Events Calendar

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!

This all acoustic jam session is the perfect way to spend your lunch break. We will hold this event every first Thursday of the month. Come and listen or join in the fun!

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.

Guy Penrod is one of the most in-demand touring artists in Christian music.  A vocal powerhouse, Penrod travels throughout the U.S. & abroad in addition to making multiple media appearances.  Penrod’s music has been applauded in the Gospel as well as country formats.  He has appeared on “The Grand Ole Opry” and numerous country recordings.  His Hymns recording, debuted at #1 on the Southern Gospel retail chart and became the top-selling Southern Gospel in 2012.  In 2011, he became Texas gospel Music Hall of Fame inductee, and was inducted alongside the Gaither Vocal Band into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 2014.

It was 20 degrees outside on January 19, 2018 when the Carolina Music Museum gave Greenville a “sneak peek” into what we were about and for a good part of that magical evening Stephanie Schmidt, from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she is pursuing her Doctorate of Musical Arts degree in their Historic Keyboard Performance program, played the Lyles Square Piano on the second floor. Now, almost a year later she returns for an evening of American popular music from the early part of the 19th Century, matching the music to the instrument, and giving us a glimpse into what we were whistling and singing together way back then. American history reflected in its music–a happy spoonful of music does help the history go down!

Stephanie is a great believer in the beauty of historical instruments. She has presented at annual meetings of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America for the last five years (on both fortepiano and harpsichord) and takes great pleasure in delighting listeners with unconventional selections. She shares her musical insights of period performance with over 30 piano students in Cary, NC. Come and get your spoonful on December 8 at 7:30! Call 864-520-8807 for your tickets. $20 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.

Monday blues got you down? Come out to UCAC and let the amazing talent of these local musicians lift your spirits. We hope to see everyone there!

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.

Sierra Hull is a singer, mandolinist and former child prodigy who signed with Rounder at age 13 and distinguished herself by becoming the first bluegrass musician to receive a Presidential Scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College of Music. Though she is best known for her work as a mandolin player, Hull is also respected as a composer and lyricist, having worked closely with 15-time Grammy Award-Winner, Bela Fleck. And now, Sierra invites everyone to enjoy the musical sounds of a Bluegrass Christmas celebration.

We love it when the bookstore becomes a place where different kinds of storytelling get the chance to take the stage. Join us for Songwriter’s Circle, in collaboration with some of the Upstate’s finest singer/songwriters, to hear music and talk inspiration (because storytelling runs through everything we love). Come join us on Wednesday, January 9 at 7PM. Absolutely free!

The Menders return to Greenville to Quest Brewing Company for an evening of acoustic entertainment with their good friend Morgan Geer (Drunken Prayer)!! Come hang out, have a pint of some of upstate’s finest beer and have a listen!!

The Menders – Garage Folk from Gastonia, NC
www.themendersnc.com

Drunken Prayer – Fringe Americana from Asheville, NC
www.drunkenprayer.com

For your dining pleasure we’ll have Going Coastal Mobile Eatery.

Show time: 7pm
FREE

It was 20 degrees outside in January 2018 when the Carolina Music Museum gave Greenville a “sneak peek” into what we were about and for a good part of that magical evening Stephanie Schmidt, from University of North Carolina at Greensboro, played the Lyles Square Piano on the second floor. Now, almost a year later she returns for an evening of American popular music from the early part of the 19th Century, matching the music to the instrument, and giving us a glimpse into what we were whistling and singing together way back then. American history reflected in its music–a happy spoonful of music does help the history go down! Call 864-520-8807 for your tickets. $20 for adults, $5 for students 6-18. Beer and wine will be available.

Corey Smith, the fan-made man, has sold over 1 million concert tickets, 1.5 million digital singles and over 220,000 albums. Smith has amassed an unfailingly devout fan base, not only in his native Southeast region, but all around the nation, simply by telling it the way it is. He has released 10 albums—including 2011’s Top 20 release The Broken Record. Corey has written every word on every album himself and he produced 9 out of 10 of the records. In Summer 2015, Corey teamed up with producer Keith Stegall (Alan Jackson, Zac Brown Band) for his album, “While the Gettin’ Is Good,” which was released on Sugar Hill Records. Smith’s concerts, which were documented on his last live record, Live in Chattanooga, regularly sell out, with audiences singing along to such fan favorites as the coming-of-age anthem “Twenty-One,” the nostalgic time warp “If I Could Do It Again” and the group hug “I Love Everyone.” Corey consistently tours, hitting around 120 dates per year and has begun releasing singles from his upcoming project, the Great Wide Underground.