Some of the best nights out in Myrtle Beach come down to timing. Show up on the right day and you can land half-price appetizers, all-you-can-eat seafood, trivia with cash prizes, or a fireworks show over the water, all for the price of an ordinary dinner.

This guide sorts the daily specials Myrtle Beach is known for into the three things you will plan your nights around: fireworks, trivia, and live music. Vacation Myrtle Beach puts you in an oceanfront resort within minutes of nearly every restaurant and venue below, so you can walk to the fun and stroll home after.

What to Know Before You Go

Specials, prices, and event nights shift with the seasons in any beach town, and a Tuesday trivia night can quietly move to Wednesday. Summer fireworks schedules also wind down once the crowds thin out.

A quick phone call before you go is always worth it. Confirm the day, the start time, and whether the special is still running so your evening goes off without a hitch.

Time Your Night Around the Fireworks

Nothing caps a beach day like fireworks, and the Grand Strand lights up the sky several nights a week through the summer. Each show is free to watch, so grab a fried seafood basket beforehand and stake out a spot by the water.

Tuesday at Broadway at the Beach

Tuesday is one of the biggest nights on the Grand Strand thanks to the fireworks at Broadway at the Beach. From early June through late August, the sky over Lake Broadway lights up every Tuesday around 10 p.m., and you can watch from anywhere around the water.

Wednesday on the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk

Wednesday might be the most underrated night in town. Downtown, the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk hosts its own fireworks show over the Atlantic every Wednesday through the summer, usually at 9 p.m. Please note the fireworks show on Wednesday, July 1st, 2026, will be moved to Saturday, July 4th, in place of the usual Wednesday show.

Myrtle Beach Daily Food Specials

From discounted seafood and taco nights to happy hours and local favorites, here’s where to score the best specials each day of the week.

Monday at Barefoot Landing for Happy Hour Options

Plenty of restaurants treat Monday as a value night, with changing deals like all-you-can-eat ribs or half-price wings. What really shines at this location is the many bars and restaurants with Monday Happy Hour. Some include:

• Lucy Buffett’s LuLu’s – Monday happy hour includes starters like chips & queso, chips & salsa, fried green tomatoes, and cups of gumbo, along with discounted drinks.
• Greg Norman Australian Grille – Happy hour focuses on upscale bar bites and cocktails in the Shark Pub, often featuring appetizers, seafood snacks, wine, beer, and bourbon specials.
• Joe’s Bar & Grill – Early bird and happy hour menus typically feature discounted seafood dishes, prime rib, appetizers, beer, wine, and cocktails.
• Flying Fish Public Market & Grill – Daily happy hour usually includes oysters, oyster shooters, margaritas, sangria, house wines, local draft beers, and seafood-focused bar snacks. Locals frequently mention the happy hour menu as one of the better values at Barefoot Landing.
• LandShark Bar & Grill – Daily happy hour features draft beer, margaritas, house wine, and cocktails, paired with menu favorites like wings, loaded fries, fried pickles, quesadillas, fish tacos, and burgers.
• Wild Wing Cafe – Monday specials often include tacos and margaritas, while happy hour offers sliders, flatbreads, pretzel bites, sweet potato fries, wings, and discounted drafts.
• TBonz Gill & Grill – Happy hour commonly includes wings, calamari, coconut shrimp, pulled pork sliders, nachos, cheese fries, and drink specials.

Up in North Myrtle Beach, SC, Barefoot Landing closes out summer Mondays with live music and a fireworks show over the Intracoastal Waterway. It is a short, scenic drive from the city of Myrtle Beach.

Friday with Seafood Across Myrtle Beach

Friday is fish-fry night at many Myrtle Beach restaurants, with specials on fried flounder, fried shrimp, fried oysters, and hushpuppies, all served with slaw and a side. It is an easy way to ease into the weekend without breaking the bank.

Check their socials to confirm current specials. Here are some great options:

• Boardwalk Billy’s – Known for its Friday Fish Fry lunch special featuring flaky white fish, fries, and slaw.
• Simply Southern Smokehouse – Friday buffet features fried fish all day, making it one of the better Southern-style fish fry options in Myrtle Beach.
• Landry’s Seafood House – Friday happy hour includes blackened fish tacos, coconut shrimp, calamari, and other seafood-focused bar bites.

For some great entertainment after dinner, head to a Myrtle Beach Pelicans game. They host a post-game fireworks show after every Friday home game at their ballpark. You get a baseball game and a fireworks show on one ticket.

Win Trivia Night Around Myrtle Beach

Trivia runs almost every night around Myrtle Beach, kicking off as early as Monday at Fork ‘n Links and as late as Friday at The Barrel Sports Bar on South Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach, SC. Many bars hand out gift certificates, and most pair the game with a happy hour of half-price appetizers, cheese fries, and rotating menu items.

Tuesday at Voodoo Brewing Co

Make a night of it with dinner and trivia first at Voodoo Brewing Co, which runs Trivia Tuesday in the early evening. Pair your answers with a craft beer and a shareable plate before the Broadway fireworks start.

Wednesday at the Brewhouses and Pubs

Wednesday is the unofficial trivia night of Myrtle Beach, with weekly games at Tidal Creek Brewhouse, The Boathouse, and the Mellow Mushroom. Midweek is also prime time for food deals, so look for a Wednesday prime rib night or a discounted seafood plate served with a baked potato and a trip to the salad bar.

Because these midweek deals change often, call the restaurant on Wednesday afternoon to confirm what is on the menu that night. It is the surest way to land the Wednesday special you came for.

Thursday Around The Market Common

Thursday is the unofficial start of the weekend, and the trivia scene takes over restaurants and bars across the area. You will find weekly games at 810 Billiards & Bowling in The Market Common at 7 p.m., plus Doyle’s Pub, Handley’s Pub, and The G.O.A.T. around town.

Feast at the All-Week Seafood Buffets

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If there is one daily special Myrtle Beach was built for, it is the Calabash-style seafood buffet. These all-you-can-eat spreads run nightly, which makes them the most reliable daily deal in town.

What’s on the Line

Expect dozens of items in rotation, grouped roughly like this:

• Fried favorites: fried shrimp, fried oysters, fried clams, fried flounder, and fried hushpuppies, served hot all evening.
• Raw and steamed: raw oysters, steamed clams and mussels, peel-and-eat shrimp, snow crab legs, and other steamed shellfish.
• From the carving station: prime rib, baby back ribs, or a half rack of BBQ ribs with brown gravy and a loaded baked potato.
• Sides and the hot bar: smoked sausage, banana peppers, popcorn shrimp, country gravy, biscuits, warm bread, mac and cheese, pimento cheese, cheese grits, fried okra, sauteed mushrooms, a crisp garden salad, sausage gravy, and a soup and salad bar.

Where to Go

• Captain George’s: The First Catch buffet special runs during the first hour after opening, Monday through Saturday, featuring shellfish, broiled and fried seafood, prime rib, baby-back ribs, whole flounder, and fried chicken, all served for one set price.
• Crabby George’s: More than 120 items every night, all served at one all-you-can-eat price.
• Seafood World and Captain Jack’s: the same energy with crab legs, prime rib, a custom pasta bar, and a fried-seafood spread served with hushpuppies and warm bread.

Wherever you land, these buffets serve a huge variety of food, so picky eaters and seafood lovers leave equally happy.

Prefer a plate to a buffet? Early bird specials are another great daily deal in town, and most run from opening until around 6 p.m.

Catch Live Music Almost Any Night

With a variety of bands and solo acts playing somewhere on the Grand Strand, any night of the week, live music is easy to find. Many oceanfront restaurants fold it into dinner, so you can linger over a glass of wine while the sun goes down.

Free Show Friday at The Landing at the Boathouse

For more than a decade, Free Show Friday at The Landing at the Boathouse has been one of Myrtle Beach’s favorite ways to kick off the weekend. Held every Friday night, this free concert series features everything from rising country artists straight out of Nashville to high-energy party bands from across the Southeast, with live music starting at 8:30 p.m.

Saturday Around Broadway at the Beach

Saturday is a prime night for live music, from the restaurants and bars around Broadway at the Beach to the oceanfront decks along the boulevard. It is also the marquee night for the area’s famous seafood buffets, running at full tilt with snow crab legs, prime rib, and carved-to-order ribs.

Many Grand Strand restaurants roll out Southern plate specials on Saturday, like fried chicken, BBQ ribs, country-style steak, and bone-in flounder served with two sides and a house salad. Arrive early on Saturdays, since the wait at the most popular restaurants climbs fast once the sun goes down.

Sunday Brunch and Jazz

Sunday is made for a long, lazy brunch, and the most spirited one around is the World-Famous Gospel Brunch at the House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach. The all-you-can-eat Southern buffet piles on chicken and waffles, fried chicken, shrimp and cheese grits, biscuits and gravy, and fresh bread, all served alongside a foot-stomping live gospel show.

Sunday is also early-deal day at the buffets. Captain George’s in Myrtle Beach runs its First Catch buffet special at a reduced midday price on Sundays.

Stay in the Middle of the Action

The easiest way to catch these daily specials is to stay where you can take a short drive to most of them. Vacation Myrtle Beach offers oceanfront resorts minutes from the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk and a short drive from Broadway at the Beach, Restaurant Row, and the best trivia nights in town.

From Wednesday fireworks on the Boardwalk to half-price appetizers down the street, the good stuff is always close by. Book your stay with Vacation Myrtle Beach, and let the only hard decision be which special to chase first.