Blackbaud Stadium is a major concert venue in the South-East and has been the site for various musical event including the annual Southern Ground Music & Food Festival featuring Zac Brown Band. The SGMFF is the largest music festival in Charleston and in 2012 over 23,000 attendees enjoyed music from the festival headliners Zac Brown Band, Greg Allman, John Mayer, the Avett Brothers, The Wailers and many more.
The stadium is a hub for the community and is donated for a wide variety of charitable and philanthropic events throughout the year including the annual Charleston Oktoberfest Festival.
Blackbaud Stadium has been the site for the Carolina Challenge Cup featuring Major League Soccer since 2004; additional sporting events hosted in the stadium include:
- International Soccer Exhibitions – Sunderland (UK), Bolton Wanderers (UK) Portsmouth F.C. (UK), Puebla (Mexico ) & Atlante (Mexico).
- US National Team Games – US Women (2001, 2002, 2005, 2009 – ESPN / ESPN2).
- College Soccer, High School Soccer and USSF Development Academy games
- USA Rugby Men’s National team (2008 & 2009 -ESPN).
