Weekend Guide: 5 Top Picks for your Memorial Day Weekend
May 26, 2024, Grand Strand Weekend List
Top Picks for the Weekend
Hey friends! Welcome to Memorial Day Weekend! If you’re not headed out of town, here are our top picks for the weekend …
JAM
Why: Feel-good original songs, upbeat shows, and an effortless blend of rock, pop, and country. The Blue Dogs are one of the South Carolina’s most beloved and enduring bands.
Tickets: $30 General Admission
Go VIP: $60 includes the best seats in the house, a pre-show reception plus a Blue Dogs meet and greet.
When: Saturday, May 25th
GPS: Winyah Auditorium • 1200 Highmarket St, Georgetown, SC 29440
MEET
Event: Litchfield Books Event featuring Bestselling Author Patricia Hudson, “Traces”
What: Book talks and a fabulous lunch. Is there anything better? Litchfield Books hosts author luncheons at the best restaurants in town and are fun to meet authors, have a nice lunch, and meet fellow book-lovers.
Tickets: $32 ticket includes an author presentation, meet & greet, personalized book signing, lunch, dessert, beverages of coffee, tea & water, complimentary seating, admittance to a private country club or restaurant, and the opportunity to purchase the event book.
When: Friday, May 24 (but you can find the full list of upcoming author events here)
GPS: Cafe Picolo • 9428 Ocean Hwy, Pawleys Island SC 29585
FISH
What: 56th Annual Georgetown Blue Marlin Tournament
Why: Because you love big fish. “With direct access to the Georgetown Hole, an area known for producing blue marlin big enough to hit the scales, the tournament draws in talented and eager participants from faraway ports stretching up and down the Atlantic coast of the United States.”
When: Until Saturday
Details: HMY Yachts
MAKE
What: Bacon Onion Jam
Why: We can’t all agree on everything, but we can probably all agree that bacon makes anything tastier.
Try: You can top it on all of your Memorial Day cookout favorites… hamburgers, pimento cheese, scoop into tortilla chips.
Wine: Pair it with a sparkling wine (here are our top 11 sparkling wine picks) or a smooth-drinking red like Merlot (here our 3 favorite Merlots)
Make: Bacon Onion Jam Recipe from Southern Living
WINE
What: A Wine Guide
Why: Pick out wines for summer cooking outs (and all other occasions)
Read first:
“Porch pounders” – wines you can sip all day on the porch
Excellent summer wines
11 of the best Sparkling wines
Read: Good Taste Wine Guide