2008 Photo Galleries:
Tailgating / Fans 

Drew Davis Band    -    Hootie & The Blowfish

Two-time Grammy award-winning Hootie & the Blowfish returned for their annual Homegrown Concert event at Family Circle Magazine Stadium on Friday, August 15th, 2008. The concert series encourages fans to bring school supplies to the show as a donation, and all supplies are donated to local schools in need. The campaign has been so successful that Hootie & the Blowfish have decided to base their entire tour on giving back to economically disadvantaged schools in each community they visit.  This show set concert attendance records and sold-out in each of the last four years, with nearly 8,000 in attandance at this year's show.

In 2003, when the band learned about budget cuts taking place in education, they became inspired to do something. They established the annual concert in their hometown, Charleston, SC, as a way to help raise awareness to the needs of local school children in the community.

As Darius Rucker, lead singer of the band stated, “Children are our best resource and our most hopeful investment. With proper tools, our children can receive a well-rounded and meaningful education.”   “The Homegrown Concert is proof positive that the community can make a real impact on the lives of our youth, and what better place than right here at home.”


*View photo galleries from the
2006 & 2007 Charleston Homegrown Concerts!