What to do in Charleston, South Carolina in November 2026

Sunday, November 1, 2026

• Visual arts

  until Jan 17

  Rodin: All the Truth of Nature | Selections from the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Collections

  Gibbes Museum of Art · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Music

  until Nov 15

  Journey to Indigo

  Magnolia Plantation and Gardens · Ashley River Road

  • Music

• Visual arts

  until Dec 5

  Grounded in Grain, Washed in the Water

  Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art · Downtown

  • Visual arts

  Free

• Visual arts

  until May 9

  Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence

  Gibbes Museum of Art · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Music

  until Nov 7

  Make, Dip & Dye for Adults

  Magnolia Plantation and Gardens · Ashley River Road

  • Music

• Theatre

  until Nov 14

  The Antiquities

  PURE Theatre · Cannonborough-Elliotborough

  • Theatre

• Music

  3 PM

  Sunday Soirée Series: "Reflections of Gratitude," with Kevin Patton '14

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  5 PM

  The Complete Philip Glass Piano Etudes

  Gaillard Center · Downtown

  • Music

Monday, November 2, 2026

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Drayton Hall Archaeological Institute

  Drayton Hall · Ashley River Road

  • Music

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

• Music

  10 AM

  Discovery Day: Terrific Turkeys

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  7 PM

  International Piano Series: Mackenzie Melemed

  Sottile Theatre · Downtown

  • Music

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

• Music

  5:30 PM

  Adult Hands-on History: Textiles from the Deep: Findings from the H.L. Hunley Submarine

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

  • Music

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• Dance

  6 PM

  Trisha Brown: In Plain Site

  Gaillard Center · Downtown

  • Dance

Friday, November 6, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Horse Care Demonstration

  Middleton Place · Ashley River Road

  • Music

• Other

  3:30 PM

  Fossil Friday with Curator of Natural History Matthew Gibson

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

• Music

  7 PM

  Echoes of the Saint Cecilia Society: The Basset Clarinet

  Chamber Music Charleston · Downtown

  • Music

• Visual arts

  7 PM

  Redux Annual Live Auction Party

  Redux Contemporary Art Center · Upper King

  • Visual arts

• Music

  8 PM

  AJJ w/ Greet Death

  Music Farm Charleston · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

• Literature

  —Time not announced

  Family Friday – November

  Drayton Hall · Ashley River Road

  • Literature

• Music

  —Time not announced

  The Smoaks

  The Royal American · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

Saturday, November 7, 2026

• Visual arts

  9 AM

  Airing of the Quilts

  Magnolia Plantation and Gardens · Ashley River Road

  • Visual arts

• Music

  10 AM

  Indigo Dyeing Workshop with Local Artist Kristy Bishop

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  10 AM

  STEAM Saturday: Out of this World

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

  • Music

• Literature

  10:30 AM

  Storytime Under the Oaks

  Middleton Place · Ashley River Road

  • Literature

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• Visual arts

  2 PM

  SOTA POP: Pop-up Artist Market

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Visual arts

• Comedy

  5 PM

  Kathleen Madigan

  Charleston Music Hall · Downtown

  • Comedy

• Music

  5 PM

  Third Annual Bourbon and Bluegrass at Middleton Place

  Middleton Place · Ashley River Road

  • Music
  • Bluegrass

• Dance

  7:30 PM

  Trisha Brown Dance Company

  Gaillard Center · Downtown

  • Dance

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Tyrie

  The Royal American · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

• Other

  —Time not announced

  Whiskey in America – Archaeology Lecture and Tasting Event

  Drayton Hall · Ashley River Road

Sunday, November 8, 2026

• Music

  2 PM

  Family Revolutionary Sunday: Indigenous Allies

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

  • Music

• Other

  3 PM

  Conversations of Freedom Speaker Series: Indigenous Groups' Role in the American Revolution

  Middleton Place · Ashley River Road

• Music

  3 PM

  Loeffler's Forgotten Octet: Ovation Concert

  Chamber Music Charleston · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  3 PM

  Sunday Soirée Series: Romantic Masterworks & Wartime Reflections

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Music

Monday, November 9, 2026

• Cinema

  8 PM

  Jim Henson's Labyrinth: In Concert 40th Anniversary

  Charleston Music Hall · Downtown

  • Cinema

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

• Literature

  7 PM

  Book Talk on the Future of Public Education

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

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• Literature

  7 PM

  Book Talk with Michael Fullan and Barnett Berry

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

• Cinema

  7 PM

  SaltWata Cinema Club Film Screening: "Daughters of the Dust"

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Cinema

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Runaway Gin

  Music Farm Charleston · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

• Cinema

  —Time not announced

  SaltWata Cinema Club Film Screening: Daughters of the Dust

  Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art · Downtown

  • Cinema

Thursday, November 12, 2026

• Theatre

  7:30 PM

  CofC Stages: HAIR (musical)

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Theatre

• Music

  8 PM

  WesGhost w/ Euro Tripp

  Music Farm Charleston · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

• Other

  —Time not announced

  Webinar: Secrets of Drayton Hall: Ask Me Anything with Trish Lowe Smith

  Drayton Hall · Ashley River Road

Friday, November 13, 2026

• Other

  10:30 AM

  Conversations with a Curator: Textiles from the Deep: Findings from the H.L. Hunley Submarine

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

• Other

  1 PM

  Teen Homeschool History Day: Spying Game

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

• Music

  2 PM

  Horse Care Demonstration

  Middleton Place · Ashley River Road

  • Music

• Other

  3:30 PM

  Fossil Friday with Curator of Natural History Matthew Gibson

  The Charleston Museum · Downtown

• Theatre

  7:30 PM

  CofC Stages: HAIR (musical)

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Theatre

• Music

  8 PM

  Paula Cole

  Charleston Music Hall · Downtown

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Kenny George Band

  The Royal American · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

• Literature

  until Nov 14

  YALLFest 2026 (16th annual)

  Blue Bicycle Books · Downtown

  • Literature

Saturday, November 14, 2026

• Music

  until Nov 15

  Blueprint: The Art & Science of Cyanotype Printing

  Magnolia Plantation and Gardens · Ashley River Road

  • Music

• Music

  3 PM

  Magnolia’s Wine Stroll Series

  Magnolia Plantation and Gardens · Ashley River Road

  • Music

• Theatre

  7:30 PM

  CofC Stages: HAIR (musical)

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Theatre

• Music

  8 PM

  Pecos & The Rooftops w/ Jaxon Malone

  Music Farm Charleston · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

• Other

  —Time not announced

  A Cup of History at Drayton Hall: The Way of Tea

  Drayton Hall · Ashley River Road

• Music

  —Time not announced

  Hudson Westbrook – The Hits Me Tour

  Firefly Distillery · North Charleston

  • Music

• Music

  —Time not announced

  The Head

  The Royal American · Upper Peninsula

  • Music

Sunday, November 15, 2026

• Theatre

  2 PM

  CofC Stages: HAIR (musical)

  Simons Center for the Arts · Downtown

  • Theatre

• Other

  3 PM

  Generals Thomas Gage and George Washington: Their Rubric on the Eve of the American Revolution

  Middleton Place · Ashley River Road

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