South Carolina Pecan Music & Food Festival 2024

Since 2003, The Florence Downtown Development Corporation has been spoiling visitors with the Pecan Music & Food Festival. The event's administration annually invites over 50,000 people from all around the world to Florence, South Carolina. The festival features activities for any taste and age, so you are more than welcome to bring your children along. Let’s see what’s in store for visitors.

South Carolina Pecan Music & Food Festival Highlights

South Carolina Pecan Music & Food Festival is certainly a family-friendly event. It is great both for grown-ups and children as there is a kids’ zone with fun games, face painting, and other fun activities at FMU Performing Arts Center lawn. As for adults, they can have the best time too.

The event’s organizers have arranged eight stages and seven entertainment blocks in downtown Florence. This way, there will be enough space for all sorts of fun, including pubs, amusement parks, exhibitions, over 250 vendor booths, and more. Visitors of the festival can enjoy not only delicious pecan dishes and snacks, but also sip on their favorite drinks, visit art exhibits, go on rides, join marathon races, attend car shows and other displays, listen to melodic live music, and just stroll around, relishing the scale and the amazing vibe of the event.

Shuttle and Parking

Shuttle service runs every twenty minutes from Hallmark Plaza at 953 S. Irby Street, Florence Regional Airport, and Florence Mall at 1945 W. Palmetto Street. Additionally, free parking is available at the City of Florence Parking Garage, Florence Darlington Tech Parking Garage, Florence County Parking Garage, and the City of Florence City Center Surface Lot.

Hours and Admission

The festival commonly begins at 10 am, closing gates at 7 pm. Admission to the event is free. All you have to do is save enough money for food & souvenirs.

Festival History

The first South Carolina Pecan Music & Food Festival edition was in 2003, aiming to bring our community together and celebrate one of South Carolina’s favorite nuts, the pecan. The festival quickly grew and became a tradition that both the venue and guests eagerly anticipate each year on the first Saturday of November.