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Sunday, October 13, 2024
Funday Festivals
Oct 13 @ 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Conestee Park

Come celebrate the Upstate’s culture at the FREE 1st Annual Funday Festival 2024! Join us at Conestee Park, Sunday October 13th from 11am-7pm for a Comm”Unity” event. A full day of live music, dancers, vendors, kids activities, food trucks, pet friendly events, games, community initiatives, surprises, announcements and more! Our Platinum Stage will be hosting some of the hottest acts local and out-of-state, as well as other acts to be announced. We will also have a Halloween Costume contest and Trunk-N-Treat for the kid in everyone.

Friday, November 29, 2024
Christmas at the Farm
Nov 29 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Arran Farm

Christmas at the Farm is an ALL INCLUSIVE Christmas experience, made for the whole family, full of fun holiday activities, all centered around picking out your Christmas tree. Each ticket includes the following: Unlimited Hot Chocolate, Unlimited S’mores, TCMU Arts & Crafts, Escape Room, Photo Booth, Yard Games, “Chalk Talk” Station, Playground Access, Vendor and Food Truck Access, Parking, Live Music and so much more! Please join us and come find your perfect Christmas tree, making memories that will last a lifetime!

Nov 29 – Dec 1 & Dec 7 – 8, 2024
10 AM – 3 PM
Saturday, November 30, 2024
Christmas at the Farm
Nov 30 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Arran Farm

Christmas at the Farm is an ALL INCLUSIVE Christmas experience, made for the whole family, full of fun holiday activities, all centered around picking out your Christmas tree. Each ticket includes the following: Unlimited Hot Chocolate, Unlimited S’mores, TCMU Arts & Crafts, Escape Room, Photo Booth, Yard Games, “Chalk Talk” Station, Playground Access, Vendor and Food Truck Access, Parking, Live Music and so much more! Please join us and come find your perfect Christmas tree, making memories that will last a lifetime!

Nov 29 – Dec 1 & Dec 7 – 8, 2024
10 AM – 3 PM
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Christmas at the Farm
Dec 1 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Arran Farm

Christmas at the Farm is an ALL INCLUSIVE Christmas experience, made for the whole family, full of fun holiday activities, all centered around picking out your Christmas tree. Each ticket includes the following: Unlimited Hot Chocolate, Unlimited S’mores, TCMU Arts & Crafts, Escape Room, Photo Booth, Yard Games, “Chalk Talk” Station, Playground Access, Vendor and Food Truck Access, Parking, Live Music and so much more! Please join us and come find your perfect Christmas tree, making memories that will last a lifetime!

Nov 29 – Dec 1 & Dec 7 – 8, 2024
10 AM – 3 PM
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 5 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Enjoy a uniquely elevated holiday experience created by the partnership of Greenville Convention Center’s Annual Holiday Fair and Rotary Club of Greenville’s Kringle Holiday Village.

Holiday Fair & Kringle Village will delight locals and draw visitors to the Upstate for three days of holiday fun December 5-7, 2024, at the Greenville Convention Center.

Greenville Convention Center will transform into a Winter Wonderland featuring a massive vendor market, roving performers, a European Bier Garden, the North Pole children’s play area, Santa’s Workshop, The Enchanted Tea Party, Little Miss Kringle Pageant, holiday movie night, snowball fights, main stage entertainment, the Grand Carousel, visits with Santa and more!

Mingle@Kringle at Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 5 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Toast to the merriest night of the year in your festive apparel with a warm mug of Gluhwein in a winter wonderland. This event features a winter biergarten, delicious food stations, a beautiful carousel, and Greenville’s favorite local band RANDOMONIUM playing all the hits plus their holiday favorites. The party fun starts at 5:30 and goes to 9:00p.m. but your Mingle@Kringle tickets also include access to the full Holiday Fair & Kringle Village so come early and enjoy shopping from more than 350 vendors.

VIP Reception at Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 5 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Break out your fancy holiday attire to celebrate the season with a VIP reception. This night of festive elegance and indulgence features an elaborate chef prepared menu, full bar and live entertainment in the private ballroom followed by a VIP area at Mingle@Kringle featuring Greenville’s favorite party band, RANDOMONIUM. VIP parking is included.

Friday, December 6, 2024
Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 6 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Enjoy a uniquely elevated holiday experience created by the partnership of Greenville Convention Center’s Annual Holiday Fair and Rotary Club of Greenville’s Kringle Holiday Village.

Holiday Fair & Kringle Village will delight locals and draw visitors to the Upstate for three days of holiday fun December 5-7, 2024, at the Greenville Convention Center.

Greenville Convention Center will transform into a Winter Wonderland featuring a massive vendor market, roving performers, a European Bier Garden, the North Pole children’s play area, Santa’s Workshop, The Enchanted Tea Party, Little Miss Kringle Pageant, holiday movie night, snowball fights, main stage entertainment, the Grand Carousel, visits with Santa and more!

Family Movie Night at Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Join the community for a showing of the family friendly Christmas movie, Elf. Bring blankets and fuzzy slippers and enjoy popcorn, hot cocoa and visits from a local cast of holiday characters that bring the film to life.

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Christmas at the Farm
Dec 7 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Arran Farm

Christmas at the Farm is an ALL INCLUSIVE Christmas experience, made for the whole family, full of fun holiday activities, all centered around picking out your Christmas tree. Each ticket includes the following: Unlimited Hot Chocolate, Unlimited S’mores, TCMU Arts & Crafts, Escape Room, Photo Booth, Yard Games, “Chalk Talk” Station, Playground Access, Vendor and Food Truck Access, Parking, Live Music and so much more! Please join us and come find your perfect Christmas tree, making memories that will last a lifetime!

Nov 29 – Dec 1 & Dec 7 – 8, 2024
10 AM – 3 PM
Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 7 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Enjoy a uniquely elevated holiday experience created by the partnership of Greenville Convention Center’s Annual Holiday Fair and Rotary Club of Greenville’s Kringle Holiday Village.

Holiday Fair & Kringle Village will delight locals and draw visitors to the Upstate for three days of holiday fun December 5-7, 2024, at the Greenville Convention Center.

Greenville Convention Center will transform into a Winter Wonderland featuring a massive vendor market, roving performers, a European Bier Garden, the North Pole children’s play area, Santa’s Workshop, The Enchanted Tea Party, Little Miss Kringle Pageant, holiday movie night, snowball fights, main stage entertainment, the Grand Carousel, visits with Santa and more!

Little Miss Kringle at Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 7 @ 11:00 am
Greenville Convention Center

Join Miss South Carolina as we celebrate the joy and creativity of the season. Ages eight and under are invited to parade across the main stage in their most festive and charming costumes in three age divisions, Baby Miss Kringle (ages 0-23 months), Little Miss Kringle (ages 2-4), Miss Kringle (ages 5-8). All registered participants will receive a trophy and the winners will receive a tiara and sash.

Enchanted Tea at Holiday Fair & Kringle Village
Dec 7 @ 2:00 pm
Greenville Convention Center

Come live the enchantment of Christmas. Embrace the magic of storytelling, elves, old world wonders, and childhood made new. We’ll make new pictures and new memories to add to the classic flavors of the season. Michael Cogdill will host, urging all to come as special guest. Reserve your enchantment, and your chair. Christmas is calling.

Sunday, December 8, 2024
Christmas at the Farm
Dec 8 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Arran Farm

Christmas at the Farm is an ALL INCLUSIVE Christmas experience, made for the whole family, full of fun holiday activities, all centered around picking out your Christmas tree. Each ticket includes the following: Unlimited Hot Chocolate, Unlimited S’mores, TCMU Arts & Crafts, Escape Room, Photo Booth, Yard Games, “Chalk Talk” Station, Playground Access, Vendor and Food Truck Access, Parking, Live Music and so much more! Please join us and come find your perfect Christmas tree, making memories that will last a lifetime!

Nov 29 – Dec 1 & Dec 7 – 8, 2024
10 AM – 3 PM
Saturday, December 14, 2024
HauntFest Christmassacre
Dec 14 @ 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Nightmare Dungeon

Enjoy live music, vendors, spooks, interactive activities, and other themed entertainment with an opportunity to go through Nightmare Dungeon’s Christmas haunt!
Welcome to HauntFest, where we summon the spirit of horror and Halloween all year round! We are SUPER excited to be kicking off our first South Carolina event, HauntFest Christmassacre. Perfect for oddity lovers and Halloween + Christmas enthusiasts, this fiendish affair beckons dark spirits, midnight wanderers, witchy souls, and the eternally restless. It’s a dead man’s party!

Established in May 2023, HauntFest has risen as a leading horror festival business, captivating audiences with its spine-chilling spectacles and atmosphere. From bewitching entertainment to macabre vendors and haunted attractions, HauntFest offers an unparalleled immersion into the realm of terror. Experience spooktacular live performances, encounter creatures both mythical and monstrous, and traverse unhallowed grounds where every corner hides a new fun and exciting horror. Unlike other Halloween conventions, HauntFest prides itself in highlighting the arts and music through a weekend celebration, where patrons can wear their monster skins and join in on the dead man’s party. HauntFest invites you to embrace the darkness that lurks within, but beware: once you enter, there’s no turning back…

HauntFest – Christmassacre

WHEN: Friday December 13th – Sunday December 15th, 2PM – 12 AM

WHERE: Nightmare Dungeon Haunted Attraction (645 Old Anderson Rd, Greenville, SC 29611)

Join us for HauntFest’s first Friday the 13th and Christmas festival at the haunted attraction, Nightmare Dungeon! Enjoy live music, vendors, spooks, interactive activities, and other themed entertainment with an opportunity to go through Nightmare Dungeon’s Christmas haunt. Bring close-toed shoes, as the ground may be uneven in some areas.

TICKETS (Starting at $20) : https://www.eventeny.com/events/ticket/?id=13826

MORE INFORMATION: https://www.hauntfest.net/south-carolina

*COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED*

We are so excited to bring HauntFest to South Carolina and we hope to see you there!

Sunday, December 15, 2024
HauntFest
Dec 15 @ 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Nightmare Dungeon

Enjoy live music, vendors, spooks, interactive activities, and other themed entertainment with an opportunity to go through Nightmare Dungeon’s Christmas haunt!
Welcome to HauntFest, where we summon the spirit of horror and Halloween all year round! We are SUPER excited to be kicking off our first South Carolina event, HauntFest Christmassacre. Perfect for oddity lovers and Halloween + Christmas enthusiasts, this fiendish affair beckons dark spirits, midnight wanderers, witchy souls, and the eternally restless. It’s a dead man’s party!

Established in May 2023, HauntFest has risen as a leading horror festival business, captivating audiences with its spine-chilling spectacles and atmosphere. From bewitching entertainment to macabre vendors and haunted attractions, HauntFest offers an unparalleled immersion into the realm of terror. Experience spooktacular live performances, encounter creatures both mythical and monstrous, and traverse unhallowed grounds where every corner hides a new fun and exciting horror. Unlike other Halloween conventions, HauntFest prides itself in highlighting the arts and music through a weekend celebration, where patrons can wear their monster skins and join in on the dead man’s party. HauntFest invites you to embrace the darkness that lurks within, but beware: once you enter, there’s no turning back…

HauntFest – Christmassacre

WHEN: Friday December 13th – Sunday December 15th, 2PM – 12 AM

WHERE: Nightmare Dungeon Haunted Attraction (645 Old Anderson Rd, Greenville, SC 29611)

Join us for HauntFest’s first Friday the 13th and Christmas festival at the haunted attraction, Nightmare Dungeon! Enjoy live music, vendors, spooks, interactive activities, and other themed entertainment with an opportunity to go through Nightmare Dungeon’s Christmas haunt. Bring close-toed shoes, as the ground may be uneven in some areas.

TICKETS (Starting at $20) : https://www.eventeny.com/events/ticket/?id=13826

MORE INFORMATION: https://www.hauntfest.net/south-carolina

*COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED*

We are so excited to bring HauntFest to South Carolina and we hope to see you there!

HauntFest Christmassacre
Dec 15 @ 2:00 pm – 11:45 pm
Nightmare Dungeon

Enjoy live music, vendors, spooks, interactive activities, and other themed entertainment with an opportunity to go through Nightmare Dungeon’s Christmas haunt!
Welcome to HauntFest, where we summon the spirit of horror and Halloween all year round! We are SUPER excited to be kicking off our first South Carolina event, HauntFest Christmassacre. Perfect for oddity lovers and Halloween + Christmas enthusiasts, this fiendish affair beckons dark spirits, midnight wanderers, witchy souls, and the eternally restless. It’s a dead man’s party!

Established in May 2023, HauntFest has risen as a leading horror festival business, captivating audiences with its spine-chilling spectacles and atmosphere. From bewitching entertainment to macabre vendors and haunted attractions, HauntFest offers an unparalleled immersion into the realm of terror. Experience spooktacular live performances, encounter creatures both mythical and monstrous, and traverse unhallowed grounds where every corner hides a new fun and exciting horror. Unlike other Halloween conventions, HauntFest prides itself in highlighting the arts and music through a weekend celebration, where patrons can wear their monster skins and join in on the dead man’s party. HauntFest invites you to embrace the darkness that lurks within, but beware: once you enter, there’s no turning back…

HauntFest – Christmassacre

WHEN: Friday December 13th – Sunday December 15th, 2PM – 12 AM

WHERE: Nightmare Dungeon Haunted Attraction (645 Old Anderson Rd, Greenville, SC 29611)

Join us for HauntFest’s first Friday the 13th and Christmas festival at the haunted attraction, Nightmare Dungeon! Enjoy live music, vendors, spooks, interactive activities, and other themed entertainment with an opportunity to go through Nightmare Dungeon’s Christmas haunt. Bring close-toed shoes, as the ground may be uneven in some areas.

TICKETS (Starting at $20) : https://www.eventeny.com/events/ticket/?id=13826

MORE INFORMATION: https://www.hauntfest.net/south-carolina

*COSTUMES ARE ENCOURAGED*

We are so excited to bring HauntFest to South Carolina and we hope to see you there!

Sunday, December 29, 2024
Swamp Rabbits
Dec 29 @ 3:00 pm
Bon Secours Wellness Arena

The Greenville Swamp Rabbits, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, plays the Jacksonville Icemen at the Bon Secours Wellness Area. Puck drops at 3:05pm.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Global Strategies and Collaborations
Jan 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Greenville Water Community Room

Join World Affairs Council Upstate’s Beyond the Headlines Speaker Series for an insightful discussion on the evolving landscape of global health preparedness in the wake of past pandemics. As countries work together to confront future health crises, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Pandemic Agreement plays a pivotal role in enhancing global readiness. This agreement focuses on key areas such as data sharing, resource distribution, and coordinated response strategies to ensure swift and effective action in the face of emerging infectious threats.

Dr. Shaniece Criss, Associate Professor of Health Sciences and Director of the Advocacy and Equity Studies master’s program at Furman University, will lead the conversation, emphasizing the critical role of collective action and international collaboration. Explore how nations are strengthening public health infrastructure, expanding vaccination programs, and building partnerships to safeguard global health and minimize the impacts of future pandemics.

Don’t miss this opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of how the world is preparing for the challenges ahead in global health.

Saturday, January 18, 2025
Spartanburg Comic Con
Jan 18 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds

11000 square feet of comics, toys, video games, Pokémon cards, tumblers, artists, and MORE!