Arts & Festivals in Columbia, South Carolina
Art lovers will want to visit the Columbia Museum of Art, one of the Southeast’s finest, with an extraordinary collection of European and American fine and decorative art spanning several centuries. You’ll also enjoy spending a day at the historic Congaree Vista district, which has an eclectic variety of artist studios and galleries intermixed with a vibrant shopping and restaurant scene. You’ll see local artists in their studios, painting or creating works of blown glass.
Annual festivals and events keep the Columbia climate vibrant with regional and nationally recognized entertainment featured at the 3 Rivers Music Festival and several locally sponsored concert series. The Congaree Vista’s two signature art festivals, November’s Vista Lights and Artista Vista, held each spring, draw thousands from across South Carolina and beyond.
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