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Plan ahead for these 2023 events 🗓

Plan ahead for these events happening in 2023
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St. Pat’s in Five Points | Photo by @fivepointssc
So, it’s 2023. Resolutions are set, vacations are being planned — and while you’re already looking at your calendar — we recommend planning ahead for these local events.

🍀 St. Pat’s in Five Points | Saturday, March 18 | Attend one of Columbia’s biggest events. Enjoy the parade with your family, jam to live music with friends, and let the kids play on the Pot O’ Gold Playland.

🎶 Columbia International Festival | Saturday, April 1-Sunday, April 2 | Learn about ~100 countries and taste exotic flavors of foreign cuisines. Pro tip — kids 18 and under can attend for free.

🍷 The Columbia Food and Wine Festival | Wednesday, April 19-Sunday, April 23 | Established in 2018 — via a collaboration between Free Times and the Five Points Foundation — this event showcases the Midlands’ growing culinary scene through several events.
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Columbia Food and Wine Festival 2019 | Photo by Forrest Clonts


🌽 South Carolina State Fair | Wednesday, Oct. 11-Sunday, Oct. 22 | It’s never too early to start planning for the SC State Fair.

🌈 Famously Hot SC Pride! | Friday, Oct. 20-Saturday, Oct. 21 | Don’t forget about Outfest Columbia happening on Saturday, June 3 at 1 p.m. in the Vista.

S.C. State House pride

The State House lit during pride. | Photo by @allenwallace72


It’s fun to read about and plan for big events happening this year in the Soda City, but maybe you have a few of your own you want to share with us. Follow these three easy steps to add your events to our calendar:
  • Go to our Events page
  • Click “Add Event” in the top right-hand corner (or just click here.)
  • And voila! Pro tip — we comb through all of our events and mark our favorites as “Editor’s Pick” so you can easily spot the most relevant of the relevant events happening in Cola.
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Wednesday, Jan. 4
  • Half-Price Select Sushi & Martini Wednesdays | Wednesday, Jan. 4-Wednesday, Nov. 6 | 5-10 p.m. | SakiTumi Grill & Sushi Bar, 807 Gervais St., Ste. 103, Columbia | The sushi rolls and drinks rotate each week so you never get bored with the same selections.
Thursday, Jan. 5
Friday, Jan. 6
  • Pitchy Woman | Friday, Jan. 6 | 8:30-10 a.m. | femme x COLUMBIA, 1501 Richland St., Columbia | Practice your elevator speech, present a new concept you are testing, and get feedback.
Saturday, Jan. 7
  • Run with Rotary | Saturday, Jan. 7 | 8 a.m. | Doko Meadows Park, 171 Langford Rd., Blythewood | Trophies will be given to the top three winners in each age category and medals will be given to all participants of the 5K and half marathon.
Sunday, Jan. 29
  • Freeman Sundays @3 | Sunday, Jan. 29 | 3 p.m. | USC School of Music Recital Hall, 813 Assembly St., Columbia | $5-$15 | Ticket sales raise money for student scholarships.
We have a calendar filled with events and activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.
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Weather
  • 69º | Thunderstorms | 80% chance of rain ⛈
Deal
  • Kick-off 2023 with a roar. Riverbanks Zoo is bringing back Free Fridays for residents of Richland and Lexington Counties. From January 6 through February, just show your ID for free admission on Fridays. Come see all your favorite animals and a few new zoo babies. 🐨 (WIS)
Watch
  • SC State University’s marching band will be featured on “6 Minutes to Glory: The HBCU Band Experience.” The six-episode series will premiere on Jan. 14. SC State’s episode will run at 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 28. Don’t miss the HBCU All-Star Battle of the Bands happening on Feb. 4 at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium. 🥁 (The Post and Courier)
History
  • The USC Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Historic Columbia will dedicate a South Carolina Historical Marker at the USC Horseshoe next Friday at 10 a.m. The unveiling will honor people of African descent who have been integral to USC since its founding. Read more about the unveiling here.
Biz
  • Columbia isn’t the only local city growing in 2023. Lexington County is looking forward to new hotels, restaurants, small businesses, renovated parks, and more. Read more here and stay tuned — Lexington will be giving an update on its 2023 plan sometime in February. 🏗 (WLTX)
Seasonal
  • Girl Scouts of South Carolina — Mountains to Midlands kicked off its girl scout cookie season. Pre-sales are currently underway and there’s a new flavor — Raspberry Rally. Soon enjoy a thin cookie infused with the raspberry flavor that’s dipped in chocolate. Find more information here. 🍪 (WIS)
Number
  • 21. That’s the number of businesses coming to locations around the Midlands in 2023. Locals can look forward to new breweries, bakeries, burgers, and more. Find out more on this list created by The State. 👀 (The State)
Health
  • New Year, new goals. If your New Year’s resolutions include weight loss, there are some simple lifestyle changes that can make all the difference. Check out these four tips to kick start your 2023 health goals from Prisma Health Registered Dietician Lindsay Smore. 💦 *
Eat
  • Don’t just eat better — eat the best. Sunbasket’s meal kit service delivers delicious, healthy meals created by award-winning chefs straight to your front door. Bonus: COLAtoday readers can get $100 off their first four deliveries and more when they sign up. *
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Bring your shuckers, gloves, appetite, and koozies to the 10th Annual Pig and Oyster Roast happening on Saturday, Jan. 28. | Photo provided by F2T Productions
We’re sharing a few bonus events happening around Columbia in 2023:
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Today’s issue was written by Sam.

Editor’s pick: There are dozens more events happening in Columbia this year than what we listed above, so I encourage you to utilize our website as your main source of event aggregation on top of browsing our daily newsletter. It’s a hardy database with hundreds, even thousands, of event listings that will keep you on track all year long.

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