Dec 18 | 7:30 PM | Historic Camden Foundation Join us in McCaa’s Tavern to learn a new craft and embroider a festive holiday card to take home. Tickets available here. Ages 12+

Come join us for our 2025 Battle of Camden BBQ fest. A family friendly event that features 2 days of South Carolina’s best pit masters smoking up amazing barbecue for you to come and sample. Friday night is all about the chicken wing. Our competitors will be serving up smoked wings for you to try […]

The Camden Community Concert Band's Fall Concert

Historic Camden's Colonial Festival Trick-or-Treat is now scheduled for Sunday, October 19th from 4pm - 7pm. Bring the whole family for this fun-filled Halloween adventure. Admission is free!

Saturday, October 11 | 1:00 PMHistoric Camden – Education Center 1314 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020 Authors Allison Gunn and Emily Carpenter join forces for a conversation on how inherited myths, haunted landscapes, and family legacies continue to shape Southern Gothic fiction today. Drawing from Appalachian and Deep South folklore, both writers explore how generational […]

Saturday, October 11 | 12:15Historic Camden – McCaa’s Tavern 222 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020United States Ghosts, ghouls, and graveyards have fascinated people for centuries—but why? In this engaging session, storyteller and historian Kim Poovey explores the origins of our obsession with the haunted and the macabre. From centuries-old folklore to the evolution of the Gothic genre in literature, […]

Saturday, October 11 | 11:00 AMHistoric Camden – McCaa’s Tavern (North Room)222 Broad Street, Camden, SC Presented by Kassidy Plyler of the Catawba Cultural Center, this session offers an overview […]

This panel brings together three celebrated voices in contemporary fiction—Julia Elliott, Nathan Ballingrud, and Lee Mandelo—for a conversation on the role of the supernatural in Southern Gothic storytelling. Ghosts, haunted […]