Carolina Jazz Society

01/30/2026

Sadly we are cancelling this Sunday’s concert. Too cold for hot jazz. Stay home, stay warm so you can see the show next month on March 1st at 2:30 at Heyward Street Methodist.

01/15/2026

Sixty-eight! Yes, this year marks 68 years that the Carolina Jazz Society has played traditional jazz on Sunday afternoons in Columbia - and still going strong! The next concert: Sunday, February 1, 2:30 - 5 pm, at the Heyward Street United Methodist Church Activity Center, 2501 Heyward Street. Special guest, Sam Edwards, will lead the group of outstanding musicians: Dick Goodwin, Doug Graham, Jim Hall, Aletha Jacobs and Mike Wilkinson. All are welcome for a casual, foot-tapping good time. $10 cash at the door.

12/31/2025

Starting the New Year with jazz - sounds like a winner!

12/22/2025

Our first concert of 2026 will be held January 4th at Heyward Street United Methodist Church, 2501 Heyward St. 2:30pm - 5:00pm.

According to Dick Goodwin,

Bassist Dustin Retzlaff (down from Minnesota — he also played our December concert) will be our leader and we will be joined by Mike Wilkinson (trombone prof. at US).

Hope to see you there.

12/05/2025

Please join us for our Christmas Concert this Sunday, December 7!

11/11/2025

Broad River Arts Center Honors Dick Goodwin November 23rd at 4pm

Tickets and more information are available at broadriverartscenter.org.

Dr. Goodwin’s works in virtually every idiom from jingle to opera, jazz band to orchestra, have been performed across the US and abroad. He leads the Dick Goodwin Big Band and the Dick Goodwin Quintet (which has made a dozen foreign concert tours) and he has written and produced many film scores, commercials, and albums.

06/05/2025

A journey into the roots of Jazz, highly recommended for fans of traditional jazz. Should help tide you over until Carolina Jazz shows resume in September.

05/03/2025

Come out and dance to the Flat Out Stangers and the Carolina Jazz house band Sunday at 230 at Heyward Street United Methodist. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0a52YwSL2cgq3FZDF9nNha8nw

04/28/2025

Les Flat Out Strangers will be our May Guests
Heyward Street United Methodist Church
2501 Heyward Street
Sunday May 4, 2025
2:30-5:00 PM

Sunday'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 Midlands and can often be heard in front of the Lula Drake Wine Parlor at the First Thursday Main Street celebration. Our own Doug Graham is a regular with the group.

This is sure to be a fun concert that should not be missed!

02/23/2025

An early helping of Jazz in church, just up the block.

Speaker: Mark RappMark Rapp, a renowned trumpeter, composer, arranger, and bandleader, is a driving force behind the jazz scene in Columbia, South Carolina. ...