BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society and Museum will host its annual Black History Month Celebration Saturday, Feb. 22, from 12 – 2 p.m., at the Bethel-Hanberry Elementary School. The event will feature the unveiling of a new historical marker at the school. Special guest will be Cecily Baxley Johnson, the first secretary of the […]
Ribfest returns to Blythewood March 8
February 20, 2025 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Mark your calendars and bring your appetite – the 6th Annual Doko Ribfest Cook-Off will be back March 8. Grill masters are firing up their smokers and grills and bringing their A-game. With cooks from near and far showcasing their rib-cooking prowess, organizers say festival goers are in for a mouthwatering experience they […]
Historical Society & Museum Veterans’ Day Event, Nov. 9
November 7, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Blythewood Historical Society & Museum will host its ninth annual Veterans Day Celebration at the Langford-Nord House, 100 McNulty Street on Saturday, Nov. 9. Exhibits will be on display from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. The program is from 1 to 2 p.m. Exhibits will be on display from the SC State […]
Christmas Parade applications due Nov. 1
October 31, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – The Town of Blythewood has announced that the Town will organize the Christmas Parade this year. The Parade will be held rain or shine at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 8. In case of severe weather, the parade will be postponed to 2 p.m. on the following Sunday, Dec. 15. Those interested in […]
Field & Stream announces new country music festival dates
October 24, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Originally scheduled for the first weekend of Oct. 2024 in Fairfield County, Field & Stream’s inaugural Music Fest was postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Last Thursday, organizers announced the new dates for the country music festival: Oct.3-5, 2025. Original ticket holders have to options: roll over tickets for the new […]
25th Annual Pig on the Ridge set for Nov. 1-2
October 10, 2024 By
RIDGEWAY – The Pig will be back on the Ridge Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2. It will be the 25th anniversary of the festival and a big crowd is expected to come out and celebrate. Friday night’s “No Pigs allowed” runs from 6 – 10:30 p.m. with activities for kids, craft sales, and […]
Field and Stream Musical Festival postponed
September 28, 2024 By
Organizers of the Field and Stream Musical Festival have notified ticket holders in the following email that the festival has been postponed due to the state of emergency and conditions on the ground following Hurricane Helene. “It is with heavy hearts that we announce the postponement of the inaugural Field & Stream Music Fest, originally […]
Music Club performance Sept. 20 in Ridgeway
September 19, 2024 By
FAIRFIELD COUNTY – Laura Dye says this kind of music is not often heard in Fairfield County. “Normally if you want to hear classical music on this level, you have to kind of keep your ear to the ground about what’s going on in Columbia or Charlotte, but it’s right here in Ridgeway, so I’m […]
The road to Ridgeway was Big Grab mecca
September 12, 2024 By
BLYTHWOOD/FAIRFIELD – Starting early Friday morning and continuing through the afternoon on Saturday, the road to Ridgeway – Highway 21 – was the apparent mecca for the 2024 Big Grab with vendors setting up shop along most of the road between Blythewood and Ridgeway. The weather was mostly good and the vendors were varied. Traffic […]
Remembering JJ Ranch, Sept. 6
August 22, 2024 By
BLYTHEWOOD – Once upon a time, in the heart of downtown Blythewood, there was a dude ranch – the JJ Ranch – where it seemed almost everyone wore cowboy hats, rode horses, and lived a fairytale life on the range. But the JJ Ranch was not a fairytale. It was a real-life cowboy version of […]
