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
Santa’s Christmas Party
Santa has modernized! Help Young Yeti and Rudolph stop Madame Freezum from taking over the North Pole in this futuristic, musical celebration.
PLink Rattle Toot Holiday Show
Bring the family for a special holiday jazz quartet edition of Plink, Rattle, Toot! Words Meet Music.
Loft Session: CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH THE EDWIN HAMILTON GROUP
Celebrate the season with the Edwin Hamilton Group!
The North Pole to the Big Easy
From the North Pole to the Big Easy: A Holiday Tale Like No Other!
Jazz in the Park: Holiday Vibes
Free and open to the public, family friendly, jazz in the park! Come enjoy food trucks and vendors too.
Loft Session: EVE OF THE EVE
Annual Eve of the Eve, a celebrated, super fun event with the ColaJazz Foundation
Alone Together: Key & Conversations featuring Joe Davidian
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
Alone Together: Key & Conversations featuring NICK BREWER
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
Alone Together: Key & Conversations featuring DEMETRIUS DOCTOR
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
Alone Together: Key & Conversations featuring BERT LIGON
Step into an intimate, living-room-style concert where world-class jazz pianists perform just feet away.
Grand Opening: 2 Story Studios
2 Story Studios brings artists, potters, and musicians together under one roof — a place to create, connect, and inspire.
Loft Session: DISNEY MEETS JAZZ with MARK RAPP
For one very special night, we proudly present award-winning trumpeter Mark Rapp and his quartet to bring to life their swinging and fun arrangements of beloved Disney classics.
BAND DIRECTOR ACADEMY
FREE, one-day training designed to help music teachers confidently bring jazz into their classrooms.
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
Alone Together: Keys & ConversatioN (NICK VLANDIS)
The magic of solo jazz piano in an up-close and personal setting. Alone Together: Keys and Conversation is a new concert series showcasing the Southeast’s most accomplished jazz pianists.
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.
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
Loft Session: PETE NEIGHBOUR
Join ColaJazz on Oct 20 for an exciting Loft Session as esteemed clarinetist Pete Neighbour and his group play the swing of things!
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
Alone Together: Keys & ConversatioN (Nery Kim)
The magic of solo jazz piano in an up-close and personal setting. Alone Together: Keys and Conversation is a new concert series showcasing the Southeast’s most accomplished jazz pianists.
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
Jazz Improv Course
Find Your Voice: 4 Weeks to Jazz Improvisation Mastery. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your chops or discover the joy of improvisation, this class will give you the tools & confidence to express your voice.
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
Live in the Lobby Jazz: Iliana Rose & Gino Castillo with Greenville Jazz Big Band
This featured performance brings together Cuban-American pianist and composer Iliana Rose, known for her prodigious talent and television work in Los Angeles, with Ecuadorian-born percussionist Gino Castillo, a master of Afro-Cuban rhythms and a staple in the international Latin jazz scene. Together, they deliver an electrifying, culturally rich experience rooted in authenticity and virtuosity.
JAZZKELLER
Funky, cool and amazing live jazz at Columbia’s favorite riverfront brewery and biergarten. All free. All good.
Loft Session: GREG PATTERSON TRIO
Join ColaJazz on Sept 15 for an exciting Loft Session as esteemed guitarist Greg Patterson and his trio pay tribute to the legendary Jim Hall, whose collaborations with jazz luminaries such as Bill Evans, Sonny Rollins, and Paul Desmond have left an indelible mark on the genre.
Alone Together: Keys & ConversatioN (ERIC JONES)
The magic of solo jazz piano in an up-close and personal setting. Alone Together: Keys and Conversation is a new concert series showcasing the Southeast’s most accomplished jazz pianists.
Loft Session: CARRIE MARSHALL
Carrie blends various genres like pop, blues, and country with jazz influences, creating a unique and appealing sound. Her repertoire includes covers of popular artists and her own original compositions.
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Alone Together: Keys & ConversatioN [Jonathan Lovett]
The magic of solo jazz piano in an up-close and personal setting. Alone Together: Keys and Conversation is a new concert series showcasing the Southeast’s most accomplished jazz pianists.
2025 ADULT JAZZ CAMP
The ColaJazz Adult Jazz Camp is an action-packed weekend for jazz enthusiasts 18+ of all skill levels, featuring combo sessions, personalized instruction, workshops, concerts (including your grand finale!), and everything from deep dives into John Coltrane to mastering the blues—plus lunch, a free t-shirt, and memories to last a lifetime!
Loft Session: Calixto Oviedo Trio
Joe Alterman performs regularly at many world renowned venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland and Blue Note.
Motown Meets Jazz
Live in the Lobby Jazz: Rod Foster & Company featuring Brittany Turnipseed · Motown Meets Jazz
Loft Session: Joe Alterman TRIO
Joe Alterman performs regularly at many world renowned venues including the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland and Blue Note.
2025 r1/Colajazz middle/high school summer jazz camp
Our 9th annual ColaJazz Summer Jazz Camp offers exciting opportunities for Middle & High School jazzers. With a large bands, small combos, theory, improv, elective courses, masterclasses and performances, our premier summer jazz camp is a blast for all-levels and instruments. Tuition includes a daily lunch, t-shirt & all daytime activities, masterclasses, and more... Featured guest clinician is pianist, Joe Alterman!
Celebrations and Lamentations: A New Orleans Portrait
From jubilant second-line parades to mournful dirges that honor the departed, the sound of brass carries the stories of a resilient people.
2025 White Knoll High School Jazz Camp
With large bands, small combos, theory, improv, elective courses, masterclasses and performances, our premier summer jazz camp is a blast for all-levels and instruments. Tuition includes a daily lunch, t-shirt & all daytime activities, masterclasses, and more...
Lowcountry to the Big Easy: A Jazz Story
Roots of Rhythm: Charleston to Congo Square — a riveting, one-night-only musical journey exploring how Charleston and New Orleans helped birth America’s greatest art form: jazz.
Live in the Lobby Jazz: DON BRADEN QUINTET
Don Braden spent years as the saxophonist with greats like Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard and Roy Haynes, he has developed an extensive knowledge of every aspect of Jazz performance.
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
