Fall Festival at Towne Centre

“A Day of Family + Pet-Friendly Festivities to Celebrate Fall!”

It’s a fun fall festival that takes over Towne Centre, just over the IOP Connector in Mount Pleasant.  There will be live music, exhibits and vendors galore, trick or treating, plus an adorable pet costume contest that benefits the local animal society. 

Here's what was on tap:

• Trick or Treating:  Kids are encouraged to dress in costume and trick or treat at the various stores throughout the outdoor shopping center; 
• Arts & Crafts, Fairy Hair by The Sparkle Bar, Bubble Therapy, stilt walkers, face painting by Faith, caricatures by Dawn, balloon animals & glitter tattoos, bounce house, and activities for the kids from Heartbeatz Dance Academy;
• Pedal-powered Spin Art with Good Clean Fun;
• Live music by party band Rotie Salley;
• Plenty of food from Zimo's Gyros, MacDaddy, The Taternator, Holy City Homemade Italian Ice, Pure Fluff Co., Holy City Popcorn and Nothing Bundt Cakes;
• Libations from Tito’s Handmade Vodka and Burton’s Grill;
• Loads of exhibits by the likes of STARLING CHEVROLET, Park West Veterinary Associates, 1st Choice Heating and Plumbing; Advanced Animal Care of Mount Pleasant; Bach to Rock; Blue Cross South Carolina; Bumble Bee Blinds of the Lowcountry, Charleston Adventure Forest, Charleston Canine Companions, Charleston Taekwondo, Coastal by Design Boutique, Gold Creations Fine Jewelry, Heart Beatz Dance Academy, HotWorx, iCode Mount Pleasant, Infinite Chiropractic, Jeanne Taylor Photos, Just Bee, Lighthouse Family Chiropractic, Mount Pleasant Family Martial Arts, Oliver’s Nannies of Charleston, Park West Veterinary Associates, Peace Love Puppies, Pigtails & Crewcuts, Roper St. Francis Pet Therapy, Sandy Paws, School of Rock, South Carolina Federal Credit Union, Starling Chevrolet and WeLEAD Martial Arts, along with some of your favorite Towne Centre stores: 4Ever Young, Claire’s, Copper Penny, European Wax Center, Hairy Winston Pet Boutique, Hyatt Place, Lush, P.F. Changs and Tweedle Beedle, and many others;
• And last but not least  -  the Pet Costume Contest!  Happening at 2:00, sponsored by Hairy Winston, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Charleston Animal Society.  It costs just $10 to enter, and they’ll award prizes in these categories:  Best Duo, Most Topical/Trending, Best Homemade, Best Inanimate Object, Funniest, and Best Overall.  Register at noon at the Charleston Animal Society table.

The Fall Festival is based in the lovely park area, The Oaks, across from Barnes and Noble.  Admission is free. 

It’s sponsored by Park West Veterinary Associates and Starling Chevrolet.  Partners are the Charleston Animal Society and 95SX Hit Music Now.