Charleston Scene

10/30/2025

The lead singer of a local band will take to the field to perform the national anthem ahead of the USL Championship match on Sunday, Nov. 2. at the Charleston Battery’s home field at Patriots Point.

A band is partnering up with Charleston Battery soccer club and lead singer Eric Richard will sing the national anthem for the quarterfinal game on Nov. 2.

10/30/2025

What was just a fun on-stage gimmick for this Nashville band leaning into their dad costume personas at a Charleston music festival turned into a viral moment with more than 2.5 million views.

Charleston's Boogieman Halloween Festival featured Arts Fishing Club band that went viral for grilling hot dogs on stage and throwing them at Royal American.

10/23/2025

The Charleston community can nominate local, unsung heroes to be featured in an innovative, projection-mapping visual arts installation. Here's how to nominate.

Charleston can now participate in nominating local, unsung heroes to be featured in an innovative, projection-mapping visual arts installation. Here's how.

10/21/2025

Glory Edim is part of the lineup for this year's Charleston Literary Festival. She is the founder of Well-Read Black Girl, a literary community dedicated to Black women.

Glory Edim of Well-Read Black Girl will be featured at the Charleston Literary Festival. She talks to The Post and Courier about her writing process and more.

10/18/2025

You never know what you’ll run into next as you wander through Kulture Klash, one of Charleston’s most immersive and adventurous arts festivals. Whether it's a 14-foot-robot, giant inflatable elephants or fortune telling booth, anything is possible.

Kulture Klash festival, an immersive arts experience, takes place Nov. 22 in the Charleston Navy Yard's new arts and entertainment venue, Building 64.

10/17/2025

Race car driver and NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. was seen having a few drinks around happy hour at 2 downtown Charleston bars.

NASCAR race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. was spotted in Charleston at downtown bars, Rec Room Tavern, Frontier Lounge. He has a house on Sullivan's Island

10/17/2025

Even though he's never collaborated on a novel before, suspense thriller aficionado Harlan Coben said Reese Witherspoon made him an offer he simply couldn't refuse. He told us all about it before their Charleston visit.

Bestselling author Harlan Coben, who’s written 35 novels, is on a tour for his latest book “Gone Before Goodbye” cowritten with actress Reese Witherspoon.

10/07/2025

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One Charleston-based digital artist has a knack for bending our minds when it comes to arts in the tech era, and that’s Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple.

The most recent Beeple Studios endeavor harnessed the power of theatrics with an AI-fueled variety show called “Synthetic Theater” in collaboration with Rough House Pictures helmed by actor Danny McBride, the visionary behind “The Righteous Gemstones” and other Charleston-filmed comedies.

(📸s Provided by Steve Aycock)

10/06/2025

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Rivayat, a new downtown Charleston restaurant, has opened where prior ventures have failed.

The previous restaurants served Malaysian and French food, but now Indian is on the menu. What makes this one different?

(📸s by Henry Taylor / The Post and Courier)

10/02/2025

For our latest episode of Features Editor Kalyn Oyer's video series “Bands on Bike Taxis Getting Beers,” we took a ride on Charleston Bike Taxi with Prime Video band The Runarounds from “The Runarounds” series! 🎶🚲

The show is from the same creator behind Charleston’s "Outer Banks". 🌊

Get to know more about William Lipton, Jesse Golliher, Axel Ellis, Zendé Murdock and Jeremy Yun— the stars of the show and also the members of a real band that kicked off their first tour in the Holy City to a sold-out crowd at Charleston Pour House. 🤘🎸

Watch the full video here: https://trib.al/VTSrbXq

(🎥 by Clif Rhodes)

09/29/2025

Madison Maison is inspired by the owner's time spent in some of London’s most exclusive clubs and hotels where the atmosphere was as memorable as the people inside.

Madison Maison cocktail lounge is now open in downtown Charleston serving caviar, small plates and a vivacious cocktail menu that changes with the seasons.

09/29/2025

Health and art will collide with a new all-women showcase serving up song, prose and comedy on a subject women in their 30s to 50s can appreciate: perimenopause.

An all-female showcase will hit Pure Theatre on Oct. 14 in Charleston called “Pass the Mic for Perimenopause,” featuring a cast of 15 writers, musicians and more.