The 2026 Playbook: Events at Myrtle Beach's Top Sports Venues
From adult softball world series in the dead of winter to national youth baseball championships at the height of summer, the Myrtle Beach area has become one of the busiest sports-tourism destinations on the East Coast.
The eight venues below — featured on Visit Myrtle Beach’s sports calendar — carry the load, hosting hundreds of thousands of athletes, families and fans across the year. Here’s a venue-by-venue look at the 2026 slate, with a jump link to each and every venue’s full published calendar.
The Short Answer
What are the major 2026 sports events at Myrtle Beach’s venues?
Across eight venues, 2026 runs nearly nonstop: Grand Park Athletic Complex anchors the year with adult softball world series and summer youth-baseball nationals; Ned Donkle and The Ripken Experience add fastpitch softball and travel baseball; Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium hosts collegiate track and football; the Myrtle Beach Sports Center and Convention Center bring indoor tournaments, camps and expos; and the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex runs a packed multi-sport calendar. Use the links below to jump to any venue.
Indoor Sports & Expos
John T. Rhodes Myrtle Beach Sports Center
The city’s marquee indoor facility hosts a genuinely eclectic mix year-round — one weekend it’s a national table tennis championship or a fencing meet, the next it’s a comic con, a volleyball championship or a vintage market. Its versatile floor plan makes it home to court sports, table and combat sports, expos and consumer shows alike.
- August 7–8 — Sports Cards, TCG & Memorabilia Show (expo)
- August 15–16 — Vendor-Palooza (market)
- August 22–23 — SouthEast Punk Flea Market (market)
- August 29–30 — Game Point Basketball Tournament (basketball)
- September 5–7 — USA Table Tennis (table tennis)
- September 6–7 — Elite RYC/RJCC Fencing (fencing)
- September 26–27 — Carolina Comic Con (expo)
- October 2–4 — Vintage Market Days (market)
- October 8–9 — Mini Marathon Expo (expo)
- October 23–24 — SCISA Volleyball Championships (volleyball)
- October 31 — South Carolina Special Olympics (multi-sport)
Baseball · Softball · Soccer
Grand Park Athletic Complex (Styers Athletic Complex)
If one venue defines Myrtle Beach’s reputation as a diamond-sports capital, it’s Grand Park. The complex runs a nearly nonstop calendar built around adult softball, youth travel baseball and fastpitch softball, with youth soccer and football mixed in — and it’s the engine behind the area’s biggest tournament weekends, from winter world series to summer national championships.
- January 2–4 — USSSA Winter Worlds #1 (adult softball)
- January 9–11 — USSSA Winter Worlds #2 (adult softball)
- January 16–18 — NSA Winter Worlds #1 (adult softball)
- January 23–25 — NSA Winter Worlds #2 (adult softball)
- January 30–February 1 — Freedom Sports Winter Worlds #1 (adult softball)
- February 6–8 — Freedom Sports Winter Worlds #2 (adult softball)
- February 14–15 — Next Level Greats 7v7 (youth football)
- February 20–22 — One Nation (adult softball)
- February 28–March 1 — Beach United (youth soccer)
- March 2–April 6 — The Ripken Experience Spring Training (youth baseball)
- March 6–8 — Freedom Sports Winter Worlds #3 (adult softball)
- March 7–8 — YMCA Can Am Cup (youth soccer)
- March 27–29 — One Nation Moneyball (adult softball)
- April 7–12 — ISSA Myrtle Beach Championships (adult softball)
- April 18–19 — Coast FA Spring Classic #1 (youth soccer)
- April 25–26 — Coast FA Spring Classic #2 (youth soccer)
- May 2–3 — Next Level Greats Flag (youth football)
- May 9–10 — WSL Slow Pitch (adult softball)
- May 15–16 — USSSA Atlantic Coast Championships (adult softball)
- May 23–24 — Firecracker Baseball Memorial Day Bash (youth baseball)
- May 30–31 — DC Fastpitch Battle at the Beach (youth softball)
- June 5–7 — PRST All-Stars (baseball)
- June 9–14 — Travel Ball Select 11u–13u National Championships (youth baseball)
- June 10–14 — Travel Ball Select 8u–10u National Championships (youth baseball)
- June 15–18 — Travel Ball Select 14u National Championships (youth baseball)
- June 19–25 — Athletx Nationals (youth baseball)
- June 26–July 2 — Athletx Nationals (youth baseball & softball)
- July 6–9 — Athletx World Series (youth baseball & softball)
- July 11–19 — Triple Crown Sports Summer Nationals (youth baseball)
- July 21–26 — Triple Crown Sports East Coast Summer Nationals (youth softball)
- July 28–August 2 — Triple Crown Sports East Coast Summer Nationals (youth softball)
- August 6–9 — Athletx World Series (youth baseball)
- August 13–16 — Gameday USA (youth baseball)
- August 22–23 — Beach United FC Pre-Season Classic (youth soccer)
- September 5–7 — Top Gun Sports All-American Games (youth baseball)
- September 12–13 — One Nation (adult softball)
- September 19–20 — Stinger Sports (baseball)
- September 25–27 — Freedom Sports Super Worlds (adult softball)
- October 3–4 — Goombay Kickin’ It at the Beach (adult kickball)
- October 10–11 — Perfect Game (youth baseball)
- October 13–18 — ISSA Open National Championships (adult softball)
- October 24–25 — Top Gun Sports Winter World Series #1 (youth softball)
- October 31–November 1 — Top Gun Sports Winter World Series #2 (youth softball)
- November 7–8 — DC Fastpitch Showcase (youth softball)
- November 13–15 — Triple Crown Sports Fall Showcase (youth softball)
- November 21–22 — DC Fastpitch Winter World Series (youth softball)
- December 5–6 — Perfect Game All-State Weekend (youth baseball)
- December 11–13 — Top Gun Sports (youth baseball)
- December 26–31 — Diamond Sports Group All-American Bowl Week (youth football)
Baseball & Fastpitch Softball
Ned Donkle Athletic Field Complex
A seven-field natural-grass complex, Ned Donkle is a summer baseball and softball workhorse that specializes in girls’ fastpitch. Its season concentrates in the warm months, peaking with a July run of national-level travel tournaments before a busy fall of fastpitch world series play.
- June 26–28 — DC Fastpitch Summer World Series (girls fastpitch softball)
- July 6–9 — Athletx World Series (baseball & softball)
- July 11–19 — Triple Crown Sports Summer Nationals (boys baseball)
- July 21–26 — Triple Crown Sports East Coast Summer Nationals, Session 1 (girls fastpitch softball)
- July 28–August 2 — Triple Crown Sports East Coast Summer Nationals, Session 2 (girls fastpitch softball)
- August 22–23 — Ghost Sports Adult Kickball (adult kickball)
- September 5–7 — Top Gun Sports All-Star All-American Games (girls fastpitch softball)
- September 19–20 — Lady Lightning Summit (girls softball)
- October 24–25 — Top Gun Sports Winter World Series #1 (girls fastpitch softball)
- October 31–November 1 — Top Gun Sports Winter World Series #2 (girls fastpitch softball)
- November 21–22 — DC Fastpitch Winter World Series (girls fastpitch softball)
Track & Field · Football
Doug Shaw Memorial Stadium
Myrtle Beach’s classic lighted stadium is the region’s track & field and football destination, with a spring anchored by collegiate and open track meets and a football schedule that runs from youth flag to bowl-week showcases. It also hosts one of the year’s most distinctive bookings — a Drum Corps International brass showcase.
- March 7–8 — YMCA Can Am Cup (youth soccer)
- March 13–14 — Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge (college/open track & field)
- March 19–21 — Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (college/open track & field)
- April 2–4 — Beach Run Invitational (high school track & field)
- April 9–11 — DMV Sports Group Gridiron Classic (youth football)
- April 23–25 — Conference Carolinas Championship (NCAA Division II track & field)
- June 13 — Myrtle Beach Bowl Youth Clinic (youth football)
- June 20–21 — Next Level Greats Flag (youth football)
- July 28 — Drum Corps International: Brass at the Beach (drum corps)
- August 1 — Next Level Greats Flag (youth football)
- August 15–16 — Coast FA Pre-Season Classic (youth soccer)
- December 30–31 — Diamond Sports Group All-American Bowl Week (youth football)
Football · Soccer · Lacrosse
Ashley Booth Field
A lighted, 300-seat field built for football, soccer and lacrosse, Ashley Booth often runs in tandem with Doug Shaw and Grand Park during the area’s big multi-venue weekends. Its calendar leans toward youth football and soccer, with a CrossFit competition adding variety in the spring.
- March 7–8 — YMCA Can Am Cup (youth soccer)
- April 9–11 — DMV Sports Group Gridiron Classic (youth football)
- May 1–3 — CrossFit Up-Dog Beach Town Throw Down (adult fitness)
- June 20–21 — Next Level Greats Flag (youth football)
- August 1–2 — Next Level Greats Flag (youth football)
- August 15–16 — Coast FA Pre-Season Classic (youth soccer)
- December 26–31 — Diamond Sports Group All-American Bowl Week (youth football)
Multi-Sport Tournaments
North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex
North Myrtle Beach’s sprawling Park & Sports Complex is one of the most active tournament grounds on the Grand Strand, running a nearly year-round calendar built around travel softball and baseball, with soccer, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee and running events filling out the schedule. The events below are the 2026 tournaments and races held at the Park & Sports Complex.
- February 14–16 — East Coast Events (softball)
- February 20–21 — NMBHS Michael Nash Tournament (soccer)
- February 22–27 — Fastpitch Dreams (softball)
- February 28–March 7 — Fastpitch Dreams (softball)
- March 2–5 — High Tide Ultimate (ultimate frisbee)
- March 8–14 — Fastpitch Dreams (softball)
- March 9–12 — High Tide Ultimate (ultimate frisbee)
- March 13–15 — High Tide Ultimate (ultimate frisbee)
- March 15–20 — Fastpitch Dreams (softball)
- March 16–20 — High Tide Ultimate (ultimate frisbee)
- March 21–22 — 212 Coastal Baseball (baseball)
- March 23–27 — Grand Strand Softball Classic (softball)
- March 23–27 — High Tide Ultimate (ultimate frisbee)
- March 28–29 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- March 30–April 3 — Grand Strand Softball Classic (softball)
- April 6–10 — Grand Strand Softball Classic (softball)
- April 11–12 — Top Gun Sports (baseball)
- April 18–19 — Coast FA (soccer)
- April 18–19 — 212 Coastal Baseball (baseball)
- April 25–26 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- April 25–26 — Coast FA (soccer)
- May 2–3 — Top Gun Sports (softball)
- May 9–10 — 212 Coastal Baseball (baseball)
- May 16–17 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- May 29–31 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- June 13–14 — Orlando Lacrosse (lacrosse)
- June 13–14 — Top Gun Sports (softball)
- June 18–21 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- June 26–28 — DC Fastpitch (softball)
- July 9–12 — Top Gun Sports (baseball)
- July 17–19 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- July 21–26 — Triple Crown (softball)
- July 22–26 — USSSA Baseball (baseball)
- July 28–August 2 — Triple Crown (softball)
- August 22–23 — Coast FA (soccer)
- August 29–30 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- September 4–7 — Top Gun Sports (softball)
- September 11–13 — Kickoff Soccer Academy (soccer)
- September 12–13 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- September 19–20 — Top Gun Sports (softball)
- September 26–27 — 212 Coastal Baseball (baseball)
- October 3–4 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- October 10–11 — DC Fastpitch (softball)
- October 10–11 — USSSA Baseball (baseball)
- October 17–18 — 212 Coastal Baseball (baseball)
- October 24–25 — Top Gun Sports (softball)
- October 30–November 1 — Top Gun Sports (softball)
- November 7–8 — Southeast Sports (baseball)
- November 14–15 — Top Gun Sports (baseball)
- November 20 — Dashing Through the Glow (run/race)
- November 21 — Dashing Through the Glow (run/race)
Camps · Championships · Expos
Myrtle Beach Convention Center
The Convention Center is the area’s big-tent venue, hosting national cheer and dance camps, combat-sports championships and a full slate of consumer expos and public shows. It also serves as host headquarters for the World Amateur Handicap Championship, one of golf’s largest amateur tournaments.
- July 31–August 2 — Craftsmen Classic (expo)
- August 9 — Salute to Veterans (event)
- August 14–16 — NCA & NDA College Spirit Camp (cheer & dance)
- August 22–23 — Ultimate National Reptile Show (expo)
- August 22–23 — NAGA Myrtle Beach Grappling Championship (grappling)
- August 31–September 4 — World Amateur Handicap Championship (World Am) (golf)
- September 11–13 — Home Improvement & Outdoor Living Show (expo)
- October 10 — Bully Dog Show (expo)
- October 23–24 — Myrtle Beach RV Show (expo)
- October 31–November 1 — C&E Gun Show (expo)
- November 6–8 — Showstopper Dance Convention (dance)
Youth Baseball
The Ripken Experience Myrtle Beach
A crown jewel of youth baseball, the Ripken Experience draws travel teams from across the country to its major-league-quality fields. Its 2026 calendar runs heaviest in the fall, with a steady cadence of weekend tournaments across every age division from 9U to 16U.
- August 8–10 — Coastal Classic (10U–14U)
- October 3–4 — Fall Kick-Off Tournament (11U–14U)
- October 10–11 — 2027 Ripken Nationals Qualifier (12U)
- October 10–11 — Palmetto State Tournament (11U, 13U, 14U)
- October 17–18 — High Heat Tournament (10U, 12U–14U)
- October 24–25 — Walk-Off Tournament (9U, 11U, 13U, 16U)
- October 31–November 1 — Halloween at the Beach Tournament (10U–14U)
Frequently Asked Questions
Myrtle Beach’s 2026 sports calendar, answered
Which Myrtle Beach venue hosts the most sporting events in 2026?
Grand Park Athletic Complex (Styers) runs the fullest calendar by far — close to 50 events across the year, from January adult-softball world series to summer youth-baseball nationals and a December bowl-week finale.
When is peak sports season in Myrtle Beach?
Summer, roughly June through early August, is the crescendo, when national youth baseball and fastpitch softball tournaments run concurrently across Grand Park, Ned Donkle and The Ripken Experience. Winter (adult softball at Grand Park) and fall (indoor events at the Sports Center and Convention Center) stay busy too.
What sports are played at the North Myrtle Beach Park & Sports Complex?
The complex hosts travel softball and baseball tournaments most weekends, plus soccer, lacrosse, ultimate frisbee and seasonal running events — a nearly year-round multi-sport calendar from February through November.
Where can I find each venue’s full, up-to-date schedule?
Every venue section above ends with a “Visit Website” button that links to that venue’s official event calendar, which is the definitive, always-current source. Dates on this page reflect each venue’s published 2026 schedule and can change.