Welcome to the Carolina Jazz Society – playing Traditional Jazz in Columbia since 1958. Our mission is to foster interest and enthusiasm in traditional jazz music in the community. Join us for the happy upbeat sounds of Traditional Jazz from September through May.
The Cat’s Meow newsletter July, 2026 (PDF)
- First Concert of the Season 9/13/2026The Carolina Jazz Society’s first concert of the 2026-2027 season will be the second Sunday of September, 2026 because of Labor Day. Concerts are usually on the first Sunday of each month between September and May. Concert will take place at Heyward Street United Methodist Church, 2501 Heyward Street in Columbia SC from 2:30pm until… Read more: First Concert of the Season 9/13/2026
- Free Christmas Concert Sunday 12/7/252501 Heyward St. Columbia SC
- Les Flat Out Strangers will be our May GuestsSunday’s concert will feature the return of Les Flat Out Strangers, a Gipsy Jazz ensemble. Django Reinhardt, a musician who was raised in a gipsy family, learned to play as a child and developed a style of music popular today. Like Dixieland, Gipsy Jazz is energetic and exciting. Les Flat out Strangers play around the… Read more: Les Flat Out Strangers will be our May Guests
- Pete Neighbour Joins Us 10/6/24Pete is always a welcome addition to our group and he’ll be joining us for our next concert October 6, 2024 at 2:30pm. You won’t want to miss it. Here’s a link to some info about Pete: https://peteneighbour.com
- Aletha Jacobs will lead March, 2024 concertAletha teaches full time at Columbia College, where her classes include music theory, piano, choir, and jazz ensemble. She also teaches parttime at USC, directing the vocal jazz group, Carolina Alive. Also a graduate of both CC (bachelor’s) and USC (master’s), she has traveled the world playing/singing in many different kinds of venues, fromentertaining our… Read more: Aletha Jacobs will lead March, 2024 concert