Four days, four clocks
The 45th Dickens Christmas Show and Festivals runs 12 to 15 November 2026 at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center, 2101 N. Oak St., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. Each day carries its own hours.
Thursday 12 November runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday 13 November runs 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday 14 November runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday 15 November opens at noon and closes at 6 p.m.
Friday carries eleven hours. Thursday and Saturday carry nine. Sunday carries six.
What eleven hours of hall holds
The Victorian Holiday Marketplace fills the 100,800 square foot exhibit hall with more than 350 period-clad vendors. Stalls run to jewellery, crafts, gifts, toys, art, gourmet foods and holiday decor.
Around the floor: strolling Victorian musicians, tea leaf readers, Punch and Judy shows, shadow box displays, a life-sized Historic Santa Through the Ages exhibit and a live Santa. The Festival displays of Trees, Tables, Wreaths, Worlds and Stockings go to silent auction, with all funds to the sponsoring non-profit. The Victorian Snow Globe Challenge offers a chance at 100 presents, and Scrooge's Hunt for the Missing Presents runs on the show floor. Off-site programming adds historical tours and holiday shows at local theatres.
Where the day-use market stops
Every day-use window on the 21 October 2026 read ends between 14:00 and 18:00. The latest finish is Wingate by Wyndham At Outlets at 18:00, 5.62 straight-line miles out. An 8 p.m. close finds no room open on that read.
La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Myrtle Beach on N. Kings Highway sells 10:00-17:00 at $95 and sits 1.86 straight-line miles from the convention center. Comfort Suites Myrtle Beach Central sells 08:00-14:00 and 09:00-16:00 at $76, 2.09 miles out. Wingate by Wyndham At Outlets sells 09:00-18:00 at $75, 5.62 miles out.
Two oceanfront properties sit 4.24 miles out and sell 10:00-17:00: The Ellie Beach Resort at $160 and DoubleTree Resort by Hilton at $165. Both return the same map coordinate in the carousel payload, so this piece prints no distance for either. Embassy Suites by Hilton sells 09:00-17:00 at $176.10, 6.98 miles out, and carries the ceiling of the read.
Two Conway properties hold the floor. Econo Lodge at the University and Suburban Studios at the University each sell from $56 across four windows and sit 9.06 straight-line miles from the hall.
Sunday starts at noon, and that opens a morning
Sunday is the one date where the hall opens after the day-use market has been selling. Doors at noon against windows that start at 07:00 or 08:00 let a guest hold a room, run the block and stand at the door when it opens.
A window ending at 14:00 leaves two hours in the hall. One ending at 17:00 leaves five. The hall closes at 6 p.m., so a shopper who drives in on Sunday morning can book a same-day return.
Thursday and Saturday carry the same 9 a.m. open and 6 p.m. close. A 09:00-16:00 window costs the last two hours of the floor on those days. A 10:00-17:00 window costs the first hour. Friday costs nothing at the front, with no card starting before 07:00 and none ending after 18:00.
Pricing the day against the stay
hotelSlots publishes 103,857+ hotels across 46 states and no booking fee. Its Myrtle Beach directory shows 399 properties with no rate printed on any card, so the figures here come from the Dayuse carousel on the read date above. The carousel spans Horry County: two of the ten cards sit in Conway and one in North Myrtle Beach. Check the street address before booking. Day rates on the read ran $56 to $176.10, mean $100.51, with booking fees of $6 or $10 on top. The platform states day-use rates run 30 to 75 percent below the nightly rate.
Before the drive
The listing carries one line that governs a one-day plan: all dates and times are subject to change. It publishes no ticket price and no advance-purchase term. Confirm the Friday close with the organiser before committing the drive.
