Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on May 8
Join Mother’s Day breakfast, aquarium freebie
▪ Mother’s Day Breakfast, 8 a.m.-noon, benefiting and at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10420, 3459 U.S. 17 Bypass, Murrells Inlet. $10. 843-651-6900.
▪ Free Mother’s Day admission for all moms, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at N.C. Aquarium at Fort Fisher, on U.S. 421, just south of Kure Beach. Regular rates: $10.95 ages 13-61, $9.95 seniors and military, $8.95 ages 3-12, and free ages 2 and younger. 910-772-0500 or www.ncaquariums.com/fort-fisher.
▪ Opening weekend for Myrtle Waves Water Park, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. at U.S. 17 Bypass and Mr. Joe White Avenue Extension in Myrtle Beach. Advance daily at www.myrtlewaves.com, plus tax: $26.99 individuals 4 feet or taller and $20.99 juniors under 4 feet, also with the next day free, and free ages 2 and younger. 843-913-9250.
▪ “Bob Hope: An American Treasure” exhibit, through August, at North Myrtle Beach Area Historical Museum, 799 Second Ave. N., North Myrtle Beach – open noon-4 p.m. Sundays; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays; and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays. $10 ages 18-59; $8 ages 60 and older and military/student with ID; $5 ages 5-12; and free ages 4 and younger. 843-427-7668 or www.nmbmuseum.com, and www.bobhope.com.
▪ Cultural Council of Georgetown County’s “Georgetown Art Walk,” 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on Front Street in Georgetown. 843-359-1078 or www.culturalcouncilofgeorgetown.com.
▪ Sundays in May at Myrtle Beach State Park, on U.S. 17 Business, south of city limits: “Urban Sea Turtle” 2-3 p.m., and “Destination Turtle DNA,” for ages 8 and older, 3:30-4:15 p.m. – Free with admission: $5 ages 16 and older, $3.25 S.C. seniors, $3 ages 6-15. 843-238-0874 or www.myrtlebeachsp.com.
▪ Saving Abel concert, 5 p.m. at The Boathouse Waterway Bar & Grill, 201 Fantasy Harbor Blvd., along Intracoastal Waterway, just west of Myrtle Beach, off U.S. 501, next to Clarion Hotel. Free. 843-903-2628 or www.boathousemb.com.
▪ Jamie Morgan, 8 p.m. Sundays and Tuesdays this month (but not May 22 and 24), at Carolina Comedy Club, at Broadway at the Beach’s Celebrity Square, off 29th Avenue North in Myrtle Beach. $15. 843-839-2565 or www.carolinacomedyclub.com.
This story was originally published May 7, 2016 at 10:00 AM with the headline "Things to do in the Myrtle Beach area on May 8."