South Carolina Cornbread Festival 2023
Presented by NCBA/NOMA District
The South Carolina Cornbread Festival Returns After a 3-Year Hiatus!
After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North Columbia Business Association (NCBA)/North Main (NOMA) District is pleased to announce the return of the South Carolina Cornbread Festival on Sunday, April 30, 2023 from 11am-6pm at 2847 N. Main Street. The NCBA/NOMA District hosts South Carolina’s only event dedicated to the love of cornbread.
The mission of the South Carolina Cornbread Festival is to provide the North Columbia community the opportunity to be a part of the NCBA/NOMA District’s tradition and cultural pastime that brings people together for a fun-filled family experience.
The South Carolina Cornbread Festival welcomes approximately 8,000 attendees annually to the City of Columbia and Richland County. The festival proceeds enable the NCBA/NOMA District to market the corridor throughout the Midlands and host events throughout the year showcasing its merchants. The festival is a destination event that attracts attendees from around the region with over half of attendees between the ages of twenty-five and sixty, sixty percent female, forty percent male and eighty-five percent African American.
This year’s festival will take place at 2847 N. Main Street in Downtown Columbia in the grassy area in front of the NOMA Community Garden bordered by Anthony Avenue, Drayton and Newman Streets and River Drive.
Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the gate. Festivities will include live music, cornhole and bingo games, the Cornbread Alley, the Cornbread Cook-Off, the Cornbread Eating Competition, the Corn Muffin Playland, the Little Miss Muffin Pageant, craft vendors, food trucks and exhibitors.
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Become a Sponsor, Vendor or Volunteer at the Festival!
Sponsors
Sponsorships will be accepted through Friday, March 31st.
Vendors
Vendor applications will be accepted through Friday, April 21st.
Volunteers
We are looking for 130 volunteers. If you or your group is interested, please reach out!