October is festival season in the Lowcountry. From family-friendly harvest fairs to ghost tours and food festivals, our towns come alive with local culture and community energy. Below is a complete, detailed week-by-week calendar for October 2025 — every event includes the official listing link so you can confirm times, tickets, and any last-minute updates.
Primary source: the South Carolina Lowcountry Events Calendar. We’ve compiled and rewritten event descriptions for clarity — click the links for the official details.
Week 1 — October 1–4, 2025
Hilton Head— Come From Away (runs Sept 24 – Oct 26, 2025). Official listing: Come From Away — South Carolina Lowcountry.
Edisto — Tie-Dye!— October 1, 2025, 2:00 PM. Official listing: Edisto Tie-Dye.
Beaufort — Book Launch: 100 Things to Do in the South Carolina Lowcountry Before You Die— October 1, 2025, 5:00–7:00 PM. Official listing: Beaufort Book Launch.
Ridgeland — 53rd Annual Gopher Hill Festival— Oct 2–4, 2025. Official listing: Gopher Hill Festival.
Hilton Head — Historic Fort Mitchel Tour— Oct 2, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Historic Fort Mitchel Tour.
Edisto — Spill the Mana-tee with DNR— Oct 2, 11:00 AM–12:00 PM. Official listing: Spill the Mana-tee.
Edisto — Life in the Shallows— Oct 2, 2:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Life in the Shallows.
Hilton Head — First Thursday Artisan Alley— Oct 2, 4:00–7:00 PM. Official listing: First Thursday Artisan Alley.
Bluffton — Bluffton / Hilton Head Book Launch (100 Things...)— Oct 2, 4:00 PM. Official listing: Bluffton Book Launch.
Walterboro — First Thursday — Oct 2, 6:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Walterboro First Thursday.
Okatie — Port Royal Sound Inshore Slam (Casting for Conservation)— Oct 3–12, 2025. Official listing: Port Royal Sound Inshore Slam.
Edisto — American Craft Week— Oct 3–11, 2025. Official listing: American Craft Week — Edisto.
Beaufort — Shrimp Festival— Oct 3–4, 2025. Official listing: Beaufort Shrimp Festival.
Ridgeland — Friends of Caroline Clay Shoot— Oct 3, 9:00 AM. Official listing: Friends of Caroline Clay Shoot.
Edisto — Maritime Marvels Program— Oct 3, 2:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Maritime Marvels.
Beaufort — First Friday — Oct 3, 5:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Beaufort First Friday.
Beaufort — Book Signing: 100 Things to Do in the South Carolina Lowcountry Before You Die— Oct 3, 5:00–7:00 PM. Official listing: Book Signing.
Beaufort — Big Swing and the Ballroom Blasters— Oct 3, 7:30 PM. Official listing: Big Swing & Ballroom Blasters.
Edisto — Who You Whit Benefit Tournament— Oct 4. Official listing: Who You Whit Benefit Tournament.
Beaufort — Run Forrest Run 5K— Oct 4, 8:00 AM. Official listing: Run Forrest Run 5K.
Ridgeland — Gopher Hill Family 5K Run/Walk— Oct 4, 8:00 AM. Official listing: Gopher Hill 5K.
Lady’s Island — Saint Peter’s 65th Annual Fall Bazaar— Oct 4, 10:00 AM–3:00 PM. Official listing: Saint Peter’s Fall Bazaar.
Bluffton — Historic Bluffton Foundation Tour of Homes— Oct 4, 10:00 AM. Official listing: Tour of Homes.
Hilton Head — Hounds on the Harbour 2025— Oct 4, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Official listing: Hounds on the Harbour.
Ridgeland — Intro to Clay Workshop— Oct 4, 10:00 AM–12:00 PM. Official listing: Intro to Clay Workshop.
Edisto — What’s on the Menu?— Oct 4, 11:00–11:45 AM. Official listing: What’s on the Menu?
Hilton Head — Fish & Grits Music Festival— Oct 4, 12:00–6:00 PM. Official listing: Fish & Grits Music Festival.
Ridgeland — Fort Motte Exhibition Tour— Oct 4, 3:00–4:00 PM. Official listing: Fort Motte Exhibition Tour.
Walterboro — Comedian Killer Beaz— Oct 4, 6:00 PM. Official listing: Comedian Killer Beaz.
Week 2 — October 6–12, 2025
Hilton Head— Come From Away(continues through Oct 26). Official listing: Come From Away.
Okatie — Port Royal Sound Inshore Slam (Casting for Conservation)— Oct 3–12, 2025. Official listing: Port Royal Sound Inshore Slam.
Edisto — American Craft Week— Oct 3–11, 2025. Official listing: American Craft Week.
Hilton Head — Farmers & Makers Market— Oct 7, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM. Official listing: Farmers & Makers Market.
Hilton Head — Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum Costumed Cemetery Tour— Oct 7, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Costumed Cemetery Tour.
Edisto — Gators of the Lowcountry— Oct 7, 11:00–11:45 AM. Official listing: Gators of the Lowcountry.
Beaufort — An Evening with Elaine Neil Orr (Book talk)— Oct 7, 5:00–6:30 PM. Official listing: Evening with Elaine Neil Orr.
Edisto — Turtle Talk— Oct 8, 11:00 AM–11:45 AM. Official listing: Edisto Turtle Talk.
Edisto — Marsh Mania Program— Oct 8, 2:00–2:45 PM. Official listing: Marsh Mania.
Edisto — Birds of Edisto— Oct 9, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Birds of Edisto.
Hilton Head — Historic Fort Mitchel Tour— Oct 9, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Historic Fort Mitchel Tour.
Edisto — Life in the Shallows— Oct 9, 2:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Life in the Shallows.
Beaufort — Book Talk & Signing (100 Things...)— Oct 9, 5:00–7:00 PM. Official listing: Book Talk & Signing.
Beaufort — Open Mic Night (feat. debut novelist Mary J. Nestor)— Oct 9, 6:00–7:30 PM. Official listing: Open Mic Night.
Hilton Head — 2025 Crescendo Celebration— Oct 10–Nov 23, 2025. Official listing: Crescendo Celebration.
Port Royal — Port Royal Plein Air Invitational (inaugural)— Oct 10–12, 2025. Official listing: Port Royal Plein Air Invitational.
Edisto — Cookin’ on the Creek BBQ Festival— Oct 10–11, 2025. Official listing: Cookin’ on the Creek BBQ Festival.
Hardeeville — Festival on Main— Oct 10–11, 2025. Official listing: Festival on Main.
Hilton Head — Jeep Island— Oct 10–11, 2025. Official listing: Jeep Island.
Edisto — Ravenous Reptiles— Oct 10, 12:00–12:45 PM. Official listing: Ravenous Reptiles.
Edisto — Fish of Edisto Program— Oct 10, 2:00–2:45 PM. Official listing: Fish of Edisto.
Beaufort — 15th Annual Habersham Harvest Festival— Oct 10, 4:00–6:00 PM. Official listing: Habersham Harvest Festival.
Beaufort — 31st Annual Ghost Tours— Oct 10, 6:30 PM (and recurring nights). Official listing: 31st Annual Ghost Tours.
Bluffton — Historic Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival— Oct 11–19, 2025. Official listing: Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival.
Lady’s Island — Flying Frog 5K— Oct 11, 8:00–10:00 AM. Official listing: Flying Frog 5K.
Edisto — Fall Festival & Turtle Tide Art Auction— Oct 11, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM. Official listing: Edisto Fall Festival & Turtle Tide Auction.
Walterboro — Walk & Wag 2025— Oct 12, 3:00 PM. Official listing: Walk & Wag 2025.
Week 3 — October 13–19, 2025
Walterboro — A Haunted Lowcountry— Oct 13, 6:00 PM. Official listing: A Haunted Lowcountry.
Beaufort — Real Love: Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton Tribute— Oct 13, 7:30–9:15 PM. Official listing: (see local calendar)Beaufort events.
Edisto — Annual Edisto Plein Air Paint Out— Oct 14–18, 2025. Official listing: Edisto Plein Air Paint Out.
Hilton Head — Farmers & Makers Market— Oct 14, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM. Official listing: Farmers & Makers Market.
Edisto — Gators of the Lowcountry Program— Oct 14, 2:00–2:45 PM. Official listing: Gators of the Lowcountry.
Edisto — Turtle Talk— Oct 15, 11:00 AM–11:45 AM. Official listing: Edisto Turtle Talk.
Edisto — Salt Marsh Biodiscovery— Oct 15, 2:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Salt Marsh Biodiscovery.
Beaufort — Lowcountry Writers’ Symposium— Oct 15, 4:30–6:30 PM. Official listing: Lowcountry Writers’ Symposium.
Edisto — Primeval Edisto— Oct 16, 10:00 AM. Official listing: Primeval Edisto.
Edisto — Life in the Shallows— Oct 16, 2:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Life in the Shallows.
Yemassee — Book Signing: 100 Things to Do in the South Carolina Lowcountry— Oct 16, 5:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Yemassee Book Signing.
Walterboro — Landslide: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac— Oct 16, 6:00 PM. Official listing: Landslide Tribute.
Beaufort — Fall Festival of Houses & Gardens— Oct 17–19, 2025. Official listing: Fall Festival of Houses & Gardens.
Edisto — Wetlands of the Lowcountry— Oct 17, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Wetlands of the Lowcountry.
Edisto — Lowcountry Tidal Treasures— Oct 17, 2:00 PM. Official listing: Lowcountry Tidal Treasures.
Hilton Head — Pumpkin Patch— Oct 17, 4:00–7:00 PM. Official listing: Hilton Head Pumpkin Patch.
Hardeeville — Latitude Fall 5K Run/Walk— Oct 17, 5:30 PM. Official listing: Latitude Fall 5K.
Beaufort — 31st Annual Ghost Tours— Oct 17, 6:30 PM (recurring). Official listing: 31st Annual Ghost Tours.
Hilton Head — Ghosts & Myths of Hilton Head Island— Oct 17, 7:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Ghosts & Myths of Hilton Head.
Beaufort — Halloween Celebration— Oct 18, 10:00 AM–2:30 PM. Official listing: Beaufort Halloween Celebration.
Hilton Head — 9th Annual Gullah Food Festival— Oct 18, 11:00 AM–4:00 PM. Official listing: Gullah Food Festival.
Port Royal — Pierogi’s & Pet Nat: A Pot Luck Competition— Oct 18, 5:00 PM. Official listing: Pierogi’s & Pet Nat.
Okatie — Night on the Sound— Oct 18, 6:00–9:00 PM. Official listing: Night on the Sound.
Hilton Head — Dvořák Cello Concerto— Oct 19, 4:00 PM. Official listing: Dvořák Cello Concerto.
Week 4 — October 20–26, 2025
Hilton Head — Dvořák Cello Concerto— Oct 20, 7:30 PM. Official listing: Dvořák Cello Concerto.
Hilton Head — Farmers & Makers Market— Oct 21, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM. Official listing: Farmers & Makers Market.
Edisto — Gators of the Lowcountry— Oct 21, 11:00–11:45 AM. Official listing: Gators of the Lowcountry.
Okatie — Pat Conroy: As Nature Writer— Oct 21, 5:30–7:00 PM. Official listing: Pat Conroy: As Nature Writer.
Hilton Head — Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park Film Series— Oct 22–23, 2025. Official listing: Mitchelville Film Series.
Edisto — Turtle Talk— Oct 22, 11:00–11:45 AM. Official listing: Edisto Turtle Talk.
Edisto — Tie-Dye!— Oct 22, 2:00 PM. Official listing: Edisto Tie-Dye.
Beaufort — 10th Annual Pat Conroy Literary Festival— Oct 23–26, 2025. Official listing: Pat Conroy Literary Festival.
Edisto — Birds of Edisto Program— Oct 23, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Birds of Edisto.
Edisto — Life in the Shallows— Oct 23, 2:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Life in the Shallows.
Beaufort — Festival Experience: Taste of the Lowcountry Crawl— Oct 24, 11:00 AM–1:00 PM. Official listing: Taste of the Lowcountry Crawl.
Edisto — Ravenous Reptiles— Oct 24, 12:00–12:45 PM. Official listing: Ravenous Reptiles.
Edisto — Fish of Edisto Program— Oct 24, 2:00–2:45 PM. Official listing: Fish of Edisto.
Beaufort — Kids Night Out: Costume Party— Oct 24, 6:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Kids Night Out.
Beaufort — 31st Annual Ghost Tours— Oct 24, 6:30 PM (recurring). Official listing: 31st Annual Ghost Tours.
Hilton Head— Ghosts & Myths of Hilton Head Island— Oct 24, 7:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Ghosts & Myths.
Port Royal— 3rd Annual Red Drum Tournament— Oct 25, 6:00 AM. Official listing: Red Drum Tournament.
Walterboro — Fall Market— Oct 25, 9:00 AM–1:00 PM. Official listing: Walterboro Fall Market.
Cottageville — Edisto River Canoe & Kayak Commission Winter Paddle Series (kickoff)— Oct 25, 9:00 AM. Official listing: Edisto River Canoe & Kayak.
Walterboro — The Plight of Southeastern Native American Indian Tribes (talk)— Oct 25, 10:00 AM. Official listing: Plight of Native Tribes.
Beaufort — Taste of the Lowcountry Crawl— Oct 25, 11:00 AM–1:00 PM. Official listing: Taste of the Lowcountry.
Edisto — What’s on the Menu?— Oct 25, 11:00–11:45 AM. Official listing: What’s on the Menu?
Beaufort — Haunted Halloween Cookie Decorating Class— Oct 25, 1:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Haunted Cookie Decorating.
Port Royal — Haunted Hallows 2025— Oct 25, 3:00–9:00 PM. Official listing: Haunted Hallows.
Hilton Head — Mac & Cheese Festival— Oct 25, 5:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Mac & Cheese Festival.
Beaufort — 31st Annual Ghost Tours— Oct 25, 6:30 PM (recurring). Official listing: 31st Annual Ghost Tours.
Week 5 — October 27–31, 2025
Beaufort — Pat Conroy’s Great Love of Poetry — Oct 26, 3:00–5:00 PM & Oct 27, 6:00–8:00 PM. Official listing: Pat Conroy Poetry Events.
Edisto — Edingsville Art & Craft Show — Oct 28, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM. Official listing: Edingsville Art & Craft Show.
Hilton Head — Farmers & Makers Market — Oct 28, 10:00 AM–2:00 PM. Official listing: Farmers & Makers Market.
Hilton Head — Zion Cemetery & Baynard Mausoleum Costumed Cemetery Tour — Oct 28, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Zion Cemetery Tour.
Edisto — Gators of the Lowcountry — Oct 28, 11:00–11:45 AM. Official listing: Gators of the Lowcountry.
Beaufort — An Evening with Novelist Carla Damron (The Weird Girl) — Oct 28, 5:00–6:30 PM. Official listing: Evening with Carla Damron.
Edisto — 16th Annual Trick or Treat at the Creek — Oct 28, 5:30–7:00 PM. Official listing: Trick or Treat at the Creek.
Edisto — Turtle Talk — Oct 29, 11:00–11:45 AM. Official listing: Edisto Turtle Talk.
Edisto — Primeval Edisto — Oct 30, 10:00 AM. Official listing: Primeval Edisto.
Hilton Head — Historic Fort Mitchel Tour — Oct 30, 10:00–11:00 AM. Official listing: Historic Fort Mitchel Tour.
Edisto — Life in the Shallows — Oct 30, 2:00–3:00 PM. Official listing: Life in the Shallows.
Beaufort — 31st Annual Ghost Tours — Oct 30, 6:30 PM (recurring). Official listing: 31st Annual Ghost Tours.
Edisto — Fishing 101 — Oct 31, 9:00–10:30 AM. Official listing: Fishing 101.
Hampton — Halloween Trick or Treat — Oct 31, 5:00–6:00 PM. Official listing: Hampton Trick or Treat.
Hardeeville — Trunk-or-Treat — Oct 31, 5:30–7:00 PM. Official listing: Hardeeville Trunk-or-Treat.
Bluffton — Reefer Madness (Theater) — Oct 31, 7:30 PM. Official listing: Reefer Madness — Bluffton.
Hilton Head — The Roommate (Theater) — Oct 31, 7:30 PM. Official listing: The Roommate — Hilton Head.
Plan & Tips
Check links before you go: We sourced every item from the official South Carolina Lowcountry Events Calendar — click the event for the latest time, ticketing, or weather updates.
Family-friendly picks: Habersham Harvest Festival, Bluffton Halloween Spooktacular, Edisto Turtle Talk, and the various kids’ activities are great for families.
Nighttime/haunted events: Beaufort Ghost Tours and Hilton Head ghost walks fill up quickly — reserve tickets in advance if available.
Parking & timing: Popular events (Bluffton Arts & Seafood, Beaufort Shrimp Festival) attract large crowds — arrive early or use shuttle/parking apps if offered.
✨ Love Coastal Living Events & Upcoming Holiday Gathering
We host community celebrations too. Save the date for For the Love of the Holidays on November 26, 2025. Follow our event page for updates and RSVP info: Love Coastal Living Events – For the Love of the Lowcountry.
Questions or need help planning a visit?
Contact Scott Love at (843) 310-6062 or [email protected]— Love Coastal Living Team at REAL Broker LLC. Explore local listings and neighborhood guides at LoveCoastalLiving.net.
Event listings adapted from the official South Carolina Lowcountry Events Calendar: southcarolinalowcountry.com/events-calendar.
