Anderson County, SC Special Events & Permits: Parade Permits (2026)

Section 26-126(b) of the noise article states that no prohibition in the article applies to any public performance, gathering, or parade for which permission or a permit has been properly obtained from the county, or to any public performance, gathering, or activity conducted or sponsored by a public or governmental body. This sits inside Article IV, Noise, which otherwise bans unreasonably loud noise disturbing the peace of unincorporated residential areas (section 26-125) and sets specific decibel, time-of-day and duration limits for loudspeakers, radios and sound amplifiers (section 26-127).

The exemption means an organizer who secures the county's permission for a parade or public gathering is not exposed to a noise citation for amplified sound, loudspeakers or crowd noise generated by that event, while an unpermitted gathering making the same noise remains fully subject to the article's restrictions, including the 10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. weekday and 10:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m. weekend/holiday sound-system curfew in section 26-127(3). The noise article applies only in the unincorporated county; parades inside the City of Anderson or the towns of Belton, Honea Path, Williamston or Pendleton fall under those municipalities' own codes.