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The Pier At Garden City runs live music seven nights a week across both bars from mid-March through December, then closes for January and February. The Murrells Inlet calendar favors classic rock, country, soft rock, and Southern rock. Bands seeking a date must submit a live performance video by email, making stage proof more important than a paragraph full of heroic adjectives. Capacity, age rules, PA, monitoring, backline, technical staffing, set times, and the final deal are not confirmed, so those details require direct agreement. The long operating season offers many potential dates, but the venue’s two-bar format and nightly schedule make the actual room assignment essential. A useful submission should show exactly what the band sounds and looks like in front of a crowd.

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All Ages
Genres
Classic Rock, Country, Soft Rock, Southern Rock
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Address
110 S. Waccamaw Drive, 29576, United States
Venue phone
(843) 651-9700

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