Editing Kingstree, South Carolina (section)

==Festivals==

===Kingstree Pig Pickin' Festival===
The "Pig Pickin'" Festival is held every fall for all the chefs of Kingstree to compete in a barbecue recipes. The festival draws crowds from all over to test the Williamsburg County vinegar-based barbecue.<ref name="chamberpigpickin">{{cite web|title=Kingstree/Bi-Lo Pig Pickin' Festival|url=http://www.williamsburgsc.org/kingstreepigpickin.htm|access-date=November 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106204403/http://www.williamsburgsc.org/kingstreepigpickin.htm|archive-date=November 6, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, the festival had a record breaking number of contestants. Seventy groups competed with contestants that traveled from other states including North Carolina and Georgia. The area golf course, Swamp Fox Golf Course, sponsors a golf tournament to begin the events every year for the festival.<ref name="pigpickin">{{cite news|title=Pig Pickin' festival sets record|url=http://www.kingstreenews.com/story/pig-pickin--festival-sets-record|access-date=November 7, 2011|newspaper=The Kingstree News|date=October 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425120043/http://www.kingstreenews.com/story/pig-pickin--festival-sets-record|archive-date=April 25, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Other events include tennis tournaments, car show, arts and crafts, food venders, live music, and activities for children.<ref name="Discover South Carolina">{{cite web|title=Kingstree Pig Pickin'|url=http://www.discoversouthcarolina.com/products/26039|access-date=November 7, 2011}}</ref>

===Kingstree Trials===
Since 1996, the Williamsburg Hometown Chamber has sponsored "The King's Tree trials" for those in the Kingstree community. The races take place at the McCutchen training center which is the home of Deborah and Bobby McCutchen in the Cedar Swamp area on a weekend in November. Jockeys and their horses are brought in for the event.<ref name="Williamsburg Hometown Chamber" /> Horse racing has been taking place in Williamsburg County since before the Revolution. Nine quarter races take place while families and people from the business community chat and eat barbecue.<ref name="SC Now News">{{cite news|last=SCNOW STAFF|title=Kingstree to hold King's Tree Trials|url=http://www2.scnow.com/news/2011/nov/01/kingstree-hold-kings-tree-trials-ar-2638354/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201222949/http://www2.scnow.com/news/2011/nov/01/kingstree-hold-kings-tree-trials-ar-2638354/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|access-date=November 1, 2011|date=November 7, 2011}}</ref>