It's that time of the year for festivals and this weekend is the 46th Aikens Makin…read more. Today 9-6 ... Saturday 9-5 They have lots of crafts and food.

Aiken's Makin signals the start to festival season in the region with a huge display of local…read moreartwork, crafts, and food goods. They block off several blocks in downtown Aiken and have 4-5 rows of vendor tents all the way down. Just walking through it all without stopping would take close on an hour, so plan for half a day. There's lots of food options as well, but most of it is festival food so largely fried stuff. Locals look forward to this event every year and everyone is really nice and happy to be there.

I can't imagine having my girls dance anywhere else! They have learned so much from Corey & Rhoda!read more

From the owner: Burns Dance Studio offers the most professional and comprehensive dance instruction in the Aiken…read morearea. We have classes from ages 3-adult and offer instruction in ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, contemporary, and Karate. Combination classes also are available for pre-school children and elementary students in tap/ballet or tap/jazz.

I have taken a couple of classes here and they are always wonderful. The staff is kind and helpful…read more They have super cute local artist items for sale. I highly recommend stopping in:)

Great local art and culture center. Hope to see it expand as time passes. We need more art in…read moreAiken :)

We ordered a bourbon on the rocks and it was well made. We tried the chips and salsa. The chips…read morewere really good but the salsa tasted like it was poured out of a jar. We also tried the burger and beef patties with brown gravy, fried okra, and onion rings. The burger was pretty bad - not cooked well and not very tasty. The beef patties with gravy were just passible. The okra was excellent and the onion rings were good. The place is very very loud and the exhaust does not work very well so the place is filled with cooking fumes. The service was good.

If you go there to drink, then you may have an ok experience. If you go there to eat you're gonna…read morehave a problem! Took us 20 minutes to get drinks - water and tea. Over 40 minutes for food and then they brought NO condiments for the shrimp! Who plates a shrimp basket with NO cocktail or tartar sauce. Told the waitress and I kid you not she brought us marinara sauce. Had to wait another 10 minutes to get cocktail sauce for a now cold shrimp basket. Two waitresses for a Sat. Afternoon. We were there before the dinner rush. Around 5pm. This is the third time we have tried this place since the New ownership. We keep trying to give them a chance but we keep being disappointed. It's a shame because it's a nice updated place. Some vast improvements need to be made with staff and service and food. Mediocre at best!

This is an excellent facility for graduation & special events. Nice stage for visibility!read more

For DH's birthday, I surprised him with an intimate evening of jazz. As one of the Cultural Series…read moreperformances at the USC Aiken Etherredge Center, we saw the NEA Jazz Master, renowned Grammy Award®‐winning saxophonist, and Tony Award® nominee Branford Marsalis and his Quartet's longtime pianist, Joey Calderazzo. Without an established setlist, we accompanied them on a musical journey that wound and meandered for 90 minutes. Their duo performed a variety of tunes across a spectrum of time periods. The Etherredge Center is on the University of South Carolina Aiken campus and consists of a 687-seat theatre. The Center is also the home of the department of Visual and Performing Arts with art galleries, studios, and practice rooms, in addition to musical, dance, and theatrical productions like the Marsalis Calderazzo duo we saw. Our front row seats placed us within 30 feet of the performers and the acoustics in the Etherredge Center was stellar. I look forward to visiting the delightful venue again.

What a nice family evening, took the family here tonight for some fun…read more We were greeted by a nice and friendly lady. Here there's a entry fee to play , $15 for 1 hour or $20 for all day. Per person well worth it. We all had a great time tonight. The place was clean and very nice. The staff was friendly and helpful. They sell beer, sodas, sport drinks and bottled water. They also have a few snacks popcorn, hot pretzels, candy and nachos. There's two security men who work there to make sure they everyone is having fun time. And people do get out of hand and start trouble. I really enjoyed that feature especially nowadays you never know how people are anymore. All in all we had a great time and will definitely be back!

This place is amazing! We paid 20.00/person and got to play for 4 hours!!! It was a great time for…read moreeveryone! Erin, at the front counter, was so very nice! She went above and beyond more than once. She was a pleasure to talk to. The games are on point. There are bar stools sprinkled throughout and drink holder stands to make your time there more pleasant. We will be back!

We had a great time. Highly recommend. Lots of entertainment value for the cost. We were…read morecelebrating a birthday and the actors were calling out their name. It was hilarious.

I go to lots of haunted houses and this one was honestly pretty good! The price for it was worth…read morewhat you got out of it. The sets were all nicely done, the actors did a good job of waiting for the best moments, and best of all none of the rooms smelled bad! I would say it's not the scariest I've been to but it's a solid one to check out!