10/16/2026
🍂 THINGS TO DO IN COLUMBIA THIS WEEKEND 🍂
October 16 to 18
Fall weekend, full calendar! Here is where to find us and the best of what’s happening around town. 👇
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🚐 AT BIG RIG FRIENDLY
📅 Friday, Oct 16
🥕 Toms Creek Farmers Market
🕔 4-7pm
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🎡 FOOD: SC STATE FAIR
📅 Open all weekend, through Oct 25
📍 State Fairgrounds, Rosewood Drive
🌭 Fair food, rides, and fall fun
🕙 Fri: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
🕙 Sat: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
🕙 Sun: Noon to 9 p.m.
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🎻 MUSIC: SC PHILHARMONIC
📅 Saturday, Oct 17
🕢 7:30 p.m.
📍 Koger Center for the Arts
🎹 Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with guest pianist William Wu, plus Brahms’ Symphony No. 3
🎟️ Free pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m.
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🎃 FAMILY FRIENDLY: BOO AT THE ZOO
📅 Opens Friday, Oct 16
🕕 6 to 9 p.m. nightly
📍 Riverbanks Zoo
🦇 Trick or treat your way through the zoo
🎟️ Tickets are sold online and capacity is limited, so get yours ahead of time
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🏕️ STAY WITH US
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