Kids will like this as much as adults will. It's at the College of Charleston's Emmett Robinson Theatre, an appropriately intimate space. Miami City is, with the New York City Ballet, one of the country's two top repositories of the George Balanchine repertoire. Wadsworth is a favorite in both the Italian and the Charlestonian festivals. And the Westminster Choir under Joseph Flummerfelt, puts in its yearly appearance, this year with music of such composers as Ralph Vaughan Williams, Francis Poulenc and Samuel Barber.
Jazz always has a presence at the festival.
Once on-site you'll want a little more time to walk among the palmettos of Battery Park, so you can look out through the haze and see beleaguered Fort Sumter. The Spanish moss dances smartly enough on the hot winds off James and Johns Islands that you can count it as a Spoleto event. The festival comes once a year. Italian composers come once in a lifetime. Click here to see a schedule of events and ticket prices.