The annual Sweetgrass Festival in Mount Pleasant is designed to promote and bring attention to the contributions of the Gullah Geechee people’s history, culture, traditions and their sweetgrass basket art form that originated in Mount Pleasant and continues to exist in our town and surrounding communities today. Mt. Pleasant Memorial Waterfront Park, 99 Harry Hallman Jr. Blvd. Saturday, 10 a.m. Free. (843) 884-8517, www.experiencemountpleasant.com