things to do around Lexington South Carolina October 22-29, 2009
South Carolina Gamecocks VS Vanderbilt Commodores Saturday, Oct 24 7:00p
The South Carolina State Fair is now open through October 25, 2009 go to the State Fairs website for a great line up of events and performers. Not to mention all the food and rides. This is something that you do not want to miss! The SC State Fair is a must do event for all!
Jazz at the Village concert series Sunday October 25, 2009 with U.S.C. Carolina Alive Vocal Jazz Ensemble and U.S.C. Saxophone Quartet at the Villages at Sandhills town common area near the fountains. If you havent been there go early a wonder around some. The complex itself is over 300 acres in size. When the development of Village at Sandhill is fully complete, the entire complex will feature a complementary mix of retail, residential, recreational, hospitality, sports, commercial office, and perhaps meical office venues in one grand lifestyle campus.
Boo at the ZOO October 23 - 30 @ 6:00-9:00pm Put on your cutest costume and head over to Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for the annual Halloween spook-tacular, Boo at the Zoo. The family-friendly Halloween event runs from 6 to 9pm each evening. Children 12 and under are invited to wear
costumes for a spook-fest complete with Frankenstein's Foam Zone, an eeky freaky
DJ dance party and a trick-or-treat trail with candy and more! Kids can also
venture inside the Crow's Nest Hay Maze, ride on the haunted carousel and
explore the Zoo at night! Order
Tickets
Lexington's Haunted History Tour Thursday October 22,2009 7-9PM at the Lexington County Museum. Specters and ghosts will take over during the 3rd annual “Haunted History”
Halloween program. This event will feature ghoulish guides who lead visitors on
a spooky journey of the museum property and tell ghostly stories, including
strange and unusual events in Lexington County's antebellum and Civil War
history. Event Website
Mesozoic Dinosaurs Friday, Oct 23 10:00a to 5:00p at South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Allosaurus and other prehistoric monsters come roaring to life in this hands-on learning adventure. Featuring 12 robotic dinosaurs and a full-size T-rex skull, this exhibit explores how these awesome creatures lived and died. Activities include digging for “fossils,” “design a dino” and more.
Wallace and Gromit: The curse of the were Rabbit Saturday, Oct 24 10:00a
Montgomery Gentry's Saturday October 23,2009 7:30 PM at the SC State Fairs Pepsi Grandstand. Montgomery Gentry's journey into the front ranks of American music has been one of the most gratifying sagas of the past decade. Their road to gold and platinum albums, CMA and ACM awards, a Grammy nomination and highly successful tours has been paved both with musical integrity and with an abiding respect for the people and the genre they represent.
What a great Line up this weekend In Lexington South Carolina's things to do.
Chip Jefferson
Great Localism post and I have to tell you that I always enjoy posting about events in our area too! A lot more fun than market stats! ;-)
Laura, great localism post. You do write interesting articles about your local area...
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GOOD MORNING LAURA! Your posts are always so colorful (and informative!) - how do you do that?! Boo in the Zoo sounds like fun - enjoy your Saturday! -- Gabrielle