Barbeque in Greenville
It has been said that Barbeque is the soundtrack of summer and here in Greenville that is certainly true. Pork, chicken, beef, or even tofu rubbed, seasoned, and cooked low and slow all before you even have to decide to sauce or not sauce! Whether you like a tender brisket sandwich (ME! ME!) or a plate of a variety of smoked meats with over-the-top sides SC’s Upstate has something for you. While you truly have so many choices of BBQ styles we have put together a list of our favorites – in no particular order.
- Mike & Jeff’s -3.2 miles- Is family owned and run for almost 30 years. Cooking over an open wood fire for 16 hours you can trust that it will be amazing. Open from 10am-4pm Tues through Saturday.
- Henry’s Smokehouse – 0.9 miles – Named “Best BBQ Spot in South Carolina” by 24/7 Tempo this casual restaurant features the leanest butts cooked over hickory logs then hand pulled and served to you either inside or out at the picnic tables.
- Bucky’s Bar-B-Q – 8.8 miles – When Wayne Preston’s electric bill came due with no money to pay it he set up a stand selling BBQ. From a roadside stand to three locations you just need to taste the special spice rub and the mac & cheese to see why.
- Moohogz Craft BBQ -1.5 miles – With a history in the Air Force, community involvement, and teaching it seems Moohogz has found the perfect home in Unity Park. Mixing Texas and Midwest bbq with additional flavors from the Caribbean has made this stop a tasty and unique one. They have plenty of choices including vegan options, but ribs are only offered on Saturday so plan accordingly!
- Home Team BBQ -1 mile – For a dine-in option my favorite is Home Team. A delicious salad with pepitas, grilled corn, & smoked poblano vinaigrette and your choice of smoked meat. Serve that with a “Snake in the Grass” cocktail and I am a happy camper! Open until midnight for those after-the-show diners.
- Moes’s Original BBQ -1 mile- Known for Alabama-style BBQ (dry rubbed, slow smoked, & sopped) Moe’s is listed as one of the “Top 10 Rib joints in the Country” by Relish. Be sure to give the mayo-based Alabama bbq sauce a try (I love it!) and don’t miss out on the cornbread.
- Lewis Barbcue – 1.2 miles- Bringing Texas bbq straight from Charleston! Growing up and developing his style in Texas while continuing to learn and improve his skills as pitmaster John Lewis is now known as one of the best in the country by multiple organizations. All I can say is don’t miss out on the brisket!!!
This is by far not a comprehensive list! You can book Greenville’s BBQ Trail Tour to have a taste of Henry’s, Bucky’s, and Mike & Jeff’s. For those dedicated to trying all the SC bbq, Discover South Carolina has a map with 220 bbq restaurants across the state including a section dedicated to the upstate. Greenville Festivals (and surrounding areas) are hard to beat and we don’t let you down when it comes to bbq either. Watch the calendar for Project Host BBQ Cookoff & Festival fundraiser in September, Hog & Barrel (Bourbon, BBQ, & Bacon) in October, Mauldin’s Annual BBQ Cookoff in September, and Southern Roots BBQ Reunion in April.
We even have our own Barbeque Benedict on the menu some mornings with a toasted biscuit, pulled pork, corn & cilantro slaw, poached egg, and a mustard bbq sauce hollandaise
Now to plan the rest of your trip! We have listed some of our favorite events below but be sure to check out the VisitGreenvilleSC to see even more fun going on in the area.
Recurring Events:
Thursday nights from 5:30 – 8:30 NOMA Square – Piedmont Natural Gas’ Downtown Alive Join the Metropolitan Arts Council down on Main Street as they help kick off the weekend every Thursday night with this free community event. Click above to see which bands are in the lineup each week.
Friday nights from 5:30 – 9:30 NOMA Square – Greenville Heritage Main Street Fridays – wind up the work week listening and dancing to the best in musical entertainment at this free community event happening every Friday night in NOMA Square.
Saturday mornings from 8:00 – 12:00 – TD Saturday Market – On Saturday mornings from the beginning of May until the end of October, two blocks of downtown Greenville’s Main Street are transformed into a bustling farmers’ market. The market features over 75 vendors selling the season’s freshest produce and the area’s most original and high quality crafts. Each week thousands of people flock to the TD Saturday Market for locally-sourced products where all food must be grown or produced within 100 miles of Greenville and crafters are highly-encouraged to use locally-sourced supplies.
Ongoing Events:
June 7, 2025 – January 18, 2026 – Upcountry History Museum – Avengers: Endgame – The Exhibition – The first exhibition of its kind in the United States, the project invites visitors of all ages to traverse the Marvel Universe. This once-in-a lifetime experience will explore the fourth installment in the Avengers saga and is the culmination of 22 interconnected Marvel films and the climax of a journey. The exhibit’s design and messaging will emulate Avengers: Endgame’s principles of friendship, teamwork, and setting aside differences to overcome impossible obstacles.
March 15, 2025 – September 7, 2025 – Upcountry History Museum – Beautification: The Environmental Legacy of Lady Bird Johnson will guide visitors through a comprehensive story of Mrs. Johnson’s life, from childhood through her post-White House years. Visitors will be immersed in the life and legacy of Lady Bird Johnson, including her friendship with Ted Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss. Assets, on loan from the LBJ Presidential Library and the Johnsons daughters Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson include items from Whistle Stop campaign tours, gowns from White House galas, and mementos from beautification projects along with letters, photographs, oral histories, home movies, and artifacts – the majority of which have never been shared with the public.
May 24, 2025 – September 21, 2025 – Upcountry History Museum – Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice – Crossing the threshold of this special exhibition means traveling 
back in time to explore the Age of the Dinosaurs. As visitors move through the exhibit they encounter unfamiliar landscapes, touchable dinosaurs of all shapes and sizes, and opportunities to investigate clues about what the dinosaurs left behind. The exhibit builds on the popular fascination with dinosaurs and includes science, history, and literacy based activities to challenge all ages. Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice, is the first child-centered exhibit dedicated to expanding the understanding of dinosaur habitat and range. The bilingual (Spanish and English) exhibit features three distinct sections that build on a child’s innate curiosity about dinosaurs: Land of Fire (a warm dinosaur habitat), Land of Ice (a cold dinosaur habitat), and a Field Research Station (complete with a Big Dig experience).
Week by Week Daily Events:
August 1 – 3
August 1 – First Fridays – Greenville Area Gallery Crawl – First Fridays invites you to navigate Greenville’s visual arts scene each month as galleries and venues are open to the public from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. Follow the link here for a number of resources to help you plan your route. You can visit maps to find the main areas where the galleries are located. Our gallery directory contains contact information and directions through Google Maps to each location.
August 1 – Alchemy Comedy Theatre – Local Legends: Improv comedy inspired by true stories. Every Friday night a new local legend (person of note) tells their own local legends (true stories) to inspire this fully improvised show.
August 1 – 3 – Centrestage Theatre – Million Dollar Quartet – A Tuesday night, shortly before Christmas 1956, four legends gathered at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launched their careers. This was their only performance, a cultural flashpoint that caught rock ‘n’ roll at the moment of creation. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET brings that legendary December night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations that is both poignant and funny. Relive the era with this smash-hit sensation featuring an incredible score of rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, R&B and country hits, performed live onstage by world-class actors and musicians. Showcased hit songs include “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Walk the Line,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Hound Dog,” and more.
August 2 – Peace Concert Hall – Maddie and Tae – Maddie & Tae, the first and only female twosome with multiple No. 1s, have been together as longtime friends and music collaborators. The ladies channel their unbreakable bond, honest songwriting and tight harmonies in their recently released album Love & Light.
August 4 – 10
August 5 – 10 – Peace Concert Hall – Broadway Series – Kimberly Akimbo – This winner of 5 Tony Awards, a new musical about growing up and growing old (in no particular order). Kimberly is about to turn 16 and recently moved with her family to a new town in suburban New Jersey. In this “howlingly funny heartbreaker of a show” (The New Yorker), Kim is forced to navigate family dysfunction, a rare genetic condition, her first crush…and possible felony charges. Ever the optimist, she is determined to find happiness against all odds and embark on a great adventure.
August 5-9 – Fluor Field – Come meet Reedy Rip’it, and cheer on the Drive as they take on The Rome Emperors. The Greenville Drive, is Greenville’s Minor League baseball team serving as the High-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. This season marks the Drive’s 20th anniversary. Games are played at Fluor Field in the West End, which was built to nearly replicate the dimensions of Fenway Park, including its own “Green Monster”, and “Pesky’s Pole” in right field.
August 7 – 10 – Centrestage Theatre – Million Dollar Quartet – A Tuesday night, shortly before Christmas 1956, four legends gathered at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launched their careers. This was their only performance, a cultural flashpoint that caught rock ‘n’ roll at the moment of creation. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET brings that legendary December night to life with an irresistible tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and celebrations that is both poignant and funny. Relive the era with this smash-hit sensation featuring an incredible score of rock ‘n’ roll, gospel, R&B and country hits, performed live onstage by world-class actors and musicians. Showcased hit songs include “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Walk the Line,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Who Do You Love?,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” “Hound Dog,” and more.
August 7 – 8 – Gunter Theatre at The Peace Center – Merlin Returns, Starring Piff the Magic Dragon – Part of the South Carolina New Play Festival, Vegas Headliner and “Magician of the Year” Piff the Magic Dragon is cast as Merlin in a revival of the 1983 Broadway flop starring Doug Henning in “Merlin Returns”. The laugh-out-loud parody focuses on the backstage drama as Piff and his Vegas sidekicks come into increasing conflict with the musical theater actors playing the roles of The Queen, The Prince, and young Merlin (roles which were originally performed on Broadway by Chita Rivera, Nathan Lane, and Christian Slater). Expect jaw-dropping tricks, over-the-top characters, and an outrageous story full of the best magic tricks ever put onstage.
August 8 – 9 – The Warehouse Theatre – The Break – Part of the South Carolina New Play Festival. The Break is a rock musical about a couple who, after ten years together, decide to take a one-month break from each other to date around, and sleep around, and see if a lifetime contract and marriage is their thing. During their 30-day break the two lovers discover significant truths about themselves and their relationships. The Break will speak to all of us who had a long-term relationship that affected our lives, but maybe wasn’t “the one” for the rest of our life.
August 8 – Radio Room – Erin Kinsey – Country / Pop Rock singer Erin Kinsey performs at Greenville’s favorite music venue, the Radio Room
August 9 – Centrestage Theatre – Mariah, or The Passageway – Part of the South Carolina New Play Festival. Mariah, or The Passageway centers on a family who gathers for Sadie’s 70th birthday party. Her son Alex and his girlfriend arrive to surprise his mother, only to find the house is already full with Sadie’s much younger boyfriend, Ben, Alex’s struggling older brother, Nick, and a new tenant, Mariah, with whom Alex had a confusing and intimate relationship with years ago. This new play explores how our bodies struggle to carry psychic wounds, and the danger of leaving those wounds unattended.
August 10 – The Warehouse Theatre – My Favorite Sociopath – Part of the South Carolina New Play Festival, “My Favorite Sociopath” centers on three journalism students who are willing to stretch the truth to get the best story. It is a show that explores the way media seeks to divide and enrage audiences in order to get the most eyes on a story and is profoundly relevant now in the social media age. “Sociopath” was commissioned by Audible Theatre.
August 10 – The South Carolina Children’s Theatre – The Drought Girl – Part of the South Carolina New Play Festival,The Drought Girl follows Nemo, a fourth-grade girl who prefers to play by herself but is constantly teased by her obnoxious table-mate, Stone. Their dynamic changes with the arrival of a strange mythical girl who possesses supernatural gifts and curses. The Drought Girl is one tale about two unlikely friendships, told from three perspectives.
August 11 – 17
August 15 – 31 – Mauldin Cultural Center – Prince of Egypt
August 15 – 16 – The Comedy Zone – Greg Warren – Greg Warren recently released his special The Salesman, co-produced by Nate Bargatze and 800 Pound Gorilla Media. The project tells the story of his post-college phase when he had a stint selling Jif and Pringles for Procter & Gamble which eventually led to his decision to become a full-time comedian. According to The New York Times, Greg “…has done for peanut butter what Jerry Seinfeld did for Pop-Tarts and Jim Gaffigan did for Hot Pockets.” An honest mix of self-deprecation, frustration and an arsenal of lifelike characters highlight Greg’s colorful perspective.
August 16 – Greer City Park – Tunes in the Park featuring Mac Arnold & Plate Full O’ Blues
August 17 – The Comedy Zone – Alfred Robles – After getting kicked out of the police academy, Alfred Robles rose to become one of the hottest young comedians in the country. His viral stand up comedy clips have amassed millions of views on social media and he can be seen on all three seasons of “Stand Up Revolution” on Comedy Central, “Mr. Iglesias” on Netflix, and “Entre Nos” on HBO.
August 18 – 24
August 23 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Shinedown, Dance, Kid, Dance Tour – with guests Bush and Morgan Wade
August 23 – Furman’s Paladin Stadium – Come cheer on the Greenville Triumph, our professional soccer men’s team as they take on the Texoma FC.
August 24 – Peace Concert Hall – America: The Encore Tour 2025 – The iconic multi-platinum-selling group AMERICA celebrates their 55th anniversary with the “Encore Tour 2025.” Known for their timeless magic and powerful performances, the Grammy Award-winning favorite will draw on their deep catalogue of hits, including signature song “A Horse With No Name,” which skyrocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard‘s Hot 100 list in 1972.
August 25 – 31
August 26 – CCNB Amphitheatre at Heritage Park – Collective Soul
August 26 – 31 – Fluor Field – Come meet Reedy Rip’it, and cheer on the Drive as they take on The Bowling Green Hot Rods. . The Greenville Drive, is Greenville’s Minor League baseball team serving as the High-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. This season marks the Drive’s 20th anniversary. Games are played at Fluor Field in the West End, which was built to nearly replicate the dimensions of Fenway Park, including its own “Green Monster”, and “Pesky’s Pole” in right field.
August 28 – Peace Concert Hall – Tom Segura: Come Together – Actor/Comedian/Writer Tom Segura is one of the biggest names in the comedy business. He is currently selling out venues all over the world on his Come Together tour. This follows his highly successful, I’m Coming Everywhere World Tour, where he played over 300 shows. Segura is best known for his Netflix specials Ball Hog (2020), Disgraceful (2018), Mostly Stories (2016), and Completely Normal (2014).
August 30 – Radio Room – Comedian Shayne Smith
August 31 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena – Spiritfest 2025 – 2025 marks the 33rd annual Spiritfest, featuring: Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Ricky Dillard, Luther Barnes, Doc McKenzie & The Hi-Lites.
Plenty of good food, comedians, and shows, Greenville is the place to be this August. Give us a call at 864-242-4529 or click below to come stay with us while you enjoy your visit to the Upstate.
