EVENTS
ColaJazz offers A DYNAMIC CALENDAR OF EVENTS ALL YEAR
ColaJazz offers a diverse range of performances from intimate concerts and club engagements to outdoor festivals and special events. ColaJazz presents a wide variety of shows, including highlights such as performances by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra featuring Wynton Marsalis, Live in the Lobby concerts, our popular Loft Sessions, and the Main Street Jazz Fest, among many others.
Upcoming EVENTS
Jazz on Carlisle
Jazz on Carlisle, a brand-new concert series bringing an intimate, listening room vibe outdoors to Whitt Cline Community Park!
Jazz Keller: Fall 2026
World-class improvisation meets old-world brewing! Entry is FREE. Whether you’re a jazz purist or just looking for the city’s best happy hour, find your seat in the Biergarten.
Chords & Conversations: Iliana Rose
Alone Together: Chords & Conversation
A Solo Acoustic Experience
Big Talent. Small Setting.
2nd Thursday Jazz DInner Series: Monk & Miles
2nd Thursday Jazz Dinner Series at Villa Tronco is a wonderful night out to enjoy great food and amazing jazz in a variety of styles.
Jazz in the Park - OCT 9th
Jazz in the Park returns Friday, October 9th with two amazing jazz groups!
LOFT SESSIONS: Jamie Wright
Loft Session concerts are intimate, cool, unique and always gratifying. Live the music with ColaJazz!
Crescent City Voodoo – A New Orleans Masquerade
Crescent City Voodoo – A New Orleans Masquerade
From Voodoo Queen Marie Laveau to Lestat de Lioncourt, we’ll take you through the spooky tales of New Orleans through rhythm and song.
2nd Thursday Jazz DInner Series: Minor Swing
2nd Thursday Jazz Dinner Series at Villa Tronco is a wonderful night out to enjoy great food and amazing jazz in a variety of styles.
LOFT SESSIONS: Tutu D'Vyne
Loft Session concerts are intimate, cool, unique and always gratifying. Live the music with ColaJazz!
2nd Thursday Jazz DInner Series: Sinatra
2nd Thursday Jazz Dinner Series at Villa Tronco is a wonderful night out to enjoy great food and amazing jazz in a variety of styles.
2027 Jazz for Kids (ESPAÑOL)
Jazz for Kids: Una Excursión GRATIS al Koger Center
Regale a sus estudiantes una hora inolvidable de música, movimiento, historia y descubrimiento.
2027 Adult COLAJazz Camp
Our ColaJazz Adult Jazz Camp is an exciting weekend of jazz for adults 18+! Special guest Wycliffe Gordon will join us.
Jazz Keller: Greg & Amos Quartet
World-class improvisation meets old-world brewing! Entry is FREE. Whether you’re a jazz purist or just looking for the city’s best happy hour, find your seat in the Biergarten.
LOFT SESSIONS: NOLAN TECKLENBURG TRIO
Loft Session concerts are intimate, cool, unique and always gratifying. Live the music with ColaJazz!
Jazz on Carlisle (Copy)
Jazz on Carlisle, a brand-new concert series bringing an intimate, listening room vibe outdoors to Whitt Cline Community Park!
Jazz Keller: Flat Out Strangers
World-class improvisation meets old-world brewing! Entry is FREE. Whether you’re a jazz purist or just looking for the city’s best happy hour, find your seat in the Biergarten.
Inside the Section: The Little Big Band Residency
Join the ColaJazz Little Big Band Residency with legend Bryson Borgstedt. 8 weeks of pro mentorship, ensemble skills, and sight-reading. Limited chairs. Reg now!
Chords & Conversations: Amos Hoffman
Alone Together: Chords & Conversation
A Solo Acoustic Experience
Big Talent. Small Setting.
Jazz in the Park - SEPT 11th
Jazz in the Park returns Friday, Sept 11 with two amazing jazz groups!
2nd Thursday Jazz DInner Series: Gershwin
2nd Thursday Jazz Dinner Series at Villa Tronco is a wonderful night out to enjoy great food and amazing jazz in a variety of styles.
Music of Ray Charles
Live in the Lobby Jazz: Music of Ray Charles by the Jazz Legacy Project is SOLD OUT!
2nd Thursday Jazz DInner Series: Bird & Bill
2nd Thursday Jazz Dinner Series at Villa Tronco is a wonderful night out to enjoy great food and amazing jazz in a variety of styles.
LOFT SESSIONS: Gino, Lovett, Hoffman
Loft Session concerts are intimate, cool, unique and always gratifying. Live the music with ColaJazz!
Alone Together: KeyS & Conversations featuring ABDIEL IRIARTE
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
Jazz in the Park
Jazz in the Park returns Friday, July 31st with two amazing straight-ahead jazz quintets!
Adult Jazz Camp
Our ColaJazz Adult Jazz Camp is an exciting weekend of jazz for adults 18+! Special guest Wycliffe Gordon will join us.
LOFT SESSIONS: FAQ BAND
Loft Session concerts are intimate, cool, unique and always gratifying. Live the music with ColaJazz!
Alone Together: KeyS & Conversations featuring Keith Davis
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
JAZZ IN THE PARK: JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION
Celebrate freedom, community, and the soulful sounds of jazz at the ColaJazz Juneteenth Celebration! We’re bringing the rhythm to the heart of Columbia for an evening of incredible live music, local flavors, and family fun.
Middle & High School Jazz Camp
10 Years of Excellence. A Lifetime of Confidence. Whether they are just starting their jazz journey or preparing for college auditions, our 10th-anniversary program is designed to inspire.
2nd Thursday Jazz DInner Series: Strings & Swing
2nd Thursday Jazz Dinner Series at Villa Tronco is a wonderful night out to enjoy great food and amazing jazz in a variety of styles.
DJ SPIN LAB
Learn the roots of sampling, study jazz and rhythm, practice core DJ skills, and build toward a student showcase.
A New Orleans Night at The Nick
A portrait of joy, sorrow, & sound in this exciting collaboration between ColaJazz and Varna International’s Muzika! Festival.
SISTERS SINGING JAZZ: NICOLE HENRY
Sisters Singing Jazz - a soulful, listening room series at 701 Whaley.
Alone Together: KeyS & Conversations featuring JOHN TECKLENBURG
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
Listening to Jazz: Roots & Lineage
This is a welcoming, easy-to-follow session for anyone who loves music and wants to better understand how deeply connected American music really is.
LOFT SESSIONS: PETE NEIGHBOUR QUARTET
Loft Session concerts are intimate, cool, unique and always gratifying. Live the music with ColaJazz!
Listening to Jazz: The Jazz Precursors
Explore field hollers, ring shout, early Black church music, blues, ragtime, brass bands, New Orleans culture, syncopation, swing, and other musical elements that helped shape early jazz.
ColaJazz Charity Golf Tournament
Play a round that changes a life.
Your registration fuels jazz education, real opportunity for working artists, and concerts that bring the Midlands together. ColaJazz reaches 15,000+ students each year, delivers no-cost lessons, presents 50+ events year-round, and has paid $100K+ to local artists.
ColaJazz + Roots Fest by Palmetto Citizens
The South’s Most Sophisticated Weekend. Jazz + Roots + Soul.
If you’re looking for the next major jazz destination in the South, you need to be in Columbia this May 15-16. ColaJazz has spent nearly a decade bringing icons like Wynton Marsalis and Kenny Garrett to our stage, and this year’s Jazz + Roots expansion is our most ambitious yet.
Jazz Night at Villa Tronco: ColaJazz + ROOTS FEST EVE
Jazz. Italian food & wine. Yes, please!
Alone Together: KeyS & Conversations featuring DEON BLUE
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
Concerts of all shapes and sizes.
We swing. We groove. We Jazz.
LOFT SESSIONS
ColaJazz Office Concerts
LIVE IN THE LOBBY
Community Concerts
MAIN STREET JAZZ FEST
Special Events
The driving beat in jazz performances
Notable artists include:
Wynton Marsalis, Chris Potter, Allison Miller, Patrick Bartley, Don Braden, Gotham Kings, Scotty Barnhart, Houston Person, Fred Wesley, Wycliffe Gordon, Don Vappie, Dr. Michael White, Jeremy Davenport, Wess Anderson, Charlton Singleton, Dr. Mitch Butler and many others
