Best Bets | ‘Gaither Fest’ to fill convention center with music

THURSDAYS-SUNDAYS | Through 10.25

Stage Left opens ‘Art of Murder’

Stage Left Theatre Company, in its third season in The Market Common, opens the comedy “Art of Murder,” through Oct. 25.

The thriller centers on a professional painter waiting for his art dealer to arrive, and unexpected results.

Show times are 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 3 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays, at Stage Left, 3064 DeVille St., Myrtle Beach, between Nevers and Lewis streets, next to Coastal Dance Centre. $18 general admission; $15 active-duty military, veterans and students.

Details at 843-232-0339 or www.stagelefttheatremb.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY | 10.09-10.10

Southern gospel performers flock to ‘Gaither Fest’

Fans of Southern gospel music will flock to the 10th annual “Gaither Fest,” with concerts at 7 p.m. Friday, and 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, at Oak Street and 21st Avenue North.

Scheduled entertainers are:

▪ Both days –Gaither Vocal Band (Bill Gaither, Adam Crabb, Wes Hampton, David Phelps and Todd Suttles), Buddy Greene, The Isaacs, Gene McDonald, The Nelons, Karen Peck & New River, Angela Primm, Wesley Pritchard, Charlotte Ritchie, Russ Taff, Kevin Williams.

▪ Friday only –Jeff & Sheri Easter, and The Martins.

▪ Saturday only – Guy Penrod, with Jim Lyon, guest speaker at 10 a.m. show.

Ticket prices, covering both days, are: $100 ages 13 and older, otherwise $35 ages 12 and younger. Details at 800-406-4224 or gaither.com.

SATURDAY-SUNDAY | 10.10-10.11

Walks, marching bands among Horry County outings

▪ “Out of the Darkness” Community Walk, for American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, 10 a.m. Saturday at Broadway at the Beach in Myrtle Beach. 336-707-0022 or www.outofthedarkness.org.

▪ “Art in the Park,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday at Myrtle Beach’s Chapin Park, at Kings Highway and 14th Avenue North. 843-446-3830 or www.artsyparksy.com

▪ “Cruise to the Coast Antique & Classic Car/Truck Show,” 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday (rain date: Oct. 17), at Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $20 entry; free for spectators. 843-361-3045 or www.chicoracarclub.com/nmbshow.html.

▪ Annual “Fish & Grits Festival” benefit, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday (rescheduled from Oct. 3) at Cedar Branch Empowerment Center, 754 Cedar Branch Road, in Cedar Branch community, near Loris. 910-840-1501 or 843-716-0210.

▪ “Children’s Fall Festival,” 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 4301 Red Bluff Road, Loris. 843-756-6221.

▪ “Falktoberfest,” noon-4 p.m. Satrurday at Falk Family Chiropractic & Wellness, 1501 Ninth Ave., Conway. 843-248-0104 or falkfamilychiropractic.com

▪ “Domestic Violence Awareness Rally,” 2-5 p.m. Saturday, outside historic Horry County Courthouse, 1301 Third Ave., Conway. 843-940-3346 or 843-457-7925

▪ “Beach Band Blast” marching band competition, 3-7:30 p.m. Saturday at Socastee High School studium, 4900 Socastee Blvd., near Dick Pond Road and S.C. 544, and Taco Bell. $8. 843-293-9054.

▪ “John Mueller’s ’50s Dance Party – The Official Tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper,” 7 p.m. Saturday at Alabama Theatre, at Barefoot Landing, on U.S. 17 in North Myrtle Beach. $29.95, $34.95, or $39.95. 843-272-1111 or www.alabama-theatre.com.

▪ Third annual “Grand Strand Buddy Walk,” for Grand Strand Down Syndrome Society (www.grandstrandds.org), 11:30 a.m. Sunday in Myrtle Beach’s Grand Park, across from The Market Common, on Farrow Parkway in Myrtle Beach. www.ds-stride.org/grandstrandbuddywalk, or email grandstrandbuddywalk@yahoo.com.

▪ The Selah Dancers from Socastee United Methodist Church, 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 2061 Glenns Bay Road, west of Surfside Beach. Free. 843-750-0344.

▪ Fall Gospel Concert, with Coastal Inspirational Ambassadors, 4:30 p.m. Sunday in Coastal Carolina University’s Wheelwright Auditorium, on main campus in Conway, off U.S. 501 and S.C. 544. Free, with ticket. 843-349-2787 (ARTS) or www.coastal.edu/culturalarts.

▪ 20th annual U.S. ProMiniGolf Association “Masters” National Championship, Oct. 15-17 at Hawaiian Rumble Golf, 3210 U.S. 17 S., North Myrtle Beach. Free to see. 843-458-2585, 843-272-7812 or prominigolf.com.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY | 10.09-10.11

Run, Harvest Fest, jazz in Georgetown County

▪ “Pawleys Island Festival of Music & Art,” at 7 p.m. – with Natalie Douglas’ “Jazz Party,” Friday, for $25 or $45 ; and Steve Tyrell, Saturday,for $30, $45 or $85 – at The Reserve Golf Club, 18 Reserve Drive, off Willbrook Boulevard, northwest from U.S. 17 in Litchfield Beach. 843-626-8911 or pawleysmusic.com.

▪ Georgetown “Bridge2Bridge” Run, Saturday, from clock tower on Front Street, at Screven Street – half-marathon and 12 k at 7:30 a.m., 5k 7:45 a.m., and children’s run 10 a.m. Entry fees vary. www.bridge2bridgerun.com.

▪ “Harvest Home Weekend” Festival, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (rescheduled from Oct. 3-4), at Brookgreen Gardens, on U.S. 17, across, and just south, from entrance to Huntington Beach State Park, between Murrells Inlet and Litchfield Beach. Free with admission, which lasts seven days: $14 ages 13-64, $12 ages 65 and older, and $7 ages 4-12. 843-235-6000 or www.brookgreen.org.

▪ “Walk Against Domestic Violence,” 10 a.m. Saturday (rescheduled from Oct. 3) from North Morgan Avenue and West Oakland Street in Andrews. 843-546-3926.

▪ “Jazz Under the Oaks,” with Denny Hess Trio, with Kevin Jayroe, singer, 3-5 p.m. Sunday on lawn of Kaminski House Museum, 1003 Front St., Georgetown. Free. 843-546-7706 or kaminskimuseum.org.

SUNDAY-MONDAY | 10.11, 10.12

Tennis, art highlight Brunswick County events

▪ “Tennis Play Day,” for ages 6-12, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, on courts at 4602 S.E. 46th St., Oak Island. Free, with registration. 336-409-6301.

▪ Brunswick Arts Council Exhibition, opening Monday, through Oct. 23, including judge’s reception, 5-7 p.m. Oct. 15, at Franklin Square Gallery, 130 East West St., Southport, N.C., behind Franklin Square Park, off Howe Street. Gallery open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. Council – 910-201-4090 or brunswickartscouncil.org, and gallery – 910-457-5450 or www.franklinsquaregallery.com.

This story was originally published October 8, 2015 at 1:00 AM with the headline "Best Bets | ‘Gaither Fest’ to fill convention center with music."