Myrtle Beach History, Movies and Music Trolley Tour | Tours every Tuesday

Myrtle Beach History, Movies and Music Trolley Tour is a two hour trolley ride around the historical areas of Myrtle Beach.

Myrtle Beach History, Movies & Music Trolley Tour dates and ticket purchase link listed below.
Venue: Grand 14 Movie Theater at The Market Common
Address: 4002 Deville Street,, Myrtle Beach, SC 29588
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Cost: $40 per ticket.

Hear the story of Myrtle Beach’s coming of age in the mid-twentieth century to present day, the movies that were made or premiered there, and the role music played in its local history.

Stops include Charlie’s Place Historic Site, a brief stop in Myrtle Beach’s new historic district and the Jack Thompson Photo Gallery to see the city through the years.

From the late 1930s to the early 1960s, Charlie’s Place was a Myrtle Beach nightspot owned by Charlie Fitzgerald and his wife, Sarah. The nightclub was on Carver Street in the Booker T. Washington Neighborhood, next door to their home and a small hotel they operated.

Early Motown performers brought their music to Charlie’s Place in the days before integration. It provided a place for African-American artists of the day to perform, including Dizzy Gillespie, Little Richard, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington and many others.

Charlie’s Place Historic Site where the greatest names in 20th Century American music performed from the 1930s to the 1960s. The club itself, which had been a popular stop on what was known as the “Chitlin’ Circuit,” is no longer there, but Charlie’s home is along with a reconstruction of his motel that was listed in THE GREEN BOOK, a guide for African-American travelers during segregation.