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Illumination Charleston Holiday Market: Brought to You by Explore Charleston and Southern Living

  • The Charleston Visitors Center 375 Meeting Street Charleston, SC, 29403 United States (map)

Buxton Books is proud to be the bookseller for the Illumination Charleston Holiday Market, a very special holiday experience brought to you by Explore Charleston and Southern Living! For tickets and more information, please click here.

Join Explore Charleston and Southern Living for an unforgettable experience as they light up the season with Southern Living editors, special guests, and a curated holiday market in the magical city of Charleston, South Carolina. Highlights include:

  • The Southern Living Illumination Holiday Market featuring local and regional vendors curated by Southern Living editors

  • A full day of demonstrations on cooking, decorating, and holiday entertaining

  • A tour of the 2024 Southern Living Idea House in Kiawah River, which will be decorated for the holidays - SOLD OUT

  • Book signings with notable Southerner authors

  • Meet and greets with Southern Living editors and contributors

About the Holiday Market:

10:00am – 4:00pm
Standard: $100
VIP: $225 (includes Friday event plus early admission to the Holiday Market)

Southern Living will once again transform the Charleston Visitor Center into a holiday market featuring a full-day of demonstrations and seminars hosted by Southern Living Editors, notable chefs, authors, and Southern personalities. A selection of pop-up booths will feature gifts available for purchase, food and beverage samplings, and more. Illumination Charleston attendees will receive complimentary refreshments, including light bites, beer, and wine.

Full schedule:

  • 10:30 AM - Jocelyn Delk Adams and Canaan Marshall, book signing will immediately follow.

  • 11:45 AM- Grumpy Gardener

  • 12:15 PM - Lunch

  • 1:30 PM - Toni Tipton-Martin, book signing will immediately follow.

  • 2:15 PM - Bethany Joy Lenz, book signing will immediately follow.

  • 3:00 PM - Ivy Odom

    *subject to change

For tickets and more information, please click here.