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
Showin Off at Glendale Shoals
By Andrew Waters, HubCity Writers Project On a Wednesday afternoon in early fall I am getting a tour of the Glendale Shoals Preserve with Steve Patton and Fred Parrish. That’s a thing I’ve noticed about ...
Continue Reading >Being Pet-Friendly in Spartanburg
By Jeremy L. C. Jones, HubCity Writers Project We usually go to Spartanburg’s Rail Tails dog park early in the morning or late in the afternoon, but the absolute best time is just after dinner when the sun has ...
Continue Reading >Firing of the Muskets at Cowpens National Battlefield
By Jeremy L. C. Jones, HubCity Writers Project We took a drive up North I-85—moving a lot more quickly than we would’ve been back in mid-January of 1781 if we’d been part of Brigadier General Daniel Morgan’s ...
Continue Reading >Music Brings Us Together
I’ve heard Shane Pruitt jam at festivals, play gritty guitar blues in listening rooms, and get down and dirty at bars. He's a native son of Spartanburg, a city ConventionSouth magazine recently ranked among the South's...
Continue Reading >Spartanburg Area Football
By Jason Gilmer, HubCity Writers Project With 90 minutes until kickoff, fans are lined up at multiple gates waiting to storm in and reserve their spots on the concrete bleachers at Byrnes High School’s Nixon Field. ...
Continue Reading >Dottie’s Toffee
By Betsy Teter, HubCity Writers Project. Updated for accuracy in June 2019. My introduction to Dottie’s Toffee came at a dinner party on Spartanburg’s eastside when one of the hostesses brought a plate of flat, ...
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