The week ahead

Annual bog-off festival on Saturday

The Loris Bog-Off Festival kicks off at 9 a.m. Saturday on Main Street in Loris.

The festival includes a chicken bog cooking contest, 200 vendors, including food, arts and crafts, a large kid’s pavillion, a car show, fireworks and a concert.

For more information, contact the Loris Chamber of Commerce at 843-756-6030.

Mini-marathon, Doggie Dash set for Saturday

Mini-marathon weekend begins Saturday and starts at the Marina Inn at Grande Dunes, 8121 Amalfi Place, Myrtle Beach.

The Coastal 5K begins at 7:30 a.m., with the milelong Doggie Dash benefit for Grand Strand Humane Society starting at 9:15 a.m.

For more information, log on to www.runmyrtlebeach.com.

Sail away with Georgetown Wooden Boat Show

The 26th annual Georgetown Wooden Boat Show, benefiting the S.C. Maritime Museum in Georgetown (729 Front St., open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays, for free – scmaritimemuseum.org), is 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday on Front Street in Georgetown, with free admission.

CNN hosts first Democratic debate Tuesday

The first Democratic presidential debate will be at 8:30 p.m. Tuesday on CNN and CNNgo.

The first debate is in Nevada. CNN’s is the first of six planned that the Democratic Party has announced. The closest debate to the Grand Strand is January 17 and will be hosted by NBC and the Congressional Black Caucus Institute in Charleston.

This story was originally published October 11, 2015 at 5:34 PM with the headline "The week ahead."