Events Calendar

No! We aren’t talking about our “relics”, not the world-famous collection of historic and playable stringed instruments at the Carolina Music Museum, No! We are talking about The Carolina Relics, the fabulous Appalachian music trio that is performing at the museum. This is the second group of musicians to be featured in the museum’s Heritage Green Music Festival, a festival that “faces south”, highlighting the music that is as much a part of our musical heritage as the historic instruments currently on display in the museum: it’s all here in four special concerns, four in the fall, four in the spring, Bluegrass, Appalachian music, Piedmont Blues and Jazz, sponsored by Craig and Bianca Walker.

Exploring the deep, rich and diverse heritage of Old-time Music from the Carolinas and the Southern Appalachian Mountains, The Carolina Relics, with Becky Stovall, David White and Andy Brooks, three musicians who can pick up and play nearly any stringed instrument will light up our intimate 80 seat performance space and beer and wine will be available!

You don’t want to miss this! Make your plans now to join The Carolina Relics at the Carolina Music Museum. Call for your tickets now.

J. Michael King on the guitar and Freddie Vanderford on the mouth harp, playing the Piedmont Blues highlighting the music that blossomed in Georgia, the Carolinas, and Virginia near the beginning of the 20th century, music influenced by ragtime music and early banjo techniques.
Both Michael and Freddie are South Carolina treasures and have received the prestigious Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award which recognizes individuals and groups that through their music and advocacy have worked to further and preserve traditional culture in South Carolina.
You won’t want to miss this! Get your tickets now by calling 864-520-8807 for this third in a series of four concerts sponsored by Bianca and Craig Walker. $15 for adults, $5 for students 6-18. Beer and wine will be available and maybe some popcorn!

RJ Rockers Brewery will be having Trivia nights once a month for this next year! These games are all free, just make sure to come out and have a good time.

Greenville Jazz Collective Jazz Jam at Chicora Alley is happening the 1st Wednesday of each month from 8pm-11pm! Bring your instrument and play or just sit and listen while you dine!

Neighborhood Nights will run from 5:30-8:30 pm during which time admission to the museum and all museum exhibitions will be FREE.
Neighborhood Nights will include story times for younger visitors and book give-a-ways for children. Books will be connected to the theme of the current Main Gallery exhibition.
The Dates include: March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, July 5, August 2, September 6, October 4, November 1, December 6

Upstairs in the music room on the 1928 Hamburg Steinway “O” Keith Davis flies solo as he goes inside the jazz standards we all love so much on Thursday, December 6 at 7:30. Keith, who can be seen every Wednesday at the Poinsett Hotel, brings his intelligent and unique musical paintings of the American Songbook to upstate audiences in the intimate setting of the Carolina Music Museum. He toured with Artie Shaw and the Glenn Miller Orchestras’, has performed with Wycliffe Gordon, “Fathead” Newman, Pat LaBarbera, to list only a few, and spent a summer at the Banff Summer Workshop where he worked closely with Dave Liebman, Kenny Wheeler, John Abercrombie, and Dave Holland. $15 for adults, $5 for students 6-18. Beer and wine will be available.

Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver will be heading out to the Chapman Cultural Center on December 8th for an amazing family friendly event! This show is open to the public and welcomes everyone. Make sure to get your tickets soon, they will run out quickly!

Once a month, they open the Forestry Studio for an upstate maker market. Bring your family and friends and join Modern Forestry for this unique market at the beautiful 80-acre Arran Farms. Free admission.

The Heritage Green Music Festival at the Carolina Music Museum closes its fall season on Friday, December 14 at 7:30 PM with the Steve Watson Jazz Trio, with Greg Alewine on bass & Brendan Williamson on piano & vocals by Jamie Wright. You are promised a very special December evening–it might be chill outside with a different kind of chill inside. Come join Watson & Friends in the intimate setting of the Carolina Music Museum. It’s sort of like what the Smooth Jazz Daily said of Playtime, “…some chill tracks that are perfect for that end of day glass of wine!” Yeah, we’ll have the wine (and the beer) here, too. Just 80 seats, get your tickets now by calling 864-520-8807 for this fourth in a series of four concerts sponsored by Bianca and Craig Walker. $15 for adults, $5 for students 6-18. Beer and wine will be available. You won’t want to miss this!

On Saturday night, December 15 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, we will serve mulled wine to all and, of course, there will be music as we move through the museum mingling with old friends and new, singing around the piano and reminding ourselves of what it means to have open hearts.
So, make your plans to be with us and make your holidays even more special.

Come join Wild Wing Cafe for an amazing night of music, prizes, and drink specials. It’s Music Bingo! Test your music knowledge and compete against your friends and other patrons. It’s easy to play, and everyone is welcome!

Come on out and show your stuff! All forms of music, spoken word, or artistic talent is welcome. This is a kid friendly event. We hope to see you there.

This gifted and virtuoso keyboardist, born in Korea and now serving as Director of Piano Studies at Charleston Southern University, will be performing at the Carolina Music Museum on Saturday, February 9, at 7:30. Dr. Yun received her undergraduate degree from Yonsei University in Korea and her MM, under Reid Alexander and DMA, under Ian Hobson, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Over the last several years Yun has performed all over the world including the Summer Season of Music of the Nations in Rome, the Gewandhaus Concert Hall in Leipzig, the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul, the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall and Spivey Hall in Georgia.

With only 80 seats available, we urge everyone to make their reservations early. $15 for adults, $5 for students with ID’s. Call 520-8807 to make your reservations. The concert will begin at 7:30.

Greenville audiences are in for a special treat when two of the UK’s most recognized proponents of early music perform at the Carolina Music Museum.

Alison and Roy are very much occupied with playing music from the 16th to the 18th century and they have collected a large number of copies of early instruments—all of which they play. As members of The Rose Consort of Viols they have recorded many CDs of English consort music, and as teachers they are popular on courses and workshops in the USA and in Europe. In more recent years they have grown increasingly fond of the earlier repertoire that audiences will hear at the concert on February 21st. What’s a Spaga? You’ll have to come to the concert to find out!

With only 80 seats available, we urge everyone to make their reservations early. $15 for adults, $5 for students with ID’s. Call 520-8807 to make your reservations.

Jazz for the Soul New York-based pianist, composer, vocalist, and Mary Lou Williams scholar, Deanna Witkowski, will perform a special program on Monday evening, February 25th, at the Carolina Music Museum’s grand exhibit space. The performance is part of the Greenville Jazz Collective’s Celebration of Women in Jazz 2019 and will include originals, as well as, selections from the liturgical and small group music of Mary Lou Williams.

Seating is limited so we recommend jumping on this one quickly.