Beach Guide

Folly Beach Events

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Confirmed

8 PM

An Evening with Jake Shimabukuro

The Charleston Music Hall · Charleston

Tickets

Every week

7 AM

Dawn Patrol at the Washout

The Washout · Family

Folly's famous east-end surf break draws surfers at first light, the best-known wave in the Charleston area.

4:59 PM

sun-timed

Folly River Sunset

West end & county park · Sunset

The west end and the river side fill as boats head in over the marsh and the sky turns gold.

Big Days

annual
Dec 31

Folly Beach Flip Flop Drop

Folly's family-friendly New Year's Eve street party on Center Street, where a giant lighted flip-flop drops at midnight.

Spring

Folly Gras

The island's Mardi Gras style parade and street festival down Center Street each spring, floats, beads and all.

Dec

Folly Beach Christmas Parade

The quirky island Christmas parade down Center Street, a beloved local tradition of golf carts, boats on trailers and lights.

see you out there

Confirmed events are dated listings from ticketing feeds and local calendars, refreshed daily. Every week is the beach’s recurring lineup. Times shift and seasons end, so check the venue before you go. Sun-timed events track each day’s real sunset and the countdown runs on the live local clock.

Coming up at Folly Beach: An Evening with Jake Shimabukuro at The Charleston Music Hall, tonight at 8 PM, Mountain Grass Unit - Appalachian Smoke Tour at The Charleston Music Hall, Wednesday, Nov 4 at 8 PM and Bitch Cabal feat. Wednesday & Mannequin Pussy at The Charleston Music Hall, Thursday, Nov 5 at 7 PM. Check today’s water, surf and UV on the conditions page.