Highlights
We totally thought multiple craft breweries and our annual festivals would be enough to convince you to visit, but if you’re still looking for a sign it’s time to start planning your trip, you’ll probably find it in these recent highlights:
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Hidden Gems in Spartanburg
Spartanburg’s dining culture roots run deep. From the early days of Colonials using the area for hunting and crops, to textile mill employees eating at delicatessens across the county, to that slice of Americana of enj
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Where to Be in 2024
Spartanburg hosts a wide variety of events throughout the year, with the action really kicking up a notch as spring sweeps across the area. Keep up with the entirety of our community’s Events Calendar and keep reading
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Discover Spartanburg’s Historic Sites
By Florence Cope, special to OneSpartanburg, Inc. Spartanburg is chock full of history dating back to the country’s founding. From Revolutionary War battles and American icons to being the epicenter of the textile i
The Scholar’s Tour of Spartanburg County
Historical documents often give researchers an understanding of the social history of a place and how residents interacted with one another in the past. Libraries are one of my favorite places to visit when I go to a new...
Continue Reading >Spartanburg’s German Connection
Raise your hand if, when you think of Germans in Spartanburg, you think BMW? Me too—so I was surprised to learn that there are 27 German manufacturing companies in Spartanburg County and that the German community here ...
Continue Reading >Spartanburg is an Arts Town
With over 1,335 annual events and festivals, 43 galleries and art exhibit spaces, 21 indoor live performance venues, and nine outdoor performance venues, options abound, and most are free. There is no famine of options ...
Continue Reading >Meat and Three: It’s What’s Cooking in Spartanburg
By Jan Scalisi , produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. If you’re visiting Spartanburg County—and would like to think that you’re doing a fine job of taking in its special culture—be sure to ...
Continue Reading >A Tale of Two Distilleries
By Sharon Purvis, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. If you ask ten people to name ten things that they associate with the Southern Appalachians, it's a pretty safe bet that most of them will ...
Continue Reading >Visiting Peter’s Creek Preserve
By Tim Marsh, produced in cooperation with the HubCity Writers Project. When I first arrived in Spartanburg as the new Writer-in-Residence at the Hub City Writers Project, there was naturally a lot I needed to learn. ...
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