Editing Beaufort, South Carolina (section)

===Tourism and events===
[[File:Beaufort Shrimp Festival.JPG|thumb|right|The Beaufort Shrimp Festival is one of several popular annual events in the Henry Chambers Waterfront Park.]]
Beaufort is a tourist destination known for its history. Major festivals and arts events include the Home Water Festival, a two-week festival in the middle of July; and the Shrimp Festival, celebrating the local and traditional industry, in the first weekend in October. In 2007, the Beaufort Shrimp Festival was selected as one of the Southeast Tourism Society's Top 20 Events.<ref name="Beaufort Regional Chamber of Commerce Accolades" />

The Beaufort International Film Festival held in mid-February each year (covers the Presidents' Day weekend) screens independent films.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.beaufortfilmfestival.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310151718/http://www.beaufortfilmfestival.com/|url-status=dead|title=Beaufort International Film Festival takes place in Beaufort, SC.|archive-date=Mar 10, 2015|website=biff|access-date=Sep 28, 2020}}</ref> "A Taste of Beaufort", presented by Main Street Beaufort, is held on the first Saturday in May and features twenty local restaurants, fine wines, and live music. Historic Beaufort Foundation's Fall Tour of Homes and St. Helena's Spring Tour of Homes provide tours of the [[Antebellum South Carolina|antebellum]] homes on the Point and local plantations. The town is also the home of [[The Kazoo Museum]], which opened in October 2010 and is located in the Kazoobie Kazoos Factory.<ref name=Island>{{cite news |title=Kazoo Museum's grand opening today |newspaper=The Island Packet |date=5 October 2010}}</ref> [[Hunting Island State Park|Hunting Island]] is nearby on the Atlantic Ocean and is the state's most visited state park.