In 1985 The Manager of the St. George, South Carolina Piggly Wiggly Supermarket,  Bill Hunter was giving a broker of a large grits company an order.  The broker made a remark that his company sure shipped a lot of grits into St. George, considering how small the town was and its meager population(around 2000 at the time).  A week or two later another broker from another major grits company made a similar remark about his company shipping such a large amount of grits into this small town.  The Manager spoke to the two Owners of the Piggly Wiggly, John Walters and George Axson.  They all agreed that if it proved to be true, that we did consume a disproportionately large amount of grits, that they would do some research to find out just how much we did eat.

Schedule Of Events

April 21, 2023

12:00 pm
Festival Store
Clothesline Art Show
Food Vendors
Grits Meals in Festival Building

12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arts and Crafts Vendors
Business and Civic Booths

3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Carnival

6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Talent Show
?Hosted by Jeff Smith of Southern Blend Band

April 22, 2023

9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Carnival

9:00 am - 8:00pm
Festival Store
Food Vendors
Arts and Crafts
Business and Civic Booths

11:00 am
Grits Festival Parade

12:00 pm
Grits Meals in Festival Building
Clothesline Art Show

1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Car Show

1:00 pm
Hula Hoop Contest

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Limestone Church Puppet Show

3:00 pm
Slidin' in the Grits

3:30 pm
Grits Eating Contest

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Boot Boogie Babes
Summerville Shag

April 23, 2023

12:00 pm - 3:30pm
Grits Meals in Festival Building
Clothesline Art Show

12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
?Carnival
Festival Store
Food Vendors
Arts and Crafts Vendors
Business and Civic Booths

2:30 pm
Wheelbarrow Race

3:00 pm
Corn Toss Contest

3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Religious Music

Date: April 21 - 23, 2023

Location:
World Grits Festival
110 South Parler Avenue
Saint George, SC 29477

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