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.

Signature events for this year’s Crescendo include the following:

Tuesday, October 10^th: Annual Crescendo Community Celebration featuring live music, storytelling, and exhibitions by artists and cultural organizations at Shelter Cove Community Park – Special guest performance by visiting musicians, the Maharajah Flamenco Trio
Friday, October 20^th: Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra presents Symphony Under the Stars at Lowcountry Celebration Park
Wednesday, October 25^th & Thursday, October 26th: Historic Mitchelville Film Festival at Coligny Theatre
Through October 29^th: “Clue” at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Sunday, October 29th and Monday, October 30th – Bob Masteller’s Jazz For All Ages – 9th annual festival (Clint Holmes & Niki Harris on Sunday; New Orleans Jazz Orchestra on Monday)
Throughout Crescendo: “Intricate Oceans: Coral in Contemporary Art” exhibition at Coastal Discovery Museum
Saturday, November 18^th: Hilton Head Island Lantern Parade along South Forest Beach and ending at Lowcountry Celebration Park

Other highly anticipated events during the run of Crescendo include:

The opening weekend of the holiday favorite “The Nutcracker”
Hilton Head Island Concours d ’Elegance and Motoring Festival
Grand Motoring Film Festival
Jazz For All Ages Festival
La Isla Magazine’s Latin Music Festival
“Mountain Top” at Lean Ensemble Theater
The Broadway Tenors & Holiday Kickoff at Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Hilton Head Island Oyster Fest
Fish and Grits Festival
Rock ‘n Ribs at Coligny Plaza featuring 38 Special
Poetry and Storytelling Series at Tio’s
Costumed character tours at Historic Fort Mitchel and Zion Cemetery and Baynard Mausoleum
SPOTLIGHT presented by the Island School Council for the Arts