8 ways to enjoy music and the outdoors along the Strand during Carolina fall weather
Music-related amusement, all outside
— Myrtle Beach Jazz Festival, open at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29; 9 a.m Saturday, Sept. 30; and 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1, on Myrtle Beach’s Carver Street, between 18th and 21st avenues North. Free admission; also, free parking at, and shuttles available to and from, TicketReturn.com Field, at 21st Avenue North and Robert M. Grissom Parkway. 301-537-4362 or myrtlebeachjazzfest.com. To volunteer: 843-457-1695, 843-276-6390 or 910-545-2776.
— “Block Party” – with KJ-52, Flame, V Rose, and Protown BMX – 6-8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 30, at Ground Zero, 904 Chester St., Myrtle Beach. Free, but reservations requested. 843-945-9440 or www.mygroundzero.com.
— Final month of “Surfside Sunday Serenades,” 2-5 p.m. Sundays in gazebo at Surfside Beach’s Passive Park, near veterans memorial, at Surfside and Willow drives, by front of Horry County Memorial Library’s Surfside Beach branch – Steve Cochran, Anna Corley and Neal Peterson on Oct. 1; Jill Trinka, Emilie Milone, and an artist to be announced, for Oct. 8; Alex Lawson, Zoey Lee, and Glenn “Houndog” Hanson Oct. 15; The Crave, Brian Roessler, and Crave & Co. Oct. 22; and Wind Oct. 29. Free. 843-450-7281.
— In downtown Conway, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 7: “Conway Fall Festival,” Third Avenue and Laurel Street (843-488-1950 or www.conwayfallfestival.com); and “Live Oak Art + Music Fest,” at 1201 Third Ave. (843-248-4527 or www.createconway.org).
— “Conway Fall Festival,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 7, on Third Avenue and Laurel Street, downtown. Kids Play Zone $5. 843-488-1950 or www.conwayfallfestival.com.
— “Live Oak Art + Music Fest,” 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 7 at 1201 Third Ave., Conway. 843-248-4527 or www.createconway.org.
— Saturday fests, each noon-6 p.m., at La Belle Amie Vineyard, 1120 St. Joseph Road, Little River, just west of North Myrtle Beach Middle School: “Autumn Big Band Blast” Oct. 7, for $10; “Rock Back the Clock Music Fest” Oct. 21 ($8); and “Halloween Saturday Bonfire,” 12:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 28 ($5). Also, bring two canned/dry good items for area food banks and receive $3 off admission for each. 843-399-9463 or labelleamie.com.
— “Myrtle Beach Oktoberfest,” 4-9 p.m. Oct. 13 and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 14 in Myrtle Beach’s Valor Memorial Garden, on Farrow Parkway, at The Market Common, with free admission. 843-712-2618 or myrtlebeachbeerfest.com, and 843-839-3500 or www.marketcommonmb.com.
This story was originally published September 25, 2017 at 10:09 PM.