The 2011 Spoleto Festival of USA will be held in Charleston, South Carolina from May 27 to June 12.Founded in 1977 by Pulitzer Prize winner Gian Carlo Menotti, this arts festival is a great event to provide the young artists an opportunity to work with veterans in the field of classical music, opera, theater, music, dance and jazz. Artists around the world offer more than 120 performances during this 17 day event. Many of the festival events are free but some require advance tickets.

World Grits Festival is held in St. George, South Carolina in the month of April every year. Thousands of grits lovers take part in this competition. Since the residents of St. George consume more grits, the place is called grits capital of the world. Therefore this food festival is held every year and it involves a lot of fun.

In this festival the participants roll in grits, eat grits breakfast and grits dinner. The main event of the festival consists of taking part in a grits rolling competition. The participants roll in a tub filled with cooked grits and try to get as much grits as possible on their body. They wear big hats and loose pants with lots of pockets to get more pounds of grits.