Raw States
World Grits Festival
St. George, SC · Quirky
- When
- April 9–11, 2027
- Where
- 110 S Parler Ave · St. George · SC
- Cost
- Not confirmed
- Status
- Approximate: based on past editions, not announced yet
St. George has celebrated its status as a top per capita grits consumer since 1986 with a festival built around a grits eating contest and the rolling in the grits contest, where entrants dive into a kiddie pool of cooked grits. The free weekend also includes a parade, an art show and a corn grinding demonstration. It is held each April in the small Dorchester County town.
The history within reach
- World Grits Festivalsame spot
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A century of one family's grip on Lowcountry law ended in the courthouse where three generations of Murdaughs had prosecuted, when a jury took under three hours to convict Alex Murdaugh of murdering his wife and son.
Carolina Gold rice made this the wealthiest colony in British North America, and the tidal-field techniques that grew it came from West African farmers who already knew how.
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The scene everyone remembers, the rowboat drifting through a black-water swamp thick with swans as the rain comes, was shot in this cypress garden outside Charleston.
The largest tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood left in the country, saved by a campaign begun when logging resumed in 1969.