Rock Hill, SC - The Come-See-Me Festival

The Come-See-Me is one of Rock Hill’s signature events. It has been ranked in the South’s Top 20 Spring Festivals for numerous years and has been featured in Southern Living magazine twice. The festival’s mascot , “Glen the Frog,” was created by nationally-acclaimed illustrator Vernon Grant, a Rock Hill resident who also created the Rice Krispies gnomes, “Snap, Crackle, and Pop®.”

This year’s ten-day Come-See-Me Festival will be held from April 15th—April 24th. It will feature a wide variety of activities, many of which will be held in Old Town. A sampling of these activities includes:

♦ Chalk on Main. April 16th, 4:30pm to 7:30pm.

Kids, families, and artists will decorate Main Street

with chalk art. Buckets of sidewalk chalk will be

provided. An overhead photo will be taken at 7pm.

♦ Beach Bash. April 16th, 5:30pm to 10pm. Evening

of beach music by Ocean Breeze. Food and drink

vendors will be on-site. Old Town Amphitheater

behind City Hall.

♦ Parade: Old Town Flair. April 17th, 10am. Bands,

mascots, dancing, and floats will celebrate Rock

Hill’s rich history. Parade will begin at 151 Oakland

Avenue, turn right on E. White Street, turn left into

Wachovia parking lot, and turn left on Main Street.

♦ Garden Showcase. April 17th, 11am to 2pm.

Featuring the reconstructed pergola and restored

gardens of the former Mauldin Home. Woman’s

Club of Rock Hill, 607 Aiken Avenue.

♦ Sundaes with Glen and Mother Goose. April

18th, 2pm to 5pm. Join festival mascots and

Mother Goose for ice cream from PW’s, games,

crafts, children’s entertainment and more. Kids can

bring stuffed animals to be repaired. Glencairn

Garden, Charlotte Avenue.

♦ Glencairn Garden Concerts. April 19th—22nd,

12pm to 1:30pm and 6pm to 7:30pm. Bring lawn

chairs or blankets to enjoy food and free entertainment.

Pack a picnic or buy food from Southern

Salads at lunchtime or Penn Station at dinner.

PW’s will sell ice cream during all concerts.(my personal favorite ice cream)

Complete lineup of scheduled entertainers can be

found online. Glencairn Garden, Charlotte Avenue.(prettiest garden in the SC...in my humble opinion...I am a Rock Hill native)

Official event sponsors: Comporium Communications,the City of Rock Hill, Carolinas Medical Center—Pineville, Williams & Fudge, Inc., and the Rock HillCoca-Cola Bottling Company.