Sun Fun Festival
sun fun festival myrtle beach south carolina first started way celebrate beginning tourist season seaside community parade family oriented event helped draw crowd beach myrtle beach pavilion early event included human checker board game local law requiring everyone wear short bathing suit face fine fund went help build area first hospital ocean view memorial hospital beauty contest soon joined fun festival first miss sc pageant held pavilion author mickey spillane one judge long sponsored hawaiian tropic sun tan lotion festival includes miss sun fun miss bikini wahine sun fun festival longest running event myrtle beach area history consistently named one southeast tourism society’s top event however myrtle beach chamber commerce cancelled festival citing bring visitor beach early year doesnt pay february oceanfront merchant association announced festival held buz plyler owner gay dolphin gift cove presenting sponsor official website thing myrtle beach