Welcome to the sweetest weekend ever. Celebrate the birthplace of sweet tea in Summerville and its history at the Sweet Tea Festival this Saturday, Sept. 21.
It’s kind of a big deal and was even mentioned on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.” Keep reading because we’re spilling the tea on all the sweet deets.
🍋 Sweet Tea Cocktail Contest + Hold My Tea Bar Crawl
Now through Sunday, get in the game by sipping on local sweet tea cocktails from these seven participating bars and restaurants.
Don’t forget: Cast your vote using the QR code on your Bingo card which will help decide the winner of the People’s Choice Award. Like what you’re sipping? Recipes will be posted on the town’s Instagram.
Pro tip: Once you complete the card, you can trade it in for a free bar crawl shirt at the Summerville Visitor Center.
Shop from 70+ vendors from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. There will be farmers + artisans on site.
After getting your local goods from the farmers market, head to Hutchinson Square on Saturday for this annual festival celebrating Summerville as the birthplace of sweet tea. Downtown will be transformed into an open house + street fair with food trucks, local musicians, and unique vendors.
Of course, there will be plenty of sweet tea. You can help select the best tea at the festival by sampling + voting for your favorite.
Fun fact: The Town of Summerville set the Guinness World Record for the World’s Largest Sweet Iced Tea on June 10, 2016. To brew the record-setting 2,524 gallons of sweet tea, 210 pounds of tea + 1,700 pounds of sugar were used.
Street closures
- Doty from 100 S. Main to Main Street
- Little Main
- W. Richardson from Main to Central
- Short Central
Pro tip: Be ready to park several blocks away; parking around the event zone is limited.
