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Saturday, November 3rd

12 — 5 p.m.

Palladium Fall Tour | Loft Tours & Biergarten

$15 for Palladium members
$25 for Historic Columbia members
$30 for general public

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The Venue on Main : 1620 Main Street, Columbia, SC 29201

Inaugural Palladium Fall Tour Explores Columbia’s Historic Main Street!

Loft Tours & Biergarten 

Saturday, Nov. 3 | 12 - 5 p.m. (Self-guided tours from 1 - 4 p.m.)
Enjoy a biergarten and take an exclusive tour of some of Main Street’s historic lofts and buildings at the Palladium Fall Tour. The biergarten will take place at The Venue on Main with beer and wine provided by The Whig (including a special Palladium Pale Ale), food trucks from City Limits Barbeque and Pawleys Front Porch, games and music. Tickets include a map of the locations available to tour, access to the biergarten and one beer ticket. Kids, strollers and dogs on leashes are welcome at the biergarten. TVs will be set up playing both the USC and Clemson games.

Stops on the tour include:

  • The Pastor’s Study
  • The new Hendrix building
  • The Nickelodeon 
  • Hotel Trundle
  • The Kress Building
  • The Barringer Building
  • Coral’s
  • And more!

The event will take place at The Venue on Main (entrance is between Michael's Cafe & Catering and Good Life Cafe). The tour is self-guided and will begin at The Venue on Main. 

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Want to start the celebration early and see Columbia's Down Under? Then join us at the 70s Kick-Off Party on Friday night! Tickets to Fridays event include admission to Saturday's Loft Tours and Biergarten.

Main Street Tours

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    Tickets are $15 for Palladium members, $25 for Historic Columbia members and $30 for non-members. Friday Preview Party tickets include admission to Saturday Fall Tour- no additional purchase needed! 

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    Lauren King, Development Coordinator
    803.252.7742 x 15

70s Kickoff Party 

Friday, Nov. 2 | 7 - 10 p.m.
Kick off the Stayin' Alive festivities and enjoy a 1970s-themed party at the historic Arcade Building, locate at 1332 Main Street. This event will include specialty food and drinks, music from DJ GLDFNGR and dancing. Guests will also have an opportunity to take a tour of Columbia's Down Under below the Arcade Mall, Columbia's first indoor shopping center, which housed a group of shops, bars and restaurants between 1972 and 1974. Today, Columbia’s Down Under is remembered as a unique attempt to capitalize on the Arcade Building's location and architectural layout. Costumes encouraged! Tickets purchased for Friday night include a ticket for Saturday. 

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1601 Richland Street
Columbia, SC 29201

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All historic house and garden tours start at the Gift Shop at Robert Mills.
1616 Blanding Street
Columbia, SC 29201

Questions? Call (803) 252-7742.

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