2-Month Events Calendar
October – November 2022
Events sometimes change. Call or email ahead to be sure.
Oct 3 (1st Monday) – HCDP Faith Caucus, 7:00 pm virtually. For info, contact Cedric Blain-Spain at Cblainspain.stateec@gmail.com.
Oct 4 (1st Tuesday) – South Side Democrats Network Club. Meets virtually at 7:00 pm. For info, contact Cedric Blain-Spain at Cblainspain.stateec@gmail.com.
Oct 6 (1st Thursday) – First Thursday Happy Hour, 5:00 pm. Location: Walk-Ons (501) 61 Rodeo Dr, Myrtle Beach. For more information, contact Chris Carr at christine.k.carr@gmail.com or Dr Saxena at scsaxen@gmail.com.
Oct 7 (Friday) – Last day for new SC voters to register in person to vote in the Nov 8 general election.
Oct 8 (Saturday) – Women’s Rally for Our Rights, 2:00 – 4:00 pm at Chapin Park, Myrtle Beach.
Oct 8 (Saturday) – SCDP Spratt Issues Conference, Medallion Conference Center, Columbia SC. 12:30 – 5:00 pm. A platform for Democrats to come together from across SC to discuss solutions to the challenges facing South Carolinians. This year there will be three important panel discussions as well as our 2022 Get-Out-The-Vote training. $20 registration fee with refreshments included. Register here.
Oct 8-9 (Saturday-Sunday) – Little River ShrimpFest, 9am – 5pm.
Oct 10 – Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples’ holiday
Oct 10 (Monday) – HCDP Executive Committee (EC), 6:00 pm. Govt & Judicial Bldg, 1301 2nd Ave, Conway.
Oct 10 (Monday) – Mail-In Absentee Voting begins
Oct 11 (Tuesday) – Absentee by Mail Ballot Awareness Day, 9:00 am to 7:00 pm. HCDP office, 311C Beaty Street Conway will be open to answer your
mail- in ballot questions. Process has changed- Be prepared! Call or drop by (843) 488-4237.
Oct 11 (2nd Tuesday) – Carolina Forest Democratic Club will join Grand Strand Pride at their Candidates Come Out for Equality event at Beachfront Kitchen & Bar, 201 72nd Ave N In Myrtle Beach @ 5:00 pm. For info, contact Cathy T at cath26@gmail.com..
Oct 12 (2nd Wednesday) – Gun Sense Committee, 10 am via Zoom, For more info, contact Henry Garbelman at hengar45@gmail.com.
Oct 13 (2nd Thursday) – South Enders Democratic Club, 5:00 pm. Location: All Souls Waccamaw Unitarian Universalist Church, 7185 Hwy 707 across from the Socastee PO. Guest speaker is Terri Brobst, Grand Strand Humane Society. For info, contact Rick at info@southenders.org.
Oct 14 (2nd Friday) – Beach Dems Breakfast, 8:30 am at Friendly’s Restaurant, 4705 N Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach. Speaker is Daryl Scott, Candidate for Congress SC-7, and SC House Candidates, Ashlyn Preaux, Ryan Thompson and Ernest Carson. For information, contact Sally at sallyphoward@aol.com.
Oct 15 (Saturday) – ENGAGE HORRY – 9:00 am – 2:00 pm at the James R Frazier Community Center, 1370 Bucksport Road, Bucksport SC. Free food. Kid’s activities. Come join us.
Oct 15 (Saturday) – Loris Bog-Off Festival, 9am – 9pm.
Oct 20 (3rd Thursdays) – DWCHC- Democratic Women’s Council of Horry County, 5:00-7:00 pm, Beachfront Kitchen and Bar, 201 75th Ave N, Myrtle Beach. Special guests: Daryl Scott, Democratic candidate for US House Dist 7 and Ernest Carson, Democratic candidate for SC House Dist 68. For details and to learn more about us visit www.dwchc.com.
Oct 22 (Saturday) – Out of the Darkness Walk at Broadway at the Beach for suicide awareness and prevention, 11:00 am.
Oct 23 (Sunday) – Candidate Forum – Meet & Greet the Candidates – Burgess Community Center, 10299 SC-707, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 »Click for Map, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm.
Oct 24 (Monday) – Early Voting period begins (2 weeks) – 7 locations in Horry. Monday thru Saturday, 8:30 am – 6:00 pm.
Oct 24 (4th Monday) – Westside Democrats meets 4th Monday at 5:30 pm in the HCDP Office, 311c Beaty St, Conway. Guest speaker, Dr Jeremy Holland, professor of Sociology at HGTC, returns to facilitate the group’s discussion and develop action plans for issues identified. All are invited. Contact Scott Pleasant at scottplez@yahoo.com.
Oct 27 (4thThursday) – North Strand Democrats, 5pm. Meets the last Thursday monthly at the North Myrtle Beach Library. Guest Speaker: TBA. For info, contact Verlene DeWitt at bigvbd@gmail.com.
Oct 29 (Saturday) – Freewoods Farm Fall Festival (Burgess Community), 10am-4pm.
Oct 29 (Saturday) – Grand Strand Phone Bank for Joe Cunningham & Tally Casey, 3pm-4pm. email: information@joeforsouthcarolina.com Please include your Name, Phone Number, and email, and please specify that you are interested in the 10/29 Grand Strand phone bank. We will send out the Zoom link day of or the day before the phone bank so folks should be on the lookout for that once registered. »Click here for Facebook Event for more information
Oct 30 (Sunday) – Gun Sense Action Committee Rally at the Myrtle Beach Gun & Knife Show, 1pm-4pm. Join the HCDP GunSense Action Committee march on Oak Street across from the Convention Center in protest the absence of background checks for firearm sales, the newly enacted Open Carry (with permit) law, and the City’s support and encouragement of gun sales in Horry County. »Visit the Gun Sense Webpage on HCDP here. email: gunsense@horrydemocrats.org
Oct 31 (Last Monday) – Grand Strand Young Democrats, 6:30 pm. Virtual event – Join the Grand Strand Young Democrats (covering Horry and Georgetown counties) every last Monday of the month! Sign up for SCDP-wide events at www.mobilize.us. For information, contact DaVita Foushee at 3rdvicechairhcdp@gmail.com.
Nov 1 (1st Tuesday) – South Side Democrats Network Club. Meets virtually at 7:00 pm. For info, contact Cedric Blain-Spain at Cblainspain.stateec@gmail.com.
Nov 3 (1st Thursday) – First Thursday Happy Hour, 5:00 pm. Location: Walk-Ons (501) 61 Rodeo Dr, Myrtle Beach. For more information, contact Chris Carr at christine.k.carr@gmail.com or Dr Saxena at scsaxen@gmail.com.
Nov 5 (Saturday) – Surfside Beach Family Festival (rescheduled), 10am – 4pm.
Nov 7 (1st Monday) – HCDP Faith Caucus, 7:00 pm virtually. For info, contact Cedric Blain-Spain at Cblainspain.stateec@gmail.com.
Nov 8 (Tuesday) – 2022 General Election. Precinct polls open 7am – 7pm
Nov 9 (2nd Wednesday) – Gun Sense Committee, 10 am via Zoom, For more info, contact Henry Garbelman at hengar45@gmail.com.
Nov 10 (2nd Thursday) – South Enders Democratic Club, 5:00 pm. Location:
All Souls Waccamaw Unitarian Universalist Church, 7185 Hwy 707 across from the Socastee PO. For info, contact Rick at info@southenders.org
Nov 11 (Friday) – Veterans Day Holiday
Nov 11 (2nd Friday) – Beach Dems Breakfast, 8:30 am at Friendly’s Restaurant, 4705 N Kings Hwy, Myrtle Beach. Speaker is Dr Holley Tankersley, CCU’s Dean of Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences. For information, contact Sally at sallyphoward@aol.com.
Nov 11 (2nd Friday, alternating months) – Northwest Action Dems, 3:00 pm at the Loris Library. For information, contact Shirley Vaught at 843-283-7851.
Nov 17 (3rd Thursdays) – DWCHC- Democratic Women’s Council of Horry County, 5:00-7:00 pm, Beachfront Kitchen and Bar, 201 75th Ave N, Myrtle Beach. Reflection on the Midterm Elections: Lessons Learned and Next Steps, open discussion. Also, finalizing slate of officers for DWC 2023-24 election — voting in December. For details and to learn more about us visit www.dwchc.com.
Nov 24 (Thursday) – Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 28 (4th Monday) – Westside Democrats meets 4th Monday at 5:30 pm in the HCDP Office, 311c Beaty St, Conway. Contact Scott Pleasant at scottplez@yahoo.com.
Nov 28 (Last Monday) – Grand Strand Young Democrats, 6:30 pm. Virtual event – Join the Grand Strand Young Democrats (covering Horry and Georgetown counties) every last Monday of the month! Sign up for SCDP-wide events at www.mobilize.us. For information, contact DaVita Foushee at 3rdvicechairhcdp@gmail.com.
