a.m.-10 p.m.), on U.S. 17 Business, one mile south of Ocean Boulevard/Farrow Parkway. Free with park admission: $5 ages 16 and older, $3.25 S.C. seniors, and $3 ages 6-15. 238-0874 or www.myrtlebeachsp.com.

▪ “Full Metal Jacket,” from 1987, 2 p.m. (and 2 and 7 p.m. Wednesday) at Cinemark at Coastal Grand mall, off Seaboard Street in Myrtle Beach, for regular ticket prices. 839-3225 or www.cinemark.com.

▪ Seventh annual “Surfside Sunday Serenades,” opening day, 2-4 p.m. with Glenn “Houndog” Hanson, Acoustic Johnny, Rich Johnson and Parnell Diggs each taking turns for 30 minutes each, in Surfside Beach’s Passive Park with veterans memorial, at Surfside and Willow drives, by front of Horry County Memorial Library Surfside Beach branch. Free. 450-7281.

▪ Festive Brass of Myrtle Beach, in “Arts at the Church” series, 3 p.m. at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2061 Glenns Bay Road, west of Surfside Beach. Free. 750-0344.

▪ Town of Surfside Beach Memorial Day Cookout – 4-8 p.m. at Surfside and Yaupon drives, just west of Surfside Beach Pier, including music by The Swash Tones. (Food and beverages for sale on site.)

▪ Memorial Day Celebration, with honoring of local veterans, with concert afterward by Andrew Thielen Big Band, 4:30 p.m. at Rourk Gardens, on Main Street in Shallotte, N.C., across from Jerome’s Steak & Seafood. 910-253-2031 or www.brunswickcountync.gov.

▪ Cracker in “Summer Concert Series,” 5 p.m. Sundays at The Boathouse Waterway Bar & Grill, 201 Fantasy Harbor Blvd., along the Intracoastal Waterway, just west of Myrtle Beach, off U.S. 501, next to Clarion Hotel. Free. 903-2628 or www.boathousemb.com.

▪ The Imitations in concert, 6:30 p.m. in Pavilion at Holden Beach, N.C., at end of Jordan Boulevard. Free. 910-253-2031 or www.brunswickcountync.gov.

▪ Brunswick Little Theater’s finale of “Some Enchanted Evening,” 7 p.m. in Franklin Square Park, in downtown Southport, N.C. Free. 910-447-2586 or www.brunswicklittletheatre.com.

For a complete list of upcoming events, festivals and shows, visit MyrtleBeachOnline.com/kicks.

This story was originally published May 23, 2015 at 11:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on May 24."