The “Music Lovers Music Festival” – better known as the Edisto Blackwater Boogie – is coming back for a sixth year. The annual celebration is Nov. 7-9 at Givhans Ferry State Park, and funds will benefit an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)-compliant trail. Organizers described the lineup as “roots music.”
“We like to explore as many genres as possible, so we use the term ‘roots’ to really cover just about any kind of music you can find here in the U.S.,” said Community Music Collective founder Dan Riley, who helped bring the festival together. “You’ll find everything from folk to blues, country, rock, bluegrass, R&B. We’re just trying to keep expanding that to as many genres as possible.”
The three-day festival includes performances, food vendors and camping. Riley said there will be vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free dining options. For camping, visitors can choose the most suitable pass option from the selection on the event website’s tickets page (zeffy.com/ticketing/ebb–2025). Well-behaved pets are allowed if collared and leashed.
“One of my favorite things about the entire festival is that when the actual stage is shut down at the end of the night, we have a bonfire, and a lot of the artists and our campers will come out around the bonfire and gather to play music around the fire until the wee hours of the morning,” Riley said. “Often, that’s one of my favorite parts. It’s kind of where I think some of the best music of the entire festival happens.”
The Edisto Blackwater Boogie began in 2019 but did not return during the COVID-19 pandemic; it returned the following year and, over time, has raised more than $20,000 for the ADA-compliant trail, Riley said.
“It’s all about celebrating the outdoors and local music,” Riley said. “Just creating a community of people that are accepting and loving each other.”
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