Arts/Entertainment
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
The Arts
A little known fact is the fact that Hilton Head Island
has some great visual and performing arts resources. The Arts Center
of Coastal Carolina produces 5 plays or musicals each year. In addition,
the center has its own choral group and holds several performances during
the year. Other artists perform at the center offering a wide variety
of listening pleasure from blues to jazz, to pop, to big band and more.
The Center’s Walter Green Gallery, showcases an exciting mix of visual media styles from national exhibits, statewide exchanges and community artists.
If you are an artist yourself, or at least an aspiring one, you may hone your craft with some of the visual and performing arts workshops,
lectures and field trips which provide professionally guided youth and adult learning experiences.
The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina also brings the community together
with a number of festivals each year including the Community Holiday Tree
Lighting, the Taste of Gullah, Youth Arts Fest and Family Fiesta Latina,
featuring locally known and nationally known artists.
The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
Professional performing and visual arts, plus cultural festivals and educational programs.
The Coastal Discovery Museum
A variety of programs include indoor and outdoor exhibits, tours and cruises around Hilton Head Island. Additionally, the museum leases the 68 acre Honey Horn Plantation for educational enrichment for residents and visitors regarding Lowcountry history, culture and environment.
The Hilton Head Choral Society
The Choral Society is known for their diverse musical repertoire, including classical, pop, patriotic, gospel and musical theatre. There is a 20 voice chamber choir and youth choir and the 120 member full choir. The full chorus presents four (4) major programs per season: Fall Pops Concert, Christmas Concert, The Musical Masterworks Concert, and Memorial Day Concert.
Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra (HHSO)
The 2007 - 2008 season marks the 26th anniversary of this prestigious symphony orchestra. There is a full calendar of performances in a variety of genres to please a wide array of musical tastes, from classical to pops, to jazz and more.
Movie Theaters
On those rainy days, or on those sunburned nights, it’s a great time to head to the movie theater. Hilton Head has three movie theaters - on the north end in Northridge Plaza, near the beach in Coligny Plaza and one on the south end in Park Plaza. A larger, more state-of-the-art theater is also now available in Bluffton off of Buckwalter Parkway.
Entertainment
Live Music & Family
The island is blessed with two long-time favorite family entertainers, Gregg Russell (over 25 seasons) and Shannon Tanner (over 18 seasons). These crooners-of-kids-classics, plus their own original songs, provide fun filled memories for the kid in each of us. You will find Gregg Russell under the Liberty Tree in Harbour Town (nightly except Saturdays, Memorial Day - Labor Day) and Shannon Tanner at Shelter Cove Harbor (Mondays - Fridays, April through August). Come out and sing along to your favorite children songs such as “You Are My Sunshine”,and “Is That a Booger in the Sugar? - No It’s Snot.” and many others.
Live Music & Adult
“I like the nightlife, I like to boogie”... If you are looking for some fun, music filled nightlife you have lots of choices. For a small island we have many very talented local bands, plus as a resort destination we attract some great musicians from around the world.
Whether its rock and roll, jazz, grunge, alternative, heavy metal, acoustic folk or soft rock, you will find it here. For those of you with a more mellow musical taste you can also find a piano bar or two. And for you dancing types there are several upscale dance night clubs to strut your stuff into the wee hours of the morning.
