March is here and spring is in the air in Charleston! For 77 years, the Historic Charleston Foundation has celebrated houses, history, and culture during its annual spring festival. Live like a local through a variety of Tours & Events, with exclusive access to some of the most beautiful private houses and gardens in Charleston during the Charleston Festival from March 13th through April 13th. The Charleston Wine and Food Festival is in town from March 5th-9th. Some of the best female tennis players in the world will be fighting it out on the clay courts at Credit One Stadium from March 29th – April 6th. Here is your March calendar of events for the Charleston area:
1: Aziz Ansari, Gaillard
1: Big Head Todd and the Monsters, Chas Music Hall
1: Front Beach Spring Fest, IOP
1: Great Guns on the Ashley, Charles Towne Landing
1: Mardi Gras Banger, Mills House Hotel
1: Mardi Pardi, BLU Beach Bar and Grill Folly Beach
1: Oysters on the Point, Charleston Harbor Resort and Marina
4: Dancing with the Stars Live, N Chas PAC
7-8: Charleston Symphony presents Beethoven’s 5th, Gaillard
7-9: Octonauts at the Aquarium, SC Aquarium
7: The Isley Bothers, N Chas PAC
8: Palmetto Park Jam, Palmetto Islands County Park Mt P
9: 2nd Sunday on King Street
9: Chamber Music, St Matthew’s Lutheran Church
9: Champions of Magic, Gaillard
10: Moe, Chas Music Hall
11: Ani Difranco, Chas Music Hall
11: Gary Clark Jr, N Chas PAC
12: Midlife Monologues, Chas Music Hall
14: Blake Shelton, N Chas Coliseum
15-16: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Sottile Theatre
15: Kathleen Madigan, Chas Music Hall
15: St Patrick’s Day Parade and Block Party
17: St Patrick’s Day Parade, downtown Charleston
19: ZZ Top, N Chas PAC
20: Wine on the Piazza, Edmondston-Alston House
22: 27th Annual ArtFest, Mt P Towne Centre
22: N Chas Pops Lowcountry Legends, N Chas PAC
23: Latin Taste of Chas 2025, Exchange Park Ladson
23: Marc Maron, Chas Music Hall
25-30: BettleJuice the Musical, N Chas PAC
27: Charleton Singleton and the Honeycomb Jazz Orchestra, Riviera Theater
27: Yappy Hour, N Chas Wannamaker County Park
27: Spyro Gyra, Chas Music Hall
28-29: Charleston Bluegrass Festival 2025, The Woodlands Nature Reserve
29: Birds of a Feather, Caw Caw Interpretive Center
29: The Garden Club of Charleston’s 89th Springtime in Charleston House & Garden Tours
30: Oyster Roast, Firefly Distillery
30: Rick Wakeman, Chas Music Hall
31: College of Charleston Orchestra Spring Concert, Sottile Theatre
Charleston real estate sales were about the same last year as they were in 2023. Mortgage rates are hovering back around the 7% level. The Fed predicted three rate cuts for 2025, but now they have backed off this idea. Before 2023, the last year that the Charleston area saw less than 17k transactions was 2015. The Charleston area median sales price is now at $428k, which is a 3.5% increase from last year.
Meanwhile, the Charleston economy is still booming. Breeze Airways has announced three new nonstop routes from Charleston to Albany, Rochester, and Burlington. The airline is also inaugurating its previously announced service to New Haven, Conn. American Airlines is pleased to return its non-stop service between Charleston International and NY’s LaGuardia, beginning June 6th. The twice-weekly flights will provide travelers with a direct connection between Charleston and NYC. After almost two years of construction, the SC Aquarium has expanded its educational programming for students statewide through the new Boeing Learning Lab at the Maritime Center. The 8,500 sqft space includes four indoor classrooms, an open-air classroom, a broadcast studio and aquarium staff office space. The Medical University of South Carolina has unveiled a new learning space in Charleston. The new hub is dedicated to learning, innovation and collaboration and is located on the first floor of the College of Nursing building, allowing the program to enroll and train 40 more undergraduate nursing students per year. Two of Charleston’s local businesses and executives from the food and beverage industry have made it to the semifinalists list for the 2025 James Beard Awards. Both located on the Charleston peninsula, Chubby Fish has been chosen for the Outstanding Restaurant category while Femi Oyediran and Miles White from Graft Wine Shop have been nominated for the Outstanding Professional in the Beverage Service category. Plans for a new recreation center and aquatics facility, set to be built in the heart of Johns Island, have been unveiled. The multi-million-dollar investment will provide a state-of-the-art facility for residents, featuring sports and recreational programming for all ages. Publix is adding another store to its 1,390-store portfolio, with a new location in Summerville. The 48k sq ft store opened on Nexton Parkway with 140 associates.
We are committed to providing our clients with an unparalleled level of service. We strive to have you feel and experience our commitment to you all while helping accomplish your real estate goals. That is truly what it is all about! Please reach out to us if you have any questions or if you are thinking of buying, investing, or selling a home!
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