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Happy Thursday, Charleston. By this day in 1943, the Charleston Navy Yard was running flat-out. The Lowcountry’s sleepy peninsula had become a war machine, churning out destroyers and landing ships and swelling its workforce toward an astonishing 26,000 by 1944. The boom was so intense the News and Courier reported the city had “not a single vacant house.” Charleston has always known how to reinvent itself when the moment demands, and few moments demanded more than this one
Summer’s here. Defend your beach — where are you actually going?
I’m not your run-of-the-mill soccer guy. I’m a bona fide fanatic. With 2, count ‘em 2, tattoos honoring the world’s best club. That of course would be Liverpool FC.
So when the World Cup rolls around every 4 years, there’s no way I’m watching it from my couch. When the 2010 World Cup was played in South Africa, I walked into Summers Bar in Arlington, Virginia at 7:15 AM to watch the US play Algeria in a match the US absolutely needed to win.
And it meant vaulting off my bar stool when this happened in the 91st minute.
In case you’ve been sleeping, the World Cup starts this week in the US, Canada and Mexico. And the US opens play Friday night against Paraguay.
Which means Charleston is hyped and there’s watch parties galore. We’ve compiled a comprehensive list.
Including the one at the bus shed where they expect 1,500 revelers.
Me? I’ll be at Proof.
Congrats to Chris M. of Moncks Corner who guessed correctly in last week’s “Where Are We?” I was at Music Farm downtown near the corner of King and Ann. If that reminds you that you need to go out and see some live music, check the weekend lineup below 👇🏼.
WEATHER
Thursday 91° / 76° ⛅ 💧22%
Friday 94° / 76° ⛅ 💧23%
Saturday 93° / 75° ⛈️ 💧37%
Sunday 90° / 75° ⛈️ 💧34%
COMMUNITY
2 Charleston restaurateurs are launching a farmers market in Hampton Park
Two of Charleston's biggest restaurant names just turned a social media post into a real farmers market — and it landed in Hampton Park yesterday. Eleven local farms, sandwiches from Brandon's Bread, and wine you can sip right there on the grass. Three more Wednesdays only (for now), so don't sleep on it.
WHERE ARE WE?
Just reply to this email, or if you’re reading on our website, email me here. The first person to guess correctly will get a shout-out at the top of our issue next week!
HAPPENINGS
Thursday
Summer Culinary Camp | 9 AM - 12 PM | Young Chefs Academy of Charleston, Mount Pleasant | Three hours, knives out, and your kid comes home cooking dinner.
North Charleston Farmers Market | 3 - 7 PM | Park Circle Pavilion, North Charleston | Produce, crafts, and live music until seven. Park Circle's Thursday ritual.
Pint Night @ Two Blokes - The Charles Dennis Foundation | 5 - 8 PM | Two Blokes Brewing, Mount Pleasant | Every pint donates a dollar. Drink beer, do good, repeat.
Friday
CAMP in the STACKS 2026: Myths & Magic in the Stacks | 9 AM - 12 PM | Charleston Library Society, Charleston | Myths, magic, crafts, and a kid who actually wants to read.
Friday Night Skate Night! | 4 - 10 PM | The Rickhouse at Cannon Distillery, Charleston | Roller skating at a distillery. Kids early, adults after seven.
Wakeboard Night | 5 - 7 PM | Charleston Aqua Park, Johns Island | Thirty bucks, cable wakeboarding, that golden after-work light. Friday earned.
Hickory Crawdads at Charleston RiverDogs | 7:05 PM | The Joe, Charleston | First-place showdown, playoff stakes. The Joe will be electric.
Saturday
Charleston Farmers Market 2026 | 8 AM - 2 PM | Marion Square, Charleston | Marion Square's Saturday institution since 1989. Produce, breakfast, crafts, the works.
Yoga at Waterfront Park | 9:30 - 10:15 AM | Waterfront Park, Daniel Island | Free all-levels flow with Bella, then a local market after.
TCB Charleston Vinyl Show | 12 - 5 PM | Firefly Distillery, North Charleston | Crate-dig for rare pressings. Cocktails, food, and your next obsession.
Sunday
Sunday Bazaar at American Gardens | 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM | American Gardens, Charleston | Blooms, local produce, and live music in a King Street garden.
Intro to Lead Climbing | 1 - 4 PM | James Island County Park, James Island | Conquer the Lowcountry's tallest wall. Clip in, climb up, lead the way.
Motown Throwdown | 1:30 - 5 PM | Pour House, Charleston | Soul, Motown, and a deck in the sun. Five bucks.
Fifty-One Days Isn’t Slow
Homes are taking about 51 days to sell across the region now, up from last year, and that number is making some sellers nervous. It shouldn’t. Fifty-one days is not a slow market, it is a normal one. The frenzy years of three-day sales and waived inspections were the anomaly, not the baseline. A house that sells in seven weeks at a strong price did exactly what it was supposed to do. The only listings worth worrying about are the ones sitting at 90 and 100 days, and those almost always have a price problem, not a market problem.
Jimmy Farrell
Broker, The Farrell Group
ICYMI
A 17-year old Mount Pleasant trattoria watched its rent nearly triple, then quietly plotted an escape three miles up Highway 17.
→ See where the crazy chef landedWu-Tang cocktails, s’mores oysters and a fried-bologna combo: Charleston kitchens are mining your childhood for everything it’s worth.
→ Find out which throwback bite people keep orderingThree years after Folly capped short-term rentals by a razor-thin vote, City Hall packed in to relitigate the whole thing.
→ See what changes are actually on the tableThe bar that conquered five cities just took over a beloved Upper King address, and it’s pouring until 2 a.m. every night.
→ See who’s behind the new King Street hangJames Island finally got its own indoor pickleball temple: six cushioned courts, a social lounge and a war on the “kitchen.”
→ See what a membership runs you
LIVE MUSIC
FRI — Spacey Jane at Charleston Music Hall — the Aussie indie wave hits King Street. Or Easy Star All-Stars at The Refinery — dub-reggae royalty, the cult pick.
SAT — Mt. Joy at Credit One Stadium — the biggest room of the weekend. Or Debí Tirar Más Fiestas at Music Farm — a Bad Bunny dance party, no apologies.
SUN — The Suitcase Junket at The Pour House — one man, a junkyard’s worth of instruments. Or Reggae Sunday at The Washout — sunset, sand, easy riddims.
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