4th Annual Drifter Fest Announced in Charleston

The 4th Annual Drifter Fest: Bert Griggs Memorial Jam will be on Saturday, September 14th at the Refinery Amphitheater. A pre-jam will take place on Friday, September 13th at Home Team BBQ. Both events will start at 7pm and end at 11pm in Downtown Charleston. There will also be after parties each night at The Commodore. While the musical line up and ticketing will be announced soon, sponsorship and vending opportunities are available now.

Drifter Fest celebrates the life of the late Bert Griggs. A huge fan of live music, he turned his passion into a well-received apparel and accessories company, Drifter Merch, that was inspired by his favorite bands. Additionally, Bert was an amazing father, husband, son, brother, and friend. He had an innate ability to make everyone he met feel like they were the most important person in the room. Bert never met a stranger. In fact, he was everyone’s best friend. He had the sweetest soul and a tender heart that loved hard and deeply. Bert had a unique sense of humor with an infectious laugh and smile that could light up the darkest room.

For more information about the 4th Annual Drifter Fest: Bert Griggs Memorial Jam, visit www.drifterfest.com. 

Taste of Folly is Back

Celebrate Folly Beach’s eclectic beachside cuisine at the annual Taste of Folly hosted by the Folly Association of Business. The Taste weekend includes a cocktail competition featuring cocktails from all your favorite spots on Friday, January 14th, and a family-friendly Center Street event on Saturday, January 15th, with food, drinks, live music, many craft vendors including Drifter Merch and events for everyone!

Begin your weekend with the cocktail competition sponsored by Ketel One Botanicals on Friday at the Tides in the Pavilion Ballroom from 7-10pm where all of your favorite Folly restaurants and bars will compete with their own cocktail creations featuring Ketel One Botanicals liquor. Tickets are $24 in advance or $30 at the door. A sample of all cocktails in the competition are included with ticket purchase. Must be 21+ to attend.

Continue the celebration at the main event on Saturday with the Savory Saturday Center Street event from 10am until 4pm. This family-friendly street closure festival will include live entertainment across three stages, 60+ arts, crafts, and food vendors, multiple kids areas, server Olympics, hot dog eating and oyster shucking contests, cooking demonstrations, and more! Center Street will close to vehicle traffic at 7am and reopen at 6pm. Admission is $9 in advance or $14 at the gate. Folly residents and kids 12 and under are free.

In addition to the live events, people can purchase a Taste of Folly Virtual Passport to use from Friday, January 14th through Monday, January 31st. Purchase your Taste Passport then visit participating locations and scan their QR code to be entered into drawings. The more establishments you visit, the more chances you’ll have to win prizes, including overnight stays on the island, kayak and golf cart rentals, restaurant gift cards, and more!

To purchase tickets to the Taste Cocktail Competition, the Savory Saturday Center Street Event, and the Taste Virtual Passport, go to VisitFolly.com.

The 2022 Taste of Folly sponsors include our title sponsor Ketel One Botanicals, and additional sponsors Folly Vacation, Law Office of Nick Thomas, David Ayler Law Offices.

Drifter Fest: The Inaugural Bert Griggs Memorial Jam

Drifter Fest: The Inaugural Bert Griggs Memorial Jam

We invite you to Charleston on March 6-8th to celebrate Drifter Merch Co-Founder Bert Griggs' life.

In addition to Bert’s passion for designing and creating music-inspired and custom goods for his Drifter Merch customers, Bert was an amazing father, husband, son, brother, and friend. Bert had an innate ability to make everyone he met feel like they were the most important person in the room. He never met a stranger. In fact, he was everyone’s best friend. He had the sweetest soul and a tender heart that loved hard and deeply. Bert had a unique sense of humor with an infectious laugh and smile that could light up the darkest room. He is intensely missed.

We hope you can join us for a weekend of fun events complete with great company, stories and lots of live music.

FRIDAY, MARCH 6TH:
Drifter Fest: Pre-Jam at Home Team BBQ Downtown (126 Williman Street) from 8pm-11pm with live music featuring our friends SHONUFF.

SATURDAY, MARCH 7TH
Doors for the Drifter Fest: The Inaugural Bert Griggs Memorial Jam open at 8pm at the Charleston Pour House (1977 Maybank Hwy.). Inside the venue from 8:30pm-1am, guests will enjoy a collaboration of Bert's favorite tunes from many of his friends including Reid Stone and bands Gaslight Street, The Travelin' Kine, SHONUFF, Solid Country Gold and more.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8TH:
Drifter Merch will be vending at Reckoning in the Park, a family friendly event featuring The Reckoning, an awesome Grateful Dead cover band from 2pm-5pm in the meadow at James Island County Park.

Drifter Merch will be available for sale on Saturday and Sunday as well as the awesome event poster created by TRiPPs Prints and Bert's portrait by artist Jason Moore.

Please email info@driftermerch.com for additional information or questions. Read more about Bert Griggs here or search the social networks for these hashtags: #bertgriggs  #driftermerch  #driftergriggs  #ripdriftergriggs #DrifterFest #BertGriggsJam #RememberBertGriggs

Listen to Lorrie's interview on 105.5 The Bridge as she talks about Bert Griggs, Drifter Merch and Drifter Fest: