West Columbia businesses have come to love Art on State.

The City of West Columbia will present the 6th Annual Art on State from 5:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.

Friday (May 13) in the 100-200 Blocks of State Street, West Columbia.Artists will be painting live in the street, so it’s a great opportunity to see the city lights at night and witness art in the process of creation.

West Columbia’s Meeting Street Artisan Market will be open for a Special Night Edition in West Columbia’s Interactive Art Park at 425 Meeting Street.

Also featured at Art on State is live music by Seventy-Six and Sunny and Whiskey Run. There will be food and drinks from local restaurants, too. WECO Biergarten will be selling beer and wine.

It’s a chance for D’s Wings to show the restaurant to a whole new base of customers, who may not have been there before. Ds Wings is at 415 Meeting St, beside the Interactive Art Park.

Cafe Strudel is at 300 State Street. But on Friday, for Art on State, Cafe Strudel’s food truck will set up near the corner of Norfolk and State streets.

The staff at Savage Craft Ale Works expects a big night. There will be three bands playing.

“We are planning to make this show awesome rain or shine,” said General Manager Victoria Porter. “We will be bringing in a tent to cover the stage and the beer garden area in front of the stage. Art on State is a great community event and I think Friday is going to be a once in a lifetime moment for those who love the band and the songs Lit has forever etched in our memories. Up close and personal. This is going to be something special.”

Savage Craft band schedule:

• 6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. Don’t Panic
• 7:45 – 8:30 p.m. Tuk Smith and the Restless Hearts
• 9 p.m. – 10:15 p.m. Lit

In addition to Lit, Savage Craft is offering drink specials including several craft beers brewed on-site. 

Details
Live Music

•  5:30 PM – 7:30 PM – Whiskey Run
•  8 PM – 9:30 PM – Seventy-Six and Sunny

Live Mural Art -featuring local artists painting murals on the street & other live demonstrations

•  Laura Day
•  Dylan Fouste
•  Shaina Manuel
•  Alicia Leeke, Contemporary American Painter
•  Lucas Sams
•  Allan Pearsall
•  Jason G. Jaco
•  Justin Vorhis – Forge
•  Kate Batten – Caricatures

Local Food & Beverages for purchase

•  Savage Craft Ale Works
•  WECO Bottle and Biergarten
•  New Brookland Tavern
•  Haute Dog Lady
•  Café Strudel Food Truck

West Columbia’s Meeting Street Artisan Market – Special Night Edition (in the Interactive Art Park – 425 Meeting Street)

• Bee Lee Bags
• Benji Hicks Art
• Big Sid’s Happy Place Designs
• Brickhouse Gourmet Coffee and Tea Company
• bully bowtique
• Mopickles
• Q Borough Candle Bar
• Reveca Camacho Designs
• Sealine Soap Company
• The Black Bird Nest Studio
• Tivoli Treasures
• WalkerStix
• Blu Jim
• 22 Memory Lane LLC
• Quipu
• B.MAC Bakeshop

Live Art Demonstrations at the Market

Transportation options are as follows (see map) (Parking Video Tour https://westcolumbiasc.gov/2021/03/west-columbia-river-district-free-parking-options-2021/):

Parking

•  Carraway Park – 212 Hudson Street
•  Free Public Parking Garage – 310 Court Avenue
•  Capitol Square – 483 Sunset Boulevard
•  Interactive Art Park – 425 Meeting Street
•  River District Church – 400 State Street
• Meeting Street Artisan Market – 425 Meeting Street
•  Uber – Pickup/Drop-Off
•  Lyft – Pickup/Drop-Off

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/4703251476470684