Crescendo – An Annual Celebration of Art & Culture

SAVE THE DATE – CRESCENDO 2024 – OCTOBER 10TH THROUGH NOVEMBER 23RD. For more information about being a part of this year’s Crescendo, please email oca@hiltonheadislandsc.gov.

The Office of Cultural Affairs for the Town of Hilton Head Island and the Arts Council of Hilton Head will hold its eighth Annual Crescendo Celebration of Arts & Culture this year.

This regional event, organized in honor of October’s National Arts and Humanities month, highlights, and showcases the vast array of arts, culture and history organizations, individual artists, performers, and authors residing and working on Hilton Head Island.

Previous Crescendo celebrations have featured more than 100 unique arts and cultural programs, concerts, theatrical productions, museum and gallery exhibits, lectures, poetry readings, dance performances, historical tours, hands-on arts experiences, and educational offerings which are estimated to attract more than 10,000 people from all over the United States, Canada and parts of Europe.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FULL CRESCENDO PROGRAM.

Signature events for this year’s Crescendo:

Something Rotten! – Arts Center of Coastal Carolina – Performances through Sunday, Oct. 27

10th Annual Jazz for All Ages Festival -Sonesta Resort – Oct. 13 & 14

Crescendo Kick-off Party with Charlton Singleton & Contemporary Flow – Shelter Cove Community Park – Tuesday, Oct. 15 – 5:30 – 7:30 PM

This is Not: Aldwyth in Retrospect – Coastal Discovery Museum – Oct. 16 – Mar. 23; Reception Oct. 17

Symphony Under the Stars – Lowcountry Celebration Park – Oct. 18 – 7:30 PM

What the Constitution Means to Me– Lean Ensemble Theater – Oct. 31 – Nov. 10; Panel with Playwright Author Heidi Schreck – Nov. 2 – 10 AM

Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade – South Forest Beach to Lowcountry Celebration Park – Saturday, Nov. 23 – Staging begins at 4:45 PM, Parade Steps off at 5:30 PM from the Alder Lane beach heading north

Other events scheduled:

• Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park – Film Festival
• Dinner with Friends at the Sea Glass Stage Company
• Visual arts exhibitions at the Coastal Discovery Museum, Art League Gallery, Art League Academy, and Island Recreation Center
• Nutcracker, presented by the Hilton Head Dance Theater
• Hands on programming and activities around the island
• Spotlight Talent Night with Island School Council for the Arts
• Historical tours and presentations with the Heritage Library, Coastal Discovery Museum, Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park, Gullah Museum, and others
• Family Friendly activities and arts experiences
• Poetry readings and special tours of the Poetry Trail
• Visit Hilton Head Island’s public art collection
• Music, cultural, and food festivals
• Songwriter Series – weekly free concerts at the park – 5:30 – 7:30 on 10/24, 10/31, 11/7, and 11/14
• Lantern making workshops

National Arts and Humanities Month, first launched 30 years ago by Americans for the Arts, includes these goals: Focus on access to the arts at local, state and national levels, Encouraging individuals and organizations to participate in the arts, Allowing governments and businesses to show their support of the arts, and Raising public awareness about the positive impact of the arts and humanities in our communities and lives.