Jamaica Day in the Carolinas

Event Details

Celebrate “Jamaica Day in the Carolinas” during the S.C. Reggae Jerk and Wine Festival on Sunday, Aug. 24 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens. The Dubplates, a Reggae band, will provide the music while professional and amateur chefs compete for prizes in a jerk cook-off. Dominos, ludo games, a youth showcase and the Carifest Dancers are on the activities lineup.

Special guest, Diana Ogilvie, will discuss her film “The Jamaican Jerk Tour.” The film will be shown in Magnolia’s Orientation Theatre.

Proceeds will benefit the Healthy Lifestyle Network, a non-profit organization formed to teach self-management skills to adults and children to change lifestyle and improvement health outcomes. Donations of toys and stuffed animals will be collected at the event for children in Charleston and Jamaica.

Tickets online are $20 per person. It includes garden admission, a wine glass and wine tasting. Admission for the designated driver is $12, which also includes garden admission, but a wine glass and the wine tasting are not included. Tickets at the jerk event gate, not the Magnolia kiosk, are $25 on the day of the event. Children under 12 are free. Parking is free.

Noon - 8PM

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